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D Team Brothers' point about verifying the repair is a good one. After you leave the shop, have dispatch ping you and tell you where they think you are. Then drive to another town and do it again. If they cannot accurately locate you, at least you will be close to a shop. At some point, I would...

D Team Brothers' point about verifying the repair is a good one. After you leave the shop, have dispatch ping you and tell you where they think you are. Then drive to another town and do it again. If they cannot accurately locate you, at least you will be close to a shop. At some point, I would...

As I read the story in the New York Times and in the link provided above, GM is not closing plants for half the first quarter. It is closing plants for one-third of the first quarter, or about a month. The Times story goes on to say that the shutdown is not related to the bailout but to the...

People who paint the "mainstream media" as any one thing cheat themselves out of the truth and a more informative approach. When someone says "mainstream media" what do he or she really mean? If I say it, it means one thing. If you say it, it probably means something else. If someone who does...

Just to be clear, I do not know Jake Tapper well and he would have to think a bit to remember me. He is not a regular drinking buddy, just a fun guy I met at a party once. At the time he was not an ABC News reporter.

You make a good point. I expect the Illinois governor to squeal like a pig when it finally dawns on the guy that he is likely to go to prison. I don't think Obama will be implicated (my opinion, not fact) because of the reports I am reading about the two men simply not liking each other. They...

I happen to know Jake Tapper, the ABC News correspondent who wrote the Political Punch piece you cite. He wrote a book on the Jesse Ventura campaign and talked to me regarding it. I believe him to be a good reporter and credible journalist. He is also a fun guy to drink beer with. Your report...

I would hope people could rise above two-party moral score keeping and focus on the real problem. If I was a Democrat, I could, with little effort, assemble a list of corrupt Republicans. One that comes to mind is that U.S. Senator they busted in a Minnesota airport bathroom, or that senator...

Intrigued by your post, I started checking various news sources for confirmation, but found none. What is your source? How do you know Obama talked to the governor about his replacement? Who recanted and what exactly was recanted?

Expediter John Schlimmer has driven over one million miles in the same Chevy van. He credits the van's long life to Amsoil and good maintenance. You can read his story in Expedite NOW magazine. His contact information is there too. He will be pleased to visit with you about your questions.

Whatever revenue numbers you use to guage your revenue potential upon entering the industry, be careful to note that past numbers are not recent numbers. The recent, recession-affected numbers are more relevant at present. People researching the expedit opportunity should be very, very carful...

Our block heater switch is wired into the sleeper. To "plug it in" I don't even have to get out of bed. I just reach over and flip the switch. If we know we will be sitting for a while, we leave the switch off to reduce the load on the generator. One of the things I like about our Volvo engine...

Maybe I have it backwards, but because loads are offered to multiple express centers at the same time, would not less-than-75 status be more valuable? Say we are sitting in Indianapolis on a Friday and have just finished a less-than-75 load. A good number of express centers are within a day's...

We paid less than $2.00/gal yesterday. Had someone told me a few months ago the price would be this low, I would not have believed it. But here it is. A phrase increasingly heard on the news is "... the (biggest, slowest, longest, lowest, highest, deepest, etc.) ... since the Great Depression."...

Actually, there is good reason to hope for the end of split speed limits in Illinois rural areas. The state legislature has twice passed bills ending the split speed limits. The governor has twice vetoed the bills. With the governor's political future less than certain (to put it mildly), he may...

No, he is not running with Swift.

I don't think the expedite industry is different than any other in that regard, or different than the whole country for that matter. It has been stated in different ways as the 20/80 rule, or 10/90, or even 2/98, depending on who is talking. The notion is that 20% of the people control 80% of...

Its the time of year to use additives to keep your diesel fuel from gelling up. In years past I have used Howes Diesel Treat with no problems. This year a significant price increase has me thinking about Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement + Cetane Boost. I note that a bottle of the Power...

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Nightcreacher's point about trucks dropping like flies as winter progresses is well taken. Diane and I believe that as the recession wrings the weaker players out of the system, the freight-to-truck ratio will improve. In the meantime, we see no reason to do anything different than we have done...