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RE: Tired of reccord profits for oil companys, may A Minnesota friend of mine runs a big rig OTR and fills up at home before leaving. He says he has noticed a decrease in fuel economy when he runs biodiesel but he did not quantify the amount. You have likely paid closer attention to that than...

RE: Tired of reccord profits for oil companys, may While biodiesel hold some promise and seems to be picking up political momentum in several states, it was far more than a public relations boondogle in Minnesota. A whole bunch of trucks, old and new, that were using biodiesel ground to a halt...

tallcal101, You and I have met personally at a FedEx meeting, and I once even answered one of your ads, but your truck was already filled. We're happy now with our present fleet owner and have no need or plans to change. This is a hypothetical question about an issue we sometimes wonder about...

Success and satisfaction in expediting has some to do with the state of the industry, but more to do with the choices you make and expectations you have. Jeff Jensen recently wrote a driver profile on Walter Dyksinski, a highly successful and very happy solo driver with FedEx Custom Critical...

In addition to recruiter referrals, fleet owners can be located by using the Free Classifieds on the EO web site. See the Free Classifieds tab at the top of this page. Another source of fleet owner contacts are fleet owners themselves. Many of these folks chum with each other and talk shop just...

You can sometimes find truck owner's manuals for sale on eBay (www.ebay.com). Do a search for your truck brand of choice and the word manual; e.g. "Freightliner manual" or "Kenworth manual." Try it over time. You might find the exact manual for the truck you have in mind.

You put your finger on the fundamental flaw of HOS rulemaing. The wrong body is doing it. FMCSA does not have jurisdiction over shippers and consignees. It does not have jurisdiction over what drivers do in their free time (thank goodness). Yet FMCSA is left with the responsibility for making...

Blame parents who's children learn by example, watching their parents speed, and when they about them breaking the speed limit, learn from their parents that there is a justification of some sort for doing so and that not all laws should be equally respected. Blame professional truck drivers...

Regarding getting lost, something I learned in Army land navigation classes (using a map and compass to get through unfamiliar woods at night, on foot or in armored vehicles, before the days of GPS) serves me well in trucking. If lost, return to a known point. It also helps to simply stop the...

Do you have a generator/APU on the truck? If so, there is a device that will automatically start the generator if battery voltage gets too low. That would eliminate the need to install additional batteries and their associated weight, cost, and maintenance over time.

Freight handling equipment is available by mail order from New Haven Moving Equipment. Link: http://www.newhaven-usa.com/index.shtml. Their free catalog is worth the request. For pallet jacks, check the yellow pages under fork lifts or fork trucks. Companies that sell fork lifts often sell...

My first choice would be Wal-Mart because of the easy truck access. To test your batteries individually, you'll need to disconnect them from each other. A load test machine is a simple device found in most places that sell batteries. It would be a simple matter for a Wal-Mart mechanic to wheel...

We find churches in unfamiliar areas by using Delorme mapping software. The yellow pages would work just as well. A phone call to the church generally yeilds a recorded message giving worship times. Parking a D-unit in or near the church parking lot is usually not a problem (available space)...

>It should have been implied that my view was just from my >own perspective. Tallcal post is from a fleet owner driving >for your company with the same equipment. He can speak for >himself but I would well imagine he is looking at several >trucks verses one. You made my point. Even among...

>Any info on this from u >all would be greatly appreciated, thank u in advance . See: "Introduction to Expediting" http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf

>hey guys, I've been reading this forum for a while now and I >think I know what kind of money I can expect in this >business, but recently I've talked to a guy that has been >doing it for about 8 months, and he is claiming that he >makes about $10K a month in sprinter. >He's home almost...

When we talk about how things are, would it not be better to talk about how things are for yourself at the moment? The expediting industry is bigger than any one person's or even fleet owner's experience in it. Generalizing from one's own experience can be misleading because so much differs...

Does your lease require you to run? If not, take a couple weeks off without terminating the lease or giving notice. Once your money catches up with you, give notice and tell the other person you are willing to turn the truck in earlier than two weeks if the owner is agreeable. If the owner is...

RE%3A Airtek front suspensions Oops! I edited content out. Misunderstood what was being asked.

Mike50, This Introduction to Expediting may be of interest to you: http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf