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Well last week several expediters including me came together in the spirt of the old days that Bob and Hooligan mentioned. I was on a layover in Lynchburg VA on Tuesday and Wedensday.Hotter then blazes,99 degrees etc. If any one has ever stayed in Lynchburh you will know that there are no...

Well there are islands and there are islands. I am friendly to anyone who comes up to me and wants to chat but I no longer go out of my way to find fellow expediters.I stopped this a few years ago because I got tired of all of the negativity that some people seem to have.Also the BS stories that...

I have never heard of them.Lots of small expediting companies in the midwest though.

I read that article and I can tell you when I mentioned a 10 speed to my wife,she gave me that old "If looks can kill " etc. 99% of the women of today believe you should only put shift levers in D or R or Park. I am sure my Eaton/Fuller 6 speed has a serial number on it somewhere.I would like to...

I run a D unit for Fedex CC and in October will have been with them fot 15 years. One thing that I know from many conversations with E Unit drivers is that Fedeex CC will deadhead them all over the globe. Simply put is that, there are not a lot of E uints within this Company.They tend to come...

Well this is only from 1 Express 1 Driver,but last Thursday night I was fueling at the TA in Gary Indiana and a Express 1 E Unit (Semi tralier) was next to me.The driver said they were "running his wheels off". so they may have some decent business. He told me they had 5 E units and were looking...

Nice story Jeff and Tony,Hope to see you next month.Guys like you and the others out here show that with some dedication and hard work you can make a Buck in this business.

Thats right,nothing like hauling B freight in a $275,000 C unit with Gold stripes all over it.

It really depends on the amount of miles you figure you are going to run in 1 year. If you take 20% depreciation allowance on a 51,000 truck,that is only about 10,000 plus whatever your operating costs are.But if you run 100,000 miles you can deduct $34.000.00 off the top plus your business...

One thing that I was advised to do many years ago was to use the standard business mileage deduction instead of deprecidation and operating expenses.In spite of what Frank Katz says the IRS has no problem with this ,as I was audited once and they approved my mileage deductions.If you do the math...

Interestering comments. My FL 70 is a 1996,this is 2002 so it is on the books as a 6 year old truck.This year they gave me a 2 year extension,which will allow me to run for 8 years. However the truck has performed well for them (FDX CC) no missed runs etc.As of today I have 607K on it and think...

Rumor has it that someone on the EO staff had a lease agreement with Fedex CC,When that lease was terminated Fedex CC jumped in as a advertiser.. Who knows,more power to EO with another advertiser to pay the bills. Far and away the best site for Expediter Trucking,I will be in Detroit next month...

Try the Iowa 80 truckstop in Walcott IA.WWW.iowa80.com. I get E mails from them and also their catologue. Prices seem to be OK.

I am in 100% agreement with Wild Bill.Join the service ,get your driving skills and experience while you get paid for it and when you are discharged ,the companies will be lining up at your door.You also get to broaden your horizons and the pay is not too bad these days.

Laughing Doctors at a recent AMA Convention finally revealed the secret that they have been keeping from American Men for many years. "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CHOLESTEROL"

The fax number also shows disconnected,so I put the fax in an envelope and mailed it to the address I have. Hope she stays in business,I thought the court case only applied to fleets and not the individual owner operator.This could cause serious headaches for all of us later this year.

I tried to call her also at 1-405-525-0470,received a message that this number is not in service.Then I tried Okalhoma City information,they gave me the same number, so if it!s been disconnected it must have been recently. I have her fax number and will try that also.

This is really tacky and I have never done this (lol) but you can park in a decent motel lot for the night,and in the morning go in as if you stayed there,help yourself to the free breakfast buffet,get a newspaper,fill your cooler with ice and leave. I once met a guy who kept all of the magnetic...

I would rate the cities in question as follows: Pittsburg F Cleveland G Toledo P too much competition Columbus G Buffalo F Rochester P Indy G NY State is a very difficult state for a manufacturing company due to taxes and a very liberal product liability law. Erie county...

Small thing but over the course of a year I estimate I save about $100.00 by using Supermarket Shopping Discount cards. I must have cards for about 25 different chains. I also get the Motel discount books that you find in rest areas,some truck stops,restaurants etc. If a restaurant or motel does...