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To clarify, note that the flat rate that exists elsewhere in the fleet seems not to be hurting Diane and me at all. To elaborate, we spoke just two weeks ago with fleet owner friends of ours who run straight trucks now and are seriously considering switching over to tractors to pull company...

Actually, Bruno, it seems that FedEx Ground is quite pleased with what the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has to say about its independent contractor classification. From the FedEx web site: "MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 21, 2009 – FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., (NYSE: FDX), won a United...

Putting the comments of others aside about how people should or should not behave, or should or should not think, I'd like to, if I could, come back to the original post and request additional information from badger. Badger, I have 5 questions (items 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6): 1. May we know what kind...

I just remembered another "tip" we once received. On an overnight trip with an art courier on board, I had a wonderful visit with this college art professor and got a nice, though brief, education about art. When we delivered the next day, he gave us permission to park on campus and sleep in...

The difference may be the full kitchen, large refrigerator, counter space and dining table we have in our big sleeper. It makes it easy to cook and eat "at home."

Diane and I keep track of every penny we make and spend and know from our spreadsheet that when we are home, we spend more on food than when we are out on the road. There are several reasons for that. We eat out at nice restaurants with friends and relatives when we are home. Diane likes to...

I am not saying this is the case with you but some drivers want to avoid HAZMAT and cross border work because criminal records prevent that kind of work. While drivers like these might seek to avoid HAZMAT and cross border work, many expedite carriers still run background checks and make...

Just to be clear, lrtexpedite, when I say we get to the shipper several hours early if we can, I mean get to the area, not to the shipper's facility itself. As a general rule, we do not arrive early, except for a few minutes early so as to not be late. That is because many of the shippers we...

After a winter stay in our Florida vacation home, Diane and I have been on the road since mid-February. The freight took us to within 60 miles of that house just last week and we stayed out. We have no desire to go home to Minnesota or to the Florida house but the need to renew our CDL's means...

Well I see the quotes are working their way into the thread. Bruno quotes Black's Law Dictionary. Moose quotes the Flying J shower floor mat (which I have also read). I''m going with Moose. At least we know he takes showers.

Diane practiced law, I am not an attorney. Just last Thursday Obama signed the repeal of that controversial 1099 provision. It no longer exists and was taken out before it went into effect. It is your business and it of course falls to you to do what you think is right. But I remain...

I'm not a fleet owner but if I was and felt the need to hire an attorney to advise me on these matters and draft contracts that my drivers would sign, I would not want him or her to tell me what to do. I would want my attorney to explain my options and the pros and cons associated with each. I'd...

Wow! The news reports now say 43 dead from this storm that spawned over 100 tornados. Some of the deaths were in Virginia but nowhere near Wytheville where Diane and I were laid over when the storm passed through. We saw only moderate winds and rain.

Oops! Don't forget, Bruno, Diane went to law school. Practiced law for 13 years and now drives a truck. She would be practicing law today if we had not gotten bit by the trucking bug. People come into expediting from all sorts of backgrounds for all sorts of reasons.

Maybe the FDCC truck... ...was just coming back in service from home which was 10 minutes from the pickup, so there was no need or desire to get there an hour early. ...had a delivery such that there was just enough time to get to this, the next pick up. ...had a week so lucrative and so busy...

Thirty five people are dead in six states from a vicious storm that moved from Oklahoma through Virginia. Are all expediters well? Any trucks damaged or involved?

Regardless, a second opinion is in order, I believe.

Among priests and truck drivers, there are, in both groups, those who are ethical and those who are unethical. Being an ethical truck driver makes you no more a priest than being an unethical priest makes you a truck driver. It does not matter which group you belong to. There is no such thing as...

If I was in your shoes, I would be skeptical about the advice you are receiving. While you have already paid people to do some work for you, that does not mean that you are in for a penny, in for a pound. You now have a lease in hand that another attorney can review. Spend a little more money...

I'll ask the same thing Turtle did. Where are you getting this information, Bruno?