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The link provided above disappeared somehow. Here is the link to the free map order page.

Click here to order a free New York City truck route map. The map is online too, broken into an upper section and lower section. We have this map in our truck. It is a good resource for any truck driver going into the city. Click here for information about operating a commercial vehicle in New...

This notion of the selfish worker is a curious one. How does one decide who needs the work and who does not?

You will never know for sure that you made the right choice of carrier until after you have made it. Make the best choice you can and make a committment too. That is, make up your mind to stick with your carrier of choice long enough to learn your carrier's ins and outs, and to give yourself...

The subject has been laid to rest.

E-unit makes the news in New York.

Thank you, Sir.

Since the How far will you go? thread was originated, I have talked with a number of owner-operators and drivers about this. Practices vary among them depending on sleeper design and space, and the preferences of the people driving the truck. Practices even vary with the same drivers in the same...

You're not going to let this rest, are you, DaveKC? That's too bad. Other than deriving satisfaction from taking pot shots and mocking me for raising the question of how to calculate ROI (a question you have yet to answer), what is the point? Maybe we understand ROI differently. If by ROI you...

IdleAire has been showing signs of decline for a while. See: IdleAire no longer accepting reservations and IdleAire is Struggling. I can't help but wonder what truck stop managers are thinking these days as they view the unsightly IdleAire contraptions sprawling across their parking lots...

Have you noticed any change in fuel economy that you can attribute to your super singles?

Think shore power. Include an RV dump station and people will literally give you crap.

are12, I know your decision to change carriers was not lightly made. Good luck to you in your new endeavor. Can you tell us, are you still hauling expedited freight or are you in a different branch of trucking altogether?

For current year and year ago months when we were in service about the same percentage of time, our loaded miles are about the same.

Actually, no EXACT formula has been provided. And before going more in depth about this, the short reply is simply to re-ask the question that remains unanswered. How does an expediter calculate his or her ROI? As you have often said, DaveKC, "Why complicate the simple?" It is a simple...

I'm sorry, Highway Star, it is not good enough. See post below.

My point is not that I cannot figure it out. It is that you cannot. You have yet to offer an ROI calculation that readers can actually use to calculate ROI. Explainations offered by you so far would earn you a failing grade in any college accounting course. Writers that say ROI is important...

OK. So since ROI is simple to get, please, tell me how to calculate it in a way that is meaningful to a one-truck owner operator business or multi-truck fleet owner business if you prefer. I don't get it. Why are the people so willing to talk about how important ROI is, also so mum about how to...

That is the difference between exclusive use freight and freight that moves fast, is it not? As carriers and shippers are getting more skilled at moving LTL freight fast, exclusive use freight remains our market niche. With exclusive use fright, the shipper is indeed paying for the whole truck...

Until someone can explain with a straightforward formula how to calculate ROI, it remains a meaningless concept and it might as well not exist. What good is ROI if no one can tell readers how to calculate it?