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Just curious. What impact on California runs and price, if any, have you seen since the new CARB rules went into effect on Jan 1?

A number of EO readers have asked to be notified when our truck will be for sale. Thus this post. Your requests are hereby fulfilled. We planned to sell it after our first fitness club was up and running, a few months from now. The idea was to keep the truck as our Plan B if the gym business...

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Amazon recently introduced its Prime Air delivery concept in which drones are used to fly small packages instantly from the warehouse that receives the customer order directly to the customer's doorstep. You can read more about it here. Drones come in all shapes and sizes and can handle cargo...

Meet the American Nomads of Walmart's Plentiful Parking Lots

Mention has been made by expediters in a couple of threads that their insurance costs are rising, and by a lot in come cases. I thought it might be informative if expediters share what is going on with their truck and work accident insurance in a thread on that topic. What are you seeing with...

It is often said in the Open Forums that operating expenses are going up while freight rates are going down. It is not hard to convince people that expenses are going up. Price increases in trucks, parts, shop labor, health insurance, tires, clothing, tools, and other such things are commonly...

A rolling protest is in progress this Saturday morning on Ontario, on Hwy 402 eastbound between Sarnia and London. Traffic is being routed off the freeway by police. The rally is sponsored by people opposed to wind turbines being placed in Ontario against the wishes of the locals. Story here...

Yet another trucker strike failed today. This one in particular is no surprise since the organizer's agenda was fragmented and, according to many, just plain nuts. What would it take to organize a group of truckers, not to strick per se, but at least to rally around a common agenda to promote...

Comments in the Independent Contractor or misclassification thread suggested that FCC changed its rules to include acceptance ratings in the formula that determines which truck gets the next load. Curious to learn more, I went, for the first time in months, to the FedEx Custom Critical Carrier...

I heard an interesting tidbit on the news last night as I watched the reporting on the federal government shutdown. It was reported that when the government shut down 17 years ago, contractors did not get paid for the work they did while the shutdown was in progress. For long time veterans of...

Diane and I are at the Petro at Raphine, VA. It is about 8:45 p.m. local time. On the PA system, staff is begging drivers to move their trucks from the pumps. "If you have fueled and are at the pumps, please move your truck." "If you are not purchasing fuel but are parked at the pumps, please...

A comment was made in another thread that "nothing is free in trucking." That's not quite true, is it? Some things are free, like the following: - Free shower with 50 gallon fuel purchase. - Free meals at truck stops on certain holidays or appreciation events. - Free hotel at certain company...

New HOS rules went into effect on July 1, among them new rules that affect the 34-hour restart. It is now mid-August. How goes it for you under the changes? Before the new rules, it was easy for Diane and me to do a restart (take 34 hours off-duty or in the sleeper to start a new seven-day...

"As of 1:19pm, there's an Overturned tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike northbound South of Interchange 7A - I-195 in Hamilton Twp. All lanes blocked" If you have freinds in NJ, let them know. Big mess in store.

I just finished reading the Todd Dills, Overdrive magazine articles: Losing the golden triangle: More proof shippers (mis)use CSA and Oral arguments set for CSA suit. I urge those expediters who still think CSA is a good idea to revisit your opinion. Major expedite carriers have been negatively...

Check out this Overdrive article: Severity weights, out-of-service protocol for new hours rules Violating the 30 minute break rule gets you 7 CSA points (a high number in the CSA scale). With the multiplier, the 7 points become 21 for the first year they are on your record. DOT seems to be...

New Hours of Service rules went into effect on July 1. One new rule requires drivers to take a 30 minute break within the first eight hours of your work (on duty or driving), and maybe another 30 minute break in the same day, depending on how your hours for that day work out. Another new...

In its information about the Hours of Service rules that went into effect on July 1, the FMCSA states: "Companies and drivers that commit egregious violations of the rule could face the maximum penalties for each offense. Trucking companies and passenger carriers that allow drivers to...

In another thread, I began to list some of the regulatory changes that have been made in the last ten years that affect us as expediters. That got me to wondering what are the rest? A little help please? What reguatory (including tax) changes have you seen in the last ten years? My list...