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There is a new thread that has been posted in the truck talk portion of the EO forum. If you don't normally go there this is a must read, especially for those expediters out here for their first winter. The new fuel blends may change the way our trucks perform this winter as we found out the...

We were recently dispatched on a run that at the time we accepted the load we were not aware of the following: 1. The drivers are required to wait in the driver's lounge while the shipper loads,pads,straps the freight,and closes the box doors and seals it prior the drivers being allowed back to...

Update to post "Almost got my A#%S kicked by JB Hunt driver": Since there were no witnesses to JB's driver striking me in the chest after he had hit our truck, getting Battery charges to stick are all but impossible.Also, JB claims no responsibility for his actions even though he was at their...

We were at a customer loading Thursday afternoon. In drives a JB Hunt. Out jumps this young driver.The shipper tells him to back into the door next to us ( on our passenger side).Driver has a straight line back,real easy.We're in our box padding and strapping when all the sudden we hear a big...

Wanting to know if anyone else has run into this problem: Our signs were put on our truck when it was new in 2001. First they began cracking around the box rivets about two years ago. Then more recently they began cracking all over (like antiquing), first the darker letters followed by the...

When the subject of Lease/Purchasing a truck from a fleet owner comes up on this forum its usually full of horror stories about how the deals went bad.How often have you seen a positve post about this subject.Furthermore,why would anyone want to give someone else part of their hard earned money...

I was recently asked this question: Does a company that one is leased to have the right to dictate which clinic a driver must go to when selected for a random? The example that was used; the driver is sitting at Jubitz in Portland,OR. Jubitz has a clinic certified by the governing agencies...

New drivers beware, you may be penalized just for being a "New Driver". Yep,thats right! Why not give your new boss a few hundred dollars of your wages per month to drive their truck. Never mind the revenue they're going to make on the freight you haul in their truck. Recently a driver told me...

Ok folks,please help educate me here. Been expediting for just over three years now, and for the most part loving it. We own a DR- unit and prefer running the temp-controlled freight. No ammo or explosives for us thankyou, but we do our share of military bases. Until recently our base visits...

This post may be more appropriate placed in the Newbies section but I feel we all need to read this one. Seasoned drivers have also made this mistake in the past. When a driver accepts and signs for a load at the shipper or even in a transfer of trailers (if you're an e-unit) you, the driver...

For those of you that either read or posted your excellent advice on the thread "owner lease purchase" I'm happy to say the truck which was the center of the topic has been bought by a deserving couple we know. They plan to drive it themselves. Our congrats go out to them and we wish then much...

What I hope to get out of this post is some insight as to why this is so commonplace amoungst expediters. We're checking in at the guardshack of a "high security" customer when another driver (wearing the same company logo) ask, "where is your load going?" Just because your shirt matches mine...

Have you had a problem with this? We have a 22' reefer box. Our evaporator measures 32" back from the bulkhead and 18" down from the ceiling.Then because we carry the required WG equipment we have 3 shelves 24" wide (width dictated by our tripod dolly,etc) across the front of the box. Fine so...

When we first decided to get into expediting three years ago we wanted to try it out first in someone elses truck before we invested in our own. We were given a few names of fleet owners in our area by the recruiter to contact.We narrowed it down to one that seemed to be a christian based...

Back when we started Expediting some freinds said they were going to put in a good word for us and get us on the Art Team. We really didn't want to be, but they wouldn't listen. Next thing you know, we're on the Art Team. It didn't take long to realize they weren't bad paying loads. Just pick up...