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Panther II I have been with Panther II for about a year and a half. Prior to that I was with Fed Ex Custom Critical. I have not regreted the switch even once. The company has always been fair with me. I get at least twice the runs I got with the other company. If you do switch, talk to...

If your are ever in Toledo, I suggest Tony Pakos. Take the Front Street Exit off of I280, and head North about 1 mile. This is the place that Klinger talked about in the old series "MASH". Aside from good Hungarian food, the place is really cool. They have famous people sign hotdog buns...

I think that all of us shave said "If this company belonged to me, I would change some things". Well, I have been thinking about things that the ideal company would do, and have come up with the following: 1. Get rid of Recruiters. Have you ever met anyone in this business who was actually...

Lawrence, Those are some good looking pups. Of course they come from some good expediting stock. Hooligan has been bugging me to get a run to Florence so he can see his family. Bob

Lawrence's dog just had a litter of puppies. These are not ordinary mutts. They come from a long line of Jack Russel Expeditors. JR is their Great Grandfather, and Hooligan is their Uncle. How about it Lawrence. Show us some pictures!

Teacel, Sorry if I seemed to take offense. One of my Problems with Fed Ex was that they wanted to treat contractors as employees. The gold truck you were talking about was cut from the fleet partially because it wasn't white. The company allowed contractors to get trucks of any color prior...

I know both of those trucks you are talking about. The Gold one belongs to a friend of mine. He bought the truck while working for Fed Up, before they decided you needed to have white trucks inorder to meet their high standards. The window on the side is because the person installing his Clink...

I was talking to a friend recently about how we, as expediters, have changed in the last few years. It wasn't too long ago that you would find grills cooking in the grassy area at the Detroiter. People would be sitting around on lawn chairs and talking, and enjoying life on the road. When it...

Carrol Turner who many of us knew as "Shorty" passed away Friday after a fight with cancer. If you have been in the business for any length of time, I am sure you have met this outgoing man. He stood 7 ft tall,and never met a stranger. Carrol was leased on the Roberts for several years. He...

I find it interesting that the corporate people seem to be getting promoted while the contractors continue to starve. Had I remained with Fed Ex, my income would have been about 60% of what it was in provious years. Did the corporate staff take a simular reduction in pay? I wish her and all...

Fed Ex is structured so that you can not get to anyone who will help you. I spent 6 years trying tpo talk to someone who was willing to address issues, and never got beyond Contractor relations. I even send letters to both the previous CEO and current one. The best way to solve any problem...

My advise would be to look for trucks parked at truck stops and talk to them. I just left Fed Ex after 6 years. Just was not any business. Perhaps, if I lived in OH, it would have worked. However, they would not relocate me so even after spending 100 hours at home waiting for a run. Bes of...

After much thought, I have decided to leave Fed Ex, and try another company. Hooligan and I will still be doing expediting, but we will have a couple of cats on the side of our truck. Hope all our friends will still stop and talk. We just couldn't put up will all the restrictions our friends...

This really is a good topic. I have been spending quite a lot of time lately trying to figure out Fed Ex. My conclusion is that it is their company, and they will contine to do what they want until someone at the top makes some drastic changes. As a contractor, I can not get them to change...

Wonder if any of you know of a reasonable Health Insurance plan that is available to O/O? Our coverage is about to end, and we need to find a new plan. Thanks.

I think it is great that you would take the time and effort to ride along with one of your drivers. Perhaps, if more would do this, there wouldn't be so much conflict between operators, and dispatch. Hope, other companies will encourage their staff to do more of this. As a O/O, I would be...

I read your column in the recent On Time with great interest. I too agree that one of the keys to any sucessful venture is communications. The word "comunication" indicates that at least two parties are involved. You are not comunicating with your contractors by publishing a column. Inorder...

This last week was a very bad one for me. I was sitting in Ft Wayne with about 16 hours of dwell time. Figured that I would be the next truck out. One of my friends and I went into the truck stop for coffee. Imagine my shock when he got a run to Michigan. He had only been there for about 2...

I read with interest Neo's comments about the new Fed Ex load board. It is obvious that he is not a contractor, and speaks for the corporation. That is good! I, for one, welcome the chance to communicate with the company. I agree that inorder for a company to prosper, it must use the...

Thanks for the info. It seems typical of the corporate thought process. "Don't use the assets you have, aquire more." DVA was an expensive program which was supposed to manage the fleet better than their planning scetion. However, planning is who you have to get a relocation authorization...