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Well, tranny service is not late. Problem seems intermittent. Phil, that's a very interesting situation with the batteries. I mentioned that to him and will have him check that later. No problems this morning.

Well, the driver said he was having problems putting it in gear when he got back in the truck after a restroom break, so he wasn't switching from drive to reverse or the other way around. I am aware of having to wait a second for the clutch brake to catch on. I drove this truck myself for 2-1/2...

Hi everyone. The driver in my truck is complaining that the auto shift on my truck is not going into gear when he starts out. He gets the blinking "2" that shows it isn't in gear yet, along with the downward arrows, showing that the RPMs are not at the correct speed for shifting. I do understand...

Hey John, Maybe you should just spend your day grillin' burgers and dogs for the crew, or maybe another chili cook-off. I do like the recliner idea. Spent several hours at a Cat dealer one afternoon near Cleveland. It was nice to have showers and a darkened room with Lazy Boys. It beats...

I used a 12v blanket that I bought at Love's for quite some time. The only drawback for me was that it was a throw instead of a full size bed blanket. I always shoved it between the lower blanket and another and it kept me toasty and ran at a very low amperage. However, if it was down in the...

You were most likely getting pulled in Miami for two types of things: immigration and agriculture inspection. Gotta keep those Medflies in check.

Bubblehead: A DOT officer cannot fine you for not having proper signage on a vehicle that is 26K or under. If you park in an area that is marked for freight loading/unloading, the local municipality may require you to have a certain size company lettering (usually 3" height and on both sides)...

Somehow this story sounds incomplete. First of all, FL does not require any special permitting to run inTRAstate as a for-hire carrier, whereas some states, such as TX, require a carrier to obtain a permit for inTRAstate hauling whether or not the carrier's home state is the same. FDOT does not...

Charles is the man.

When I was still on the road, I found that even an all-nighter was manageable if I could get ahead enough to take a nap between 2-4am. I have found that if I can do this, I can still preserve having my days and nights from being screwed up.

Definitely the short answer. The freight market has changed. If you search any 3PL forums, the whole selling point is reducing cost, eliminating supply chain inefficiency, so that the customer needs to call for expedite LESS. The model of Just in Time freight being more cost effective than...

They are nationwide, and probably have the same opportunities as anyone these days.

I like that. TSBS. Good one. I will hold onto that one.

Ya sure can't. Ya get a guy runnin' a small straight who gets mad by the early afternoon because dispatch hasn't loaded him yet. He keeps calling, buggin' the snot out of dispatch, calling people childish names, just because their world doesn't revolve around just him. Finally dispatch decides...

Night, I just hired a new one. It took awhile as well. I had one guy who told me that he and his friend would run team for me, and that if we required hazmat, he could go get the endorsement tomorrow. (We don't do HZ, so it didn't matter.) Once we spoke on the phone, it came out that he...

I might pick SLC over Vegas, all things weather-wise being equal.