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I have read it is a two course vaccination. Each person gets two shots.

Business opportunities are everywhere if your eyes are open to see them. When I saw this sign in Oregon on Thursday, I got to thinking about out-of-work expediters that could configure their trucks into mobile units to offer this service. I have not completed the research but it appears that no...

A massive government-funded vaccination campaign has been announced (info here). This is likely to put reefer trucks in high demand and may give the California Air Resources Board a reason to further delay the effective date of the emmissions rules that would push some reefers off the road...

We will know in a few hours. The meeting is three hours long. It could just as easily be a training session or something having to do with operating company moves or plans that will not affect contractors. It does not take three hours to announce cataclysmic news.

When making our D-unit (22' box)/C-unit (14' box) decision, we went with the smaller box (ending up at 16') because at the time we knew there would be plenty of reefer freight for the short box and we wanted to use the extra space on our 40-foot truck for a larger sleeper. If you do not have a...

We are expecting 5,000 people at this years Expedite Expo, including many EO Open Forum members. I will be doing a workshop there entitled "Business Concepts for Expediters." For part of the time, I plan to go off topic and share with attendees what expediters are saying about the business. So...

Like many expediters, I am often asked, "Is this a good time to get into expediting?" Every time I get to thinking the safe answer is no, I run into or hear from a or team who recently got into the business, say they are making money and seem to be happy -- if not outright thrilled -- with their...

YRCW has been a trading stock for several months now. At about 11:24 EDT this morning, it was at $1.90 a share. Had you bought the stock at the open and were able to have your order filled at last night's closing price, you could have more doubled your money before lunch. Day traders thrive on...

See IRS Publication 535, "Business Expenses." We deduct the costs of operating our vehicle in each tax year. We do not deduct deadhead costs trip by trip. We do not deduct the cost of our time. Since we paid nothing for it, it is not an expense that can be deducted.

With its stock now at $0.89 (closing price today), it seems the investor community has given up on YRC Worldwide (Yellow/Roadway). The stock is down 80% year to date and down to less than a dollar from its 2005 high of about $62.00. Since last fall, it has been trading roughly in a $6.00 to...

If you asked me in May, I would have said yes, it's picking up. Looking at the first half of 2009, the freight had been sporadic. We will have slow times punctuated with periods that rival our best year (2007) for freight and revenue. If we use first-half numbers to project full-year results...

Many people are ignoring the current flu threat or dismissing it as media hype. Diane and I take the threat seriously and have taken steps to protect ourselves; including paying closer attention to hand washing, using our own pens when signing fuel receipts, avoiding buffets and having a supply...

I read the story. Truck hit pig...the swine flu!

You've seen those signs in some states: Trucks Use Right 2 Lanes. I've been driving a truck for six years now and still haven't figured out how to comply. Can someone help? My truck is only 8.5 feet wide. It fills one lane but even then leaves a few inches of open space on each side of the...

Don't tell the liberals that! What a great way to reduce the carbon footprint. Think how clean the air will be if no one is around to pollute it.

Exactly! Your state may be similar. Minnesota has a pandemic plan in place. Among other things, it provides for truckers like us to be among the first to receive whatever vaccine shots that are are being given at the time. The theory is that we need to be healthy to drive our truck and...

Tier 4 is required to meet CARB standards, not Tier 2.

The new CARB-compliant engines are very new. Where would the cores come from to rebuild them? On older engines, how would they turn a non-compliant engine into a compliant one on a rebuild? When an engine is replaced, whether by grant money or otherwise, I believe the rules require the old...

They can claim anything they want. There is no shortage of parts. The shortage is in trucking companies that are ready, willing and able to comply with the CARB rules. The rules have been announced since December of last year. That is plenty of time to order parts or new equipment and comply...

From Land Line magazine (full story): "The California Air Resources Board has delayed enforcement of its rule restricting reefer units hauled by commercial trucks in the state...." “'The reasons for this include lack of timely action by TRU owners, higher costs for compliance than originally...