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Warning: Sprinters are very expensive on maintenance. In addition, when you need repairs, it often takes more than a week to get parts.

If you feel that a driver may have an issue, you should contact your safety department so that they can determine if intervention is necessary.

Looks like an expediter just got his name in the paper! Trucker accused in theft, police chase - Toledo Blade

I once drove an empty cargo van UP the W road on Signal mountain in an empty cargo van in the snow in 1987! After I got to the top, I heard on the radio that it was supposed to be closed!

The company that I work for rarely has T/T's that are sitting, except for breaks. They are usually pre-dispatched. For that matter, our straight trucks hardly ever sit.

Does anyone have information about Panther being purchased by ABF? Just curious.

I believe that they measure all traffic. When you see the info boards that say "Travel time to exit ... 12 minutes" these are a result of the monitors. MOst cities also have camersa all around their interstates for general monitoring.

Chef Dennis gave you some good advice about using your hours wisely. OPPORTUNITY COST is a term that many drivers aren't aware of. Your opportunity per day should average 500 miles. When you kill half of your day for for lunch money, you are killing your profit opportunity. An occasional...

There is more to ask than "cpm" ... With some companies, cpm oncludes the fuel surcharge, while other companies tdo not include that amount in their cpm quote. For example, one company pays 65% of the run pay as charged to the customer or 75 cpm whichever is more and then the fuel surcharge is...

Thanks Phil!

If you read the FMCSA HOS guide, no such 45-minute rule exists. I would also suggest that you read 395.2 and 395.8 along with ALL guidance/interpretations. Further, there is a helpful thread on this website with a couple of explanations from Fmcsa officials of these rules. FEDEX CC...

The Nissan reps at the Expo are from Buckeye Nissan in Columbus, Ohio. On Friday, they had a regional rep at the show who is taking your comments back to Nissan. When I first invited them to the Expedite Expo, they had never heard of expediting, but Matt and Jim from Buckeye have now seen that...

Just a heads up to fellow expediters who are considering the purchase of a GPS --DO NOT buy Magellan:mad:. I have purchased two of them in the past few months. Both were at least two years out of date and they require you to pay $10 to have an update sent to you -- they say that the update is...

Van drivers might want to check TA's Expediter King program. When you buy 20 gallons of gas and spend $10 in their restaurant within a 24 hour period, they give you a shower credit. They do require that you take the receipt for the gas to the FUEL DESK and have it applied as "second chance"...

Actually, if you think about 2010 techology capabilities and prices, $140 a month can get you a WHOLE LOT MORE than we get withthis antiquated Qualcomm system. The carriers have had no incentive to update or upgrade to newer technologies since WE pay for this. Most of our cell phones have...

These parkas were originally designed for FEDEX people working in the EXPRESS division who work on airport ramps where extreme weather conditions are often amplified by strong winds. I still have mine from when I worked at FEDEX EXPRESS and it is the warmest thing that I have ever owned! It is...

I wish there were one truck stop chain that was consistently clean and consistently had decent food. Denny's might be an improvement! It would also be nice if there were a truckstop that didn't feel obligated to rip their loyal truckers on the price of virtually everything in the store. I...

Moot, I don't know what Tude used but I recently discovered Google Picasa. It is free and much easier though not as precise as photoshop. I do a lot of photography and editing and I really like it.

Tude Dude!! Great pics!! some real drivin' for a guy from Tennessee too! I used to live in Chattanooga and those folks would freak out in snowy weather!