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What would you do if you were the carrier? What changes would you make? How would you run the show, from dispatch to the top. Put you mouth where you money is.

First realize that there are no secrets. I`ve been trucking for many years, and I`ve seen and heard every secret, argument, scheme, strategy, game plan, dodge, contrivance, plot, and wheeze that came down the pike, and everybody subscribes to one or more. What works for one, may not work for...

On the road thinking about Christmas, take a minute to play this. Every now and then something makes you smile, and just enjoy it. No message, no ulterior motive, no anything except what it says. Here`s a song for all of you driving along to pick up your spirits...

This is an interesting OTR article on how and what they do in Australia. http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/10/15/driving-a-road-train/333.html

I`d like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, and because I don`t know your home address am sending you this Christmas Card and wish. http://ecard.ashland.edu/2004admission/index.html

What do you think is the spec combination to produce the most expedited revenue consistently? Spec one for a single. Spec another for a team operation, and spec both for today`s competitive expediting marketplace. Forget about factoring time on the road and available for service. I`m talking...

One of the big reasons for any slowdown is competition. If you look around out there today, there are alot of companies offering some type of expedited delivery. Even some of the big carries, have a version of expediting. Look on the home page of EO. There are 30 5 star carriers listed. That`s a...

There are still plenty of trucks out there, without the auxiliary heat and AC units installed. What are you doing to compensate, in the states where they have the anti idling laws. What do you see in the way of enforcement? Winter is coming on, and summer in some places was HOT, with a repeat...

August 31, 2007 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation has delayed plans to open the border to long-haul Mexican trucks until at least Thursday, after earlier reports that it could happen over Labor Day weekend. In a filing yesterday in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...

Many over the road truckers, have gotten off the road to be home with the family, and then later on want to go back on the road. Many take non driving jobs after being on the road. I have two close friends that did just that, and now are ready to go back out on the road again, after being in...

I posted this question on THE LOADING DOCK, AND received no answers, so I started searchng around, and I found the link on the story that was sent to me. Take a look. If it´s true, it´s an amazing breakthrough. I used to watch the said TV station when on the road, and thought their news was...

Occasionally I click on the logos here on EO for the different expedite companies to read what they offer, and what they are looking for. I never see any truck specs listed, as to what age vehicle they accept. Anyone else notice that? Rule of thumb was always 5 yrs. for a straight, and 10 for a...

Below is an article written by a trucker, concerning Mexican trucks in the USA. Though this is only part of his article, the author is obviously not a Bush fan. Some of the things in this article I have thought about myself, as possibly happening. I have spent alot of time in Mexico over the...

Some of you may remember a post that I did here a few yaears ago when this topic first surfaced. For those of you who don´t, I´ll repeat. There is a lot of hoopla about Mexican trucks coming here, and it could all be political. When then mexican president Fox, needed some political capital to...

Don´t rush to get your shirt in a knot about the invasion of mexican trucks yet. The politicians still want to say a few words, that could take a few months, or years as we all know.The Bush administration wants to send inspectors to qualifymexican carriers to mexico BEFORE they are allowed in...

What percentage of night driving do you do? Please specify single or team. I´m now taking some extended time off, and don´t know when or if I´ll come back to the road. Time to look at other options. During my long trucking career, I drove TT , and after those years, also expeditied in a D...

I´m taking some time off to enjoy the sun and R%R. I was recently driving south of the border while vacationing, in Mexico and I saw alot of Scania trucks.Most I saw were tractors, but some looked like class 7 applications. Nice looking rigs, and they also obviously make busses too. I had seen...

Reading this forum you come across all kinds. Like all forums, the bashers come out of the woodwork and just keep on bashing, hoping that they will find new recruits to support them in whatever their bash is. It´s ok to mention something negative about some expediting entity, if you think you...

I received some email that some of you are having trouble getting into the link I posted yesterday, so here is the article. This article was printed Sept. 1, 2006 WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Maria Cino promises to release plans within months for a one-year, NAFTA pilot program...

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