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According to news reports on WESH Channel Two News today a FECC tractor trailer unit broad sided a passenger vehicle at an intersection in Orlando, FL. Two persons were tranported to the hospital with injuries. The extent of the injuries were not given in the report. The cause of the accident...

Which one of you was it that delivered the silicone sex doll to the guys house after he sent her to the repair shop to have her loose joints repaired? Seriously. While channel surfing on the TV there was a show about men and their doll sex partners. The one in question was loaded onto an...

Soooo, Who was it that was in the Panther D-unit today watching my wife (and I) tarp the CFM-56 jet engine we had just loaded? You know who you are cause you were parked directly behind us in front of Cargo Bldg #706 at MIA in Miami. We saw ya lookin! LOL. Next time stop by and visit, we...

Recently we showed up at a security gate for a customer we regularly service. The security personel (officers) are not employees of the customer. We have been cleared through this gate many times without issue. On this particular delivery we were met with a different scenario unlike in the...

I have come up with a business plan for the future based on the upcoming 2010 emmissions regs, etc. This could catch on! When our truck is no longer compliant, rather than spend 9-10K extra on the purchase of a new compliant truck, I'm gonna pull our perfectly good ARI sleeper and Onan genset...

Last week we were dispatched to a customer at LAX. Unfortunately, the customer directed us into the wrong entrance to their facility for T/Ts. Once in the fenced area of the property, there was no turning our almost 80' long rig around. Since we were in the area that they unload straight...

The recent thread "RE:Busy, you bet" has prompted me to finally go public and ask the following questions of the Expediting Community. Why is it so many expediters have to ask: Are you loaded and what is it? Where is your load going? How much does your load pay? How much did you gross...

Have you ever wondered what he's wearing underneath his kilt? Well I aint going there! Use your own imagination thankyou! LOL Seriously, do you ever wonder "what's that truck hauling underneath the tarps" especially when its a really odd shaped load? Tarped loads can be deceiving at first...

Hello to all you expediters laying over at the Flying J in Blacksburg,SC this weekend! There are several carriers represented here including FECC, Landstar, Nations Express, Panther, and Tri-State. If I missed anyone its cause you're hiding.LOL Just wondering if any of you here are Expediter...

Sometimes the best things are found totally by accident. Such was the case for us this afternoon. Great Texas Bar B Que !!! We had left Dallas with our load and headed east on I-30 when at about the 127mm I noticed a strap flapping in the wind on the passenger side of my load. Not our strap...

Recently I was told that seven other ER-units/teams left FECC and went over to Southern Pride out of San Diego,CA since we left the Fed almost a year ago. Since they now haul the same type of freight as us we would love to know who you are. We were provided the names of one team by our source...

As a spin off from the thread "Team Rest", I would be interested in hearing: As a team truck, when it comes to loading and unloading freight, especially the labor intensive WG, Elite, or whatever your carrier calls it loads, do you handle the task as a team or solo? Technically one driver is...

It is fun seeing the different avatars and screen names used by members of this forum. After seeing Paid Vacationer's avatar and thinking about Terry's reponse regarding my screen name when I first posted here, I thought it would be fun and interesting to pose the following question: What is...

How often does your carrier dispatch you on a round trip or return load? Is it dispatched as one or two individual loads? If dispatched as one load, do you get paid full rate on the miles both ways? We are on a round trip that started Thursday and will be completed tonight once we return to...

I'm interested in hearing how the current economy has affected your deadhead miles this year. What is your breakpoint when it comes to your deadhead percentage? Also, if you are a team truck is your carrier running you on team or solo miles on a regularly basis this year? I'm not asking that...

As the US economy flounders, so are many parts of the world being affected! While delivering at a LARGE transatlantic cargo carrier customer that we service, the question of "are you staying busy" came up in the conversation. We gave our usual answer of "we're holding our own thankyou" only...

Would you as an experienced driver be willing to go back in a training truck as a "student driver". What are your feelings about being "trained" by a driver with less experience and years on the road than you? As a husband/wife team are you willing to split up for a minimum of six months to a...

Thought it would be interesting to hear how many times during your expedite/driving carreer you have had a K-nine cab search? This meaning the bomb/drug sniffing dog actually placed inside your cab and sleeper to conduct a search. If so where did this take place? Were you ok with this...

As expediters we all have opportunities to transport unique types of freight that common carriers never see. Many times its based on the value of the freight or the special handling required in loading and transporting the freight. Today we had the pleasure of delivering pieces of history to...

Based on the photo below, are we delivering a model of a well known city that was loaded on our deck by the model maker, or was it trick photography on my part? Based on the skyline of the city, which city is it?