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I too had a great time at Atlantis and must say that it was actually a bit better then expected. The days were not as hot and humid as in Florida. Actually rather comfortable for a cool weather person as myself. It was nice meeting you, Big Red. But our paths only crossed a couple times. Maybe...

Leo, we have many Monday loads that get dispatched on Fri night or Saturday. After the customer calls in the order Fedex can't force em to load the truck if the freights not ready. My comment on rationalization is that if I accept a load at noon on Saturday and it cancels on Monday morning I...

Ahhh Kewl You guys goin to the Bahama's also? Wonder how many others from this forum goin next weekend? Keep my name handy and introduce yourselves when you see me. I am the guy that needs a haircut. Jack Dixon DR4270

Cancelled loads are just part of this business. Luckily I have only had 3 or 4 over that last 7 years that I sat over a weekend waiting for. The above mentioned load was probably created during the week and was dispatched out on Saturday morning. Even if the driver had a phone nimber all they...

Have you considered emmigrating to Canada? If that would be easier you could then go to work for a Canadian company and still do lots of trucking in the U.S. I have no idea if it would be easier then emmigrating to the U.S. Just a thought.

There are too many variables here. Who does he drive for? What size truck and how equiped? Does he run solo? If he is with Fedex and runs team he screwed up. If he is solo and a midwest driver and was still sitting in Phoenix on Fri afternoon with a 3 day weekend thats the only way I would...

In regards to inhalation hazard loads. Yes, it is illegal to haul them in a van. Fedex would never knowingly dispatch a van on one. A call in for a class 6 load goes straight to White Glove. Now, the possibilities are that whoever called in the shipment didn't know or state properly what the...

I have to agree with the others. Since you allready have a class a licence you ought to strogly consider finding a d unit owner to hire on with. You probably won't find a fancy rig to drive but even an old stock rig is better then a van for comfort and less time sitting waiting for loads. If you...

The key words are solo e unit. I don't think that this new mileage system is working out like fedex planned. Either the rate has to be higher or more miles. The turnover rate is very high with tractors. Most of the tractors on the old contract are doing better then the new flat rate mileage...

This is an example of the adventure of expediting. You never really know what might happen next. I wonder how many people turned down the load you took to Wash. because they figured on DH out of there? I have been offered several ferry ride loads out of Wash but they were Alaska loads in the...

Here is where I fing my short wheelbase configuration very beneficial. My empty wieght is 6500# on the steering and 18,500# on the drives. Everything I load goes right in the nose against the wall. No worries of straps or bars breaking in a panic stop. The downsides are droppin the pusher axle...

Awwww come on Terry, splurge a lil and get a mobile dish installed. I used to subscribe to DISH and go out and put up the dish and find my signal by hand, but they did something that made the endeavor more complex and harder to pinpoint the satellite. So I dropped it. Now, its just the typical...

I personally have an auxilary marine battery installed in my passenger side battery box. I am good for about 14 hours of TV or laptop use just using a lil 300 watt inverter. Now I admit I am hard on batteries and replace them more often then the average driver due to the draining and recharging...

Yes, the payout ratios were increasing and this was an "attempted" fix. How long did that last that all loads were going to be dispatched at he contracted rate or were not going to go, a week? Most of us that had been around awhile knew that was a joke. Yes, they did tighten the reins a lil but...

On the Qualcom subject I don't know why fedex does not recomend the QC pagers. I don't like depending on my phone because I have lost loads due to going straight to voice mail then a lag period. The pager I used from 99 to 2004 was good for about 100 yards but you still had to be carefull in a...

If I ran a B unit I would look into building an air tight barrier for these situations. For around $30 I built a barrier for my reefer box that works very well. I bought 3, 8' x 4' polyisocyanurate foam insulation boards from Home Depot for about $8 each. A small roll of foam insulation a...

Greg, by consciousness, I mean that the average citizens become more aware of our problems and take actions in their own way to help. Maybe park the big gas guzler and drive a more economical car to work. Maybe car pool on occasion with a co worker. What I am talking about is just trying to slow...

I have to agree with Axis I have been trucking since 1971 and was caught in the oil shortage of 1973. Waiting in line for an hour to buy 50 gal that would get me another 250 miles in a 5 mpg truck. That was 33 years ago and what have we acccomplished since then? We are still held hostage by...

That accident story sounds fishy to me and so do the two new posters truck4305 and top2 who are probably one and the same. I have so much I could say about all this I really didn't want to get started. As far as fedex not caring. They are part of a large corporation with rules and guidelines to...

I will expose the top secret Latex glove division here. They are all certified Proctologists. If you see one approacching with glove affixed don't leave yer seat. Some of you may have encountered them allready