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    I-40 West Bound Closed in NC/TN

    The West bound lanes on I-40 West Bound right at the NC/TN line are closed due to a rock slide ! Maybe closed for up to 2 weeks !
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    who's happy

    Still happy to..Fedex
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    Fed Ex and can't see the forest for the trees

    Me and the wife have been with Fedex for 1 yr now and are still pretty happy there, I have expressed my concerns here about west coast runs, and the rise of the flat rate trucks. However, that dont change our game plan with Fedex and I am sure it dont change Fedex game plan for any of us that...
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    FlyingJ/Pilot Newsletter

    Some of the Flying J's also will try and charge you 2 shower credits for a team shower..Have never had this issue with the TA's or Petro's
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    Dallas

    Well I can tell you that we are in a dry box with liftgate and have been sitting in Sparks, NV and thus far have built up 72 hrs in dwell time..Guess I just couldnt turn down the good paying load to come out this way =( Having said that I did ask for a relocation and the reply was no...
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    West Coast Runs Reconsidered

    Well meeting with the driver of the CA truck was pretty interesting..I asked him how he liked it, because he was a solo driver..He stated that he loved it because he was not making any money before he also said that he only has 1 dispatcher to deal with. Says he makes $1.00 +/- per mile for all...
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    West Coast Runs Reconsidered

    Well since reading this post, We had an interesting load. Has nothing to do with Cali. We accepted a load picking up in Houston, TX going to AL..Nothing special, after we get the load details I see it says PT at a fedex location, So we knew it was a transfer load..We then receive a c link...
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    Memory usage

    Only things that come to mind that you could try would be to switch to another browser such as Google Chrome, I dont have an older laptop with me to test this with or you could rent or buy a newer laptop..lol..I rent to own one from Arron's and they know its in a truck.
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    West Coast Runs Reconsidered

    I want to clarify my post and to add that this last trip we DEL into San Diego, we did go OOS for 1 day for my wife to reset, and because it was near her B day. Once we went back in service we did receive a couple load offers both were B loads we turned one down going to San Fran and accepted...
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    West Coast Runs Reconsidered

    Well this is the third load we have brought out to the west coast, all three times we have either had to wait and crawl back east or DH out. Right now we are DH'ing to Dallas, TX (not like this will be much better). Last time we DEL in Northern Cali and Fed paid us the .75 per mile to head...
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    FedEx Custom Critical ???? Are they what they say they are??

    Well I usually dont like to post on a heated debate so ill just post what happened to us and leave it at that. My wife and I have been with Fedex for lil over 9 months now and we drive a D unit. I will say first we have never been forced to take a load and also we were on another load that...
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    February locations

    Sitting at the TA near San Jose, CA..Got a PU for tomorrow and DEL tomorrow night in Chandler, AZ
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    What do you eat if you need to drive all night?

    I drive most nights and I drink a few mountain dews, and maybe a cappuccino, usually the wife and I will have dinner when we stop to switch, so I just do snack stuff through the night like chips and stuff.
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    February locations

    We have a Webasto unit in our straight truck (SST100) works great, has a dial that you set for the heat have had no issues with it thus far.
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    February locations

    Sitting in Houston, TX got a load for tomorrow going to Sunnyvale, CA delivers Thursday on my bday no less..lol
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