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Is this a strike or are they just saying “NO to Cheap Freight”? Which is what we all should be doing.

Yahoo! News – Independent Truckers Strike at U.S. Ports
NEW ORLEANS – Upset over wages, fuel costs and anti-union laws, hundreds of independent truckers went on strike at several U.S. ports Monday, slowing the movement of [...]

Usually I pickup and deliver from smaller or specialized customers, electronics, stage productions, trade shows, new store or casino fixtures or slot machines. Special stuff. Not just stuff put on a pallet and forklifted into the truck.
But once in awhile I still have to get whatever fits to keep rolling. And I forget (from pulling [...]

The ATA got 19.3 million this year to train truck drivers to help in Homeland Security. That seems like a lot of money to give people a super secret special phone number. I received an email from OOIDA about a survey they were doing about the Highway watch progam. I was very negative about the [...]

Better Red than Dead

By Ron Peacock (pavonews.com)
In your recent travels, has anyone noticed a post-election despondency amongst a certain segment of our population? On November 2nd, President Bush won re-election and the Republican Party gained an unprecedented second term majority of congressional seats. In the month following the election, the realities of these events [...]

Just a quick note to remind everyone what a short mile and a practical mile is. A short mile is what most companies pay and is an almost impossible route for a truck to drive.  Drivers drive practical miles and truck companies and brokers pay short miles. Usually about a 10 percent difference.
Crete to [...]

In the March issue of RoadStar editor Steve Sturgess’ column he quotes an industry periodical Real Questions real Answers that says,
“. . .consider the fast food business. Many of these companies actually want high turnover, at least among some of their employees, because it helps keep wages down.”