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I was told by 3 different teams that I have met that >they tried to talk to Phil and he just walked away from them >and they thought he thought he was to good to speak to them. >I ask them was he on a load and they said yes. My thought >was maybe he was in a hurry I don't know. If you see...

Glen was in surgery for about four hours today (Tuesday). Doctors removed the tumor, his spleen and 70% of his pancreas. He is in intensive care now and expected to remain there for several days. The pathology report on th tumor will arrive in a few days. Doctors believe they were able to save...

Goal Oriented Expediting (Word count: 1,079, two printed pages) Having reviewed the numbers of our three-plus years in expediting, it is as clear to me as the sun in the sky that a one-truck (straight or semi), husband/wife expediting team with a good work ethic, clean record and ordinary...

>One point I think that you should make is that you made a >personal choice to sell off and liquidate your home and >possessions. Well not everyone can do that or are willing to >do that. In attempting to emulate you new folks could easily >fall into a money trap that they cannot get out of...

It is probably not a good idea to publish Glen and Jan's mailing address here. If you e-mail me, I'll pass it on to you. No fund for financial contributions has been established.

>...anyone investing into anything that >is going to be life changing should be using a Microscope, >not the vision in ones head of how it shoud be. Awesome words, Broompilot! VERY well said! The ability to distinguish between how you think things should be and how things are is one of the...

If you have not already done so, see "Introduction to Expediting." http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf Conference and truck show attendence is extremely beneficial and well worth the time and effort it takes to get there. Invest some of your vacation time if you must...

When building the truck, I kept vendor info and truck specs to myself; making the case that since changes were being made through the build, it would be premature to release the not-yet-finalized information. At that time I took a lot of heat from people who said I should release information...

>I think this subject has probably come up a few times >before...There are a lot of things to like about expediting. > Perhaps for you it is the freedom. Maybe it's that you get >to see parts of our great country that you never would have >otherwise. Or is it the excitement of finding out...

I am surprised that zero replies were offered to the question. With all the hoopla that preceeded the change, I thought more people would have had more to say about it now. Personally, I lost interest in the question a few runs into FedEx's new compensation schedule. It did not appear to be...

Having only been in the business 3.5 years, and that after cell phones and the internet were invented, only four changes of consequence come to mind. (1) Fuel prices rose from about $1.25 per gallon to levels sometimes over $3.00. (2) Hours of Service rules changed (twice). (3) Panther...

Waitresses/Waiters get $3.00 or 15%, whichever is greater unless bad service is provided. Then they get zero and I tell the manager why. In truck washes where one or two people are brush-washing the entire truck, $5.00 or $10.00 tips are given to each, depending on my mood. In truck washes...

For detailed answers to your questions, see: http://www.successfulexpediters.com/Madsen/MadsenTruckSpecs.htm

When Diane and I planned out our CR unit, numerous drivers provided helpful input. In the spirit of giving back, I have published our truck specs online. This is not truck building advice. It is simply a primer for anyone considering a custom-built truck. See...

See also: http://www.twna.org/trucking_terms.htm#e

Leo, I appreciate your efforts to educate people about fuel tax and I am sure many others do too. But as others have reported, the numbers make my head spin too. Unless you are a numbers-oriented person, it is hard work to disect the large amounts of information presented. I'm wondering if you...

In this case, fuel tax management is trumped by sleep management and next-run opportunities. Chicago to Syracuse is about 675 miles. One team member can drive the whole run, giving the other team member a nice block of uninterrupted sleep time (assuming this is an overnight run as many are). A...

Many Open Forum readers know Glen and Janice Rice and about the accident that ended their expediting careers. While the Rices continue to struggle with the injuries and aftermath of the accident, a new challenge has risen. On Tuesday, doctors will do major surgery on Glen to remove and examine...

In the past, I have taken breaks from Open Forum participation to focus on other items. It is time to do so once again. I'm going "off-forum" until March 1. The time I would have put into the Open Forum will be focused on our business and a couple personal projects instead. This month FedEx...

I agree, Mudflap. Having already done the research you mentioned, I also wanted to ask for input here, just to be sure I have not overlooked anything or missed a point of view. The decision is now made. We will be doing extended-interval oil changes combined with OEM filters (to keep warranty...