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Anytime I've lost power due to a hurricane down in FL, it was not unheard of to be without it for 2 to 4 days. My parents live in Tampa and were surprised to lose power under hurricane Jean. Surprised because Jean was nothing compared to Charlie and Francis that had come earlier that year...

Once upon a time, there was a large cheese expediter. This cheese expediter had a brokerage for which to elicit help from smaller cheese haulers when their own mousketeers were unavailable. One day a little mouse from a smaller cheese hauler saw a load of cheese listed for pickup in his...

Being a carrier, I can look for loads both expedited and regular. When I came home last week, I got offered a load by a broker that I had done a good job for recently. It actually picked up about 25 miles from where I was at the time and delivered within 40 miles of the place I park my truck...

Well, evidently the driver chose to take it rather than sit. Or take it rather than d/h to San Antonio. I know of a couple expedite brokers who want a deal on everything. As long as they know there are more trucks sitting than freight coming out, they can play the "supply and demand game."

Before you go on accusing THOSE carriers of cheapening the rate, it would be good to have more of the facts. Unfortunately, we do not. Load boards are a fact of life. They are a lifeline between carriers and brokers across the country. If it went for $.68 per mile, it was most likely an...

Hehehe... I can hear that phone conversation now. "Sorry but I can't legally move the truck. The truck has already waited at your dock for six hours. I'll will be moving the truck in 4 hours and NO, I can't come out of the sleeper to discuss it with you."

Fort Valley, GA. I swear there's only one plant in that town.

Your least favorite place to deliver is.....? Ok kids. I don't see too many folks active on here this weekend, so you all must be gettin' rich out there. But for those who are around, I've got a little game for you. In the past, there have been great threads about great cities to pick up...

Yes, probably the biggest hangup I had with this truck was the tranny, not the motor. I would say possibly it was the 4.1 gear ratio, but also that the parts were not heavy enough to handle the load. The suspension was sufficient, as was the engine. But when you stick 5000 lbs on an E450, the...

Figure in 8 to 10 years. My 2000 FLD has right at 800k miles. Ohio CaT dynoed the snot out of it and said it behaved like a young engine, still getting up-to-spec results on horsepower at the wheel. A Class 8 engine like a Cat C10 or DD 60 series is designed to pull 80,000 lbs on a regular...

Look in the EO classifieds. There are a couple listed. Remember, the age rule with carriers are different for class 8 trucks. A 5 year old class 8 is no biggie.

Sounds fun....but in a moving truck? I don't wanna poke my wife's eye out.:D:p;)

I'm actually thinking of putting Copilot Truck on a Pocket PC operating PDA. You just need to make sure it is GPS enabled.

My experience is that you'll have more opportunies coming in than going out. Getting home won't be any more of a problem than getting home to ANY state tucked in a corner, ie. Maine or Oregon. You may need to plan on staying out a little longer than many at a jaunt in order to be profitable...

I'm looking for cab curtains for my FLD. When I got the truck, it had the ones between cab and sleeper, but I took them out because they smelled hideous. I'd like to just put in the front window ones. Not much to be found on the Freightliner site. Suggestions?

I liked the old days when Fuddruckers had the fresh beef hanging from meat hooks in the window like it was carved straight from the butcher. But I do agree that the rest of this post is nonsense.

Did you hear that from a recruiter? Definitely get with some honest Landstar operators. Don't think it works quite like that.

I ran an E450 with a V10. It was 14050 GVWR. As long as you don't jack rabbit, you can get good mileage. It's bigger than the V8 gas, which you will need having a load, so in the end it really doesn't use more than the V8. If I ran 60, I've gotten as much as 11.5 out of it. If I ran 70, it...

So true. I've hauled everything from automotive to computers, as well as living rabbits and flower bouquets to a dead horse's grave.

Tri-state does do some automotive type freight, but it's all their customer base, and not NLM's.