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Dale I agree with Cheri you have been more then fair when I know you were upset and you have been a great influence on all of us. I have learned a lot from you and I wish you the best in your next adventures.

We are usually parked at a TA or Petro unless in California and use the 49'er and if in Oregon use the Jubitz that also has shore power. I wonder if that TA is a Franchise? We have talked with Shore Power and they cannot get their foot in the door with TA/Petro on this issue. There are some...

Bubblehead how do we get TA/Petro and other truck stops to understand this? I have talked with the CEO of TA/Petro and he is still feeling the burn an irritation of Park & View and the mess with Idle Air and he is not interested in getting burned again. He sees no need for this service and the...

I also wish they would start adding shore power to all of the truck stops. Shore power does not make as much of a mess as Park & View did or as Idle Air does. I wonder what kind of campaign it would take to get them to pay attention to the fact we want shore power?

Sometimes the type of customers a company has will dictate a no dog policy. Also fleet owners will have a no dog/smoking policy and I can see that as a fleet owner. As the owner of the truck though when we searched for a company when we started in truck load our first question was do you have...

TA in Rodgers, MN has this deal posted for drivers who are in the parking lot for the weekend:

IFTA has updated the Fuel Tax Charts and there are a few states that if the fuel price is checked near the state borders it would probably be cheaper to buy the higher priced fuel. These states and their fuel tax are ones to remember: Pennsylvania .642 New York .4005 Illinois .427 I have...

A question was asked of me the other day from a lady wanting to go from a full service accounting firm to one that would help her do much of her own bookkeeping without doing her taxes at the end of the year. They are not in the Expedite Industry and it sounded as if she had some book keeping...

Do not forget this worthwhile cause as the truck show in Dallas is coming up quickly!

That is why SCF decided to do two challenges! Looking forward to seeing you and your muscular legs somewhere on down the road. Maybe at the Expo and you can come walk with us there.

Saint Christophers Fund is starting a Health Challenge to kick off at GATS 2015 Driven to be Healthy Challenge Interested in getting healthier, losing weight and/or exercising more? If so, join us for our first annual Driven to be Healthy Challenge. This is a 6-month challenge with 2...

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Louixo sounds like you moved into the next phase and once again have a great QOL and it does sound interesting for the future. Right now we are still enjoying our time as Expediters and look forward to what the years will bring and looking out our office window.

Great Job Tina! Women In Trucking Announces June Member of the Month Plover, WI (June 1, 2015 )- Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announces Tina Evans as its June Member of the Month. Tina is an owner/operator that has been driving an expedite truck for 14 years with her husband Tom. They...

We have reached the point in the year where if you have not downloaded your logs they are going to start disappearing and are not recoverable. 6 month is all they are stored at Qualcomm and after that you will have to recreate them from BOL's and receipts for tax purposes.

Sheets - pillow glass cleaner insulated coffee cup - (Contigo is what I have)

We carry a small fire/water proof safe in the truck where we keep some extra cash, our birth certificates, and phone numbers just in case like Roamin says something happens to our phones. Extra emergency cash can also really help in an Emergency... We also carry debit/credit cards instead of...

Passport (if going to Canada) Copy of Medical card Shower bag - (not need for towel usually) Dirty clothes bag Laundry soap (much cheaper then buying at truck stop) Paper towels - Paper plates - plastic silverware baggies of all sizes velcro

We get asked this question often of what are the bare necessities to leave out in a truck for a couple of months. It would be great to get a list started where a new person could look and get ideas of what they need to bring with them. GPS - Truck Map - Flashlight - computer -...

One way to save money on insurance is know the value of your vehicle and change that value with your insurance company. We call our dealer to find out the current value and then call our insurance to change the value they will pay out on.