Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

I missed posting for the last three days of last week, but I had good reason. I was installing new equipment for Otto Ag in Crystal, ND. I was making our highways safer, one truck at a time. So did Otto Ag. Thank you very much, guys.

OK, that was only one day, but Wednesday and Friday were busy, too.

I worked a small trade show this past weekend in Burnsville, Mn with Dave from BTR of Minnesota. BTR is a truck refrigeration and heating company in the Cities that focuses on air conditioning as well as heating systems and APUs. We shared a table with BTR and talked to a room full of gravel and asphalt haulers who deliver not only in the Minneapolis area, but contract out all across the region. Many of them will be in the Devils Lake area, this summer, so look for the Dispatch Trucking signs on their doors and make sure you wave.

I spent the day talking to these drivers about communicating with us, the other drivers who follow them while they are hauling. We discussed the use of brake lights as a communication system and how they could do a better job of communicating if they used Slow-N-Tell. We probably did not convince everyone to buy our equipment, but I think we will be on many of their trucks by summer's end. they agreed that we have great technology, it will be a matter of cash flow that will decide whether or not they do.

Driving through the Minneapolis are this weekend really reinforced my belief that Slow-N-Tell is needed on our highways. Interstate 94 and the other high volume roads that I drove were full of accordions from traffic backing up and stretching out behind trucks. WOW. Just think of what a little brake light communication could have done to help avoid all of those. I hope we see it soon.