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After seven years in the business this month, and with changes made at our carrier (not all for the better), Diane and I have taken a couple days off to take a deep and careful look at what we are doing, why and how. We have considered everything from staying put to changing carriers to selling...

From their point of view, it is problematic only if they care how contractors feel. If it's about the next quarter's numbers, feelings don't count for much.

Diane and I do not think in terms of solo vs. team runs. To us, there is no such thing as a team run, or a solo run for that matter. Run offers are evaluated on their financial merits, period. That approach has led us to take many short runs at very good pay and also to turn down short runs...

It has been tried before. Diane and I once saw a truck numbed DS-xxxx. Not D-xxxx or DR-xxxx, but DS. We asked the driver what DS meant and were told it was a designation for a regional truck, in her case serving the Chicago area. We asked her how that was working out and she said there was no...

What are you looking for exactly? Driving by some of the dealerships that advertise on EO, we see expediter trucks on their lots. What do you seek that is difficult to find?

This is true, except when it isn't. Your comment brings to mind several times when were passed over without believable explanation when everything we understand about the system says we should have gotten the load. It happens most often when we have less than 75 status, have a full weekend...

To carry this good thought a bit further, and for those who do not know, you can get to know your truck by taking the opportunity and time to do it. When you find yourself with a small number of heavy skids on your truck, and if you have time, and if the load is not sealed, and if you have or...

Wait! wait! I know this one! It depends on what state you are in because state-to-state, the legally mandated bar closing times differ. :D

There is no "time from last load." There is dwell time. Examples: You deliver in Chicago, send in your POD (proof of delivery, the name of the person who signed for the freight), and check in by sending in an 08. The computer would automatically assign you to the nearest express center which is...

I'm also curious about critical check out time messages ("critical departure"). At E-1, how is it even possible to deliver your freight safely and on time without being told ahead of time by a computer that you must get moving if you are going to get to your delivery on time? My goodness...are...

Interesting! You build dwell time based on the actual time you have been without freight, instead building it in a system where you might have to drive a half day just to check into an express center to start build dwell time. Makes me wonder, could our carrier could survive if bed cards were...

I'm curious about E-1 not using bed cards (macro 08 at FedEx). FedEx Custom Critical contractors start building dwell time at an express center when we check in using macro 08. If bed cards are not used, what starts the E-1 dwell time clock? Or is the system so different that dwell time is not a...

Bravo! True professionalism demonstrated here.

Thank you, easyrider2697 for explaining.

:confused:?????????????????????:confused: I don't get your meaning. Can you explain?

Pick up in Alaska, deliver in Atlanta. $2.50 per mile all miles, including deadhead. You got the load because sitting in Oregon you are the closest truck. We were sorry to see that one get by us on C-Link.:( (;))

Whatever features a truck may or may not have, the truck is more enjoyable when everything works. I hope your recently cleaned fuel system works. I'd also get to the bottom of the cooling issue. With an Onan driving a roof unit in a sleeper just 100 inches large, it seems to me that you should...

Interesting comment and quite the contrast to what we get with our Onan (Quiet Diesel 7,500), ARI sleeper (132") and Carrier roof unit (Air V). I note our sleeper is 32" larger than your SST 100 and wonder if the difference is due to the original configuration, mechanical issues, maintenance...

Our GPS (Garmin) mounts on the dash board, not the windshield. Satellite radio antenna is mounted outside on the roof.

CSA 2010 motivates us all to be more diligent in little things that did not seem to matter much before. Diane and I recently "remodeled" our windshield by moving transponders and stickers to legal areas. It's been a while but I seem to recall that when we got our EZ-Pass and PrePass...