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Personal conveyance is authorized by USDOT for reasonable times or distance each day but only for trucks that are unladen. A carrier may allow personal conveyance and may define a reasonable length of time or distance for each of its drivers or independent contractors leased to them. In our...

The new trucks do not have a place beside the drivers seat for fire extinguishers. Also I worry about a California DOT officer and their interpretation of a conspicuous place they might be thinking frame rails of the truck. We will keep our sign on our truck.

AWESOME - Thank you so much for the link it is very very very appreciated.

The team that I am talking about was sited at the Gilroy Scale.

With our carrier yes we can do PC that fits into the rules and regulations for our carrier. Not all carriers have those rules.

California does write this up on inspections for not having the signs and not having the signs on the right door. One of the Team Run Smart Pro's that is from California during an inspection was asked to show that the sign was located on the correct door. A friend or yours Phil as well as ours...

Why would you go OOS? The truck has to be sitting for the 34 hour restart.

I have been using Sprint Wi-FI for years. Started out using the phone and now have a Sprint Overdrive and am still looking for something better. I started out with unlimited usage and had that till a few years ago with my Overdrive went bad right before my renewal. When I got the replacement...

For many years we have been told we must have this sign on the door where the fire extinguisher is located while in California. I have been trying to find the California regulation stating this and I am having no luck. Has anyone actually seen the regulation in writing and can refer me to...

GandJ great information and glad you backing it up with the regulations.

What are you specific questions? Your situation reminds me of most people who have entered trucking after their kids have left home.

While at the OOIDA Heart of America Trucking Show Heather Dunn took a video of me showing some of the amenities I have in our sleeper. Also some of tips on how I have multi uses for these items. https://www.teamrunsmart.com/articles/live-smart/november-2013/living-comfortably-on-the-road.aspx

Wednesday November 4th is the day for the Fuel Efficiency Webinar. Go ahead and get registered.

"Driving for Fuel Efficiency" Webinar Invitation. Fuel is the owner-operator’s number one variable expense and that is not going to change any time soon. However, during these times of high fuel costs it is possible to increase your cash flow by reducing your fuel expense. Register for "Driving...

Happy Birthday Moot and keep up the Chinchilla stories....

Frank and India you will be missed! Over the years we have enjoyed seeing you and Frank out on the road and spending time with both of you. We were able to visit many of the places that you recommended with our favorite being the bus tour with the same tour guide you guys had at Mount...

From what I have read the system has been tweaked again to give negative points to trucks that refuse loads. My guess is the dispatcher sees nothing different as the computer assigns the points and then displays the trucks in the order they are to be dispatched. Only a educated guess as it...

Moose we run a vastly different operation then you do. We sit longer then you do and we have a lot larger sleeper then you do that runs a lot of "gadgets". Our goal is to not have to use the generator as much and look for what will work for our next truck.

Buck Black has an interesting article on Team Run Smart about professionalism and staying focused, safe, and positive: http://www.expeditersonline.com/trucking/writer1/You_want_us_to_where.html

Sorry Moose we still have gadgets up our sleeve... Next is solar power and I believe you should have saw their booth at the OOIDA Show. eNow Energy Solutions for Transportation. eNow Energy Solutions for Transportation, Solar panels for your trucking fleet We have the solar panel we now need...