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Yes, it very well could be, which is why Diane and I are actively investigating other options. We don't want to get caught flat-footed or unprepared. If FedEx Custom Critcial was spun off as an independent company that would no longer be connected with FedEX, it might be one of the best things...

That depends on the expediter, does it not? National reach means a great deal to Diane and me. We got into expediting partly to see the country and we love the drives into all states as much as ever.

When the company does not listen, people turn to other outlets. It provides an emotional and psychological release to get the gripes out of your system. It may not change anything for the better but it feels better at least to be listened to by expediter peers who understand what you mean. It...

Other companies are advertising and contractors with them are reporting much higher rates than those listed in this thread. Something significant has changed and it is not the supply of trucks. If it was truck supply, rates would be low across all companies. Regarding my post above, I want to...

Thank you for being honest about your frustrations. I too have tried to have my voice heard. I am not unknown at the company, an unskilled communicator, easily dissuaded, unfamiliar with corporate ways, or lacking in activist skills. However, there comes a time when the truth must be recognized...

You have the same C-Link we do, so I would think you could answer your own question. We see a mix of both. WG loads tend to go cheap because of too much deadhead but there are many surface expedite loads that are cheap when the pickup is right next door. Military loads used to be a no-brainer...

Are you saying you are accepting loads like the ones Doggie Daddie listed above? If so, the first accept would, in most cases, keep you from seeing the rest and quiet C-Link. That may be the explaination, if you are accepting such loads. Are you?

Of course you haven't. But a bunch of us have. So what's the explaination?

No phone call received. I made the change because my second choice of words better expressed what I meant.

I want to amend what I said to change "lazy" to "quick and easy." I don't think the dispatchers are lazy. I think they are now stretched so thin and so overworked that if something can be done quick and easy, it will be, regardles of the burden or irritation it shifts onto the contractors...

Load offers, whether they come by phone or C-Link, often interfere with sleep. Repeated offers now happen so often that it is beyond ridiculous. It is difficult to remain positive toward a company that expects you to get your needed rest and continually wakes you up with offers you have refused...

We receive a stream of crap (specifically, money-losing) load offers on an ongoing basis now. It is annoying and demoralizing, and becomes even more so when it continues days, weeks and months at a time. They no longer take the first refusal. We have to decline the same load sometimes three...

Reports like this illustrate the difference between what is now called citizen journalism and professional journalism. After looking at it, The Cypress Times earns no standing with me and I will put no faith in its reports without confirmation from more reliable sources. Yes, there have been...

I'm not sure I get your meaning. Diane and I don't ship freight, we haul it. We don't drive 9,000 pieces of equipment. We drive just one. By national reach I mean our carrier has freight that takes us everywhere in the country. We have been surprised and delighted many times by the exotic...

Mistakes with locks are common in our experience, which is why we frequently check our status when waiting for loads. Most often the mistake happens when a dispatcher locks our truck while talking to a customer but then, for whatever reason, the customer backs out. That's all fine and good until...

The most important thing you wrote and on which to focus is: I don't know the penalty for hit and run but if the officer is right, your truck driving career is at stake. Do not discuss your case in public. Clam up now because the other side may use what you say here against you. Get a lawyer...

We may have to forget to remember to rember next year, not this. Diane and I will attend the Expo this year if the freight permits but otherwise plan to run. We have already taken off a fair amount of time this year. The freight is running strong and we want to maximize our revenue from now...

You are exactly right, but the smart business people know this risk going in and are prepared to deal with it.

Be the carrier large or small, I don't know a single expediter who is 100 percent satisfied with his or her carrier. Some leave small carriers for large and are happier there, and vice versa. One of the reasons among several that Diane and I chose a large carrier was the carrier's national...