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Sorry our picture tricked you... I cannot seem to get the whole truck in the profile picture. The truck also has a trailer tail and I will try and add a picture here. We are a dry box and empty weigh in at 31,500 the life time fuel mileage of the truck is 12.21 and to learn more of the spec's...

It is all up to you and work that you put into getting loads. It is a mixture of short loads and long loads. If you put a lot of restrictions on what you can and will do, how long you will stay out, and times you will run, and your qualifications such as you will not run hazmat, then the list...

What has been truly surprising to me at Landstar is how well a solo can do. The solo's here in straight trucks run all over the country and stay busy. The key though is they are not spoon fed loads they are actively looking for loads within Landstar and staying in contact with the agents.

We have always run under percentage pay and cannot imagine running flat rate. There are exciting loads and there are ho hum loads and remember you will not hit a home run with every load. Take the good with the bad and it will average out in the long run. If going into a bad area make sure...

We switch between 3-4 morning and afternoon. This way we both get a chance to sleep while it is dark.

RoadTime everyone I know takes them off in the summer and buy new ones for the next year. Over the years we had one come off that Bob did not get sealed right.

At the TA/Petro when you book your shower go to the desk and ask for a team shower and they will assign another shower or just shower together. There are plenty of towels finally in one shower so no chasing down an attendant to get more towels.

I created a video on tracking business receipts. At the end of the year this makes it very easy to have everything in order to give to our accountant.

While we were home last time Bob made a video on how to change your power steering filter.

Where do you live or can you dead head to a better area and then dead head home? trying to limit where you run in an expediter can be tough.

Glad you are here.

Depends on your goals. Consider the income and the stress of each vehicle from tractor trailer to the van and decide your pay to pain ratio. For us we decided the stress of the tractor trailer was the worth the income, the van did not create enough income for our goals. The straight truck has...

Someone that has back trouble and an older truck that rides like a tank can extend their driving career by years with the right seat. Cheaper then buying a new truck if you are only wanting to drive another five or six years.

You can order the Bose seat when you order a new Freightliner. Jeff Clark one of the Team Run Smart Pro's has been using one for over a year and really likes the ride. I think the $6000 figure is a little high.

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Seeing the post by Greg in the Landstar forums reminding me if this little problem that can get huge. There are several toll roads in the United States that send a bill to who is registered to the tag. If the bill firsts goes to say Landstar and then through all of that mess and then finally...

Good idea to compare costs to having Landstar get the tag or purchase ourselves.

Thank You Lawrence appreciate it.

We created a series of video blogs this year on how we got into expediting and trucking. We talk about some of mishaps, networking and how we stay away from home for months at a time. Bob has also created a few videos on maintenance to our truck. It is easiest to find the videos on You Tube...