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We average 9-10 mpg depending on speed, wind and terrain. The truck weighs 34,000 lbs. empty. We are not disappointed in the mpg numbers as we had no predefined expectations when we built the truck, though 7 mpg would have been a disappointment. In calculating its fuel surcharge, FedEx Custom...

As if $4.00/gallon for diesel fuel was not bad enough, $5.00/gallon is now being charged in some areas. Fuel surcharges trend upward as a result, but not on the personal deadhead miles expediters do. At the moment, we are 900 miles from home. At 9 mpg for a straight truck, that is 100...

Every carrier has its top producers, long-term contractors and happy people. So too with flashes in the pan, long-term complainers that don't do well but don't leave either, and wash outs. At least important as the question, "How contractor-friendly is the carrier?" is the question, "How...

We have delivered to a movie production facility in New York City and a large movie studio in Los Angeles. The New York delivery was frozen pizza dough to be used in making a TV ad for a major food company. The other was a nearly-finished movie that had post-production work done on it in New...

Two bars and a pizza joint sounds like reason enough for me. :p

Good words. Keep us posted.