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Here is a link to a Land Line article that explains the issue in simpler terms. While we have a pretty good idea of what to expect, we are researching the rules, now that they are in place, and waiting for guidance from our carrier before forming beliefs about how exactly we will be affected...

That is true, IF you ignore the distance California is located from reliable freight lanes (to the extent that reliable freight lanes exist). I think most expediters will agree that more expedited freight is found east of the Mississippi River and north of I-20. Texas is closer to that area...

Just be careful to not put too much weight on the boot and think about surface wear between the shelf and the boot. As you know, the boot flexes some as the truck drives down the road. If you look close at the photo, you will see part of the shelf extends down past the boot. That part rests...

For people new the Open Forum and considering a career move into expediting, the above comment illustrates a hazard to avoid. That is the hazard of using past results to form future expectations. In the past, I have butted heads with people here on the Open Forum regarding taking freight to...

Another forum, more or less, would mean little to me as a reader. I only veiw a few of the ones that are available now. The more forums there are, the fewer of them I read.

I am beginning (emphasis beginning) to believe that Indiana highway management and maintenance is declining such that our safety and productivity is threatened; more so than in other states. This suspicion is based on negative experiences Diane and I have had and read about. The most recent was...

The wires are bunched up behind the passenger seat. They are the feeds for the camera system. It has been on my to-do list for a long time to wire-tie them neatly behind the shoe rack where space designed just for that exists. It is one of those projects that are easy to forget about. I hope to...

In the interests of personal safety and professional appearances, Diane and I wear black, polished, steel-toed shoes (not boots) at every pickup and delivery, and driving shoes most other times. The driving shoes are open-heel clogs that are very comfortable and easy to slip on and off. The...

Only if you believe in luck.

I don't want to make light of your frustration. I can tell from your words it is real. There is a solution I have thought of for some time now, but when I share it with others they all laugh it off. I don't know why. The numbers seem to work. As you know, reliable same-household teams are...

A little Trip Pak trick we learned is to never fold two documents together. If you have multiple pages to send, do not stack and fold them together. Fold each page separatly, stack them after they are folded, and then put them in the Trip Pack envelope. Same for multiple log book pages. At the...

First, it is great to hear that the two of you have taken a shine to the industry and the road. Good for you! Bravo! Watch for a private message from me regarding your question.

Diane and I are getting paid by our carrier as regularly and reliably as always.

It's not gloom. It's frustration over the lack of competency in leadership that could have foreseen and prevented the financial crisis; especially visible now in California but true in many states and at the federal level. It is also the felt need to continue to prosper by protecting one's...

It may well come to that, but if your shuttle service is to be lucrative, your list needs to stick to business and money. I comment on it as follows: 1) Handing the border officer our BOL. Border patrol check points are not a problem. There is no added value in hiring someone to shuttle...

An industry-wide California compliance surcharge that covers the thousands of dollars of extra costs California regulations add to a truck would send an important message to shippers, California legislators and the states that model their laws on California.

California's congestion, deteriorating infrastructure and regulatory environment have presented special challenges to truckers for years. I am told of a saying that comes out of East Texas that today seems especially appropriate in California. "Nothing is ever so bad that it can't get worse."...

It was months ago so I do not recall exactly. I believe we first learned of the experimental BR-unit in a weekly fleet bulletin received by e-mail. If not that, then by an e-mail of another sort that was sent to multiple contractors. It may not have gone fleet wide but news of the BR unit did go...

You need to read more. FedEx Custom Critical put the word out months ago that a BR-unit was being added to the fleet on an experimental basis. The owner of that unit participates in the EO Open Forum. The unit is pictured in his posts and profile. The unit was discussed in this thread in...

Some of the comments made in this thread about home time and in-service time don't make sense to me. 1. True expedited freight is not scheduled so far in advance that home time can be counted on as regularly as some suggest here. 2. True expedited freight pickup and delivery locations are not...