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If you drive I-95 or I-75 and keep glancing at the kind of trucks headed north, you see see a tremendous number of trucks with sea/land containers instead of trailers. I don't know where they're going, but they are mostly headed north.

Yep! That is per person price. Outrageous, isn't it? I'm not a big fan of Disney since they took jobs away from the small businesses in the U.S. and sent the work to China. I live in FL and they couldn't give me passes to go to Disney World.

It's gonna be a while! Wireless internet is like wireless phones - they have to have transmitter towers and you know how long it took to get wireless almost all over the country - a long time. Way I understand it, you can only get wireless internet in those metropolitan areas where the demand...

There is a new virus being spread through indiviuals' address books. I received an email from a supply house in GA with it (not on my book - I'm on theirs); then received 3 more from an individual who routinely sends me email. Subject in all 4 were consistant with business done with these...

Does anyone out there know how the large trucking companies charge for their services? Do they charge by the mile or by the pound? I know household goods movers charge by the pound and distance according to a rate book (learned this by being in the military and moving so often). I've tried to...

Anyone from Panther II out there? Would like to hear how you are doing with the company. Thanks! :D

Sorry 'bout that....these old fingers sometimes seem to have a mind of their own. The correct URL is: www.etrucker.net/news/heads/5-11-012.htm

The lobbyists for NATSO, the association of truck stops, has presented a position to congress that there is enough parking at the truck stops and additional parking along the nation's highways isn't needed. If you don't agree, suggest you send an email to your congressman and senator letting...

We've all heard the stories about stolen credit cards and the havoc created by the thiefs. We all know we should report the theft to our creditors and make a police report. However, I did not know that you could also make a report to each of the big 3 credit reporting agencies. Their phone...

For those of you who have never worked in the oil industry as I have, some more education. It takes 12 drilled wells to get one marginal producer of poor grade, low specific gravity oil. Poor grade oil is full of contaminents that increase the cost of refining. When Spindletop was a gusher in...

Need all the help we can get from experienced expeditors. Would appreciate hearing from ya'll about questions you wish you knew to ask before you signed on with a company! I know there are probably a million of them. Thanks.