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Current OOIDA Membership 153,304 I found these facts on the OOIDA Media page and decided to post them here: There is no shortage of truck drivers in the United States. The Department of Transportation registers more than 40,000 commercial drivers licenses per month. Owner-operators...

It is that time once again to vote! This year OOIDA is allowing online voting for the alternates to the Board of Directors. OOIDA has also sent paper ballots to your home. Many of you have met Henry Albert at the Expo, the various truck shows or out on the road. He is running for one of...

The BBQ at Papa Johns has been happening for several years and keeps growing each year. Jeannie of Bolt and Susie of Polly have organized us for several years. Last year we had a nice combination of expediters and big trucks. We had a nice tent and several grills. We also had a lawn chair...

The Expo has just as many if not more Expediters and they are contained. MATS is so huge that the Expediters are spread out in many parking lots and often we do not even see each other. Many of us park at Papa Johns in a group and have a yearly cookout and get together with all Expediters and...

I have a friend who does not mind being drafted as their fuel mileage goes up on their dash read out. By any chance do you have a dash read out and could see any change? I am not so sure a smart car would help a semi but it might help a straight truck. Personally I get nervous when anyone...

I thought this was a great fund raiser and they were able to raise $211,115 for the Saint Christopher's fund. Here is the link to the article in Land Line on the OOIDA site: http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/Nov10/110810/111210-03.shtml

I am sure you had the class at PJ's and Melissa probably taught it. She is very good on the QC and if you ever have a HazMat questions she is a fantastic source. The new QC is easy to learn and if there is any questions you call in and talk to Tom or ask them on here as there are so many of...

I did not consider it to be a big deal as we had all ready worked around the problem. I would like to see the log sheets compiled into a spread sheet instead of a daily log. Not sure yet if we will even use these.

I am sure others will jump in with their thoughts on this. We haul emergency freight and the problem is it is hard to plan an emergency. We often haul as little as an ounce to in our size truck 13,000lbs. We do not return to where we started we continue on our journey waiting for the next...

You might want to read a little bit more... Expediting is not a part time job it is a 24 hour a day job often seven days a week. An owner would want someone full time and to be able to stay out for extended periods. I believe there is at least on courier company in the Saint Louis area, but I...

Some of you met Rick Ash at MATS this past year and I thought you might be interested in this article. Rick just attended and spoke at this conference on behalf of drivers. Rick is an Owner Operator leased to HVH out of Denver. Rick is also chairman of the Trucking Solutions Group which we...

Ours are at home waiting for us. It does a bit to get them in when you order from their web site. I looked on JC Whitneys website and could not find them! I guess we will stay out of the snow till we can get home and pick ours up.

We have the Sprint Overdrive WiFi 3g 4g and there is no way I would recommend this. I have had the Overdrive replaces once and was lucky enough that they felt sorry for me and I did not have to send in the Overdrive and have a new one shipped to house they gave me one off of the shelf. I...

San Antonio TA

I agree Leo that the system needs to be automated on many departure calls. The figure that I heard thrown around was that only 35% of the total calls are automated. I do not believe that it is a high priority item right now. Dwell time starting as soon as we unload seems as if it should work...

We have been discussing the following issues and wonder what others think of these policies: What would happen if the slate was wiped clean and we no longer had Express Centers? What would fair compensation be for a truck that is pre dispatched several days before a load is to pickup and...

What I really like about having my e reader is the fact when I hear of a book I want to read I can at the spur of the moment down load it and start reading in the evening. I have no clue why some books I prefer to listen to and others I like to read. I have found I carry less books than I...

Greg, I could not agree with you more on this! Good job

There are many differing opinions concerning having a firearm in a commercial vehicle. We all know that there are no federal regulations prohibiting firearms in CMV. Some states allow, some don't and, since we cross state lines all of the time, firearms should not be in the truck. All of this...

Last year there were tons of choices! I was amazed at the choices of food that came out of the trucks. It really is amazing what can be made in a truck and brought to a pot luck! That buttermilk pie is a heart attack waiting to happen! I have determined why I do not like that pie is I am...