Search results

>True. I set up my chapter S through a lawyer and accountant >earlier this year. I would have put it off a bit, but at >that time I didnt know I would have to wait to make my >appearance in the expedite biz. > >Here is my situation in a nut shell. > >Part 1. I will be getting a...

It seems there is more than the usual drumbeat of gloom filling the forums these days. Are we now in the bad times certain forum participants have been warning us about for years? If not, what are the signs? How, will someone new in the business know? I hear talk that things are not as good as...

Like most any other field of endeavor, the more committed you are to it, the more likely you are to succeed. A driver who has conflicting committments to being out on the road and being home with family is is a more difficult situation than a married-couple team for whom expediting provides...

Bruno's story validates two decisions we made. 1. We chose to not be fleet owners but live instead the simpler life of a one-truck owner-operator team. 2. We bought a truck that has the same brand on the truck and the engine: Volvo. If something goes wrong Volvo has only itself to point...

The following comes from the article linked above. It is one of the reasons I am proud to support OOIDA. I don't see anyone else voicing trucker concerns about HOS in court like OOIDA is. As I see it, my membership dues and contributions to the OOIDA PAC and litigation funds are being well...

What kind of truck is it? How is it equipped? Details please.

"Use the Force, Luke!"

Thank you, Terry, for the information about the Contractor Council. I appreciate it. It is interesting to read that the Council "... heard about the FSC changes, the Toll implementation and the deadhead change at the same time as all other Owner/Operators." That is a real shame. Had FedEx...

It sounds like you have a lot of support for your decision, Streakn1. Diane and I would have done the same as you did. It may mean being charged with a service failure or being written up in whatever records your carrier keeps on such things, but so be it. My next step would be to call my...

>Some things are more important in my life then to constantly >chase the dollar. As they are for us also. Since we became expediters we have had far more quality time with friends and family at their homes around the nation than we ever did in our old jobs that kept us home. In our families...

I spotted this truck at a delivery yesterday. The owner uses it to travel from show to show selling his barbeque sauce. The storage area behind the cab is for product storage. It is wide enough for two skids and can be loaded with a fork lift. It opens full wide from both sides. He has E-Track...

December 26-31, 2003: 3 loads. $4,664 gross to the truck. December 26-31, 2004: 4 loads. $5,782 gross to the truck. December 26-31, 2005: 3 loads. $3,360 gross to the truck. FedEx Custom Critical D-unit, White Glove, Reefer and lift-gate equipped.

Home time is a central issue that should be considered by any expediter wannabee. By its very nature, expediting is a job that takes you away from home. If expediting is your sole source of income, home time is also zero-income time. Numerous expediters have logged many years on the road with...

Carriers run background checks on all drivers and fleet owners have access to some of that information as provided by the carrier. What help might a PI be able to give a driver who wants to check out a fleet owner before signing on the dotted line and how much would it cost?

I am not offering the following in a disrespectful tone. It is more of a plea. In over three years with FedEx Custom Critical I have heard precious little about the FedEx contractor relations program, at least the part about contractors meeting regularly with FedEx exeuctives. What I have...

One factor to consider with any generator is noise. How loud is it when it runs? Some are as loud as truck engines. Others sound like unmuffled lawn mowers. The quietest generator Diane and I have seen and/or used is the Onan QuietDiesel. When we run it and the Fantastic ceiling fan in the...

This is probably old news to many but for those who do not know, three useful resources for winter trip planning are listed below. At the moment, Diane and I are sitting in Portland, OR, waiting to deliver at 08:00 local time. We are not pre-dispatched. As we wonder what we will be hauling...

That's just part of the expediting game. We've had it happen several times that a shipper is keen to get a load off his or her dock and onto our truck, and even more keen that we proceed without delay and arrive on time; only to find at the delivery that the consignee did not even know the...

And you lived to tell about it too! Our first run sucked. I don't even like thinking about it, but I would not trade it for yours. New York City is an icebreaker indeed.

Land line electricity, also known as shore power, is hard to find when hauling freight. While a tiny few truckstops offer it, other trucks often take up those spaces even if they are not using the hookup. When you have spare time, RV parks that allow commerial vehichles in have shore power, but...