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There used to be only one or two players in the GPS Fleet Tracking System market. Qualcomm out of San Diego and a few others. Nowadays fleets can use cell signals instead of satellite systems to track their fleets. Small systems can be wholly owned by the fleets while larger systems require monthly charges. Fleet [...]

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Traffic Jam, originally uploaded by Adventures In Trucking.
The guys that want to strike to make America realize how important they are might be fighting a losing battle. This is the Transportation exhibit at the American History Museum [...]

I mentioned in Part I how companies take advantage of their recruits fresh out of school, now we see one of the biggest scams companies are getting away with now to keep their drivers chained and broke.
Dreaming of being an owner-operator. by Timothy D. BradyIn this trucker

I posted this over on our personal site, but began thinking it might belong over here. It’s all about the rates we’re getting lately as we head for the home stretch toward Christmas and hopefully Christmas at home.
Perception is reality, even though it shouldn’t be. Last week I was fueling my truck on the fuel [...]

Since I don’t update this blog everyday and to save you from checking the site when there aren’t any updates and for those that don’t want to subscibe to RSS feeds or Bloglines (the best). Input your email address (as if you don’t get enough crap already!) and you’ll be notified of new udpates. Input [...]

This is a picture of where we are at today from Google Earth. I mainly wanted to see if I could save and post the images. Click on it for the big picture. For those that are playing along at home, here we are 37.653411 -112.404710. I also wanted to respond [...]