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Another recent thread in the "Truck Talk" Forum discusses the various cargo height/weight/dimensional capacities of the Sprinter. I started a new thread because I believe we have a situation slowly occurring over the past ten years, or so, that is detrimental to the bottom line of all expediter...

The final session in a series of Expedite Workshops concluded this past Thursday night in Charlotte, NC. Registration for the event topped the 118 mark and 60 aspiring and current expediters were in attendance for the four hour free event. The workshops were sponsored by Expeditersonline, and...

A friend sent this to me today and I find it worthy of repeating here today An atheist was walking through the woods. "What majestic trees"! "What powerful rivers"! "What beautiful animals"! He said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes...

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New expedite carriers are continually entering the field. Seemingly, every day we see a van or straight truck with a logo not seen before. ExpeditersOnline has operated a site that has been beneficial for EO visitors, forum members or lurkers who are looking for a regional carrier or a...

stdon153 had a great bit of luck this week to offset a lot of the bad news tales of late. How 'bout anyone else telling us about their interesting loads/trips of late. Don't matter about a lot of money, just relate the lots of interesting run.

Here's a reprint of a 1999 EO article by the EO staff. On The Road - How Do You Stay Friends! With our Laptop in hand we recently visited the Flying J Truck Stop in Walton, KY and the Dayton South Truck Stop, in Franklin, Ohio to ask some expediting teams about their secrets of how they get...

The Expedite Workshop in Monroe, MI, this past thursday, was attended by many folks who came to Monroe because of EO. Most the attendees have been reading the forums for some time but have never taken the opportunity to register as forum members. The EO staff and workshop speakers trust that...

The subject of carrier logos and other signage on trucks is a topic that arises in the forum about every year. All trucks regulated by the USDOT that are engaged in interstate commerce are required, at a minimum, to display Carrier Name, Carrier City and DOT number. In expediting, these signs...

This morning on the I-70, I looked over to my left and there was a WOMAN !! in a brand new Cadillac doing 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner. I looked away for a couple seconds and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still...

A West Virginia University fan is drinking in a New York bar, when he gets a call on his cell phone. He hangs up, grinning from ear to ear, and orders a round of drinks for everybody in the bar, announcing his wife has just given birth to a typical West Virginia baby boy weighing 25 pounds ...

This post is intended to be a companion/comparison piece to Moot's Panther Pals thread so as not to hijack the comments there. Our carrier's run offer messages over the Qualcomm are generally considered contractual in nature. There are no disclaimers included within the offer because it...

I received this email today and thought it was ever so true. I trust some members on the forums will find the following quite apropos. DEATH OF COMMON SENSE My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It...