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BRAVO!!!! lisalewis! Recognizing one's weaknesses frees you to focus on your strengths. Instead of trying to be the people you are not, you can instead be the people you are. One of the wisest truck drivers I ever met on the road said of himself, "I suck as an owner operator." Realizing that...

Yes it is. "Coloring or tinting of windshields and the windows to the immediate right and left of the driver is allowed, provided the parallel luminous transmittance through the colored or tinted glazing is not less than 70 percent of the light at normal incidence in those portions of the...

From time to time, people talk about building cabover expediter trucks. Custom built cabovers have been done. This is a photo of a custom-built cabover truck Glen Rice built in 1985. It is a 1985 Kenworth K100E. He bought the cab new for $81,000. The sleeper conversion cost $19,900. It is a...

Paul56, Can you tell us more about your cabinet used for drying wet items? That is an innovation I have not heard of elsewhere. Humidity has never been a problem in our truck, with wet clothes or towels. It is a simple matter to hang wet items in the shower and let them dry. I guess without...

Need a Truck Wash? The National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies is here to help. Your homeland security tax dollars at work. We have used this database a few times to find truck washes in areas where we used to believe truck washes could not be found...

About 4,150 miles. Deadheaded from Chicago to Nashua, NH to pick up. Hauled the load to San Jose, CA. Longest loaded miles run was from Pensacola, FL to Tacoma, WA; about 2,925 miles.

We were surprised that we had so little free time. Everybody we talked to said to be prepared to sit and wait for freight. Entering the business in August, we found ourselves way more busy than we expected. Adjusting to irregular sleep was also a challenge. We did it but it took a while to get...

>PM me with your email address or address if you would like a >full application for me to put on file for when the freight >really comes rolling in this summer. > ;) jbrbears, On October 13, 2006, you said, "...I will not mention average miles per week, because the figure would not be a...

Leo provides a great start. The next step would be to contact some fleet owners and ask them how their teams are doing. Then contact the teams and confirm the numbers. I know for a fact that a number of teams are doing as well or better as the the numbers Leo provides. Whether or not you will...

Shipshewana, Indiana is about an hour away from Fort Wayne. Bentz is near Fort Wayne. Near Shipshewana you will find Double Eagle, ICT and ARI. With four custom sleeper manufacturers within an hour of each other, smart shopers will start with one, rough out their custom-sleeper plans, tour the...

>You have 8 cameras? Where are they located? Layoutshooter Two in the box so we can keep an eye on the freight even if the load is sealed. One points front to rear. The other points rear to front. One on the right mirror looks back down the side of the truck and further out. One on the left...

Way to go, Zack and Holly! Here is a photo of the crew at dinner with the Rices. Glen is front left. Behind him are Zack and Holly. To their left are Diane and Phil. Tom is on Phil's left. Janice Rice is in the pink shirt. The other two are Caroll and Dora Bean. Photo quality is not that great...

A recent Land Line article talks about how Kansas troopers are riding in trucks and using a camera system to nail four-wheelers that commit violations around trucks. http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2007/Apr07/041607.htm/041607-02.htm The system used is designed and installed by...

We have a built-in shower in our truck but almost never use it. We purchase fuel several times a week. With 50 or 75 gallons of purchased fuel, truck stops provide free showers that we use instead. The bathroom is an RV-type toilet/shower room. It is the toilet that we would not want to be...

Thornapple, As a straight truck driver, any numbers I would provide would not likely be helpful for a van operation. I do not have van numbers from others. FAMILYEXPDT, Thanks for sharing that link. I was not aware of that site. Very cool.

Thank you for sharing, Thornapple. And thank you to others who have shared their spreadsheets too. You are more helpful than you know. As part of the Business Planning for Successful Expediters series, EO is developing an online business resource center that will include spreadsheet and...

As you see, it is a much simpler question to ask than it is to answer. That is because so many variables apply (truck weight, engine, transmission, rear axle ratio, axle configuration, aerodynamic shape, etc.). In the Class 8 fleet owner trucks we drove, fuel economy ranged from 6.5 to 9.5 mpg...

Photo of the trucks expediters brought to the move. Seven expediters representing three carriers; PTL, Panther, FedEx Custom Critical.

Tyson Foods Turning Fat Into Fuel http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/04/16/business/041707apriltysonconoco.txt

People researching a career move into expediting have a lot to think about; trucks, business practices, home time, carrier choice, etc. Something not often mentioned here in the Open Forum is illness. It is something to think about. You are a thousand miles from home and become too ill to...