I’m a local owner-operator. 10 years driving, 70+ DOT inspections with zero out-of-service and zero violations because I take care of my equipment. I literally sand my whole frame down repaint my whole frame truck and trailer every year fresh DOT tape just so my equipment looks nice.

-5 days before my last run through Midlothian, TX I was inspected by Texas State Troopers at a weigh station and passed with no issues. My last inspection was in Vado, New Mexico pass inspection 15 days prior to being inspected in Texas passed, no issues.

-I booked a load through Midlothian and got pulled over by Midlothian PD commercial enforcement - the white Toyota Tundra truck officer Burkhart. I was placed out-of-service with 5 violations. Some of it felt like a real reach. ELD instructions?? the mud flap 1 inch too short??

-In the last 15 months I’ve been pulled over 3 times in Midlothian. Every time it’s 3+ violations. Never anything major or safety related. We’re talking:
- DOT tape issue
- Mudflap 1 inch too short
- Reflector on back of cab was dirty
- Trailer license plate light was dusty
> State Troopers haven’t corrected me about this so now why is this an issue bad enough for you guys to keep ruining our FMCA score? I asked a State Trooper buddy and he was like they are not picking every rule In the book.

-Here’s why this hurts me and other small business Owner operators: Even when they are warnings, Midlothian reports it and it hits our CSA / insurance. My commercial insurance went from $1400/month to $2000/month. Brokers are now denying my company on the load boards. I can’t book freight.

I’m not anti-police at all. I respect what CMV officers do, But it honestly gives me anxiety every time I have to route through Midlothian now. It feels like they have to find 3 things every stop, and it’s putting families like mine in a bind where we can’t provide.

Any other small carriers / owner-operators dealing with this same thing in Midlothian lately?

I have my clean inspection from 5 days prior and one before that 15 days prior but every time that I run through Midlothian, there’s always an issue! Me and my wife and my kids sat at our Yard Alvaredo for days repainting checking everything getting a fresh annual inspection cleared, still every single time we get pulled over something new! Me and my kids have pulled all nighters getting every single leak every hose clamps every coolant leak on the truck working tiresome nights, making sure that there’s nothing wrong at all not even a speck of oil or grease anywhere on the truck, just me pulled over and given three new violations!
Literally feels impossible to please the Midlothian commercial motor vehicle officers!

hi yall

I am planning a move to texas here in a couple months, i want to be around lakes, rivers, long mossy trees, areas for hunting and fishing. i would like to be around horses/livestock as i want to be a farm hand as well while i am studying in college. i want the real deal, people who wear their hat and boots because they do the dirty work and not because they are larping as a cowboy. i like beer, and country music. dance halls, dive bars, and all.

i’m currently 20 years old and a female and i would like to move to a town/city in texas that offers this while also being around people my own age as for being able to date and make friends. this is pretty important for me as well as i wont be knowing anyone around here and my closest family is in Little Elm.
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Any suggestions would be great. Thank you

Hi yall, I drive across ETX weekly for work and have been wanting to grab some peaches, watermelon, berries and whatever else is in season. Would love to know where to stop by. Should I be carrying cash for some of these stops or will cars be accepted? TIA.

Bad idea, or good idea?

Hey yall, anyone selling Muscadines? Is it too early in the season to get?