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I have asked the same question of scale cops in two states; AZ and LA. Both gave the same answer. PrePass takes precedence. The scale in LA had a sign on the wall saying the same thing. Several states have signs posted before the scales saying to obey PrePass in-cab signals. Thus, in those...

From Reuters: "WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Panther Expedited Services Inc., which provides transportation services, said on Friday it is planning an initial public offering of as much as $250 million in common stock. UBS Investment Bank, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and Wachovia Securities are...

The way expediters live and work on the road varies as much as the expediters themselves. Diane and I recently spent a week in the western states. I wrote a story about it that illustrates our way. Topics include worries about slow freight, deadhead decisions, attitude management, truck...

The introduction to this forum says, "The Layover Lounge is where you can share the best places and activities to do while you're on a layover. Got a favorite place? Post it for all to see." We found a great one in the Seattle/Tacoma area; Point Defiance Park. You can't overnight there but it...

RE: Getting into this business? Questions and Ans >ATeam gave you a good example above, of the problems you'll >face, if you try to stick to a fixed in/out schedule. So, >can you net a kilo-buck a week in expediting in a straight >truck? The answer is yes, but only if you let the freight...

The article, "Introduction to Expediting" may help answer some of your questions. See: http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf

>We read read read about trucking, corporations and staying >in touch with the business world. We are both interested in >taking some on line courses and wondered if anyone else has >tried this? It seems like the more you learn the more you >want to learn. I understand that MIT (Mass...

I conduct ongoing research into the expediting and trucking industries using a variety of resources including: 1. Trade publications including Land Line magazine, The Trucker newspaper, Overdrive magazine, and virtually every free publication you see on the stands at truck stops. 2. Annual...

I don't know how my comments got turned into suggestions of dispatch favoritism. Let me try to say it again. It is in no way favoritism for a dispatcher to give us only short runs and no long runs, when all other dispatchers that gave us more than a few runs gave a healthy mix of short and...

Oops! Sorry. My apologies to RichM. I said something here I should not have and have edited my comments away. I should have left well enough alone.

RE: Getting into this business? Questions and Ans I presume you are going to school to get a Class A license, which opens up many truck-driving styles to you. With your expressed desire to get home often, you might be better off looking at LTL carriers like FedEx Freight, Yellow, and those...

Your questions and the concerns that lie behind them, if I read your post correctly, point to a fact of life in expediting that all newbies should know. When your very first load comes, there is no time to learn the basic skills. There is only time to run the freight. But there is very little...

RE: Do you take the time to continue your educatio Thank you, TeamDrivers2, for sharing your story and information. While I know FedEx ran Mexico freight by transferring it to other trucks, I had no idea FedEx sometimes sent Custom Critical trucks south of the border too. Fascinating info...

>Amen to Ace and late for dinner. That's where I learned. >Knowing I was going to be asked, got me into the habit of >double checking, same as with hazmat labels, proper >paperwork, etc. I think all companies should ask, and the >dispatchers should have an idea of what is required.. ie...

A shoebox >full of index cards will store and retrieve any data a >computer will. The difference is how quickly you can >complete a series of interrelated calculations dependent on >sequential summations of always differing variables or how >quickly you can sort the shoebox of index cards...

>Funny you bring this up as I was talking to Terry about this >yesterday. This was my solution, as the SOB pulled up next >to me at 6:00 AM. > >At 8:00 I keep a jar of Vaseline, would have loved to of >stuck around when he touched that door handle. I know it >was mean, being woken up on a...

A couple nights ago, we were in the bobtail lot at Jubitz truck stop in Portland, OR. I counted 27 bobtail trucks parked there. Only two were idling. A couple more had generators. The rest were turned off. The weather was perfect for no-idle sleep. But what was different was even just a year or...

>I have a question to all that have posted here. > > >What is it exactly you are looking for? Notwithstanding my "computers suck" opinion, I am proficient in computers and do use them daily for business, personal, and entertainment purposes. In business, computers can help you analyze things...

We've driven only class 8 trucks in our 2.5 years on the road; a few Freightliner Century Class trucks and now a Western Star; all D-units, all with auto shift or full automatic transmissions, various engines and axle ratios. Our fuel economy numbers range from 6.9 MPG to 9.5 MPG, depending on...

I've heard of a couple that makes it a point to present a copy of a post. But no one has ever told me who they are or why they are doing it (if they exist at all). If the couple really does exist, it's a safe bet they failed to tell you that there never was a golden goose and the smart drivers...