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  1. nightcreacher

    Boy am I happy

    I've been truck driving for over 30 years,expediting 24 years.I've been from coast to coast,border to border,into Canada,and Mexico.I've seen the brite lights of the cities as coming into them late at night,off a mountain,the great shore lines,and yes,the awful fraffic jams,in all the major...
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    Fedex Backhaul Primer

    I see Bruno brought my name up,since I do know something of the back haul department.Yes there is a back haul department,your CC will contact them for you if you want a back haul load,but you will need to be gone from home for at least 2 weeks,and it wont happen on a Sat or Sun.The back hauls...
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    Birthday! Happy Birthday Cheri! 11/22/08

    Cheri,happy belated birthday,if I knew where you were,I'd have bought you dinner.
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    FedEx B, C, D, E-Units

    Dave as you know ,they already tried flat rate with the tractors,and put them all back on percentage,as the flat rate didnt work
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    New FedEx Van Rate

    From what I heard,it was .85 plus fsc for all authorized miles,thats loaded and empty,how many vans actually average .85 for all miles plus the surcharge?
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    FedEx B, C, D, E-Units

    If your carrier is offereing exclusive use,then multi-loads on 1 truck arent permitted.LTL or multi-loads and billing is fine,but cant be done if doing exclusive use loads,and FDCC is an exclusive use carrier.Guess you didnt know that,and whether temp. controlled or not,$1.06 for all miles in my...
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    DHL and Trip Paks

    i went to drop my trip pak saturday,was told trip pak nolonger picks up,ups will be taking over,but not picking up the trip pak boxes.Starting moonday UPS will be doing the trip pak thing.Last two weeks I've had couple trip paks not get delivered,good thing I had copies of BOL's
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    The Thread You Can Use When You Need To

    lawrance,whats scary.I understand him,I just dont know why,he's still with that guy he works for.He does have experiance at fdcc,and there are people that could use him
  9. nightcreacher

    Dispatch

    Marvin, that hang up is a glich,just call back in,if in fact it would have been your load,they will put it on you,its happened to me more than once too,and I have gotten the load
  10. nightcreacher

    older trucks 2

    Over my stay in expedite,I've paid off 7 trucks,and for each time,for about a month,not having payments was really cool,but whats life without payments.Myself,payments are a way of life.I use to have an accountant,that didnt believe in new trucks.Of the 7 trucks that I paid off,only 4 were...
  11. nightcreacher

    Panther out of business?

    Dispatch told me freight was slow,but our run count is normal,just doing shorter runs
  12. nightcreacher

    The Thread You Can Use When You Need To

    ice, you running team? i dont know anyone that sits as much as you
  13. nightcreacher

    CDL Requirement for Class 8

    maximum length of that straight truck cant be over 40 feet from front bumper to rear bumper
  14. nightcreacher

    Experience

    Truck driving,and its usully 1 year over the road.as expedite is in a legue of its own,it would help you for the money situation to read back as far as you can on what to do and not to do in this business
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    Math problem

    Depending how you look at it,pay per run is actually different than pay per mile.pay per run would be an average of all the money you have taken in,divided by the number of runs. pay per mile is the number of total miles divided into the revenue.Cost per mile takes in a number of factors,what...
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    Fedex wart

    Bruno,what you just talked about isnt an everyday accurance,it was a very lucky situation,and the back haul load was just great,and in a case like that,delivering early was a plus,and myself ,I try to deliver most my loads 1st thing in the morning,trying to be 1st in the ex center,but I dont do...
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    Math problem

    you divide the miles into the money,that will get you your pay per mile.Now subtract your cost per mile and you will know if the load is in the black profit or in the red,loss
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    Fedex wart

    this statement is not true,the odd number means its computer generated,and in actuality,usually wont be confirmed
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    Pay Rate

    if your showing a profit then you need to stay where you are,but your in the red,time to change
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    Math problem

    I figure my loads like this.First the DHPL,thats the dead head to planning layover,then I add the actual dead head to pick up,finally the load itself.Now you take the total pay for all the miles,and divide this into the total pay,this will give you your pay per mile,and as Dave said.if your...
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