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The Great Trucking Debate
As the November 2nd election approaches and the 2004 Presidential campaign heats up, it shouldn’t be too surprising that neither candidate says much about trucking issues directly. Historically, most candidates have not – until now.
President George Bush and Democratic nominee Senator John Kerry recently offered some valuable [...]

UPDATE about the last post: That might have sounded like I was being trivial, but it wasn’t just counting cases on one pallet and multiplying by pallets. Some pallets had 16 some had 70. So, it wasn’t as simple as it sounded. The shipper had their count, I didn’t agree with it, but I signed [...]

Retail Sales a Good Sign for Truckers
Overall this is a good time for trucking, Brady said, pointing to retail sales driving local and regional freight movement, low inventories, increasing manufacturing activity, and tight carrier capacity. Carriers are able to pass along high costs, namely steeper fuel prices as a result, he said.
Originally posted 2008-06-07 08:36:19. [...]

I got my truck worked on yesterday and today. Minor stuff, but since I had the time I decided to see if I could get them taken care of. A warning light on my dashboard came on. According to the book it’s not major, but needs looked at. I also started hearing a whistling noise [...]

From Slashdot
Slashdot | By Road and Rail?
CygnusXII writes “Now this is a novel approach to Dual Mode Transportation. This is an interesting and refreshing approach, that could revolutionize the transportation industry. BladeRunner Dual Mode Transport, or see the main web page. The innovative vehicle will run on road as well as rail. It is as [...]

I wrote an email to PATT when they won the recent court decision. It was more of a rant, If I had known someone was actually going to read it and respond I would have done a better job.
Are you happy now? Now that you found a judge that agrees with you. The rules you [...]