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Log it as you drive it. When it comes to off duty and sleeper time, log it as you live it. If you are at a truck stop laying over for say a day, log yourself in the sleeper. If you go inside for lunch and stay an hour, log one hour off duty. The nice thing about these new electronic logs is...

In context, the joke was hilarious. A number of white glove drivers used to joke among ourselves about going into FedEx headquarters for our "tooth check." It was a joke but at the time the joke had a tangential basis in fact. To get on the art team, you needed to be cleared by Dolly and she...

Yes, it is an interesting article, now that I have read it. The confusion comes from your post. You talk about what is "REALLY considered an out of service sticker at a scale." As far as I know, there is only one kind of out of service sticker. There is nothing in the article that differentiates...

I don't understand where the confusion would lie. What's not to understand about an out of service sticker? When a scale cop puts a truck or driver out of service, a prominent sticker is placed on the truck. If the truck or driver is not placed out of service, no OOS sticker is placed on the...

Diane! Diane! Come check this out. Here, read it here ... Layoutshooter said something good about the government. Something's off. Things don't seem right. I think we should do a pre-trip inspection and check the weather and news headlines again.

In some cases, you are correct, HAZMAT does not pay all that well. But in other cases, HAZMAT has been some of the best paying freight we have hauled. That is more the case at our new carrier (Landstar Express America). When we came to Landstar from our previous carrier and started serving some...

And not a single one of them overweight!

It is easy for brokers, dispatchers and shippers to forget or remain blind to the impact it has on a driver when a shipment goes bad. If they were made to drive even 100 miles out and back from the office every time they made a shipping mistake, they would be a lot more careful. "Oops, Joe...

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I can't speak about all locations and jurisdictions. As we plan our clubs we are learning that first responders have after-hours access to all businesses in the strip mall. In an extreme emergency, they would just break a window and come in, I would think. Once we get set up, we'll be talking...

Diane and I are noticing that the game rooms in an increasing number of TA and Petro truck stops are empty. The pinball machines and other games are gone. The rooms stand empty and clean. Just curious of anyone knows what the plan is for that space?

What TA is doing with their StayFit fitness rooms is fantastic, and it would be a great choice for any driver who is able to make regular or even occasional use of them. Generally, each room includes two or three piece of cardio equipment manufactured by Life Fitness. Life Fitness is a top brand...

Each AF club is equipped with state-of-the-art security systems that control club access during non-staffed hours, video with dozens of cameras everything that goes on in the club except in the bathrooms and private tanning rooms, and includes panic buttons that members can use to summon a 911...

Very impressive, 21cExp. You take the paid tourism aspect of expediting to a high level. Diane and I like to think we have seen the country. Reading your post, I realize that when we leave expediting, we are going to wish we saw the country with the effort, perception and insight you do.

Re: New Blog: Looking Booth Ways! That will be a good blog to read, but I did not know John went both ways.

For the same reason that when you are working on your truck and drop something, and there is a 50 percent chance it will roll down the storm drain, it will roll down the drain 100 percent of the time.

The post was not "in sarcasm." I'm simply calling it like I see it. Rude? That was not the intent but if it comes across that way, so be it. No one is going to lose 100 lbs. who eates the food Blizzard describes and talks about eating as much of it as he wants as often as he wants. Call it...

I'm not one to give up so easily. Translating hours of service logs into music is intriguing. Yes, a single day's log might not produce much but it might be interesting to see what happens when you play a few days in a row or use two instruments to play two days at the same time. This would not...

You're either going to do it or you're not. Your posts talk more about food than weight loss strategies, revealing where your mind and heart are, and leading me to believe that you will not lose the weight. Your fat will likely get you before you get it. Indeed, it has a major head start. Sorry.