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Thank you for your kind words. A fleet owner just told me the other day that his best drivers are people who have not been truck drivers before. It sounds like you are a case in point. Drive on, lovingit! You do yourself and others like you proud!

>Rex, > >Thanks for the information. I will be ordering our Air Tabs >next week and hope by the Expo to have a report on them. I >will be adding 3 too boxes to the truck next time we are at >home and the air tabs so I should be able to have a pretty >good idea on how the air tabs change...

>I Called Panther 2 and the agent named Tom Blew me off, and >said that there Truck 5085 is not polling in that location. >He got really crappy with me on the phone,.... Isn't that special! A Panther dispatcher, Tom, receives a call about a truck and a driver that could possibly be in...

trkrhelp, Thank you for sharing your article. You are correct. It is indeed as relevant today as the day you wrote it. But I find myself bristling when I read it; not because you said anything wrong, but because computers still suck. You said: "Computers are somewhat intimidating and many of...

RE: What is some funny stuff you seen while drivin 1. A housing devlopment in CA named Oak Hills, but when you look 360 degrees across the desert as far as the eye can see, there is not an oak or hill to be seen. 2. A water tower in SC painted to look like a peach, but it looks more like a...

>Hey Easy: The biggest thing the boys and girls here failed >to mention to you is the fact that, you have to be in the >truck driving it, putting freight on it, and, going down the >road. You can't do 200k setting at the house because you >didn't want to go there. Or, there's a good game...

People are talking about this truck and the buddy system but no one seems to be getting involved. If action has not yet been taken, let's fix this now. If no one else is willing, I'll happily call Panther to track down the truck's owner and the local police and/or truck stop security to have an...

Thank you, Terry. We've been looking for a Fantastic component. Looks like these folks will have it. We'll give 'em a try.

>Hi, >Can anybody please give me info about becoming a >lease/purchase operator? I've gone over the details with a >company, but most of the information I do not understand. >Will I really make good money leasing a truck? Or will I >lose my you know what. Your words, "...but most of the...

There is something to be said for the old-fashioned pencil and paper bookeeping method, especially for a one-truck operation. Computer programs require a bunch of time and attention just to get them to run and to learn how to use them to maximum advantage. They are designed to serve a broad...

>NYC hands down. We would like to go see some shows and also >Times Square and the list goes on and on. What fun it would >to go there with plenty of money and not have to worry about >the truck. Someday we will be able to do that. It is on >our long list of to do's You can get to NYC...

If you have not already done so, obtain "The Revenue Sheet" from a FedEx recruiter. FedEx puts in writing the fleet averages for the various types of trucks (B, C, D, E), for solo and team drivers. White Glove trucks are not included in the published averages. Determining whether YOU will be...

Greg is correct and he thus demonstrates the value of fact checking everything we put in the book before it goes to print. My mistake about the VCR. We're rolling down the road at the moment (PA to CO) and I'm about to go to sleep. Diane is driving, I'm writing, or at least trying to. Will try...

If you look at the Open Forum conference list, you will see the History of Expediting Workgroup has been added. For those who were concerned that the history of expediting project would not be done under the EO banner, I trust this will relieve your concerns. As stated elsewhere, copyright...

I'm certain EO (meaning the people who work at the EO office) will think about a Hall of Fame, and even about the Driver of the Month idea you suggested in another thread. The problem is these folks have about 10,000 other things to think about too. They are up to their eyeballs in web site...

I was looking at the Conway Expedite web site to learn more about this. I see similarities between their reorganization and FedEx's (Surface Expedite Network). The new expedite truck logo is very nice. I like the stripe across the bottom of the box. It ties the whole truck together and creates a...

This is good information, Rex. Thank you for sharing. I'm looking forward to the rest of the story.

>A while back, I asked our members for their ideas on the >definition of expediting. The concensus has been the same >that I use in discussing expediting at EO workshops, and the >same as the definitions used by FedEx Custom Critical: >Door to Door; Exclusive Use; and, Time Specific...

As Open Forum readers know, a history of expediting book project has been launched, with me as the editor and project leader. Below is a letter I am sending to people who have volunteered to help. I share it here as a way of recruiting additional volunteers and to inform interested readers...

>If facts are spelled out clearly, such as this book is a >private endeavor with the editor being Phil as himself and >not Phil as the senior secret editor of EO or whatever, and >people want to contribute to that venture, that is fine but >this to me does not seem like the place for that...