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RE: Expediter Rated Truck Service for Freightliner > Excuse my ramblings but like I said my mind goes with great >energy in spurts, and I am sure other will have ideas which >they can add that could make this the idea of the year. Never stop thinking. Few good ideas began with widespread...

Kidron makes a good box. Yes, it's common for reefer boxes to be less than 96 inches wide. That's because insulation requires 3 to 4 inches (commonly) on each wall. That removes 6 to 8 inches from the inside width.

>It seems to me that more and more people are joing the >Expediting industry expecting to roll 24 hours a day.... >Perhaps they are reading the infamous posts from the A Team >that have them moving all of the time. ============================================= "The infamous posts from the...

>The electric ones are around 500. If you run it on a >seperate battery add another 200. >Davekc Please elaborate. Where do you find electric operated landing gear for $500? What are the landing gear specs? You might have saves me some money! Please provide additional info. Thank you.

As a driver with a class B CDL, 14 months on the road, and no formal truck driving training, I'm not surprised by the post, but am surprised by the burning brakes we see out there; both on straight trucks and big rigs. My wife and I saw it stated plainly in our Minneosta state-issued CDL study...

Before my wife and I entered expediting I worked as a software instructor for several years. If you are new to computers, time invested in learning the basics will repay itself over and over again. One of the best resources for doing so is the Step By Step book series published by Microsoft...

This is a little off point from the original post, but it may be of interest to everyone that posted in this thread. I'm reading a book now entitled, "The Flying J Story" by Howard M. Carlisle. It's an authorized biography of Jay Call, company founder and Flying J company history. As such it has...

>So far, about the best advice I can surmise from these posts >is: no more runs out west, stick with the shorter runs and >stay east of the Mississippi. In your case, running as a solo driver, I think you hit the nail on the head and reached a wise conclusion. Unstated in your post but...

You might want to alter your plan just a bit. There is in trucking and in expediting something called the freight cycle. You can read up on freight cycles in publications that help drivers develop business plans. Shippers tend to move freight later in the week and later in the month and later...

> OK, here's the deal. > The house and land's paid for(as are all the cars),I don't >really have much in the way of bills, and if the damn thing >broke down to the tune of total replacement it could do so >at least five times over before I'd have to tap into any >sort of financing. I"m...

>Thought I would let you all know that it went ok.Not great >but ok.I was deadheaded about 200 miles to pick up (I don't >think they could find anyone very eagerto do it)the run was >just under 200 then they requested 200 more dh to lay over >.So that pretty much sucked the money out of...

Are you comfortable telling us what carrier you are with? No problem if you are not. It's only our business if you choose to make it so. I'm just curious about what equipment carrier requires. FedEx CC publishes a list. Does your carrier do the same?

Welcome to expediting! I'll be reading your journal with great interest as will numerous people researching the industry. You are providing a valuable service by sharing your info as you are. One item that comes to mind already is the cost of moving into the business or among carriers in the...

>Been in expediting for a few years and over 500k >miles;however, it was a van. My wife and I are talking about >going to a "C" unit because of better creature comforts >while sitting. >C units seem to be a good fit for our lifestyle, we're >retired from the Navy, lived in RV's for over 20...

What >Hotel chain offers the most comforts, with a bang for your >buck. I realize that not every town or exit will have what >I am looking for but if two or three chains really treat >Expeditors well I would like to use them. We started using Holiday Inn facilities at first but have since...

>I would like to thank everyone at EO for all the help and >advise.I finally got my truck and made it to orientation for >fedcc.Got my first load ,the two things that had me the most >nervous combined on my first load ,hazmat and canada.WISH ME >LUCK! BIGDOG...

>A-team, I was an O/O with DMW for 2 years before coming to >work in the office 5 years ago. I can assure you that I am >not a "dishonest schmuck", plese take me out of this >category. Thank you. I'm not saying every BBB member is dishonest. I know many good business people that are BBB...

My question about the impact of sky-high fuel prices is more strategic. Has anyone given any thought to the possibility that shippers will react to $3.00 a gallon fuel by cutting back on expediters and using LTL instead? It is a very inefficient use of resources to place one item of freight on a...

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redytrk's answer is right on the money. Our carrier is in the Eastern time zone and all our clocks are set the same. That makes it easy to decide when to pick up and deliver. It also creates amusing situations the further West you are. Right now, we're laid over in Denver (Mountain time). It's...