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Are there any blind people using screen readers to visit this site? If so, I'd love to hear from you, either here in the Open Forum or by private message. I am curious to know because I know of a number of people who are not truckers and never will be, but are still interested in the trucker's...

As a FedEx Custom Critical White Glove Services(r) team, we physically handle (fingerprint) many of our loads. Just this evening, for example, we picked up three crates brought to us out of a building onto a sidewalk, downtown in a major city. I used our liftgate and pallet jack to get them on...

In his bestseller and business classic book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey says the third habit is, "Put First Things First." In 2008, we will be running the same business model that produced a successful 2007, but with an emphasis on habit three. This change will help...

Carrying extra personal gear in a D-unit is not likely to cause a weight problem, unless you are carrying thousands of extra pounds of the stuff. To get more specific, start with the payload requirements of the carrier you are (or will be) with and the truck you are (or will be) driving. For...

You can answer your own question by picking a few cities of various sizes at random, pretending you are delivering a load to each of them, and then using Google Maps to locate your gym brand(s) of choice to see how many they are and where they are located. For starters, use the airport in a city...

For you Argosy dream truck types, here's a link you will enjoy: Twins Custom Coaches | Home

I spotted this truck at a Flying J in Wisconsin the other day. Got a chance for a few quick photos but not to chat with the driver. Whoever thought this one up is an original thinker indeed. I kinda like it.

I'm quitting Microsoft too. Two recent events and one trend moved me off Microsoft products and onto a gradual migration path to Linux and open source products. Event one was the purchase of a new laptop computer that came with Windows Vista installed. Talk about bloatware! The operating...

We have been driving our dream truck since June, 2006 and hope to run it ten years or more. You can read all about by clicking the "Truck Photo and Specs" link in my signature below.

Interesting reading. I have always enjoyed Jeff Jensen's year-end/year-ahead pieces. Nice job, Jeff!

From the New York Times regarding the economy: "The unemployment rate surged to 5 percent in December as the economy added a meager 18,000 jobs, the smallest monthly increase in four years, the Labor Department reported on Friday. "Economists viewed the report as the most powerful indication...

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Forecasts are frequently offered here in the Open Forum. Statements like the following are often made: freight prices will decline, big carriers will gobble up smaller carriers, small carriers will weaken big carriers, a recession is coming, a recession is not coming, independent contractors...

From Land Line Magazine "Also on Jan. 1, 2008, CARB will begin enforcing a ban on diesel-powered APUs for trucks with 2007 or later model year engines. Model years 2007 and later will, however, be allowed to use diesel-powered APUs that have been retrofitted with a CARB-approved DPF filter...

Just curious to hear, who is running this Christmas Day, and what kind of runs you are on?

Now we're talking! Thank you Dieseldiva and Hedgehog. :)

DaveKC said, "It is all about time and how you spend it. Some ways are much more profitable than others. It was in the interest of time efficiency that I asked the questions I did in this post. Simplicity is; spend a penny, log a penny. Doing so more efficiently is what I am interested in. I...

RE: I'm tired. >We drove a Western Star that rode terrible and our sleep >suffered because of it. At our request, the fleet owner had >an aditional set of air bags installed under the sleeper, >which improved the ride. Our sleep improved too >======================================== >Now I...

As I sit here entering our year-end data into a spreadsheet and beginning work on our 2007 income tax return, I am wondering, what have others done to improve their efficiency in record keeping? Are you doing something different now that makes things quicker, easier and/or more accurate than...

That question has been addressed numerous times by numerous people in other threads.