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    FAA to "check" overweight pilots for restful sleep..

    If professional drivers got paid what pro athletes get paid we would be in great shape, but, people in great shape have medical problems also while driving.
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    Nogalis, AZ; Is There Any Freight Outta There

    Been stuck in, Nogalis for 4 days, I know it don't sound like much but to deadhead somewhere else is a lot of miles...such as El Paso. Question is, is there any freight here...sure don't look like Laredo.
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    Drivers Protest October 11,2013

    Re: Drivers Protest November or October 11,2013 That is just fine, make jokes while the Brokers and the Company Owners make all the money as they tell you they are broke, but still go on multiple vacations each year and the drivers slowly but surely go broke, lose their trucks and starve to...
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    T. E. Smith; Liars, Cheats and Theives

    DO NOT sign on with T.E. Smith. They lie, cheat and steal from their drivers. I signed on with them in April, 2013 with the promise from their recruiter of an average of $1.60-$1.65 per mile for ALL miles and upwards of 3000 miles per week for a straight truck...to good to be true...it was...
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    How Goes the New 34-Hour Restart for You?

    ATEAM; Please tell me of a carrier that is willing to give you or me more money because moving freight costs more, I cant even get my company to even remotely try to get dead head covered...they think its the drivers responsibility to cover any and all dead head no matter how far it is...ave...
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    Load Documents

    MICHSPRINTER, you are asking two different questions. 1 BOL bill of lading is a federally required document that has shipper w/ address, consignee w/ address, description of freight to include how many, what it is, and its weight, and who is hauling it. 2 SETTLEMENT SHEET, if you work on a...
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    Am I being to picky with DH miles

    Now here is a quote from an uninformed person who probably has never driven a truck..."It's not about the amount of DH miles, but pay for the load" I have news for you, its all about the dead head miles when it costs .70 a mile to move your truck and then YOU want to bid freight cheap so you...
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    Scalehouse at Ofallon IL I-64 Eastbound CSVA Inspections

    Prepass don't alway help, they can and do turn off the prepass to force you to weigh and or pull in for inspections.
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    Which company is the best?

    If you sign on with Zipp you will starve to death, because all you do is SIT. As I'm sure is true with most companies and what ever you do, DON'T ever believe a recruiter, they are nothing but habitual liars
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    77 closed in WV, minor detour till further notice

    N. B. lanes only are closed
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    Straight Truck Pay - % or mileage

    Hi there, Triple B, I am an O/O of a straight truck, and have also driven semi's for both mileage and percentage...with todays Dot climate, repair and fuel costs you are leaps and bounds ahead by working for percentage. The deal is you have to factor in all of the variables to where all miles...
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    Solo straight truck driving loo

    Its not the drivers or O/O that are the scum bags and scheisters...
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    Abandoned

    OK...here is a little story for ya and a question. I own an 07' M2 106 Freightliner straight truck and picked up a 10,000 lb. load in Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday the 2nd. and headed for Detroit, Mi. for a Wednesday the 3rd. delivery. I got as far as Georgetown, KY., who has a freightliner...
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    Freight rates and fuel prices!

    With the diesel fuel prices going up and soon to be exceeding $4.00 per gallon, how long can you hang on before you will need an increase in freight rates?
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    Here's the link to that digital webcam I bought

    how does it do in the dark...most of my driving time is after sunset...your video seems awful dark for as high as the sun was...is the apiture adjustable on this camera
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    "Adventures" in South Carolina

    You know I do everything I can do NOT to respond to some of these threads, but when you get an uneducated, cop hatin, apparently non drivin, by the number of his posts friggin idiot like AMONGER one just has too. Of what I speak is handlers do not train their dogs to false alert to make their...
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    Cell Phones/Internet

    Who is the best cell phone provider nationally and if you have wireless internet who do you use?
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    Diesel Prices

    When is enough,enough...how high is the price of diesel going to get to before you have to park your truck?
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    Express-1 Straight Truck rate increase!!!!

    Dragonlady, what is the special clearence to haul dod and how do you get it?
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    HOW do big rig drivers do it?

    I was not going to make a comment on this b.s. discussion, but after reading these so called forums, it does nothing but remind me of the c.b. radio, most of the wanna be truck drivers on here, that wouldn't make a good pimple on a real truck drivers *** sit on here and ***** about everything...
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