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Earlier this week while traveling across Iowa on I-80 headed to Indiana I came upon a large, lighted message board bearing this most informative message: I-80 CLOSED IN ILLINOIS USE ALTERNATE ROUTE. This sign was located west of Davenport. There was another one with identical information...

Yesterday afternoon I picked up a load that delivered to Chrysler in Belvidere. The protect time was noon today. Last night or possibly early this morning I stopped at a truck stop 20 minutes out from the delivery. My intention was to get a good night sleep and when I awoke I would run the...

. Yesterday while laying over in Ardmore, OK waiting for a load offer I thought it would be a good time to wash my van. There was a coin-op car wash just across I-35 from the Flying Pilot. Why not wash my van? I had a shower. Clean body, clean mind, clean van. It was a blustery day and...

Tuesday afternoon I accepted an 813 mile load with 120 miles paid deadhead. The actual deadhead was 148 miles. I burned 3 hours driving and loading, leaving me with 13 hours to drive the 813 miles. That's an average of 62.5 mph. Unacceptable to the safety department and there wasn't enough...

I crossed over the I-65 bridge into Kentucky this morning. There was a message board stating that the ramp from I-65 SB to I-64 EB/I-71NB will be closed beginning Tuesday for 6 months. It appears they will be dropping the rest of the old bridge, which is now serving as the get off ramp. Can...

Yeah, I know I have previously posted that I wasn't a fan of colored ice. In fact, somewhere on here I stated that I didn't believe in the notorious black ice. I still don't. Colored ice on hockey rinks, curling sheets, sure; but not black ice. Blue ice falling from planes, yes; I have never...

After several years I finally beat my old Panther on hold time record. My previous record was 72 minutes. My new record is 75½ minutes. That's like 1 hour, 15 minutes and 30 seconds. I probably should have tried to push it further but I was exhausted and hung up. The dirge playing in the...

My carrier announced the following earlier this week: Starting 11/1, you will no longer be required to submit receipts for shipments where toll reimbursement has been approved by dispatch. Our systems will automatically calculate the toll costs based on your truck size and the shipment’s loaded...

I have picked up and delivered to power plants, both coal LOS SCRUBBERS CONS and nuclear Nuclear Fun For Everyone . I picked up 3 transmissions at a Ford assembly plant once and delivered them to a Mazda transmission plant. This shipment seemed to be going against the normal supply chain...

I just got off the phone with the nice people at CIS. I was calling to secure insurance for my new van. CIS writes policies through Progressive. I was informed that due to a pending lawsuit, Progressive no longer offers new policies to vehicles leased to Panther. Does anyone have any further...

Thursday afternoon I picked up a load going to a nuclear power plant in Nebraska. The freight was 3 wooden crates 48" wide, 20" deep and about 30" high. The BOL described the contents as "spool pieces". Total weight 750 lbs. Out of curiosity I asked the shipper what spool pieces were. He...

Today is the feast day of Saint Expeditus, the Patron Saint of Expediters. Expediters celebrate this holy feast day much the same way St. Patrick's Day is celebrated. They go out and get loaded. Be safe and expeditious! .

My carriers telephone merry-go-round told me to: Press 5 For QualComm Issues. So I did. I could have pressed another number but I had QualComm issues and felt it prudent to press 5. What harm could come from pressing 5? I have done this in the past with mostly satisfactory results. Not...

Has anyone seen something like this? Both the passenger side and driver's side had these step extender things. Did f4f (I'm not short I'm people) ditch the Sprinter and get a large car?) It gave me something to ponder for miles. The miles have now turned into days. I'm going on vacation...

Is it worth it, as a single cargo van O/O to be leased to a large carrier? I've been kicking this around in my head for a long time as I see more and more of my loads coming through 3PLs and load boards. I would estimate that 70% to 80% of the loads I haul are from 3PLs and load boards...

While doing a bit of Sprinter research on Wikipedia I came across this little nugget of information near the bottom of the Sprinter entry under the heading, "Uses": In North America, most Sprinters are sold as cargo vans to expediters in the United States. Such expediters are similar to...

For what its worth. This summer Wisconsin changed the signage prior to the entrances of weigh stations. The old signs read 4 Tons. The new signs have been upped to 5 tons. Not that I ever stopped, except when placarded. .

I don't own a Hino or even drive a truck but I do read Greasytshirt's posts. I would like to thank him for joining E.O. and sharing his knowledge. He reminds me of Rode2rouen. Rex was a certified mechanic and expediter who was a great source of info for all things mechanical. Thanks Greasy!

A well respected and distinguished E.O. member brought to my attention that a thread I started had a short run and was locked/closed. I checked. Sure enough there is a big old padlock on it and a sign that reads CLOSED. The thread title is: UPS Linehaul. I read through my original post...