You had brought up an interesting point as well regarding tire wear. With 3 trucks and 4 trailers running light loads we re cap all our own...
Drive in a lot of snow up here in the Montreal area and there are some hills close by, Quebec in notorious for 9- 12 % grades on the secondary...
Windsmith. We have run quite a few loads for Coyote over the last year, we will not run under $2.00/ mile. They do pay at only 30 days , which...
There are several sites regarding bad payers and fraudsters in the trucking business. The one I consult daily is INSIDE TRANSPORT, it is a free...
Hey guys' I wish you all the best! Since I am in here on Sunday as usual going through my driver's paperwork making sure everything has cleared...
1994 Pete 397 long nose with 4.4 million Km , about 2.6 million miles. Works in harsh northern environment 25% of the time. Engine is a 3406...
Thanks Pablo. Our Mechanic found the problem quickly, there was not enough pressure at idle , when at high RPM the inertia just pulled the pump...
Truck just ran 5000miles since the repair, all is well. The fuel pump drive was the problem. Changed the fuel pump while we were at it cost around...
Our friend clearly states that he runs his 4000 miles in 5 days and not six. He also does his own deliveries , one a day between 8 and 5.
Snowy, Back in the early 90's, prior to the new log book regulations I used to run between 3600 and 3800 miles per week, that was pretty hard to...
Thanks folks , You are just re-inforcing the point. The hours of service rules are supposedly based on what your body can do. Although...
Snowwy. I run three trucks. They average 3000/week. I also do the fuel tax reporting and I know exactly what these trucks have been averaging in...
RzL Drzl That is exactly the point, all the criteria that is used in setting the hours of service rules is based on how the human body functions...
One question I never see addressed when the hours of service rules are being truncated is the non homologation of the rules in North America....
To Mc... You have brought up several interesting points. I confer on most of them. Why I had suggested filing on the bond is that it is quite...
I can think of quite a few as well , mainly in retail sales to draw you into stores. Although I do not think that they offer a discount that is as...
Does not change anything, he is taking freight for less than it is worth. The point is that he getting paid less than what it costs to carry out...
They may have pride , but they will certainly go with the lowest responsible bidder, and if he is US reg, he gets it! The big difference here lies...
The $ 3.50/ mile will never dry up because that price is set by market factors, duly supply and demand. The brokerage giants get in with some of...
Freight density. The original article fails to explain why certain trucks are running empty. It is because they have to. As a Canadian truck we...
