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guess im lucky,all my customers cut the seals,i dont have to fool with them

you wont survive if you only have enough money to last 3 weeks.it could be 3 months before you ever get paid for your first load.being true independent sounds good,but you will be musch better off leasing to one of the larger carriers.To pay a broker,and then another fee to make sure you get...

lighting is a real pain,can be perfect 1 min.then a light may be out the next.try to explain that to the dot when he gives you a right up

look for a penske or ryder single axle with a sleepr.youre not hauling enough weight to need a tandem axle truck,and the fuel mileage will be much better.Im driving a 2011 volvo with cummins,truck in shop,driving 2007 volvo with volvo engine not much different except my truck has 1 more hp

i tried to apeal,its treated like a parking ticket,couldnt apeal.the area i ent thru was a school zone,but the speed sign wasnt flashing.I was told,Akron and Cleveland ohio,all school zones from 7 30 am til 4 30 pm are 20 mph,flashing light or not.got not points ,just 100 buck fine

hate to see your csa score

all the states allow the z cables.easy to install and they are light.myself.I dont run when chains are needed,not wanting to get in some other guys problem

JJ like I said,just run it,you wont be bothered.and since you have your own insurance,its no big deal.LS will tell you the same thing

jj you could of just kept the 3 batteries and left off the third.Freightliner has a system that three batteries are for starting,the 4th runs the electric,but if you take the 1 battery and thro it away,the truck wont know the difference

replace all 4,the three that are not new will drain the new battery.also the higher the cranking amps,the life of battery will be shorter.I never go over 850 cc amps

speed cameras are just money grabber.no points follow the ticket,as they cant prove who was driving the car.If your car was being repaired and the mechanic goes thru a spped trap,you get the ticket. Where I live,school zones are marked with flashing lights that notify you about the...

if you havent signed the lease,just run it,go over scale,being emty,they wont even question you

Moose,I was at a large company the other day,4pm appointment,so started the day 3 hrs earlier to drive there,then didnt get backed into dock for 2 1/2 hrs and then another 2 1/2 hrs loading.by the time I got out of being loaded was 2130,now 8 and 1/2 hrs out of my 14 were used up.I wanted to...

back hauls started with deregulation,most of you werent around during that time of trucking. Companies started popping up ,one after another,and the drivers they were hiring,were coming mostly from the armed services,not to say anything bad about them,but,after being away from home for many...

NO,this started with the radar detector law.The year before they decided to take the radar detectors out of trucks,every truck stop had information where to call in to explain why you needed the radar detector.There were so many calls to the government,that it was postponed,until our government...

My hands free works thru the radio of my Volvo.I hear good and they here me also,but I still have to dial the number.When in blue tooth mode with the Volvo radio,the voice command doesnt work.I have 2 phones,I use my sprint phone mostly for the gps thats in it.THe verizon is for talking,and...

Try buying your tires in october and november.The firsat part of the tire will wear faster than the last half,do to the way the rubber cures.Since the first half wears faster then the second half,the colder weather will slow the wear process down

When the customers are useing logistics companies for their loads,the rates of these loads keep getting cheaper.You can call them back haul or what ever you want.THe brokers know where the high paying freight is,and if your depending on broker freight,the only way to saty at a high pay per mile...

I run 120 psi in my steers,cause Im running 13400 on my steer axle 16 ply tires that wear pattern can come from alignment

back haul has ruined the trucking industry for the owner opp. It started back with deregulation. what is back haul for one is front haul for another.No matter which direction you are going,it costs you the same to operate your truck.Some of the expedite carriers have their expedite customers,and...