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I had dinner with a recruiter for a regional truckload company the other night. Relatively new to the company herself, she expressed surprise at the low turnover at this company and the low wages paid. She said the drivers stay because the company treats them well and keeps them running. For a...

That's a nice concept but there are thousands of drivers out there who would not agree. One example is FedEx Freight. The company has been around a long time but the former Watkins drivers who got first taken over and then laid off would have a hard time calling their former company loyal. On...

The FedEx Custom Critical red logo seems to be coming into use. It is now used on the 5 Star Carriers list on the EO home page. Notice too that when you click that link, ads for both FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Ground appear. FDCC is getting less and less exclusive as time marches on...

Between my posts here, my blog, my web site and articles written for Expedite NOW, EO and others, I have probably written three times the content that would go into a book about expediting. Certain people have suggested that I write such a book and have even offered significant support in...

Not to put too fine of a point on this, but may I ask, why would you not touch the items you listed? The leaky transformers I understand. Our dispatch would not let us haul them if the leaks were reported on the departure call and common sense would lead us to question the shipment before...

If saying thank you is your goal, that can be done by publishing your info (brochure, book, photos, whatever) online and making them available without charge to anyone who wishes to download it. By using free internet space your cost would be zero or near zero. Marketing would be unecessary...

I am a successful and financially sound business person and I share my knowldege for free almost every day. That's part of how I came to be a successful and financially sound business person. You give and you get.

The only time we have used a tripod dolly is when moving tall computer servers on pick ups and deliveries involving the liftgate. If the server cabinets are full, they get heavy and top heavy. The tiny wheels on the cabinets work fine in a server room with a hard surface floor but not so good on...

Yes, the appliance dolly you describe is what I mean when I use the term tripod dolly, except it is called a tripod dolly because it has a set of wheels that deploy as shown on the web page Layoutshooter mentioned. When deployed, those wheels relieve the operator from having to push and balance...

I know little about vans but your workmanship looks good. I envy the fun you are having setting up your new ride.

New Haven Moving Equipment sells tripod dollies. They have stores in several cities around the country. Their free catalog is a nice to have and nice to browse item. You can order it here. It can also be viewed online. Store locations are shown on the bottom right of the catalog front page...

I have not heard of this company until you mentioned it, UnderTheArch. As someone who is already qualified to transport radioactive freight, I found its web site to be quite interesting. I see no Qualcomm units on the trucks shown, and if I contracted with them it looks like I could use one of...

Truckers did not complain 15 years ago?

From an Expedite NOW article written in January by yours truly: "...certain forces will be in play in 2011. If they align in a particular fashion, expediters may proclaim 2011 to be not just a great year but a spectacular one." Read full article here If you do not receive Expedite NOW at...

Diane and I drove D and DR-units for three years before buying a CR-unit of our own. The D and DR-units had 72" sleepers and boxes that were 22' or 24' long. The CR-unit has a 132" sleeper and a 16' box (truck specs here). We cannot say about recession years because we only drove the CR-unit...

Thank you, Dynamite 1. Diane and I have a bypass filter on our Volvo truck engine but it is OEM, not aftermarket. The oil sample lab work is done by a separate company that we hire for that service.

What place will you call home after this is done? If you do not yet know about the financially significant per diem tax deduction, you need to learn about it before running away from home. You must maintain a residence of some sort (not a P.O. box) to qualify for the deduction. You do not...

Can you say more about this? More than once I have checked with truck insurance writers about WORK ACCIDENT insurance alternatives. They told me to continue with our carrier's policy because no one can beat the group coverage and rates we get through that plan.

A good catch indeed! When you say "ByPass oil filtration," what do you mean exactly? It sounds more to me that it was an oil sample analysis that tipped you off.

Thank you, dragonrider, for illustrating a crucial point. Expediting is a business in which people really do expect the unexpected and become skilled at being prepared and reacting on the spot. That includes everything from finding a truck parking place in congested areas, to arriving at a...