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Freight philosophy varies from driver to driver and company to company. The saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." applies to expediting as well. Depending on the kind of freight you want to run and how you want to configure your truck and life on the road, freight options exist...

I have estimated my cpm and have started working >on a business plan. Is there anything that I missed? While EO's editorial calender is too slow for your schedule, you may nevertheless be interested in the Business Planing for Successful Expediters series...

lrjet, I'm a team driver with my wife, not solo, so I can't speak from solo experience. I can say the majority of people who enter the business do so by purchasing their own truck from the get go. That does not mean they succeed, it's just how they start. Diane and I drove someone elses truck...

>What if we all chip in and buy >spellcheck for EO. Grate idea!

Yes, P.J.'s is the place. I met a driver yesterday that had been there recently. He suggested a modification that P.J. now also sells. It's the post you talk about and another post that rises above the Qualcomm unit that supports a flat platform, on which a laptop can sit. The Qualcomm unit sits...

As a fashion accessory, you could sew some down the sides of your jacket. You'd be the hit of your next training meeting. :)

I envy you. We delivered in Laredo Monday morning. Not being predispatched, we did our standard 24-hour wait in place. Nothing. Drove north to San Antonio. Waited another day. Nothing. Drove to Houston. It's early-evening Thursday and we're still waiting. We've been checking the boards in all...

Being relatively new in the industry (approaching 3 years), and having majored in history in college, I found David Mayfield's post to be fascinating. While expediting is about 25 years old, there is no proper history of the industry written that I know of. FedEx has a page or two in its...

Your response is professional and appropriate. If you are uncomfortable sharing personal info, it is entirely right and proper to answer as you do. You are right about people in this industry talking about earnings and such much more openly than in most others. Some of those folks are just...

Yes MikeC, you are doing it right. Feel free to post away and ask as many questions as you wish.

Diane and I are the same way. We each sleep better if one is driving and the other is using sleeper seat belts or other restraint system. It gives the driver confidence too. If an abrubt maneuver or escape into a ditch must be made, you can do so without fear of tossing your co-driver about in...

An easy place to start is your Rand Mcnally Motor Carriers' Road Atlas. If you don't own one, I recommend buying one. It is well worth the money. In the autum months, last year's version can often be purchased cheap as the next year's version comes out. State-by-state weight info is listed there...

Many Open Forum members know Glen and Janice Rice or know of them. If you don't, their story is worth reading and taking to heart. See: http://www.expeditersonline.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3318&forum=DCForumID1 Glen was recently deemed by the Social Secuity...

It will be VERY interesting to learn of your results. I hope you share!

A web site that may be of interest regarding trucks at state and national parks and other traditionally RV places is http://www.rv.net/community/. This is a huge forum of RV enthusiasts. Signing on there and asking questions about truck parking may yield some good info. Let us know if you learn...

One week, in Portland Oregon.

Good thinking! A mistake newbies sometimes make is to immediately deadhead to the express center or area your carrier suggests. Our rule of thumb is to stay put 24 hours to see what might bubble up where you are. Then move if you have to. Otherwise, you may end up driving hundreds of miles one...

DC has a good light-rail transit system called the Metro. Go to one of the furthest stations out in the Arlington direction. Safer to park the truck out there. You'll have to find a parking place for the truck. Then walk or take a cab to the station and take the Metro to the Mall where Congress...

Since you can get online, use the internet to check sites like Yahoo city guide. Many cities and counties have visitors guides online. Try entering in search engines things like "bike rental" + "Hennepin County" or Hiking + "Portland Oregon" or "Horseback riding" + "Quad Cities". Note the...

Yes, we have parked at a state park campground. That was in a D-unit. It was in New Mexico overlooking a river and mountain scene. Very nice. The officials there had no problem at all with the truck, but the other campers gave us wierd looks as they walked or drove by. That made us feel out of...