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I think I saw that Panther truck getting a full bore inspection on I20 west of Atlanta once. There were 2-3 inspectors poring over it.

As an ex Army grunt you left out one important item.We generally find a female US Marine or Navy Wave to sew on our combat patch.

FDXCC breaks the fuel surcharge in a separate section for each run paid on your pay settlement sheet. For each run paid there is a notation as to what fuel sucharge was billed and paid to you. If you are buying the fuel you should not have to split the FSC. However you have to see the...

Alvin AA Sleeper knows what they are doing you should be OK,remember max lenght on a straight truck used on the road is 40 feet.

Will never forget the time when I was trying to unload at the Buick plant in Flint. The fork/lift driver was sleeping and when I made noises to wake him he got poed big time and told me to come back when he was on overtime.

89 on my first try,2 hole in ones,but a 16 on 7 and a 21 on 18..}>

FdxCC limits single drivers in any unit that requires logs to a max of 550 miles. However FDX Freight will allow a driver pulling a set of doubles to go 600 miles in 11 hours. Go Figure

Dave puts it very well.If I recall right I believe there is a forum member who was going to take delivery of a real large car expensive unit and have it at the Matts show.Perhaps he saw the writing on the wall as I see from various posts he is still driving for a fleet owner. With the cost of...

Deer can hurt your truck,but a bear can do you in. I actually saw a real bear in the middle of US 30 near Breezewood PA one time. I had a haz/mat load and had to bypass the tunnels. He/She, was walking across the road just ambling along. No way i would have exited the truck in that area.

Sawbones, I am not going to write 4,000 words but I have run out of Florida for 18 years and there is business. Automotive suppliers exist in Jacksonville,Daytona Beach, Ft Meyers ,Orlando, Tifton Ga and other areas. Quite a bit of freight comes out of Titusville/Melbourne areas. If you E Mail...

At this time I would not recommend downsizing,spend some time reading thrugh the last few months of posts on EO.Many van drivers are complaining of too few loads and also sitting a lot.Also what company are you with,some of the expediting companies are not adding vans.

Some expeditors have a lot of time on their hands..:P

Met a couple with an Roberts E unit once. They had bought their own unit and said they did not have to pay the weekly charge.This was because Roberts could not figure out a method of payment. On the same subject some people including myself feel that if you are off for a week or do not get a...

I have never heard of that happening and I have a very old unit with the black box that has been in 3 different trucks. Perhaps the postive wire comiing from the battery was rubbing on the frame somewhere then shorted out.

There is a guy with CTX that has a similar unit. Also a few years ago I met a guy from Long Island who had a Dodge Ramcharger with a similar box and was leased on to FDXCC.

George your not bad at all. I admire your resourcefullness. I remember in the Roberts days when many of us were sitting around at a Petro etc you would be out hustling some product or other.

Mike you and GEO (George) need to get together.:P :P

Last week I met 2 FDXCC D unit teams. One started 2 weeks ago,the other 4 weeks ago and both teams were contacted to see if they wanted to add trucks to the fleet. So while A Team believes that FDXCC is not adding trucks the facts speak otherwise.All companies recruit heavily during this time in...

I would also take a long hard look at what is the minimun net weekly income you need to survive. Most folks driving a van on a split revenue deal do not net a 4 figure weekly income. Exceptions, sure but few and far between.

RE: Standard contract for There is no standard contract,however the most common method for drivers that operate owners trucks is the 60/40 split with the drivers paying for fuel and tolls. Any agreement you sign should cover unexpected maintenance problems. If the truck has a breakdown far from...