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Loose the auto workers are loosing their jobs because they are greedy and want way more than what they deserve. Their jobs are going to other countries because the foreign workers will work for pennies on the dollar and without health care or a lunch break. I know they are not the only ones to...

I'm glad to see that we're all on the same side and know the TRUE meaning of what hard work is. I like what LDB said, and I too feel there was a time and place when unions were needed, but over the years they have gotten greedy and influenced the people they represent to become greedy too. these...

I drove a truck for an owner for a year when I first started out in the business. He had put new front steers on and for about six months the truck drove smooth as a whistle. Then one day I noticed it pulling to the right and I had to keep the steering wheel turned at an ever so slight angle to...

Ever since American auto's went front wheel drive and had computers thrown in them, they've become cheap pieces of junk after a few years. Gone are the days when your grandfather(granted he's still alive) can had you his keys and say "sonny that car is yours". By the time that vehicle is paid...

Loose Cannon your not too bright. Truck drivers aren't milking their companies left and right, like the auto workers at the "Big Three", and other other manufacturing companies that have either closed their plants or down sized. Truckers have been unber paid for a long time, and if you don't...

I was watching the news and saw a report where GM is planning on laying off 25,000 emplyees and closing some of their plants by 2008.As if fuel prices weren't enough to deal with, now there's going to be a lack of future automotive loads for us. Those autoworkers have themselves to blame for all...

Foreign labor is the last thing this country needs especially in the trucking industry. I'm not a racist or nothing but the last thing I want to hear on my CB radio is spanish and chinese when I'm asking for directions. If these trucking companies start importing and hiring a bunch of Mexican...

I feel your pain Miko, there's nothing more annoying like driving all night trying to deliver a load as safely as you know how only to have the people where your delivering treat you like crap. Lets hope your next load takes you to a fun and magical place like Micheal Jackson's "Neverland...

I remember when I first got into the expediting business(three and a half years ago) fuel was less expensive. I'd recieve at least four load offers everyday, was grossing $2,500 to $3,000 a week, and was planning on buying a new Volvo 770 truck. It was gonna be a beauty the engine was gonna be a...

I agree, China and India's economy are growing at an incredable rate and their use of oil is putting a strain on the worlds economy. I liked it when they were still third world countries without a snowballs chance in hell to develop. The expediting industry was started with the best intensions...

It's not said enough, so I'd like to thank everyone the moderaters, the drivers and everyone at Expedites Online for making this the best expediter web site. The forums are great to read and reply too and everyone has a great attitude. If it wasn't for this web site I'd be bored crazy.

Ahh theres nothing like the stale smell of dried urine rising from the asphalt of a truckstop on a hot summers day.LOL I'm just kidding, remember one day I was just sitting in the drives seat looking out on the parking lot one evening only to see a driver emptying his one gallon milk jug toilet...

Davekc you hit the nail on the head, I've been driving for FECC for two years and have seen the freight come and go like the tide in the ocean and the money in my wallet. I feel for the newbies just starting out cause the high cost of fuel is only compounding their situation with the slow and...

It's that time of the year again when we all share stories of which truckstops or dinesr serve the best food. When in Michigan you've got to stop by the Detroiter Truckstop and order their fried chicken dinner, and for dessert order their homemade cherry pie. When in Fishkill, N.Y. on I-84 if...

Going in and out of Canada can be a hastle if not belittling. I have had many run ins with cocky customs agents both male and female. The truth is, is that a lot of these border agents have dreams of stopping a vehicle only to find that its full of drugs, terrorist, illegal aliens or anything...

For those of you that are going to be at home or have a satellite dish on your truck, theres gonna be a really good movie called "Oil Storm" on Fox F/X this sunday 6/5/05 starting at 8p.m. Here's the link to it. http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/oilstorm/main.html

It upsets me to read some of the posts drivers are putting up on this great website. A lot of you guys are complaining that things are slow and the freight isn't really paying that much and if things keep up your gonna have to quit or work for another expediting company. I've been in the...

I hope none of you guys have an incounter with a deer, moose, or anything that isn't the pavement, but if your driving down the road doing 50 to 70 mph, depending on how far away the deer is, it might not be able to get out of the way in time. The best thing I could suggest is to invest in a...

Yea your right about that RobA the layoffs are only with FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight. For now, this is just the begining of their cost cutting plan. Let us not forget about the trickle down effect.

That Xpediter guy has some serious problems, I guess thats what creack will do to a WHEEL HOLDER The MAN, The MYTH, The LEGEND