Being in ND/Montana and hauling sand I keep having to chuckle at the "bubble" talk. A bubble is blown up by artificial means. The housing bubble...
The days of searching for your own freight are now done at RR. I was with Dawes before they were merged with RR, and still have a lot of friends...
You should probably also replace the T's and piping, as cement trailers usually are aluminum and with sand you should have steel due to the...
You now have a 50% chance of being stripped of all valuable equity, levered to the hilt, then flipped, IPO'd or bankrupted....
The ATA does what it's "owners" want it to do. The ATA is funded by membership dues paid by member carriers. Yes, the big boys dominate the...
Basically it means the trailer has steel cones, tees, piping and top air. Cement and other dry bulk trailers have aluminum components, but with...
§390.21 Marking of self-propelled CMVs and intermodal equipment General. Every self-propelled CMV subject to subchapter B of this chapter must...
Meanwhile, under the heading "unintended consequences", while carriers that are 100% e-log have had driver fatigue related numbers go down down...
According to JJ Keller, the annual registration for an 80,000 lb plate is $1507.50.
Finding a used pneumatic of any stripe is akin to trying to find a multi colored unicorn that poops golden skittles.......almost impossible. I...
If you have an inspection with violations on it from the last 3 years go to the CSA website, enter your carrier DOT #, and you can view it and...
While I don't own either, a friend of mine had the ISX in a 2008 Pete 386 and now has the Paccar in a 2011 386. His findings so far: Paccar much...
Running under your own authority hauling in the oil fields around here is a 30 to 60 day pay. The oil companies have the work and pay decent but...
The company I'm leased to has let one O/O go since the CSA kickoff, and the pressure was from their insurance carrier to release him.
I haven't, but my wife did. Back in about 1997 or so we were running team for Marten. We dropped an MT at their Wilsonville, Or yard and picked...
While life insurance for women is lower due to their longer life span, they also have more medical problems (particularly with the "plumbing")...
I'm not with RoadRunner, but used to be with Dawes, a company RR merged with about 6 years ago. I still have a few friends there. As RR is...
Again, this citation apparently had TL at the end, indicating it was a trailer violation. The applicable text follows: S5.7.1.4.1 Rear of...
According to TransCore rate monitoring, Philly rates have been dropping for about a month or so, down 3-7% depending on trailer type. And...
Reprogramming the ECM. On your computer if they put out a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) upgrade you need to "flash" your BIOS to make the...
