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I’m still learning about the business side of trucking and this trip definitely added to my education. Apparently, most anything going to Alaska is paid enough for the truck to go empty back to Seattle. Which came to $1.73 a (practical) mile. With fuel ranging from $2.23 a gallon (US) at the new Flying J [...]

Mine and Cindy’s personal site at Adventures In Trucking.com will have all the pictures when we get back to the lower 48. We’re in Fargo, ND just about to go into Canada, then on to Anchorage.  This trip started in Las Vegas and we went through the northwest portion of Yellowstone. Incredible, but I’m sure [...]

When I saw this, my first thought was; What a waste of time and money.
FMCSA May Fund System to Advise Drivers of Parking Availability in 50-Mile Radius

6/17/2005

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering funding
projects using commercially-available technologies to provide real-time
parking availability to truck drivers on the road.

There’s plenty of parking out there. Instead of [...]

As if we don’t get enough press already.
Utah Trucker Surrenders, Ending Three-Hour Standoff
OREM, Utah (AP) — A truck driver who had been fired earlier in the day
refused to leave the company’s truck for three hours in a standoff on
an Orem Interstate 15 onramp.

There are pictures of the truck and the SWAT Team. It’s kind [...]

Drivers Daily Log.com - I LOVE this program. This is more than a computerized log book. It does so much more. I’ve been a user for a long time. Mainly to check for mistakes when I had to use a company supplied logbook. And when the new rules came out in 2004, while everyone [...]

This may be a little off the subject, but it does relate to trucking. Lifehacker.com is one of my favorite sites for tech news. Which I follow with an RSS feed using  Bloglines.com as my RSS feed reader.  Which by the way, if you’re not using RSS feeds, why not?  Bloglines is super simple. You [...]