Book the November Door in October
If your November freight is not on a warehouse appointment by the end of October, it sits.
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If your November freight is not on a warehouse appointment by the end of October, it sits.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is September 13 through 19, and the useful version is to pay the driver.
The brake inspection week is August 23 through 29, and this round is the drum and the rotor.
A solo driver cannot make an appointment that was sold as a team run.
A tire that was marginal in the spring will fail on a hot June afternoon.
Inspectors spent May 12 through 14 checking driver files, including the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
Get the signed POD before the truck leaves the receiver's lot.
A loaded reefer burns fuel while it sits, whether the tractor is hooked or not.
Do not plan a lane on a truck that has not been built.
When a state closes the interstate, the load stops with it.
If the driver is new to you, ask where they trained before you put them on a load.
The seal number on the bill has to match the seal on the trailer door.
The federal authority record moved to a new system in October, so a saved PDF is not the record.
A federal rule that took effect September 29 limits which commercial licenses a state can issue to a driver who does not live there.
A driver who cannot handle the roadside interview in English can be put out of service.
A carrier turns down a cheap rate when the truck payment, the driver, and the miles home do not fit.
Fleets that were buying battery trucks because a rule was pushing them have slowed down.
Monday is Memorial Day, and a closed receiver is not a delivery.
A lot of shippers already brought product in after the early April tariff moves.
Pulp the product before the reefer doors close, and write the temperature on the bill.
Freight from Mexico and Canada is days away from a new customs charge.
A certificate that expired in December is not insurance for a January load.
On November 20, FMCSA proposed changes to the rule that lets a carrier review the broker's record of a load.
If the driver pays the lumper, the receipt has to come back with the POD.
Hurricane Helene washed out I-40 through the mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina.
If your October freight has to move before an October 1 port deadline, it has to move now.
The Canadian railroads are warning they will stop taking freight.
A software update on July 19 shut off a lot of office computers, and the trucks still had to move.
Cool the reefer trailer down before it backs into the dock.
If the dock holds your truck, write the time in and the time out on the bill.
The truck at the dock has to be the truck on the rate confirmation.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge came down on March 26, and the Port of Baltimore stopped.
The roadside inspection blitz is May 14 through 16, so check the brake valves now.
The $75,000 broker bond did not change on January 16, 2024.
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