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While there was no good reason for not doing it sooner, I finally got around to ordering Airtabs for our truck. I am always skeptical of fuel economy claims made about any aftermarket device. While a given driver may indeed see a fuel economy improvement, I wonder how much of it has to do...

Back to the original post, another item that comes to mind is fleet owners that pay for fuel. I would think they are feeling pressure like never before. On one hand, the driver has no financial incentive to minimize incidental deadhead trips. Driving say fifty miles to a truck stop to get a...

We average 9-10 mpg depending on speed, wind and terrain. The truck weighs 34,000 lbs. empty. We are not disappointed in the mpg numbers as we had no predefined expectations when we built the truck, though 7 mpg would have been a disappointment. In calculating its fuel surcharge, FedEx Custom...

As if $4.00/gallon for diesel fuel was not bad enough, $5.00/gallon is now being charged in some areas. Fuel surcharges trend upward as a result, but not on the personal deadhead miles expediters do. At the moment, we are 900 miles from home. At 9 mpg for a straight truck, that is 100...

Every carrier has its top producers, long-term contractors and happy people. So too with flashes in the pan, long-term complainers that don't do well but don't leave either, and wash outs. At least important as the question, "How contractor-friendly is the carrier?" is the question, "How...