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A number of veteran expediters will remember Glen Rice, who was a role model and good friend to the expediting community for many years. It has been my honor to spend the last six days with him at the hospital and to support him now in hospice as his death approaches. Glen was hospitalized last...

It's been a while since my wife and I worked on the road as expediters. What is the going rate for a truck stop shower these days? If I drove in and wanted to buy a shower with no fuel purchase or points, what's the price?

In 2013, California regulations were one of three factors that prompted us to leave expediting after 10 wonderful years on the road (CR-Unit). Now we read this breaking news that essentially makes it illegal to be an independent owner-operator in California. I'm curious to know what impact, if...

As former expediters, now retail business owners (gym), Diane and I are looking to EO to get a better sense of the true state of things. We realize we're in the midst of rapidly developing and rapidly changing pandemic situation. Still, the state of freight has always been a good economic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-amazons-digital-freight-brokerage-platform-goes-live

Totally automated freight brokerage. No humans involved. If brokers go away, what changes for: 1. Drivers? 2. Dispatchers? 3. Motor Carriers? 4. Shippers?

Diane and I left expediting in 2013 to pursue a non-trucking business opportunity. While we're out, we remain interested in trucking. ELDs were just starting to appear in expediting as we got out. Now that they are mandated industry-wide, I'm just curious. How has electronic logging changed the...

Just curious to hear what expediters are doing/experiencing regarding Hurricane Irma.

Diane and I are former expediters now living in Florida. As Hurricane Irma approaches, we're seeing store shelves picked clean of water, batteries and other storm prep supplies. The general public does not see this but we do; truckers on the job bringing new supplies. Thank you, drivers, for...

Many EO members remember Expediters Glen and Janice Rice who suffered a horrific accident that destroyed their beautiful truck and took them off the road for a while. They have been back on the road for a few years now, running with a power-only company. The following is from Jan's Facebook page...

I used to know the answer to this when we were working the business but I have forgotten. After a load is delivered, how long does a motor carrier have to make a freight damage claim against you? I ask because Diane and I kept every piece of paper related to every load we ever hauled. We had...

Feds move to limit speeds of trucks, buses The final point in this article is interesting. Maybe truckers should all come out in favor of speed limiters if they are mandated for cars too.

The company is called Otto. They are former Google engineers who have developed a kit that can convert your truck to a self-driving one. Volunteers are being sought to test this technology. More here. I've been a proponent of self-driving trucks since I first heard of the concept, but I have...

Dull-orange, early to mid-2000s Century or Columbia Freightliner. White trailer featuring the name Sunco Carriers. Details here.

Electronic logging has been out long enough now and is widespread enough that an answer to this question should be available. A survey would be easy enough to do, I would think. My question is, has electronic logging reduced the number of accidents commercial vehicles have? It would be easy...

Interesting piece here about the difference between ACV and Broad Form cargo insurance. Do you know what kind you have? It can be the difference between your financial recovery after an accident and financial ruin.

For as long as I've been reading these EO forums, drivers have complained about low rates and talked about days in the past when rates were higher. It's hard to know how much stock to put in such comments because drivers seldom share hard data and you don't always know what their reference point...

While Diane and I have been off the road for a while now, we continue to be interested observers of the expediting industry. Recent chatter in this forum about the FedEx CC load board sparked my curiosity. It is out of simple curiosity that I ask these questions: 1. Is it true, as one expediter...

While reading a fuel-economy thread, the thought came to mind that an EO article entitled "Basic Math for Expediters" would be helpful to a number of readers. I don't write for EO any more but I thought I'd share the idea just the same. What basic math should all expediters be able to do? A...

There is talk in the FedEx Custom Critical forum about a load board. Just curious. What is the FedEx Custom Critical load board?