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Well that didn't work. Let me try this attachment thing again. That didn't work either.

Golfornut I found the following attachment in an old U.S.A. Truckers Guide I had on my bookshelf. It supports your position of the 80,000 pound gross prior to The Surface Transportation Act of 1982 and makes me question my memory. But I still insist I ran MN, ND, SD, WI, IL, MI, KS, MO, IN...

48 footers were legal nationally in 1979 but at 96" width. 102" wide did not come about until 1982. I hauled pulp logs in Minnesota prior to 1982. Minnesota granted an exemption to the 73,280 weight limit to carriers with intrastate agriculture authority allowing them to gross 80,000. This...

I agree with Creacher. I started in trucking in 1977 and the federal gross weight was 73,280. In 1982 it was bumped up to 80,000 with a few states that held on at 73,280. Missouri and Illinois come to mind as hold out states.

Also factor in damage to the freight. The shipper was an LTL carrier and agreed to load me but only after signing the B.O.L. and relieving them of any responsibility for damage to my van and/or the freight. I never saw the freight bill. The consignee was an energy company involved in wind...

But I keep my canoe on the roof racks. Wouldn't want to leave that behind, especially with the spring melt.

Yes it's time once again to play Load Or No Load. My cargo van and I were dispatched to a small LTL terminal to pick up 1 piece at 1390 pounds. The freight turned out to be one crate, note the weight and demensions written on the crate. There was no ramp to get a forklift down to ground level...

J.D. you don't understand. Targeted growth verticals are a value added matrix in the reverse supply chain. A man in your position should really keep up with this stuff.

That could be the very reason they need to offer a bonus. Con-Way paid me a $1000 to sign my van on with Panther in 2006. A couple years ago Panther (mistakenly) told their drivers that a passport was required to do Canadian loads and they wanted all Canadian qualified drivers to send in a...

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded while driving through northern Mexico Tuesday, in a rare attack on American officials in this country which is fighting powerful drug cartels. WHAT ARE ICE AGENTS DOING DRIVING THROUGH NORTHERN MEXICO!

You will also find accessories you can live without, but want anyway!

What type of work will this truck be involved in?

Why wait for Superman to save us? As contractors it is our responsibility to research prospective companies, gather information from many sources, read and understand a lease or have it checked out by a lawyer, all before you do any work for that company. jp, Ask yourself why the signals...

But it is a sustainable business model. They're still in business and most likely will continue to stay in business until they exhaust the supply of people willing to work for them. Could be a long, long time before that ever happens.

Wow! Wow! And a holy pokers on top of the double wows! I drive 3500 miles in a cargo van and it costs me over $600. It's a shame that after careers in baseball, underwear modeling and broadcasting you end up schlepping drugs.

This morning I responded to a thread started by a new member, tryoursnot. Later today I noticed the thread went missing, disappeared, vanished without a trace. At first I thought it might have been pulled because of the posters disgusting screen name. But I see another thread in the Newbies...

You know I've always called it Rockfish. When I was a kid I watched the "Rockford Files". Isaac Hayes made a couple of appearances as a character named Gandolf Fitch. He addressed Jim Rockford as Rockfish.

Is the Sylectus you are talking about different from Selectus Selectus Inc. Ateam mentioned? If so, does this mean I can kiss my free portrait goodbye?

Below is a link to an expedite company that runs company equipment. I don't know much about them other than I have seen them on the road and they have terminals in Chicago, Rockfish, Milwaukee and other midwest cities. Straight Shot Express

Yeah, kinda like the custom combine crews that work your neck of the prairie. They could travel west to east following in the path of the storm. They could even work up into the snowbelt states offering relief to weary overworked snowplow drivers. Come harvest time they could park their...