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This is the trade show I picked up in Vegas and took to Garden City, CA (south of LA). One shows a flatbed being loaded while the other shows a bulldozer on the left loading the end dumps with trash and debris. This is all inside the Sands Convention Center. I’ve driven inside herebefore. Trucks [...]

In Sailors of the Concrete Sea,  Professor Belman concludes that the so-called driver shortage isn’t a shortage at all. It’s only perceived by the companies as a shortage because of all the job hopping drivers do. To let everyone know, I’m doing my part to keep that perception alive. We start driving for a different [...]

I’ve written about the problems of allowing too many drivers, either through immigration with h1b visas or even lying recruiting to people to fill driver seats. I know I don’t make up this stuff but some people think I’m against immigrants of any kind. The same argument is used to vilify anyone and everyone on [...]

It’s not that I enjoy toll roads, but if I have to use one, I hate stopping if I don’t have to. There’s a Norpass on the way so I’ll be able to bypass any electronic weigh station too.
I almost prefer some toll roads over some of the interstates. Ohio for instance lowered their rate [...]

Local governments, truckers split over value of lower speed limit
Cursing a $700 fill-up at the pump, big rig driver Lance Warnacut complained some more when asked about the prospect of lower truck speed limits and lane restrictions in Tennessee.
Come on now, $700??? Even with fuel prices today in TN is $2.15 that’s 325 [...]

OOIDA is a great organization. They are the only ones that are actually looking out for the drivers. Unlike some of the ATA organization that are just political wastes of time and only look out for themselves. For a nominal fee I have a voice in Washington, DC. An organization that has taken up large [...]