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Truckers often react to stories like this with comments like "Not in my lifetime" or "Robots cannot drive safer than a professional like me." But such denial does nothing to slow the rapid movement toward self-driving trucks. Some are in real-world use right now as explained and pictured in this...

The latest development in the ongoing Jabin Bogan story is: DOT orders shutdown of Demco Express Demco Express is Bogan's employer. There is no question that the DOT was right to shut this company down given its safety record. I have never seen scores so bad. But the company did the right...

You don't have to replace trucks, you just have to cover loads. In terms of total truck count among all expedite carriers, how many trucks are available today compared to five, two and one year ago? That is not an easy number to determine but I get no sense that there is a decline. When a...

While turnover at expedite carriers is less than that of truckload carriers, it is still high with most. Losing half the fleet would not be a deal-killing consideration. Whether they are sold or not, expedite carriers do that every year. Recruiting brings new horses through the front barn door...

If you are ordering new, and cart stops are available, spend the money and get the cart stops. One of the things that make them so good is that they can be operated with your foot. Example: You are wheeling a tall, heavy computer server onto the lift gate. When the gate is fully lowered, the...

That does seem strange, especially since the issues are known. I am surprised by your Onan results, past and present. Diane and I have the same Onan Quiet Diesel 7500 on our truck that came with it in 2006. It has over 10,000 hours on it now and has needed only two repairs. The first was the...

Agreed. Cart stops are an essential lift gate feature, especially in expedite where high-value and sometimes top-heavy items are often on the liftgate. Our remote control is not wireless but that too is essential. It enables the operator to be close to the freight when the lift gate is being...

The first news story was on February 28. The second was on May 3 with Arkansas Best being injected into the mix of named potential buyers. Quoted sources are unnamed. Comments from known players are not being made. I have not worked this story or interviewed anyone on this topic. It seems to...

Suppose Roberts did not get picked up by FedEx like it did and instead managed to continue on as the independent expedite carrier it once was. What made that company great back in the good old days and -- with all the new technology and competition that emarged in the last 25 years -- what parts...

Longevity is both an advantage and issue with super singles (wide-based singles). They are said to last a long time and offer other benefits but to fully realize those benefits you need to run the tire through its useful life to recover the up-front cost. The longer any tire is on the road, the...

You want your lift gate platform to be at least big enough to handle a 48x48 pallet. You would then wheel the pallet out of the truck onto the lift gate (or off the ground onto the lift gate), remove the pallet jack and park it along side of the pallet for the trip up or down. Or simply wheel...

You might be an expediter if you ... ... Open the ExpeditersOnline Open Forum before checking for e-mails from family and friends. ... Hear the name of any major city in North America and know exactly where you will spend the night. ... Think of little else beyond getting freight on your...

Pallet Jack Drifting

From the manual: Code 33: High Engine Coolant Temperature Fault (Engine coolant temperature exceeded design limit). Corrective Action: 1. Check the engine coolant level and add coolant and repair leaks as necessary. 2. Check for and remove any objects blocking the air inlet or outlet openings...

In addition to checking codes, try loading up the generator by turning on all devices except the overhead AC: stove burner, microwave, lights, fridge (turn the temp dial to make it run), coffee pot, toilet seat warmer, water pump, water heater, ceiling fan, etc. If the generator continues to...

When the generator shuts down, does it give you any kind of trouble code? You would see it on your control pannel display and/or on the light that blinks on the on/off switch. The blinking light is a code. Example: three blinks, pause, two blinks, pause, repeat. is code 32. You can look that up...

Great find, Bruno! Thank you for sharing.

Those are Monger monitors.

So if these bills become laws, do the Bentz/Bolt sleeper owners in question unhide their hidden compartments to stay on the right side of the law? Just how do you unhide a hidden compartment like that anyway? These proposed laws are just plain stupid. There is not a single case of human...

That's not the kind of story recruiters are looking for but as workshop victories go, you can be sure that everyone from EO who helped put on the workshop counts your story as a win. There are two important reasons to attend an EO workshop (EO University): 1. To learn that expediting is for...