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There is a huge difference between OOIDA and a labor union. OOIDA is a professional association that truck drivers voluntarally join. OOIDA does what it can to determine the best interests of its membership and advocate for that. In every union I've been forced to join, it was just that...being...

>I think you are referring to OHIO. As far as I know I80 in >IOWA has always been a Freeway. Oops! you are correct. I meant OHIO, not IOWA. Duh!

jbrbears, a UPS recruiter, says a fair amount about UPS in the "Ask The Recruiter" forum. See: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID19/324.html His comments lead me to believe that UPS plans to expand into expediting in a big way over time and that they will grow their own fleet...

RE: Broom made a response about what your time is Overnight, another important lesson learned came to mine. That is, a lesson learned by reading the Open Forum before we became expediters, that helped us avoid some of the common mistakes that lead to other expediters' unplanned exits from the...

You got it! Diane and I have been using them for a while now. It is hard to imagine being without them now. As inexpensive as they are, we carry extras, in case one gets lost or wrecked. Rechargable batteries make it easier to leave the walkies on for extended periods. You don't have to worry...

I don't recall the exact dates and dollar amounts, but it was not so long ago that Iowa lowered the tolls on I-80 and raised truck speed limits there to lure trucks back on to the tollway. That was after a previous toll increase gave truckers all the incentive they needed to choose other routes...

RE: Broom made a response about what your time is >Wait lets change gears a minute, what exactly is your >measure of success? I have stated my measure of success in the forum before. It is; if you are achieving the goals you set for yourself as an expediter, you are successful. >I don't...

RE: Broom made a response about what your time is >>One of the beauties of the Open Forum, and one that Diane >>and I took full advantage of before we began as expediters, >>is by reading past posts, you can learn from other peoples' >>mistakes. You don't have to learn from your own. > >Oh...

You don't have to visit with many drivers about sleep to quickly conclude that people vary widely in their sleep habits and needs. Some can sleep well in a bunk in a moving truck, others cannot. Some could not sleep more than 7 hours a night if you paid them. Others very much need 8 hours of...

>You guys are forgetting one very important item. Yes they >raise your percentages for a trip but is the rate to the >customer reduced?? Thats what needs to be found out. No it is not reduced. That is already known. The recent FedEx tarriff INCREASE has been previously discussed in the open...

>Well, I guess I'm going to answer my own question about >making money. If we manage to make $15,000 a month for >November and December we will make $200,000 with a dry D >unit. We have an in-service rate of 86%, and I discovered >we have spent about 60 days at home this year. I haven't...

While not offered in this thread, an answer posted by Micky1949 in another thread answers the question first raised here. See: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/4643.html#34

Ah ha! Good catch. It sounds like the kind of tweak FedEx would find easy to fix. If you succeed, you'll have done a favor for a bunch of drivers.

I read the article you linked to. It said, in part, "Every few weeks a truck goes over on its side on the Clarks Ferry Bridge. The way it was designed, truck drivers experience a gradually curved stretch of highway at 65, fail to slow down to the 45 mph speed limit, and then flip when they get...

Regarding the mileage rate used to calculate the fuel surcharge for straight trucks, the "Fuel Surcharge Helper" on the FedEx Extranet states 9 mpg is use for straight trucks. I'm wondering, where the 10 mpg figure is coming from? Is not 9 already being used?

For FedEx drivers, Goodyear has a big discount program for you; at least they did the last couple times fleet owners had us buy tires for their trucks. There is a program number we gave the dealers. The savings were substantial, along the same lines Leo reported. Check the FedEx Extranet or your...

>The very first run FedEx CC gave me, straight out of >orientation, picked up near Pittsburgh and delivered to >Eagle Outfitters, Union Square, Manhattan. Talk about >breaking somebody in. I am from the southeast and never >driven in NY before. OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! I shuddered when I read...

I understand your desire to be debt free on the truck. That would certainly take some of the stress out of being on the road with one. But if you did finance the truck as others recommend, you could also take comfort in the fact that in a worst-case scenerio, you will have the reserves with...

A 3% raise for C and D reefer trucks means an extra $4,500 a year more for a $150,000/year producing truck and $6,000 a year more for a $200,000/year producing truck (as in gross revenue paid to the truck). Depending on one's level of production and the purchase price of the reefer, the raise...

RE: Broom made a response about what your time is One of the beauties of the Open Forum, and one that Diane and I took full advantage of before we began as expediters, is by reading past posts, you can learn from other peoples' mistakes. You don't have to learn from your own.