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This is a thanks to our carrier. Carriers take a lot of bashing in here, sometimes deserved and sometimes not. They should be thanked when they do right. We picked up a load in L.A. on 10-19 heading for Toronto. The paperwork was messed up but we were told to roll and it would be fixed before...

Ok, have anyone, after reaching thier monetary goals for the year, ever put a team in thier truck for a the last month or two of the year? Just to keep the truck running and take time off as well. Just wondering. The subject has come up from time to time at truck stops etc. Sounds interesting...

My wife and I just went in service at 0900 07/25/07. SO what you may ask? Well, we are in service for the first time in OUR OWN TRUCK!!!! Look out world, here we come!!!! Layoutshooter

I need to buy tire chains before winter. I have been reading the laws and now I am REALLY confused. Am I right that in Colorado that all wheels on a single drive axle truck. Cables are not allowed and the only legal alternatives are automatic chains and wheel sanders. What does everyone carry? I...

Where does everyone park when they layover in LA? Seems like all the trucks stops are too far out. Most seem to put you into Ontario when you try to check in. layoutshooter

Has anyone ever heard of a expediting company called Load One. They are out of Michigan, at least I think they are. They are advertising for o/o in the local papers here.

OK, I was just talking with a driver who told me he was ticketed in NY state for running a diesel APU on his truck. The cop told him the NY law reads NO diesel engines can be idled. I thinks he was pulling my leg on this one. Anyone out there heard of anything like this? Layoutshooter

I ran two runs to Brooklyn in the last couple of months. I think I need my head checked. One was a "quickie" run, less than 150 mi and paid really good, except that it took almost 9 hours due to the traffic, bad routing etc. Not good. The other dropped off at a building construction site...

Who else has been asked by a Canadian border guy if you owned guns at your house in the U.S.? I have. Then the guy got up into my face and told me that "When he finds the guns I have hid in my truck he will put me in jail." I had none and did not go to jail. Where do these guys get off asking me...