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  1. nightcreacher

    DOD Loads & Clearance - FedEx % of loads hauled?

    DOD loads don't run over the weekend.Usually load,mon for tue,wed for thur.If you can get tue for wed,thur for fri and then a mon for tue,you can do 3 one week and 2 so it would be 10 loads month.Of cource if you can get lucky with a coast to coast,that always is nice,but it still wont be a fri...
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    Asking for load/rate over qc before taking

    You guys hauling loads in the blind,I have a bridge going to Hawaii I would like you to invest in.Tell me,when you take your truck to the shop,do you get an estimate before you tell them to do the work,or just tell them to fix it.You may have all the trust in L1,but one of these days your going...
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    The South

    Tri State is doing well out those two cities
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    I-30 East bound shut down at 241!

    Garland texas is not at the 241 mm on I 30 Garland is ext 59 and north of I 30 at that point You better buy a better scanner
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    Setting up a shipment with a carrier.

    The only way if a load changes that you can refuse it,If you were a D truck,picking up a D load,and the load became a van load or C load,and the rate of pay dropped,you could refuse it.Other than that,you may be in jeopardy of loosing your lease
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    Setting up a shipment with a carrier.

    In 1996 I had a truck on with Roberts Express and Panther ll .Since was loosing my azz at Panther,took truck off and brought it to Roberts.I think Roberts,Panther ll and CTX were the only expediters that were useing tractors at the time.
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    Asking for load/rate over qc before taking

    At one time or another I have been with 5 different companies.Roberts Express,(now FED EX Custom Critical)PantherII,Con-Way Now,Try HOURS,AND TRI STATE.NOt one of these companies did I ever have to ask what my pay was.With Roberts before the qualcoms we were given the information over the...
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    How many days are u sitting at one location

    I only take loads that will make me money,and if that load goes to where I may have trouble getting reloaded,unless that load pays enough that I can move to a busier area,I just know how to say NO
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    FedEx Custom Critical ???? Are they what they say they are??

    If your tired your doing a disservice to your company,cause they are counting on you to be able to run the freight.A B unit is suppose to be able to have 8 ft of space and 2000 lbs.If a customer that orders a B unit and the weight would be 3000 lbs,then you would have gotten a dry run,or...
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    I-30 East bound shut down at 241!

    There is no 241 mm in texas,223 is the highest on I 30.Highest in Ar.is 138,thats downtown Little Rock.There is a 241 mm on I 40.THere are only 2 states with an interstate 30,and neither have a 241 mm.writer of this blog must not have been on an interstate
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    How many days are u sitting at one location

    30 years for me,I understan it,but I'd rather not.I wouldn't make a very good recruiter.
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    Truth In Advertising & Posting?

    Lets see,1 dollar all in,most likely is 85cpm plus fsc of 15 cpm.In the 30 years I've been in expediting,as far as pay goes,the 4 companies Ive been involved with haven't lied about pay,but most all companies have prefered customers that get special discounts.You don't have to take these...
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    FedEx Custom Critical ???? Are they what they say they are??

    If your in a blizzard,and you can't do a load cause of the weather,then why even stay in service.If I was your CC I would have explained things to you and you might have understood the problem.YOu can 't run a load cause of weather,why do you think you should have stayed in service and turned...
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    FedEx Custom Critical ???? Are they what they say they are??

    I explained your problem,You told FDCC you were a B team.THis meansYOU HAVE SPACE FOR TWO SKIDS AND A PLACE FOR THE OTHER DRIVER TYO SLEEP WHILE IN MOTION.You then told all of us,you couldn't do the load cause with the 2 pallets,there weas no where to sleep.First off,when you had the truck...
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    Carrier behaving badly

    I had a friend dispatching for a logistics company.There is a company that advertizes on her that sends solos to do team loads quite often.She told me she got burned a couple different imes by that carrier,so she quit useing them.THis didn't happen recently,was coiuple years ago,but still.BAck...
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    Truth In Advertising & Posting?

    If your on a pecentage contract,the pay can vary,as od discoiunts.On a mileage contract,as i am,mine never changes,as long as I do tractor expedite freight.A back haul may change cause it is may be a broker load,then I get 85%,but they ask if I will do for that price
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    Recruiting spam

    THey must still be mad at me,I didn't get one either
  18. nightcreacher

    Anniversery

    > Who said men don't remember anniversaries? > > A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in their bed. > > She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. > > She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him. > > He...
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    FedEx Custom Critical ???? Are they what they say they are??

    for you to be dispatched on runs over 700 miles,they have to have you listred as a team truck,which means you have to have sleeping area with the 2 pallets.you have to tell safety you only have sleepiong area with 1 pallet then you wont have this problem
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    FedEx Custom Critical ???? Are they what they say they are??

    Pookie,a B unit is suppose to be able to haul 2 skids and 2000 lbs.My tractor is suppose to haul 44000.I once said I would do a load that was suppose to weight 25000 lbs.When I got the shipper it weighed 42000lbs.I called dispatch and complained,but since the E units are to be able to haul...
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