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>Got another dumb statement. > >OK all of you are talking about joining the OOIDA. > >How many of you die hard fans of the OOIDA are life members? > >That shows real devotion. I am an OOIDA lifetime member and also make annual contributions to the OOIDA PAC and litigation funds.

This is a question for fleet owners. To help aspiring expediters understand what fleet owners look for in drivers, please describe the best team you ever had, the worst team you ever had, and what made them so.

From Land Line Magazine, "The National Biodiesel Board has issued what it’s calling a “winter weather advisory,†saying there’s a lot of biodiesel out there that doesn’t meet the industry standards against gelling and clogging." Full story...

GittinThere, I love your screen name. It's a great choice for expediters. Best to you as you work your way into expediting.

Anything >else that you would put on your dream truck? Before you think about what you want to put on your dream truck, you need to think about the dream team you will put in it to drive the thing. Business skills? Reserves? Competence? Work ethic? Judgement? Professionalism? Goals? Home...

RE: Is owning a truck the same as owning a buisnes Owning a truck does not make you a business person any more than owning a New Testament makes you a Christian.

By chance, will you be at FedEx orientation this Monday (Nov 13)? Diane and I will be at FedEx HQ for a few days then. While there will be lots of people at FedEx for you to chat with, Diane and I would be pleased to visit too, if you wish.

>Wombat >I've been with fed ex cc for a long long time,I guarantee >you it's not who you know,it's being in the right place at >the right time.You can be in an express center that moves >short freight,or you can go on your own, and be in one that >moves more long freight, you cant just take...

>Phil, can you pull the picture up of my truck. It is no >longer with FECC but everything else is the same. The only pictures of your truck that I know about (or remember if memory is failing) are those used in "A Brand New Expediter Shares His Thoughts."...

RE: Hows the the new FedEx CC FSC program working >You know I have to add this and while it may seem to be >mean, I don't intend it that. But you do realize that by >advertizing that wonderful week you just had you really hit >a nerve with a bunch of the rest of us. You are one of very...

RE: Straight Truck with Reefer/lift gate opinions Regarding inside reefer body width, by law, the outside of the body can be a maximum of 102 inches (8.5 feet). If your insulated side walls are four inches thick, for a total of 8 inches: 102 - 8 = 94 inches interior width. Three-inch walls...

While we've been expediters for a little over three years, we've hauled more freight than many. There are reasons for that. 1. We seldom go home. We try to stay in service and out on the road as much as possible. That availability opens us to more loads than we would otherwise see if we were...

You might notice that some people have e-mail addresses like [email protected] or [email protected]. Those are web-based e-mail services, meaning that your e-mail server resides on the service provider's server and not on your computer. The advantage is you can access your e-mail anywhere you...

I agree. Diane and I have plucked a number of good loads out of the FedEx Freight system. The more LTL freight FedEx hauls, the more we like it!

Since purchasing our reefer last June, we've had two issues that combined have cost us several days of down time and several hundred miles of deadhead to resolve. One issue was a simple manufacturer's defect reparied under warranty. The other kept us from going in for T-Val testing since we knew...

Give 'em time. They'll complain it was not 5%.

>I think some type of written agreement is necessary >specifing when and where home time occurrs. You could be >gone for 6 weeks and due to many reasons have very little >revenue to show for it or you could be gone for 3 weeks and >have a ton of money. If thats the case the owner will...

Law suits are public-record events. If one has been filed, it would be a simple matter to verify it and learn the details.

It has been several days since posts have been made to this topic, suggesting that it has run its course. Thank you to those who contributed to it. My next step is to review the thread in depth, develop a reefer-payback formula, run it by my accountant (a trucking industry tax specialist) to...