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Joe - worry not about the "running the engine question". The e-log function will "kick in" after the vehicle has traveled 7/10 of a mile.

The question of automated departure calls was not addressed at all. As for the long waits, he did apologize, and explained that a new group of - I assume dispatchers - anyway, people who will answer the phones - were hired last November, another bunch had just started training(guess that would...

For the ones who didn't hear the conference call, here's some FYI - The first 3 new Qualcomms have already been installed. They'll do the incoming folks first, and gradually include everybody else. They expect to do about 150 per month, intending that they'll all be done by the end of the...

Just FYI, the new system will also include truck-specific GPS, even current-time, such as closure of a road, if I understood him right. That would be a good thing, in our opinion. However, those of us who have spent $500 or so for an almost-new GPS would probably rather stick with what we've...

Yes, it will increase to $35/wk, from the current $30. That's probably it.

During the conference call, while talking about the new Qualcomm stuff, it was mentioned that we'd be getting new lease agreements to sign. Not another word of explanation, no other information. I take it, from the timing, that he meant when we have the new equipment installed. Any idea why...

Yep, I remember Bill Yost. And if you turned down 2 loads in a row you were put out of service - until an hour later they called you and said "We NEED your truck!" And if you didn't take the single layover "assignment" and went somewhere else, you weren't "authorized", and the only...

3 1/2 yrs old, 414,565 mi., and we put every one of 'em on it ourselves. Runs like new. 10 mpg new, 10 mpg now. (D truck). Doc knows how to spec a truck!

This keeps coming up, and I'd like to set the record straight about "Flying J not allowing Comdata". When Flying J created their TCH (Transportation Clearing House) system, it was in direct competition with Comdata (and T check, for that matter), and COMDATA cut Flying J off, being unwilling to...

A trucking friend whose wife works for a J-related truck stop in Salt Lake City just called to tell us that Flying J has just (today) sold out to Pilot. I don't have any links for people to verify it, maybe some of you more tech-savvy folks can find one. Marda

Here's a thought that doesn't relate exactly to the thread, but a first cousin. As we all know, 9/11 has caused a huge increase in security measures in all kinds of areas. It used to be that we would take a customer's word for whatever the freight was, "9 boxes of widgets" or "2 drums of...

Hi again! We hope you believed our private message, when we invited you to call us if you like. Greetings from Virginia (Richmond), where we'll hang over the weekend and then pick up a hazmat load on Monday afternoon that we'll take to Vacaville, California, delivering on Thursday morning. This...

Here's a thought that I'm amazed no one else has brought up. When you leave the truck with the engine running (yes, of course it's locked...but..) by necessity, the keys are in the ignition. It takes a professional truck thief a matter of seconds to break into a truck. In today's climate of...

Hi Mary & Gus - Welcome to EO. I've sent you a private message.

That snippet, "not intended for over-the-road..." says it all. Doc has long had a principle, which is, if you're going to do serious trucking, you need a serious truck to do it with. Our (Class 8) truck is now 2 yrs and 4 months old, and we've just turned over 312,000 miles (team). I don't think...

As Doggie Daddy says, it's important NOT to take some loads. For instance, Doc and I were in California a couple weeks ago, and we got an offer from somewhere in CA to Albuquerque,NM. Now Albuquerque is not the most remote location in the expediting world, but it's 400+ miles to Phoenix, and...

I waited, thinking a FedEx recruiter would answer your question, but since not, here's a little more info. I believe it's safe to say that most, if not all, of those loads are done by the White Glove division. (Not all of the White Glove trucks are "reefers".) One of the requirements for White...

Check your private mailbox.

RE: Socially incorrect way to celebrate a 65th bir Hi Al - It was fantastic. Best thing we ever did. We were there for 2 yrs, then the savings dwindled (living with no income, and even paying crew fees to do it, really cuts into the nest egg!) so we're back ashore and back to the road.

RE: Socially incorrect way to celebrate a 65th bir By the way, we chose the Columbia over the Century because it has an option of 112 instead of only 120. Take 8 inches off the nose, and you can put it in the sleeper - 90" and still a Class 8 truck!