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>After reading your post, "ATeam", A few things come to mind. > Since this post was a reply to mine I imagine you assumed I >walked through the minefield. You incorrectly imagined my assumption. My comment was not about you. It was a general observation, offered in response to the various...

We keep receipts and bank and credit card statements that show every penny we spend for business and personal reasons. Not everything, but nearly everything we buy is bought with a credit or debit card so in addition to the receipt those statements show the transactions as well. Coin laundry and...

When we first put our truck on the road, the steer axle weight came in around 11,600 lbs (actual on the ground). As we added a tool box and filled it, and then moved more stuff into the sleeper the weight grew to around 11,800 lbs. That is with all fuel and water tanks full, both codrivers...

When it comes to using new technology or a new system based on technology, it is best to not be among the first to walk through the minefield. Let the early adopters be the ones to work out the bugs.

With FedEx Custom Critical, you won't be turned down because you cannot scale a 13,000 lbs. payload but you would be considered a CR unit instead of DR. CR units must be able to scale up to 5,000 lbs. and have a 14-foot or larger box. Click below for the FedEx vehicle qualification page...

Under load, driving from California to a Monday delivery in the midwest.

The moving date has been set. We will begin work at the Rice's home in Edgewater, Florida Friday morning, April 13. At present we have two team-driven straight trucks and one solo-driven B-unit lined up. While that is enough to get the job done, a second B-unit and a couple more people would...

Put in tinyurl. LDB Moving day is now set for sometime between April 12 and 15 and things are coming together well. The "Denver" truck is Caroll and Dora Bean. That name may ring a bell to some here on EO. Jeff Jensen did a story about a letter the Beans wrote when the HOS rules changed...

Thank you for the offer, Dave. I think we'll be fine. On the Rice's end, the move date range has changed to sometime on or after April 11. For volunteer planning purposes, we're now talking about sometime between the 11th and 15th. The move should be relatively easy. The two houses are just a...

Put in tinyurl. LDB As the Rice thread was getting long, Lawrence asked me to post this in a new thread that he will lock. The longer thread can be read at: http://tinyurl.com/2bvef3 Cherri said: > I hope that Glen & Janice know that they can count on a >lot of EO members, if there's...

> I hope that Glen & Janice know that they can count on a >lot of EO members, if there's anything we can do to help. >And they should know that they've earned it, by being so >much help to others, when they were able, and we'd be happy >for the chance to demonstrate that 'what goes around...

I have lost count of the number of truck stop fender benders I have seen happen before my eyes or seen shortly after they occured. Almost always, one driver is perfectly parked and minding his or her business. Then another driver comes in and WHAM! your whole month changes. The moral of the...

I think Leo raises an excellent point. I believe drivers that put too much emphasis or expectations on team vs. solo loads can hurt themselves by turning down loads that might otherwise be good to take. As Diane and I see it, a load is a load, whether it is a 30 mile run or 3,000. When an...

Regarding White Glove eligibility, straight answers do come from the office. And if you ask the same question a few months later, straight answers will come again, but they will likely be different. That is not because FedEx is lying about the standards. It is because the standards themselves...

Glen and Janice continue to work through a slow and painful recovery from Glen's surgery. I asked him yesterday where he felt he was on the road to recovery on a 0-100 scale, with zero being the moment he came off the operating table. He said 20. He said it is especially difficult for him to be...

That office chair....I WANT IT!!!:7

RE: And Still More Things to Learn in Your First 9 We talked to a couple >recently that said they stay at RV parks...but their the >only ones we've heard say so. And how many RV parks keep >you on the board? Hmmm. I don't know much about Panther's board system so I can't say. I can say...

Yes. Hawk, good advice. Your post got me to thinking about all the white-collar and blue-collar employees who have been blindsided too by unexpected corporate sales, spinoffs, downsizing, outsourcing, etc. An expediter who is doing well in plan A and also has a plan B in hand is in pretty good...

>That does make total sense yet confusing. Since I am not >there, I am far from any authority on it. But it is good you >pointed out many of the items that would prohibit someone >from being accepted. >I heard part of the story from a few teams, but it is >possible I didn't hear ALL of it...

> Why would Fed Ex want to limit the amount of qualified >white glove trucks? That would be as goofy as limiting >teams. Not saying that they don't limit them, just wondering >why they would. FedEx Custom Critical limits the number of White Glove trucks for the same reason they limit all...