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    Met an owner op who does some interesting things

    I met an owner op who requires his drivers who drives his trucks to carry 3 log books. One to show to the "man" one for the accounting people, and one for him to keep at his home office if he gets audited. Just got one thing to say Ohh hell no Then I heard from my legal people...
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    Getting annoyed with paper log books

    Thinking of going paperless, any ideas? I was thinking of taking a page out of Werner's playbook but I don't really wanna pay for the qualcomm uplink
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    I love sun micro systems

    I have a Black Box mobile data center connected to my truck. Its housed in a 20 foot shipping container that sun micro systems makes specific for this set up. Plug it in to a water and power source and network source and you can manage all kinds of web based applications. Cost, more than my...
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    Whats the strangest thing you have hauled?

    I haul just about anything under the sun that is less than a straight truck load but bigger than a sprinter. The strangest thing I have hauled so far this month was documents.
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    I increased my trucks blue book value

    I put diesel in it
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    I increased my trucks value

    I put diesel in it ;)
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    Flat bed straight trucks

    Would they be worth it?
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    Going on I80 through Nebraska

    I delivered a sleeper cab body to my old stomping grounds Werner enterprise. I ran into my old dispatcher Gairy who did not know from his *** when it came to reading a map. I am so glad I left that company, but I seen Werner is getting into straight trucking. At there yard where I picked...
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    Sold my Rhl185

    Got a f550 cheaper to insure :D I increased its bluebook value, I put diesel in it.
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    I just increased the blue book value in my truck

    I put diesel in it
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    I got the moves like jagger!

    Transporting a car for the drummer for maroon 5. This is going to pay nice.
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    Someone refresh my memory

    If a business that operates in 3 locations has a fleet of vans in each location and 2 or 3 straight trucks, do they need a us dot number?
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    From kzoo to gr I counted 19 cars that slid off the road

    The me first mentality seems to bite the average motorist in the ***. People who passed me while I was driving in that snow storm ended up in a ditch 4 or 5 miles ahead of me. But I didnt :D
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    Belleroc tire is in breech of contract

    Belleroc tire is a merged company of Belle tire and Tredroc tire. I contracted to haul their retreaded tires and they are refusing to pay. Fortunately I got a good lawyer buddy. phew
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    Canada Talking to a Canadian trucker

    I don't know if its just a rumor among our neighbors to the north but I was talking to this guy in at a flying j in Lansing and word on the Canadian rumor mill is that they want to make semi tractor and trailers not legal in certain parts of Canada to protect the Canadian swamp land. Hmmm if...
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    Debating on selling my house

    It does not make a bit of sense to pay for something that I see only once every two months. It does not make any sense to have to pay for a landscaping company to mow my lawn or rake my leaves while I am criss crossing the roads of the good ole use. So I put my house on the market and selling...
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    Bad time to be in Zanesville ohio right now

    I hear in the local news that a man had a nature preserve on his property and went and let all the animals loose and then killed him self. If you see a bear or lion walking around keep your doors locked.
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    I met me a one legged owner op

    Nicest guy in the world suprised he was able to get a cdl. Who would of thought a one legged trucker.
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    Just got the king pins replaced

    Man that was an expensive front end repair. But now she rolls in a straight line!:D
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    I found a new consistant stream of income.

    Hauling passenger and truck tires seems to be pretty steady so far.
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