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That I-55 truck stop is quite the garden spot. Our one visit there counted as two; the first and the last.

While the article is written from a team-driving perspective, "Five Challenges of Expedting" may be helpful to you as well. http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/article_001719.html See also, "Introduction to Expediting" http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf

>Why change? > >Why would a carrier reduce the FSC, knowing contractors >would complain, and then increase the rate? > >Personally, I believe it really comes down to marketing >personnel who waffle when selling service to shippers. > >Properly presented you can sell value; regardless of the...

Thank you, Mr. Mayfield for your rate information. That rate piece was missing from the deadhead, fuel and tolls information FedEx posted on its Extranet (contractor web site). I had a feeling things might go that way and until I have the chance to crunch actual numbers relative to our truck...

Dreamer, In life there are diplomats and generals. Both have their place. In forum administration, diplomacy is probably better than command, but when diplomacy ceases to work, generals are called upon to exercise their skills. To your credit, you are showing the patience of a diplomat. But...

I'm doing our evaluation now (number crunching) and will have more to share later. For now, just a couple points: 1. I am delighted by and proud of FedEx Custom Critical's toll reimbursement package. It passes tolls paid by a particular truck on a particular run on to the shipper. Hardly a...

My wife Diane and I left our white collar professions to become expediters three years ago; starting in fleet-owner trucks and now driving a truck of our own. We find expediting to be the easiest, least-stressful, most lucrative and most fun work we have ever done. I write stories about our...

Comments received privately from several people and some made here in the Open Forum indicate that incorrect assumptions have been made by some and a couple people in particular are spreading false rumors and innuendos about our truck payment and financial circumstances. When the false...

I'd think RichM is the D-unit record holder, right Rich?

Kidron described it as "hardwood laminate." I think it is mostly oak. Yes, we have hauled food products on occasion but our truck is not billed as food grade. It has been frozen items like apple strudle, pizza dough, and non frozen items like chile powder. We don't haul meat or dairy products...

We are in Denver now. If you head this way, Diane and I would love to meet you. Slow here this Sunday. We expect to be dispatched out sometime Monday but as you well know, nothing is for sure.

As others have been told who come in like you are, you have found a great resource in the EO web site and forums. Read the posts going back a year or two. Read the drivers lifestyle and carrier profile articles. Links to those are on the home page. "Introduction to Expedting" is also good to...

are12, you are exceedingly wise! It's nice to see someone resist the temptations of fleet ownership in favor of preserving one's nest egg. I've seen drivers get excited about fleet ownership for the wrong reasons and then get into trouble as a result. Greed is one of the wrong reasons. While it...

The truck you describe is probably a lower-cost unit than one you might find from other dealers. That is an advantage on the front end but it may come back to haunt you later, in ways that would more than wipe out the cost savings you may have realized on the front end. The truck you describe is...

It has happened to us twice in three years. Both times, the shipper had more weight to ship than our D-units could carry. The weight was known because it was listed on the freight itself. The solution was the same both times. On dispatch's instructions, we left some of the freight behind and...

RE: Diesel price versus cost, or whose $20 is that Nice piece, Leo. Well researched and well written. Good job. I hope readers appreciate the effort and attention to detail that is required to produce a piece like this. Thank you for your contribution.

We recently treated our new reefer body floor with a product that provides excellent results. For new truck owners and especially for owners of older trucks whose floors might need some help, I'm sharing product info here. The Key Polymer product line includes Crack Filler, Original Floor...

Yes, we had the G-force sensor installed. The system includes a button mounted on the dash. If we push it, the digital video recorder protects that part of the recording so it will not be recorded over when the recorder loops around. If the G-force sensor detects a severe jolt to the truck, it...

Diane and I always use the sleeper restraints. The restraints provide peace of mind not only for the sleeping co-driver but for the driver too. If stomping on the brakes or an emergency maneuver was required to avoid a hazard, the driver can do so with reduced concern about injuring the codriver...

Redytrk asked, "Does anyone have first hand knowledge that results are being acheived?" I do, and yes they are. As I said, an EO news story is in the works about this program. In my role as EO Senior Field Editor I have talked with one FedEx executive who was directly involved in putting the...