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Thanks Dave I may have been a bit too long winded but it all boils down to me trying to give someone a fair and objective idea on what to expect out here. By giving my numbers a potential newbie who is considering expediting has some figures to crunch and help determine if this is feasable for...

OUCH, Tennessee, Don't ya just hate it when ya post and realize you made a mistake and there it is for the world to see. Shanghai is way down the coast south of Bejing

Yes, if you look at the load boards freight is slow and always is this time of year for the big trucks. Calif is still a heavy agriculture state and not as much produce moving this time of year. But luckily Fedex still holds their rates up high out here and is still able to get business because...

Oh Oh I don't wanna be caught in a Hornets nest here. I live in Calif and been working it with Roberts and Fedex since 1999 and feel I have a pretty good handle on what goes on out here. I stay pretty proactive and am aware of most of the major accounts and many of the day to day loads. The fact...

RE: Tired of reccord profits for oil companys, may A Team You are exactly right, I also would not use biodiesel in the winter in frigid climates. With Minn. requiring it to be blended into their diesel and many trucks gelling and broke down alongside the road was what I meant by a public...

I am curious to know if anyone else here has any exeriences using Biodiesel? I have used about 800 gallons of it over the last 8 months and have noticed no difference in performance (the 20% blend). I have always been very interested in alternative energy and with fuel prices over $2.70 here in...

My facorite site online is at www.gocomchek.com You can enter the state you want then the highway and direction you are traveling and it will list all the fuel stops that take comcheck in that order ,along with daily price updates and phone numbers and services etc ps. the above web addy is not...

RE: Smoking Nazi Why would a smoker be upset because a particular employer had a policy of not hiring smokers? I believe that an employer should have the right to make the choice, as long as it does not involve race or sex discrimination. But, I must admit that right now this is an emotional...

Hello all Been awhile since I posted but thought I would throw my 2 cents in here. People talk about anomalies and hustling and that may be the case with "teamdrivers" but it is also very possible to achieve the production he states. I don't know if they are White Glove with a reefer or not...

In Calif under minimum conditions you can get by with 2 chains on a straight truck but under maxixmum you need 4 on the drivers. As far as saying "if its bad enough to chain I am parking it" Out here the passes sometimes ice up for over a week. I have often taken 30 min to chain up in the...

I personally am not too concerned about fleet size but I have a friend who gets that info from his contractor coordinator every week. I don't believe that is supposed to be classified information? Just curious what you're CC says? They have the breakdown in unit sizes also

Team, it sounds like you are doing fine with yer revenue increasing over last year but just find the "contest" irritating. I really don't think that the object is to get drivers to take cheaper loads. The problem is shortage of trucks in prime areas. {A 400 mile load from Chicago for $650 is OK...

There is a reason you see so many load offers for flatbed. The answer is "cheap" There are great paying specialized flat bed loads, but most of the loads you see on the boards are lumber, building materials etc. that can move tomorrow or next week, just backhauls to get you home.

Nice civil reply, Dave. I was a bit tired and cranky last night night and came off a bit harsher then I should have. For the most part you give good solid advice and I agree with you most of the time. So, truce, didn't mean to jump on the dump on Dave "bandwagon" Have a...

I believe you are mixing you're contests up. Run count is used as a tie breaker in the annual 4 star awards contest. With the $250,000 the 80% and 80% qualifiers will go into a hat in which 10 Tractors 10 straight trucks and 5 vans will be picked. And let me say I think this contest is cool...

I see where the missunderstanding is here. Some people think that FECC is sending out run offers at .60 to $1.00 a mile loaded. The trouble is a shortage of trucks in the busy areas and long d/h's to try and cover those loads. I agree it is irritating to get those offers but they don't really...

I do notice that back east most of the express centers are out of trucks by early afternoon it seems. With no trucks available that brings on those those 200 to 300 mile d/h offers. I believe that if you can get ahold of dispatch on the phone before you just refuse it on the Qualcom that they...

As it stands now single drivers are really screwed with the 14 hour rule. As of now anything over 2 hours in the sleeper extends the 14 hour clock but come Oct you will need a minimum 8 hours consecutive in the sleeper to extend the 14 hr clock. Also thats crazy taking away the 5 on 5 off option...

A Team Once you become an owner, all of the run information and refusals this and the prior year are available to you in chronological order in the Vehicle Activity section of the extranet You could have you're owner run a printout for you.

Hey there Big Red, too bad we didn't meet up at Amelia Island a couple weeks ago, but then maybe we did? I am one of the 5 yr winners that came up near the end of the awards. The one that needs a haircut lol As far as T-Val, that extra $1500 or whatever should be easily recovered. But then a...