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After more discussion, I made a more detailed essay. This one includes very specific and practical guidance about starting a relationship with a small-fleet owner. Here's the last of my four essays: No, Greg, my license to practice law is no longer active. Some years ago I placed my name...

After a comment by another user, I added this: The third of my four essays: In the cases to which I referred, there was absolutely no doubt or other question about whether the teams had done their work properly, or about whether the owners had failed and refused to pay as agreed. In my...

Here's the second of my four essays: Here's a bit more on this general subject: There seems to be considerable misunderstanding about what a contract is or is not, or whether a contract does or does not exist. First note this well: A contract is not a piece of paper. A contract is a...

Recently a thread (in another forum) discussed the problems related to those small-fleet owners who seek to cheat their drivers or otherwise to take unfair advantage of them. In that thread (which started with a problem at a particular carrier) I made several contributions. It has occurred to...

JJ, Wimpy, and others: Thanks for your posts. Partly in response to your suggestions, I've begun thinking and planning about doing what you said. About the end of this year, at age 70, I'll get out of the truck and start staying full-time at the house. Marda and I have already made a deal...

Unfortunately, by mistake I just posted a note while Marda's account was open. Sorry 'bout that. Here 'tis under my own screen name: Yes, of course, I know about that. Through the years I've repeatedly urged others to put their agreements into writing. In one of my posts above I described...

No, Greg, my license to practice is no longer active. Some years ago I placed my name on the retired list -- after a devastating stroke -- which left me with a huge language impairment -- which made it very difficult for me to speak and even more difficult to understand the speech of others...

In the cases to which I referred, there was absolutely no doubt or other question about whether the teams had done their work properly, or about whether the owners had failed and refused to pay as agreed. In my comments I discussed certain cases in which not even the owners themselves raised...

Here's a bit more on this general subject: There seems to be considerable misunderstanding about what a contract is or is not, or whether a contract does or does not exist. First note this well: A contract is not a piece of paper. A contract is a conceptual notion. A contract is an...

There are good owners and bad owners, and there are good drivers and bad drivers -- not only at the Copycats but also at every other carrier. This thread deals with the owners who, in various ways, fail and refuse to pay some or all of what they owe some or all of their drivers -- for...

Thanks very much -- not only to those who commented above but also to those who sent us PMs. We received a surprisingly large number of PMs. Every one of them expressed support and approval of one type or another. Nobody expressed disapproval. Again, thanks very much to each of you. Marda...

Thanks for the upcheck. Yes, I fully expect that the cheerleaders will suppress any more of my candor. They seem to dislike negative realities. Doc.

Unfortunately, the misuse of those locks -- the ones applied inappropriately and the ones left in place too long inappropriately -- is a consequence of the fact that too many of the dispatchers at FedUp CC are dipstick youngsters who pay -- in the kindest of words -- careless inattention to...

This is an unabashed promotional announcement -- that is, an advertisement -- for my new website. The name of it is Bluehounds and Redhounds. The URL is http://www.bluehoundsandredhounds.info. It presents the histories of Greyhound and Trailways -- that is, the regional operating companies...

Marda and I own and run a 2006 Freightliner Columbia with a 90-inch sleeper and a 22-foot cargo box. With full fuel tanks and a full complement of our personal gear, even with no cargo, the front axle bears slightly over 12,000 pounds. Fortunately, the front axle is rated at 12,500 pounds. No...

Joe: Thanks for the note. We've done fairly well -- despite the recent (and current) bumps in the road. However, we have an uneasy feeling about the meeting this afternoon. That pattern -- a mass meeting late on Friday -- is how the top brass -- throughout the business world -- sometimes...

Now that the grace period has ended in Quebec and Ontario, has any of you heard or read anything dependable, trustworthy, or authoritative about this angle: Do the enforcers expect and require that a speed limiter be set at absolutely nothing more than 65 m.p.h.? Or might some slightly...

This afternoon Marda and I caught (on the VRU) a recorded message -- saying that tomorrow -- between 17:00 and 20:00, Friday, 10 July 2009 -- dispatchers on duty -- available and at their stations -- will be extremely limited -- due to a "company meeting" between 17:00 and 20:00 --...

Marda and I now have an Ultrashift behind an MBE-4000 in a Freightshaker Columbia CL-112. We've also owned two Volvo 770 tractors with Autoshift behind Detroit 60 engines. Further -- between the Mercy Ships and our present truck -- we've driven two other trucks for other owners -- with Autoshift...

RE: torque and horsepower This is somewhat oversimplified, but it makes a basic point: The horsepower rating of an engine is a measure of its capacity to accelerate, whereas the torque rating is a measure of its capacity to pull hills (and otherwise move a mass). The higher the horsepower, the...