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Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your story. The only thing you left out was the fleet owner's name.

Looking at the photo in the UPS ad on EO gives one occasion to pause and think. https://www.expeditersonline.com/sub/ups/index.html An expediter truck with UPS logos on it. Hmmmmmmmm. See also: http://www.ups-scs.com/transportation/expedite.html

Sorry. USF was shorthand. All I'm saying is my friend knows the company. He has worked for a couple of the divisions and keeps up with things there. This is simply an offer to put my friend in touch with the original poster who was asking about the company. Myself, I know little about it. Just...

One of the guidelines I learned when I was in Boy Scouts was "Leave it cleaner than you found it." They were talking about campsites but it would be wonderful if truckers practiced the same ethic with their parking places and rest room use. It is not hard to do. 1. Don't urinate in the parking...

Jeff Jensen's Sept 1 article about aerodynamics will be of interest to readers of this topic: http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/truck-aerodynamics.html

A USF driver and his wife has been staying in touch with Diane and me over the years as they prepare to launch a team expediting career of their own when their kids are grown and gone. More than most drivers, he is very aware of his company's history and issues. He has been with them several...

Note too that even among the drivers in the same fleet owner's fleet, some may think highly of the owner and some may not. Also some who first think highly of an owner may come to think less of the owner at a later date, and vice versa. Human relationships are not the most predictable things but...

I'm not talking about invasion of >privacy, I'm talking about someone who creates a new >membership soley to attack. Those memberships can, and will >be deleted without warning from now on. If the behavior >continues, the member will be suspended, or banned. [/b] Perfect!

I'll be one of the ones watching. As I've said, until I complete my personal analysis using real numbers with our own truck, the jury remains out. I do however have sufficient confidence in FedEx and now David Mayfield's info obtained from Rick Franks to sign the contract ammendment with little...

>If you have ony one frequent fueler card, go to the nearest >Flying J, find a kiosk that is not out of order Too funny, and all too true.

The fleet owners we drove for required nothing; except those with generators on the trucks required us to do generator oil changes. With the fleet owner's permission I sometimes did more, but I had previous experience as an auto mechanic and was able to do so. There are three issues. One is...

> Not to get too awfully nosy, but would you mind giving us a >"ball park" figure of how much a system like yours would >cost? It sounds terrific. One accident and it could easily >pay for itself in providing indisputable proof of what >happened. Not to mention the CYA you get from recording...

Diane and I had passports before we became truckers. We carry them in the truck now. They are helpful when doing Canada/U.S. border crossings. Customs officials seem to respect them more than CDLs and us a bit more when we present them. When we signed on with FedEx, they were accepted in lieu...

The prepass info is on the PrePass web siter at: http://prepass.com/ Like others in this thread, Diane and I find PrePass to be a beneficial tool. It saves time. It saves fuel. And every time you can bypass a scale instead of stopping in, is one less time you may run into a scale cop who may...

That I-55 truck stop is quite the garden spot. Our one visit there counted as two; the first and the last.

While the article is written from a team-driving perspective, "Five Challenges of Expedting" may be helpful to you as well. http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/article_001719.html See also, "Introduction to Expediting" http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf

>Why change? > >Why would a carrier reduce the FSC, knowing contractors >would complain, and then increase the rate? > >Personally, I believe it really comes down to marketing >personnel who waffle when selling service to shippers. > >Properly presented you can sell value; regardless of the...

Thank you, Mr. Mayfield for your rate information. That rate piece was missing from the deadhead, fuel and tolls information FedEx posted on its Extranet (contractor web site). I had a feeling things might go that way and until I have the chance to crunch actual numbers relative to our truck...

Dreamer, In life there are diplomats and generals. Both have their place. In forum administration, diplomacy is probably better than command, but when diplomacy ceases to work, generals are called upon to exercise their skills. To your credit, you are showing the patience of a diplomat. But...

I'm doing our evaluation now (number crunching) and will have more to share later. For now, just a couple points: 1. I am delighted by and proud of FedEx Custom Critical's toll reimbursement package. It passes tolls paid by a particular truck on a particular run on to the shipper. Hardly a...