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There are many things to be thankful for. Lately, Diane and I have been talking about how thankful we are to be self-employed expediters, alive and free on the road. We got through the Great Recession without want or fear of losing our jobs. We remain free of the office jobs we left behind and...

A check of Yesteryear's profile shows she has a husband. If the two of them are a team, all of the violations may not have been charged to her. It may be that her co-driver got some of them, so her points from the listed violations may not exceed 100. Regardless, the score should have been...

That's a good point. There is value for others in your posts. They can learn from your mistakes. Newbies, note that it is much easier and less expensive to learn from other people's mistakes than it is to learn from your own. The same applies to a driver who runs up a CSA point score that...

I urge you to get an attorney now; not to protect you from people who are keeping the surcharge money you think is yours, but to protect you from yourself. Sir, you are in dire need of sound legal advice. Do yourself a favor and get it.

I checked. We made a fuel stop at Walcott and left there at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, and headed west on I-80. I was driving. Diane was in the sleeper cutting some serious zzzzzz's. Sorry I did not notice your wave.

Diane and I wish you well in your new career.

OK. You listed the violations. Earlier you said you wanted to learn your lesson (or words to that effect). Here's your homework assignment: For each violation received, determine the CSA points that are now on your record. Then total them up and determine if you have a snowball's chance of...

If it is true what you say about failing eight DOT inspections, the fault is yours and yours alone. As others have mentioned, the driver is responsible for level 1 and level 2 items. That does not mean you must foot the bill to fix them but if you are a repeat offender by driving the truck...

A couple weeks ago I listed our recent West Coast experience here. That might not have been the best test since it began with a nice run into Los Angeles. Today, the Friday before the week in which Thanksgiving falls, we delivered a load in Salt Lake City that was picked up in New Jersey. We...

I did a quick search on trucker spouse support and found these links. Check them out and see if you find anything helpful. A Truckers Wife, a place where trucker's wives meet and share! Layover Family Center - Trucking Families - Trucker's Wife | Layover.com Keeping the Home Fires Burning |...

If you can make it happen, you will definitely find it to be worth the effort. See this about how expediters came together on Thanksgiving in 2007.

Diane and I generally remain in service and available to haul freight over the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. That is our intent this year.

It seems reasonable that a new driver would pay his or her own way to get into a fleet owner's truck. However, I have seen cases where fleet owners put unreasonable demands on new drivers before they begin driving by using them as free labor to take the truck here to get serviced and then...

When Diane and I were new in the business, we were asked to do favors or help dispatchers out of a bind or go to bat for the customer or whatever way they put it at the time. After agreeing a few times and finding out that favors done are soon forgotten as dispatchers busy themselves with dozens...

It's cool that the informal gathering has grown as it has but I'd be careful about getting too formal and maybe even too big. When you start involving sponsors, advertising, tents, displays, etc. the truck show people might grow concerned about having an unauthorized show within their show in...

I envy the quality time you are spending with your truck. Not everyone understands how peaceful, contemplative and satisfying that experience can be. Wax on...wax off.

I wouldn't quit worrying just yet. There are too many unanswered questions. Have you even seen the truck that you will supposedly lease? You go four weeks without answers and then after putting up a post here late in the day you receive an answer almost instantly? You need to be more...

It's common knowledge that certain carriers bring drivers on board that are fresh out of school and then use them like cannon fodder until they quit and are replaced by the next batch. It's also common knowledge that these same carriers demand thousands of dollars from the drivers who left, per...

Thanks for the product tip, but I have to ask, how does it come to be that you have to clean fuel off windows?

I have talked with people at Bush Truck Leasing (assuming we are talking about the same company) and know them to have been around for a long time. A financially-competent friend of mine once talked to them about a lease and had good things to say about them. He wasn't talking about how nice...