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Finding ourselves in LA over the long weekend (dispatched to pick up on Tuesday) was a new experience. We have been in and out of LA many times. Laying over here, we had no idea what to do or see because we have always been dispatched out of LA quickly. While talking on the phone with Jack...

We have a business account and a new vehicle loan with a credit union. They required at least 20% down on the truck, a written business plan, and a good credit rating. In return, they offered a fixed interest rate that no dealer, owner, bank, or other type of lending institution was able to...

They are called super-singles or wide-base single tires. We did check them out and decided to go with traditional duals. Super-singles are most often seen on trucks where the weight savings of the super-single setup can translate directly into additional freight on board; such as tankers where...

One additional thought about FedEx Custom Critical weekend freight disappearing to a sister company. What sister company would that be? FedEx Surface Expedite Network uses resources from both FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Freight, but FedEx Freight trucks do not run on weekends. I don't think...

Passing time in the Los Angeles, CA area until Tuesday. Dispatched to pick up a load then.

An old-timer team we once met told us they were getting ready to go home to take everything out of their truck and move back into it again. They had been running in that truck for years and it was packed full of stuff, some of which they have forgotten they even had. To keep that from happening...

Regarding the effect of FedEx's "LTL" or the "freight network" mentioned here by others, click this link for more information. http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/article_005543.html From the executives quoted in the article and from personal experience at loading docks and actual...

We carry Dutch Harbor rain gear in the truck. The reflective tape and bright yellow color help people notice you when you are out in the rain and dark. At truck stops in the rain, these jackets get noticed by people peering into the rain through streaky windshield wipers. Same holds true on the...

Short runs. Long runs. It does not matter. What matters is the money you make, per day and per mile. After some time off at home (the freight took us close and we were ready for a break), we went into service Monday and soon received a load offer that got us running on Tuesday. Pick up...

>...you either adapt or you don't. That sums it up perfectly. Those who adapt to the always-changing industry conditions succeed. Those who don't fail. Success is not about the industry adapting to you. It is about you adapting to the industry.

>It is slow right now - I find it a little curious that those >who claim to be having a record year, still have time to >post on EO. > >I will have to call BS on anybody who claims to be busy yet >still has the time to hit the posting forums. As I write this, Diane is at the wheel backing...

Here are some photos. The first shows the monitor built into the dash. Volvo had enough blanks for switches to accomplish this. I moved active switches to blank areas, freeing up enough room to cut a hole in the dash plastic and mount the monitor in it. Also shown is the camera dome on the...

We purchased our 8-camera system from TS2. http://ts2net.com/prodmobile.html I am reluctant to provide advice about camera types because technology changes so fast and I have not kept up. It might be best to contact these folks and Safety Vision with your color-camera and night-vision...

I served three years active duty in the U.S. Army and several years in the national guard. Active duty, I was a radio operator. In the guard, I went to the infantry school at Fort Benning, Georgia, earned a commission, the 11B MOS (Combat Infantryman) and served an infantry batallion in various...

If Broompilot could be anyone he dreamed of being, he would pick a place in time where he could kill other people and return safely himself.:( It takes a dark soul to produce a fantasy like that. What's going on, Kraig? You used to be happy...

It has been a while since the new rules went into effect regarding HAZMAT endorsements (fingerprinting, background check, fee increases to cover the costs of both). Soon after the new rules were in place, a number of driver complaints were heard about the process. Some industry publications...

No officer has ever measured our truck. If one did, it would come in at 40.0" exactly, including dock bumpers. I have heard first-person accounts from two drivers that got in trouble with overlength straight trucks. One was in California. He was ordered out of the state by the scale cop that...

While the rules may be complex, the actions are easy. Keep booze in any amount out of your truck and out of yourself when you are in the truck. Diane and I are home now and have both the truck and ourselves out of service so we know we will not be flagged for a random test (though...

If I saw a cool truck entering or leaving a sensitive area, I would not take photos of it because I would not want to come under suspicion myself. If I was carrying certain kinds of sensitive or high-value freight and someone was photographing the truck, I would consider it a threat and...

Just a test post to see if my Avatar image works. For info about the program I used to make it, see: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/5572.html