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No Suds, that's neither what I said nor implied. I was responding to Easytraders comments that suggested our carrier would have better success if it was a flat rate system of compensation. He also implied that trucks should be allowed a non-Canada or non-NYC descriptor. I simply asked what...

As I wannabe reliving the great days of expediting, I am qualified to respond to this thread. I join the crowd in saying it would be unfair to single out the most influential person in the forum membership, but an exception can be made with the following justification I've copied from a...

Easytrader, what would you recommend to FedEx CC to be the minimum flat rate per mile, plus FSC, they would need to pay to maintain an appropriate sized fleet of D trucks? Should the non NYC or non-Canada trucks recieve the same pay per mile?

Our recent visit to Europe was eyeopening from an expediter point of view. The Mercedes Benz Sprinter is the obvious choice of the majority of the light freight hauling community. During several hundred miles of travel in the eastern region of Germany and a bit of Poland, we saw no pickup...

We returned home from Europe last night so we were up early because our internal clock is seven hours ahead. I was sitting at the computer and the whole house started creaking in a manner reminiscent of the several quakes we experienced while living in Alaska. The news said we are about 184...

Wikipedia has a good discourse on the Interstate Highway system. The following portion disputes your fellow veteran's claim. The Interstate Highway System was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956. It had...

The entry form doesn't appear to require membership, because there is an optional box to check if you are not a VFW member. What have you got to lose? Send it in.

First establish some objectives for achievement that are either quatifiable or observable. These might include: Maintain an availability for dispatch percentage of 70% Maintain a 9 mile per gallon or better average. Maintain the truck in a safe operating condition and/or report all...

Leo: I have also seen fore and aft mattresses in sleeper berths, but if the regulation that I cited is current, your berth must have a side to side lenth of 75" and a restraint that secures an occupant from moving forward during rapid deceleration. One more point. A 6 wheeler over 10,000 GVWR...

Here is the FMCSA regulation regarding a sleeper berth. The way I interpret this, you must have a 75" mattress installed longitudinaly, or side to side, in the van. You cannot install this way in the Ford/Chevy or Sprinter as currently built. For now, at least, we'll have to settle for our 72"...

If you received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in Iraq or Afghanistan, you could be one of eight veterans to win the Veterans of Foreign War's (VFW's) trip to the Daytona International Speedway Pepsi 400 on July 5, 2008. Airfare, luxurious hotel accommodations and a ticket to the race for...

All of the expediter cargo vans have sleepers that comply with the USDOT commercial motor vehicle regulations. That's because there are no current federal regulations for sleepers in vehicles under 10001 GVWR, unless, and while, hauling reportable quantities of hazardous materials. If drivers...

Hondaking The Flying J 1/2 shower credit for gasoline purchases using a frequent fuel card is 20 gallons, not 25, Unless they changed the policy in March of this year. That same 20 gallons will get you a 1/2 beverage credit. The minimum for trucks at the diesel islands is 50 gallons, so...

I had a Father-in Law who was an Uncle Bob to my wife's cousin.

The air flow during takeoff will blow you 'off' the plane

Humorous post but here's a link to another version. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Police Radar Prompts Missile

Your sub-standard offer might be another driver's good load. If you are on the QC you may give a reason for declining the load the same way we now refuse with macro message #12. Put a comment in the 'reasons' field and say "I need $50 more," or "I need $xxx.xx per mile." If no other driver...

"he was denied his [right] to consular assistance by the Mexican government." i.e. the Mexican government didn't deny the right to assistance, he was either denied or not ensured that he had a right to seek their assistance

Can't get this EO thing to work for you? Try this: Click on "user CP," then under "settings" click on "edit options." scroll to bottom of page to Miscellaneous options and then on last line, where it says Manage Interface options, drop box and enter "enhanced interface - full wysiwyg...

Any alleged fuel saving device will have it's skeptics. I'm no different, but when a T/T driving friend gave me enough of his leftover airtabs to apply to my Chevy cargo van, I had nothing to lose so I applied them. I then posted the following last year on EO. My 2006 Chevrolet 3500 has gotten...