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My name is Todd Daehnert I'm 49 years old with a wonderful wife 2 step-children and two boy's of my own. I need your help in the last several years I have suffered several serious health problems, and loss of my carrier field,as well as everything I owned.

The first surgery I had was to remove two masses from my neck they were Not cancer but did leave me with loss feeling on the right side of my face including my ear,after the surgery my lower…

I have recently been talking with retired drivers that the DOT has taken of the road just like myself.It's time to get busy and stay in the industry you love so much."An idle mind is the DEVILS work shop"I  can help you keep busy and forget not being able to drive,and EARN a stable income for your family.For the last 2 years I have been working with a great company MYUSALOADS.COM. We are a load board posting service for the transportation industry,we are different than other load board…

I have given some thought to my  The Life Of A Trucker Blog post."It is half the battle when you love what you do"(George Burns)Being a truck driver is like being a football player, we don't get the large million dollar contracts and are carriers are as short,and we share a true love for the game, for some us like  Dan Bestfelt and myself are time in the field has been cut short.What do drivers like us have after the game is over? We in someways live in the…

USALOADS,LLC IS LOOKING FOR OWNER OPERATORS WITHIN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN FOR REGIONAL RUNS HOME WEEKENDS EXCELLENT PAY. DRY VANS, FLATBEDS, REEFERS.MUST HAVE OWN AUTHORITY AND INSURANCE. LOADING OUT OF GREENBAY, MILWAUKEE, SHEBOYGAN,  SHEBOYGAN FALLS, KOHLER, PLYMOUTH WISCONSIN…

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2/7/2012

Pennsylvania trucking company allegedly required two logbooks

By Charlie Morasch, staff writer

Federal prosecutors say a Pennsylvania trucking company encouraged its drivers to keep two sets of hours-of-service logs, and sent drivers on trips that required them to break federal on-duty requirements.

Lancaster, PA-based D.A. Landis Trucking Inc. faces felony charges of conspiracy and making false statements. In charges filed by U.S.…

A hotline truck owners can call to learn about compliance with California emissions regulations is experiencing high call volumes.

CARB is asking callers to wait a day and call back if they can’t get through to the agency’s 1-866-6DIESEL hotline.

CARB Spokeswoman Karen Caesar said the deluge in calls has been attributed to the recent extension of CARB’s Truck and Bus Rule…

Diesel average creeps up to $3.856

The national average price of diesel has crept upward the past three weeks, but not by much. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the average at $3.856, an increase of six-tenths of a cent, for the week ending Monday, Feb. 6.

The average price hasn’t changed much in the past three weeks. The average was at $3.848 in mid-January according to the EIA.

During the…

1/31/2012

First look at the House's four-year transportation bill

By David Tanner, associate editor

At first glance, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s four-year surface transportation bill contains some wins for small-business trucking, but will those be enough to overcome possible deal breakers such as longer and heavier trucks on federal highways? Here’s a look inside the bill released on Tuesday, Jan.…

For 26 years I have watched owner operators fight to survive they cant compete with the larger company's, as an owner operator I could not survive I ended up driving for a company.

USALOADS,LLC  is the brokerage MC#766104 MYUSALOADS is the load board posting service we have a business module  designed for success you don't just get paid on the loads you carry, you also get paid on the loads you don't carry.(Dedicated PAY VS Dedicated  RUN)We…

I started driving in 1983 my training was best the best kind the school of hard knocks. I never drove a tractor trailer I was given the keys to a older model double stick mack no power steering and told to be in Chicago in three hours I stopped at the first toll both in ILLINOIS to use the pay phone they had one the side of the of the road after you passed though the toll booth to get directions into the receiver,…