David Bryant 10/23/26 David Bryant 10/23/26

Week in the Lane: Oct 18-24

Ten loads across four units this week, with about 7,170 loaded miles through 13 states.

David Bryant 10/17/26 David Bryant 10/17/26

Week in the Lane: Oct 11-17

Outside The Wire delivered 9 loads across four units in the Oct 11-17 week, on lanes through Tennessee, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Minnesota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Kentucky, shown unit by unit.

David Bryant 10/15/26 David Bryant 10/15/26

Carrier Fuel Update, Oct 15, 2026: Diesel Benchmark and Budget Guide

EIA’s U.S. average retail on-highway diesel price was $6.179/gal for the week of Oct 12, 2026. How to read the national and regional benchmarks, and a simple way to budget fuel.

David Bryant 10/9/26 David Bryant 10/9/26

Week in the Lane: Oct 4–10

Outside The Wire ran 7 loads across three units from Texas and Wisconsin to Alabama, the Carolinas, Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, and Louisiana in the Oct 4–10 pickup week, shown unit by unit.

David Bryant 10/2/26 David Bryant 10/2/26

Week in the Lane: Sep 27–Oct 3

Outside The Wire ran 12 loads and about 8,996 miles from Colorado and Texas to the Carolinas, the Mid-Atlantic, Michigan, and Nebraska during Sep 27–Oct 3, shown unit by unit.

David Bryant 9/25/26 David Bryant 9/25/26

Week in the Lane: Sep 20–26

Outside The Wire ran 11 loads and about 11,328 miles across the Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Texas, and Colorado during Sep 20–26 — anonymized unit-by-unit recap.

David Bryant 9/18/26 David Bryant 9/18/26

Week in the Lane: Sep 13–19

Outside The Wire ran 11 loads and about 10,838 miles across New England, the Southeast, Texas, the Plains, and the Midwest during Sep 13–19 — anonymized unit-by-unit recap below.

David Bryant 8/21/26 David Bryant 8/21/26

Week in the Lane: Aug 15–21

Fifteen loads. 15,937 company miles. Box trucks, an F-250 deck, and contractor equipment — most of it non-CDL — from Florida to Nevada to Massachusetts.

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