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One of the first things I noticed about Black Sphere is the complete lack of posting dates for the article and the comments. So it reads like it's a current event. No way that's by accident. One should be very wary of "news" that's not even dated.

I think most of us know and understand that. If dispatch doesn't have a number to give us, I don't think any of us still expects them to give us one anyway. If we call dispatch to get the pickup number and they don't have it and they say, "I've got nothing. Let me call the customer and I'll get...

I'm surprised you asked that, but as was noted, no necessarily. The Customer Ref # is an in-house number that may or may not be the pickup number. It's a reference to the customer that may or may not be the shipper. If it is the pickup number, great. But if it's not, and you give that to the...

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Then instead of Customer Ref # it should say NLM # Need fields that say: Customer Ref # NLM # Pickup # AWB # That way there is no confusion on anybody's part as to what number is what.

The Michelin Man is gonna be pіssed.

That's true. On the dispatcher's screen for every driver, including those in vans with the Panther 16-hour clock, there is a clock that shows the remaining hours.

Welp, after reading that post, the only conclusion I can reach is that God, Little Larry, and the bidding team all hate me.

Here's mine. It doesn't show the 12-volt socket (the cigarette lighter-type plug) that I use for the JETBeam battery charger, but it's connected to the vertical positive busbar in the center back and the horizontal negative busbar just to the right of that (the one with the 3 black large...

One of the issues that needs to be looked at is what the "Customer Ref #" actually is, with regard to the drivers. It's a number used by dispatch, not the drivers, and it's a number we don't even need to see. For example, I recently picked up a load with the Customer Ref # of...

The answer is no, because they are already a non-asset based company as it is. If everyone leased to them suddenly left, Panther would simply broker their loads out to other trucks, same as they do now when they have loads that can't be covered with their own trucks.

Congratulations! There is nothing in that "sentence" that is accurate or true. Not one word. That's a remarkable accomplishment. The Glory Days are over. They don't make buggy whips like they used to, or pagers or telephone answering machines. Try to find a manual typewriter these days, or a...

It is misleading, though. As OVM noted, when the Five Star thing started, it was simply a way to thank those who advertised on, and thus supported, EO. It's got nothing to do with how good a carrier you are or anything else, it's strictly a case of "You advertise on EO, you're a Five Star...

Yes, that post is still there, as are the equally off-the-mark and utterly retarded posts about where to find hard to find ammo, but at least they are in the neighborhood of guns. I agree. See active link in Post #36. It's a clear case of double standards hypocrisy only to those people who are...

If it were a required field, they'd get the same nag screen they get when they fail to fill out any other required field - they couldn't hit send. xiggi, 2 or 3 times a month times how many trucks? Making it a required field that gets sent automatically seems to be far more efficient than...

In that case Customer Ref # should be a REQUIRED field, cannot complete the screen without it, even if it's entered as "N" (no pickup # required) or "Y" (pickup number required but we don't yet know what it is). There should never be a case where the pickup number is known and isn't transmitted...

Carriers requiring van drivers to have a DOT medical certificate is really a different issue. Wanting to ensure drivers, including van drivers, are medically fir to haul their freight isn't an unreasonable request. Wanting to have the medical information that makes up the basis of a valid...

Me too, but this isn't the thread for it. However, Brisco has been kind enough to grace the Cook's Corner with an excellent lasagna recipe.

Letting you sit for days after telling them you were looking at leaving has nothing to do with toll reimbursement. Please stay on topic. Thank you.

I don't know for sure so I can't say with any certainty, but I'm willing to bet there is no CORRECT "Pickup #" field for them to fill out. If there is, why doesn't it show up on the Details page right along with: Name Address Number of Pieces Weight Dimensions Miles to Destination Commodity...