Posted on 14-02-2010

To Toll or Not To Toll

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - Personal ) by Wayne Weisser

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 [...]

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Posted on 05-02-2010

In Favor of Insanity?

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - General ) by Wayne Weisser

People think this whole North American Union (NAU) is good idea???
A Mexico-U.S.-Canada highway? Roll it out | ajc.com.By ROBERT P. CADY
Published on: 06/23/06

Reading
recently on a conservative Web site about the Bush administration’s
quiet support for a major highway from Mexico through the heart of the
United States to join Canada — a so-called NAFTA superhighway — I
couldn’t [...]

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Posted on 03-02-2010

Successful Trucking

Filed Under ( Trucking ) by Wayne Weisser

Sounds simple.
American Trucker.
Yes, you can be profitable in trucking with planning, forethought, and the knowledge of correct business principles and their application. Then look for a specific niche in which to specialize. If you want to compete in the truckload side of the business, you have to provide something no one else is willing to [...]

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Posted on 31-01-2010

Must be Burn-Out.

Filed Under ( Trucking ) by Wayne Weisser

After a really rough couple of weeks of not being able to work as much as we wanted, then some really dumb decisions on my part, then problems at the border and now not working as much again… Maybe the adventure is over and it’s time to find a job. Still trucking, but maybe something [...]

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Posted on 12-01-2010

Adapting and Taking Advantage

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - Industry ) by Wayne Weisser

An excellent example of taking advantage of the situation -
WCFCourier.com | The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Online!.
By MATTHEW WILDE, Courier Staff Writer
  STEAMBOAT ROCK — Iowa’s burgeoning ethanol industry is fueling the growth of regional trucking firms.
And the best part, officials with both industries say, is it will only get better.
The state’s ethanol industry has [...]

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Posted on 11-01-2010

Mandatory Speed Limiters For Everyone!

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - Personal ) by Wayne Weisser

I was reading the The Trucker last week and an article which I can’t find on their online version talks about how a core group of American carriers and a public safety group I’ve never heard of, wants to have mandatory speed limiters set at 68 mph. For everyone. Imagine every truck rolling down the [...]

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