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Diane and I wish you the best as you begin your expediting career. You already have a good start being grounded in EO as you are. Drive safe. Be happy.

Well, chalk up one fun day in San Francisco. Found it to be a delightful city brimming with culture and the arts. Absolutely on our list of places to return to if we get the chance. Greg, we found the Wyland gallery on Pier 39. He is indeed an accomplished artist of national renown. Took the...

Some expediters sometimes refer to themselves as paid tourists. Today and tomorrow, Diane and I are "forced tourists." I share this for people researching the industry. If seeing the country is one of your reasons for entering the business, pick a carrier that has a national reach and you will...

Air-powered landing gear is available from ON-Lift. http://onlift.com Roll-Rite makes an electric motor that drives truck landing gear. Roll-Rite web site says, "...For Expediter Trucks: Our 10130 Electric Gear Motor couples to shifting shaft. Perfect for 2-speed landing gear." See the...

Perhaps it would help, late for diner, if you got off the ticket the exact name of the violation and any statute reference made on the ticket. That would give interested folks the ability to better focus their research. Who knows? Maybe the officer that wrote the ticket made a mistake. Looks...

Greg334 said, "This is really directed to van owners, but may apply to other trucks. I am wondering about something, why do people change their oil so much?" I've wondered the same thing. At the MATS truck show two years ago I was impressed by a truck manufacturer's exhibit that has a 1,000,000...

Welcome to the forum! Truck show is a wise move. Note that it is huge. It is impossible to see all exhibits in the short time provided. Be sure to budget your time so you get the important stuff done. The truck show web site is: http://truckingshow.com/ Use it to plan your time there. It goes...

> This is the first of what I hope to be many postings and >a long relationship with all my soon to be friends in the >expedite business. > -R and B Welcome aboard!

At the moment, Diane and I are sitting at the Flying J at Exit 0 (zero) just west of El Paso on I-10. We're on a weekend run and have a little time to spare. If you're in the area, tonight or tomorrow morning, private message me. Pie and coffee, or breakfast is on me.

Pictured below is the fourth truck stop accident Diane and I have seen in less than three years of expediting, and with us avoiding truck stop stays as much as possible. Moral of this one; dont' park on the end of a parking line. Picture does not show it but radiator in the hit truck was...

The cover of the current edition of Expedite Now magazine shows a sharp-looking Volvo straight truck with Panther on the box. Anybody know anything about that one?

Layout, If you have been at this since May and have learned you can live full time with your wife, you have probably learned much more than you are giving yourself credit for. To decide between C and D (or CR and DR), consider your priorities. If income is a top priority, the D truck is the...

>Terry.. How about a few tips on your search skills. > >How did you find it when A Team could not!!! Roses to you!!! You are right, redytrk. Roses to Terry. Embarrassed here :o

Randy, Whether your fiancee intends to drive the truck or not, it would be wise for her to get her CDL and at least get to the point where she can move the truck around. If you fall ill and need to see a doctor, she can drive you to one. If it is serious and an ambulance hauls you away, she can...

dieseldiva said, "'THERE'S NO VENOM LIKE OLD VENOM'" That comment goes to the essence of dieseldiva's and Doggie Daddy's posts. It's about venom. Snakes are equipped to carry venom without harming themselves. Human beings are not. When carried by a human being, venom eats away at one's body...

>Sorry A Team,when you have sprung for the bucks on a truck >and have a bad build experience then maybe you can protest. >What ever happened to your truck build that was bragged >about 3 years ago? LM went to bat for DD and did all he >could to alleviate the situation,unfortunately DD was...

It does not matter to us what ammenities a truck stop has or does not have. If we know it to be a generally dirty place, we drive on by. The best thing you can put in your new truck stop is an extra cleaning person or two who know how to empty the trash and change the mop water. Two research...

Consider the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS). Over 1,000 exhibitors present their goods and services there. I'd be willing to bet that every single one of them have at least one disgruntled customer in their lives. The larger ones probably have hundreds if not thousands of disastisfied...

>>How is verizon's reception? I've heard it was off and on in >>most of the country. At this moment, we are westbound on IL I-80 at mile post 45. Nothing but fields in sight. Next large community is Davenport/quad cities. The I-80/I-39 interchange is about 30 miles behind us. Pretty remote...

The Verizon air card will work anywhere Verizon has digital coverage including a house, hotel, office building, truck stop parking lot, a beach, in a small Texas town 200 miles from the nearest large city, in the woods, and even driving down a highway. We have used it in all of the above...