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I switched to dark mode and like it, it makes it easier to see the text for me. Great update, Brett!
I switched to dark mode and like it, it makes it easier to see the text for me. Great update, Brett!
Awesome to hear! Thanks! Glad you like it!
Seems much faster too. What changed? Different backend? Web server?
Seems much faster too. What changed? Different backend? Web server?
I increased the amount of page caching I'm doing. If you're logged in, you get served fresh pages. If you're not logged in, you get served cached pages, which are much faster to load.
Otherwise, I cleaned up the code a bit, but nothing drastic.
Since your asking for suggestions and feedback, I have an idea.
Maybe a forum for LTL/local drivers to have discussions and help each other and people making the move to a local gig. We encounter many different things in our work day that OTR peeps rarely deal with. Fuel and food delivery tips and help, dock work, loading/unloading trailers, liftgate service doubles/triples. Just a thought.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
LTL/local drivers...We encounter many different things in our work day that OTR peeps rarely deal with. Fuel and food delivery tips and help, dock work, loading/unloading trailers, liftgate service doubles/triples
I love the idea. The first thought I had is to build a new section in the High Road CDL Training Program. You want to teach people new things, let's teach em. We could get a group of us to put together an outline of topics we want to cover and then we write a bunch of articles about it. I convert them to pages in the High Road, I put together some multiple choice questions, and you have a new system to train drivers who are going local or LTL.
We can discuss these topics in the forum, and I can put links in the High Road pointing to those forum conversations so people can ask questions.
I think it's a great idea. I'd love to get more ideas from everyone about teaching local stuff. Any thoughts? Throw em out there! Let's hear it!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Brett,
I cast my vote for the dark pages. So much easier to read especially with glasses and bifocals. A heck of a lot better for old 73 year old eyes. The new changes have made for a better experience and the pages do not freeze like before. Thanks for the upgrades.
Brett, love it, love it, love it man. It’s much more streamlined and much cleaner looking. The new fonts, dark mode, everything about it. Outstanding upgrade.
I too like the new dark mode and new font. I find it much easier to read.
The AI art is pretty neat as well. If you didn't say it was AI I wouldn't know. Think we could get a couple day cab pics from it? All the ones I've seen are nice sleepers.
Day Cab:
A tractor which does not have a sleeper berth attached to it. Normally used for local routes where drivers go home every night.
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