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It sounds like you have a lot of support for your decision, Streakn1. Diane and I would have done the same as you did. It may mean being charged with a service failure or being written up in whatever records your carrier keeps on such things, but so be it. My next step would be to call my...

>Some things are more important in my life then to constantly >chase the dollar. As they are for us also. Since we became expediters we have had far more quality time with friends and family at their homes around the nation than we ever did in our old jobs that kept us home. In our families...

I spotted this truck at a delivery yesterday. The owner uses it to travel from show to show selling his barbeque sauce. The storage area behind the cab is for product storage. It is wide enough for two skids and can be loaded with a fork lift. It opens full wide from both sides. He has E-Track...

December 26-31, 2003: 3 loads. $4,664 gross to the truck. December 26-31, 2004: 4 loads. $5,782 gross to the truck. December 26-31, 2005: 3 loads. $3,360 gross to the truck. FedEx Custom Critical D-unit, White Glove, Reefer and lift-gate equipped.

Home time is a central issue that should be considered by any expediter wannabee. By its very nature, expediting is a job that takes you away from home. If expediting is your sole source of income, home time is also zero-income time. Numerous expediters have logged many years on the road with...

Carriers run background checks on all drivers and fleet owners have access to some of that information as provided by the carrier. What help might a PI be able to give a driver who wants to check out a fleet owner before signing on the dotted line and how much would it cost?

I am not offering the following in a disrespectful tone. It is more of a plea. In over three years with FedEx Custom Critical I have heard precious little about the FedEx contractor relations program, at least the part about contractors meeting regularly with FedEx exeuctives. What I have...

One factor to consider with any generator is noise. How loud is it when it runs? Some are as loud as truck engines. Others sound like unmuffled lawn mowers. The quietest generator Diane and I have seen and/or used is the Onan QuietDiesel. When we run it and the Fantastic ceiling fan in the...

This is probably old news to many but for those who do not know, three useful resources for winter trip planning are listed below. At the moment, Diane and I are sitting in Portland, OR, waiting to deliver at 08:00 local time. We are not pre-dispatched. As we wonder what we will be hauling...

That's just part of the expediting game. We've had it happen several times that a shipper is keen to get a load off his or her dock and onto our truck, and even more keen that we proceed without delay and arrive on time; only to find at the delivery that the consignee did not even know the...

And you lived to tell about it too! Our first run sucked. I don't even like thinking about it, but I would not trade it for yours. New York City is an icebreaker indeed.

Land line electricity, also known as shore power, is hard to find when hauling freight. While a tiny few truckstops offer it, other trucks often take up those spaces even if they are not using the hookup. When you have spare time, RV parks that allow commerial vehichles in have shore power, but...

Two locations Terry mentions are on our list of good wash places too: Truck-o-Mat (most any of them) and the new wash opposite the Flying J in Knoxville. We've also had great work done at: Phoenix: Danny's Big Rig Resort across the street from the Flying J. Kingman, AZ: Freedom Truck Wash...

Regarding the treatment big-rig drivers give straight trucks, it seems to me that a discourteous big rig driver is discourteous to all. The one that cuts me off after passing usually does the same thing to the next big rig he passes too. I can think of several times where big-truck drivers...

Thanksgiving is obviously a time for giving thanks. At a deeper level, gratitude is a life-enhancing practice. It is a state of mind that you can turn on or off as you wish. The following exercise is good for lifting one's spirits. Try it and see. Requirements: 1. A pen or pencil 2. Paper to...

Regarding the value of a dispatcher/staff ride-along program, a question to ask some of the dispatchers who have ridden along is, "Did the ride-along help you be a better dispatcher? If so, in what way?"

Shortly after the no-idling law went into effect in New York state, tickets were issued to truck drivers using APUs. That was called a glitch by state officials that said APU use was legal under the law and the situation would be corrected as enforcement officials were educated. I do not recall...

Volvo announced not too long ago its own Volvo-made 12 speed transmission, called the "I-Shift." While it has many of the same features the ZF Meritor has, the announced improvements are interesting. http://www.volvo.com/trucks/na/en-us/news_and_events/news_releases/ishift.htm

Read what Panther says about future aquisitions and interpret their words as you wish. This is from an amendment Panther made to its registration statement after the Con-way acquisition and after certain leadership changes were announced. Panther says, "Growth through selected tuck-in...

RE: Warning ticket for truck being too high in Ind I hate to say it, but with up to $5,000 at stake, it might be worth your while to get an attorney to take up your case.