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While many of the above-mentioned items are important to consider, few are more important than the mechanical condition of the truck you will drive. Benefits like paid tolls pale in comparisson to the loss of a few days or even a week of revenue because the truck broke down. The newer the truck...

>In my 6 years at FECC I have always done well, even in 2000 >when we had the glut of trucks. But I am also very proactive >with the VRU and don't hesitate to move from a crowded area >to one where they need trucks. In other words my DH does go >up when things are slower. My revenue for all...

Happyfeet, With kids at home, there is a major unknown you should take stock of before making a one year committment to a company in exchange for free Class A training. That is life on the road; and in your case, life away from your family for extended periods. When you are sitting home with...

>I've always worried about when I have to have my oil changed >out on the road that the guy will either leave the plug >loose or strip it out. Some of you have voiced the same fear >in a thread on here. I found a oil drain valve and ordered >one. Seems to be good quality and simple enough...

>Help this "Newbee" understand in detail how shipments are >arranged by a consignee. Would I be somewhere correct in >that a consignee can "Post" their product to be picked up >and transported? >If so where? >If this is the case does first come, first served get the >order to ship? >Is...

>Your good attitude and work ethic will determine >everything. That says it all! Congratulations.

>Were you sitting because of the T/T crash under I-45 on >I-20? My girlfriend called me and told me about that crash. > I was lucky to miss that. I drove through there on my way >to Michigan at 6:00 AM Eastern on May 24. Yes, that was it. Here's the link to the news story and news photo...

The DieselBoss web site has been mentioned in the forum before. Just thought I'd mention it again for those that may not yet know of it. Here's the link: http://www.dieselboss.com/fuel.htm Just now used it while sitting still in rush hour traffic in Dallas. Traffic now at a standstill due to a...

I was especially impressed with the part of the story that read: "Leo states that he had considered driving for a truck owner before buying his own unit, but, 'I liked the control it gave me, rather than being at the will of somebody else. My impression was that if you run for an owner, you...

Before ordering a truck of our own and deciding between a C-unit (12-foot box required by FedEx CC) and a D-unit (22-foot box required), we had driven D-units for over a year. Our freight analysis revealed that 7% of our loads were true D loads, either by size or weight or both. Kindly note...

Thank you for sharing your uplifting message and congratulations on your startup successes. Wow! Just two months on the road and in addition to business profitability (I presume), you've logged a Cleveland Indians opening day event, Cincinnati Reds game, and backpacking in the White Mountains...

One of the things that distinguishes expediters from many other truckers is most (maybe all?) expediter carriers require all their drivers (contractors) to have HAZMAT endorsements on their CDLs. The majority of non-expediting truck drivers do not. HAZMAT loads are generally no more difficult...

>I was awaken early this morning to a call from my dispatcher >saying he had something. He explained he had a run that >went from Huber Heights Ohio (Outside Dayton) to Oregon >Ohio. They will take the pallets off-- do something to >them-- put them back on the truck and I can take it down...

>I've been thinking about expedited for a long time now. I >did the T/T thing for a while, but I really like the idea of >driving a stretched class-8, you know, one that doesn't bend >in the middle. > >I guess the biggest hold up is really trying to get a >straight answer on pay. > >I...

Another issue - more serious - comes to mind when reading your post. Our friends in governmsnt - this time the ones that write the CDL regs - have changed the CDL rules. Quoting the Summer 2002 Transportation Quartly: "The rule expands the list of serious traffic violations to include: (1)...

>It is totally different being a solo and being alone than a >team especially with the luxury of your spouse. You can't >get to far from the truck unless you pull yourself out >service right? And if your solo your not exactly out there >to entertain yourself as your goal is to make $. >...

If you are starting out in expediting and you are not in your own truck, it would not likely be an employer you'd start with but a fleet owner. Your fleet owner would be a contractor with an expediting carrier. You would be an independent contractor with your fleet owner and also approved to...

For your two phone needs, Sprint offers a family plan where two cell phones - each with their own number - draw from the same pool of minutes. We've had good luck with Sprint too. It's rare to find ourselves without a cell phone signal in any state or Candada, except when traveling through...

Not to dissuade you from your plans by any means. A lift axle is commonly used on D-units and it will work. Allow me to add, though, that the difference in ride between a tandem-axle D-unit and single-axle with lift axle is profound. We've driven both configurations in otherwise identical...

A similar suit was filed in Minnesota a few weeks ago, also by a small group of FedEx Ground contractors. As the Boston Globe article stated, another similar suit had been filed in California and the appeal on that one is pending. My wife and I have been following this issue for some time now...