Search results

The hours of service, log book, is against you. If you get 10 hours work today chances are it delivers at 6AM. You empty and go in the sleeper at 8AM. Then you must sleep for at least 8, before you can head to the next load. Well, everyone is going home and you are available, with no load till...

I have a 5 year rule. If I've got a real problem, I go to the Rule. What will they remember in 5 years, that I was late or that I had an accident? The real solution is a team, in all expedite trucks, except the B unit. A B can run fast enough to go coast to coast, get pleanty of sleep, and...

The cost of fuel is not crazy! It is less than in 1958 when I graduated HS, Just adjust it for inflation. Over seas the "high cost" is really taxes just like Canada, only worse. In addition some countrys tax each HP or in Japan, the square footage of road the car occupies. In general the oil...

The HID replacements I recomended are Dot legal. And do not cost But 600+ list. I have a new pair I will sell .for $513 still in the shipping boxes, unopened. they cost two to three tines this as an option on a new car.

The ultimate answer to bright 7" headlamps is here www.brightheadlights-hid.com. Xe 7 is the model number. They use true high intensity discharge lamps as on newer Lexis foe example. I have personaly installed them, and am only sorry I don't have a vehicle to use them in now. Yes they are...

I drive an E unit at T-S and often book me own trips. T-S isn't set up to provide back hauls, so they let us book our own, and take .15 off the top. I like T-S but the truck owner is moving all his Expedite trucks to Landstar Express America. There you don't have dispachers, just Landstar...

I drive an 18 at Tri-State and have gotten loads for my self on the same basis as Fedx. It works well and the trips all pay better than your new rate. On T-S loads they still pay $1.53+ .16 or more (so far)FSC. I like being my own travel agent, seeing new places. Getting home to Dallas when I...

Well fuel is something we all watch like hawks, swooping in on low prices. Having flexability as to where you buy is all important. I've slowed down. As Kevin Rutherford advises 1400 RPM is the sweet spot. I ran from NC to MD 500 miles last night at near 8mpg with 19,000lb in the trailer. I...

RE: What is the philosophic objection RE: Health A little perspective here. I'm 65, my wife and former teamate, A1BigKid is younger. She went back to teaching to get GOOD insurance. We pay $760 per month! In addition we put $2500 in a, pre tax flexable spending account. But we get every penny...

The next time I vote with my feet E 1 will be high on my list.

I experanced this conflect while at P2, and after reading these postings feel most of you have little understanding of what is involved. It is not just who gets the next trip, it is who stays loaded with the best trips. Having worked as a dispacher,in a different branch of the transportation...

One thing I would caution you about is front axle weight. Often these D units are running around with the front axle over loaded even when empty. Then you will wonder why the steer tires don't last. Each axle's rating is on the door post. Most often it is less thin 12,000. I've driven Ds with...

I'm like you if I can help I do it. I've been burned to. Once when I was young anouther couple needed help. No job little money and a baby. My wife and I took the wife and baby into our small apartment and he stayed downtown at the Y to look for a job. When he got a couple of paychecks I moved...

I believe the best way to decide whether there is a conflict, is to think of your self in the position of an employee with some trucks. It is that time of year when business is slow and your truck payments are comming due. Do you seek a little boost in freight or do you dig deep in your savings...

There is a flat rooftop system that can be mounted on a roof rack. It provides in motion viewing for about $2300. The more expensive of the large 2' domes works like a QC to track the sat. I suspect it is less than perfect. But might be bought for $1300. A better solution is to get an extra...

Anyone who thinks there is no favoritism to 'insider" trucks needs to climb back on the turnip truck and head back to the farm. I'll bet a n analisis of trip would find the "company" trucks average way more miles per week than average. Pii literature never says there are no company trucks...

Panther's turnover is way too high. Most times 40-50 in each orentation class. It is the result of managements inattantion to their drivers and the way some employees treat them. When I worked for real trucking companys I knew what the President looked like, and could walk in and start a...