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TODAYonline | Breaking News | Rio Grande rises in Texas city that bears its name; some border bridges still closed upstream

Just wanted to get a real update on where people are encountering widespread flooding. I know Laredo is flooded. Anywhere else?

I highly doubt that the "purple people eater" depends on anyone for business. But there are forwarders and brokerages who do depend on the purple one. Did you ever do a Kuehne and Nagel load? Ryder? NLMI? We haven't really worked with them, but I know that almost every load we've ever...

It's a nice thought. If the fees go up, I fear it will ultimately be taken out of the driver's pay. Not good, huh?

Scuba, This bill is not even aimed at "scumbag" brokers. We've come across people who are in debt because they can't handle their business and are therefore poor payers. We don't do business with them. If a company does business with a bad broker, in spite of their bad credit rating, that IS...

If that unsaid driver is overly worried about getting screwed, then maybe they shouldn't be driving. Small businesses are the backbone of this country. If the FMCSA won't prosecute fraudulent brokers now, they won't when the fees are raised. This is a big government, reactionary solution to...

Moose is right. Casinos are usually truck friendly. Any kind of shopping plaza that has things you will want in the morning, ie. Starbucks or other good sources for coffee, breakfast and supplies.

You hit the nail on the head. It's a reactive solution to the problem. Rather than getting criminals off the street, let's mandate special burglar bars for the whole neighborhood.

Talk about sticking it to the little guy. $100k? Sheesh. Next question: How much for renewal each year? $300 to set it up. Do they want another $300 each year? The big clearing houses don't mind. They don't want competition. How about if an owner operator's base plate renewal jumped 10...

Good point. Plus you can wear those pants.

Unfortunately, these kind are trying to breed through the university systems of this nation.

So you mean that they formerly had to do BOTH the federal inspection AND a state inspection every year? Remarkable. Yes, Gov. Bob IS thinking straight.

I'm sure these expert CEOs wouldn't like it if the govt. passed a law stating that they couldn't work their salaried employees more than 40 hours a week.

They also ingnore the result of this nonsense, which is even less capacity, higher prices on retail, and then eventually MORE big trucks running down the road than now. Ralph Nader, while being an intelligent man, seems to lack many basic reasoning skills.

We tend to see everything from sound and lighting gear for concerts, cosmetics, machinery, off-lease photo copiers, fabric to skim oil out of the Gulf, and some stuff ya just ain't allowed to talk about. A lot of different people are using expedite for a lot of different reasons.

I deal with this all of the time. Even small loads that would fit a cargo van or straight being moved by a truckload broker with the promise of "exclusive use." I have a customer who started doing this instead of calling us. He said that it's just much more affordable to move three skids at...

I sent you a PM.

There is a forum further down the forum main page that is called, "Ask the Recruiter." Many post within that section.

Ever heard a C-17 take off loaded? Talk about a screaming banshee. Back in the 90s, I lived in Irvine, CA, before Clinton closed El Toro MCAS. They weren't flying all that low by the time they came over the house, but the were still way louder than any Boeing 747. The engine pitch was always...

Individual owner ops will have some effect. If you can get your carriers to work together to assure these things continue, it will have greater effect, and then it will help all of expediting.