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Now we're talking! Thank you Dieseldiva and Hedgehog. :)

DaveKC said, "It is all about time and how you spend it. Some ways are much more profitable than others. It was in the interest of time efficiency that I asked the questions I did in this post. Simplicity is; spend a penny, log a penny. Doing so more efficiently is what I am interested in. I...

RE: I'm tired. >We drove a Western Star that rode terrible and our sleep >suffered because of it. At our request, the fleet owner had >an aditional set of air bags installed under the sleeper, >which improved the ride. Our sleep improved too >======================================== >Now I...

As I sit here entering our year-end data into a spreadsheet and beginning work on our 2007 income tax return, I am wondering, what have others done to improve their efficiency in record keeping? Are you doing something different now that makes things quicker, easier and/or more accurate than...

That question has been addressed numerous times by numerous people in other threads.

An ARI custom-built sleeper, powered by an Onan Quiet Diesel generator.

RE: I'm tired. The kind of truck you are driving can make a huge difference in the kind of sleep you get when your codriver is driving down the road. Money spent on to improve the ride is worth every penny. The better teams can sleep in a moving truck, the less time they will have to give up to...

The women are smarter than the men.

>>Now on the serious side, do you really believe what happens >>to Fedex Ground will stay completly independent from any of >>the other Divisions > >Yes I agree, especially concerning FedEx Custom Critical. The FedEx Ground and FedEx Custom Critical ways of doing business and dealing with...

>Ok, all you so called professional expediters! Question: > >How many wear their safety vest and steel toed boots walking >onto a ship/receivers dock? Steel-toed shoes every time. Vests when required (rare). > >Do you wear them or carry them in case your told? You should >not have to be...

>Phil, I was referring to some of the early debates you had >with Tom Robinson and Dave KC in which your comments were >more directed to the fact that someone with a good business >attitude and a devotion to hard work could become an >owner/operator and be successful on a low budget. Having...

Let me reply to several posts at once. (Long post. Six pages printed. Stop reading now if you do not like long posts). The "I WANT TO PICK YOUR BRAIN" thread began with a report about a team that chose to take a well-paying load west when they would have also liked to be east for the holidays...

Let's be careful to be true to what was said, and to not put words in someone else's mouth. The suggestion in question is posted at: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/6748.html#10

Taking a good-paying load to CA is a good decision, not a bad one, if you are with a carrier that has freight in CA to keep you rolling once you get out there. Doing so when you want to be on the other side of the country around the same time puts two objectives in conflict; making money and...

How many Open Forum members have a 73% load acceptance percentage (or better) and an 85% availability percentage (or better)? For those who may not know, acceptance means the percentage of loads you accept of the number of loads offered. For example, if 100 loads are offered to you in a given...

Jan. 8 2008 I'll be elgible to come >back, but from what I've been reading I think it's best for >me to stay in college while I have the chance to go. Good thinking!

RE: Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED >I understand >that you are FREE TO FAIL at this business, but you are also >WELCOME TO SUCCEED. There are obviously quite a number of >folks on this forum who are with the FED who are doing quite >well. Getting to know some of these...

>Surely, there must be some expediters who have had a decent >year financially. Diane and I are among them. Half way through 2007, we saw that the ambitious financial goal we set for the year would likely be met, so we bumped it up a bit. By November 30, we met the new full-year goal and...

When we purchased our Volvo brand new, we did the first oil change at 5,000 miles, as recommended by our dealer; though, even if he had not recommended it, we would have done the same thing. Before the truck was delivered, it had a higher number of cold starts that it would not have after...

I have written before that barn doors provide better seals than rollup doors, and that remains true. But as a consideration in choosing door type, I would not assign much weight to the "better seal" factor. On a recent reefer run from New York to Washington (state), we ran with another reefer...