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Remember when I mentioned about shippers treating drivers like crap in the previous post? These two signs were at our latest pickup. Between the New York attitude and these signs it didn’t put me in a very good mood. Then when I was told I was responsible for the case count, my response was, “Nope”. [...]

I thought I had finally found news that the Capacity Crunch was affecting store shelves. But after some careful reading, it’s only another press release from the industry whining about how few drivers they have to abuse.
Trucker shortage could affect consumers.That’s bad news for an industry where driver turnover is growing, and the demand [...]

Truck Fridge.com Truck Refrigerators, I love this place. Last August (2004) I bought the model (CR130) that fit our 770. Worked great until about a month ago. I called them and they helped troubleshoot my fridge. Turns out the freon leaked.
We happened to get a trip to the Tampa area and decided to drop by [...]

Truckers protesting gas prices
Indianapolis, Nov. 1 – A lone truck horn in the pitch of night strikes a chord of hope, fear and mutual discontent all in the same moment.
“Hopefully we can get a lot more people out here and get our point across,” says truck driver Joe Edwards.
The point is found amidst the paralyzed [...]

There’s always rumor or an attempt trying to get truckers to go on “strike” to show how important trucking is and we should get something done for us.
Truckers plan to strike
Soaring diesel prices and exorbitant fees are bringing tractor-trailer owner/operators to a boiling point – so much so that some truckers across the nation are [...]

I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but this one is already underway. This sounds complicated, but it’s not. A super highway from deep in Mexico so the cheap crap from China bypasses Unions in Long Beach USA ports. Container get dropped on cheap Mexican trucks and trains bypassing US drivers and train operators. A customs [...]