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My last big rig was a KW, Cummins 400. I used to be able to save alot of money just watching where i bought fuel. I had two 100 gal. tanks, and would burn 100 gal or more per day. The difference in fuel prices, allowed me to save anywhere from $10 $20 a fill up. That savings would more than pay...

I just watched another documentary about additives. I personally in all the years i´ve trucked and all the miles i´ve driven have never used ANY type of additive (diesel, gas, injector oil etc). I´ve always maintained my equipment with the thrust bieng on clockwork oil changes at 10,000 miles...

Bushdoctor: First of all, most companies won´t hire you without a class A cdl with hazmat. Expediting is mainly in the midatlantic and midwestern states. You can get your own authority and be a true "independent", but i suggest you walk before you run, and tackle the getting loads problem later...

Hello UKexpediter....I took a look at your site. It seems like a good site. Well laid out. The only critique..put your phone number on every page. Over here our biggest user of expediting is the automotive industry, and thier suppliers, which means just about any company that manufactures or...

Most of the E unit teams i have encountered, seem to do well. They typically get about $1.00-$1.10 per mile...all miles. Some I have talked to have dedicated runs, and do better. The single E units don´t seem to do much better than a D unit, based on conversations I´ve had with some of them. It...

Alaska and Hawaii, are the only two states i´ve never driven in. I, too would have taken the trip, like Lawrence, just to see it, and drive it. One of my trucking dreams has always been to drive the Alcan Highway. I may have to do it in my motor home when i retire.

I´d like to jump in here with an opinion. Fisrt of all to nchauler. This is NOT a bogus site, as you yourself admitted to using it over a period of time to gleen information. Secondly to Lawrence. Nchauler has a valid point. When one excercises editorial control, there is no longer a forum...

In this chapter, expediting. We´ll begin with The Game Plan. By now you´ve sat around and fantisized about going expediting, but you´re not sure. Step one, get on the internet, (this site is a good source) and start collecting company literature. Read everyhting. Step two, go to a truck stop...

I would like an answer on this question from someone that is more knowledgable than myself. If you idle a gasoline engine, you always have to worry about carbon monoxide creeping into your cab or sleeper. There is no carbon monoxide threat when idling a diesel engine. My question is why not? I...

Nice wagon weave!....You going to paint it orange and get a suit to match?

It was a rainy ugly night at the flying j off highway 75 just north of atlanta. Scnieder-Man was sitting in the cab of his condo frieghtshaker, sucking face and swapping spit with Fuel-desk Woman. Suddenly, right in the middle of a particularly wet one, the call came in...beep...

Yes Weave...Schnieder-Man is a natural heroe for us truckers. He needs a love interest, so i recommend Flying J Fueldesk-Woman. He also needs a central crime fighting information center, staffed by NO-HOLD Dispatcher-Babe, both day and night. Lot Lizards beware! :)

Randy...good luck with whatever you decide to do. Do you plan to stay in trucking? Seems everything you read these days, expediting is taking bath. We all, i guess wonder if and when it will get back to bieng profitable. I hope that any newbies heed your advice. It ain't easy out there!

Business is slow. Alot of us are just sitting around truck stops waiting for the next load. Remember the movie "The good, the bad and the.....uuuuugly"! I hope no one is offended. ! Good: Your wife is pregnant. Bad: It's triplets. Ugly: You had a vasectomy five years ago. Good: Your...

I forgot to add: ALL RECRUITERS LIE! IT'S THIER JOB. ALL DISPATCHERS LIE! IT'S THIER JOB. ALL DIPATCHERS WILL ASK YOU FOR FAVORS. IT'S THIER JOB. ALL COMPANIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME WILL PUT ON MORE TRUCKS THAN THEY NEED. AND ALL DRIVERS WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE ABOVE. IT'S THIER JOB.

Are you talking to me?? Every kind of trucking has it's up's and downs, and i mean every kind!When business is good, in whatever trucking arena you're in, you make money, run hard. When things slow down, you spend more time getting loads, take loads you wouldn't ordinarily take, and stay out...

Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc., so you will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call to cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. A corporate attorney sent this out to...

I was empty around washington d.c a few years ago, and was dispatched to pick up a 2 million dollar deep sea diving suit. One of a kind, that they use to go down after disabled submarines. It hung in it's own custom harness, on wheels. A real challenge to get it into the trailer and secure it...

I was reading a travel article about things to pack for a trip. I'm always on a trip. I got to thinking about the things i take, with me that are indepensable to me. Things like my fm walkie talkies, which i've had for years. I now have the small ones (family radio band 38 channels AAA...

I had the small cat in myt last truck. At about 300,000 an injector cup let go, and i had them all replaced to the tune of about $2000..not to mention the loss of load i was on, and the down time. Before that the only engine i ever ran was a cummins, with little problem. I kept the cat well...