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My wife and I have driven two Class 8 Freightliners in our brief (9 month) career as expediters. These are fleet owner provided trucks. Based on our experience with them, we're going with a different brand when we buy our own truck. The hard-to-get parts issue you describe is well known...

The best web site for expediting info is right here...www.expeditersonline.com The FedEx CC orientation you refer to (I think) is for new contractors coming on board. It's not a public event. When my wife and I were researching our career change into expediting we found the Lousiville truck...

Running team with FedEx CC, my wife and I find ourselves going through your area a lot. As I think about it, I think it's fair to say we run through Tennessee at least as often as we run through any other state, except New York and New Jersey. We don't have the same home time desires you do...

We're (wife and me) at about the same point you are regarding financing a new truck. I was shocked to learn the terms offered by the truck dealer. Looking into it further, I learned that first time truck buyers are lumped together as a group. Your personal assets and credit rating carry little...

Bigschu2, I thought of you this morning at breakfast when I came upon a Cat engine ad in a trucking magazine. It says, "Engines With Pure Attitude." It's about the new Cat C15 625 HP engine. "Whether it's for heavy haulin', comfortable crusin', or bein' 'King of the Hill,' the C15 gives you the...

>The owner should give a percentage of every load to cover >fuel, food ect. A new driver would need that in the >beginning. The three week deal sounds like a owner is >waiting for his/her settlement check before they pay their >driver. It would appear that it is a very cash strapped >owner...

It's hard to argue with the idea that a D-unit is a good way to go for team drivers. D units can and often do haul D, C, and B loads. C and B units can't haul D loads. That gives you a leg up. A D reefer unit opens you to even more loads. Being a team also opens you to more loads. You can do...

My wife and I drive a class 8 D-unit: 2001 Freightliner, CAT-10 engine, 10-speed auto-shift transmission. 22 foot box, lift axle, and eqipped with a reefer and generator (both of which consume fuel). Truck weights about 15 tons, (30,000 lbs) empty. As RichM said, many factors affect fuel...

Is deadhead a good thing or bad? My wife and I consider deadhead a good thing. Without it, we’d almost never get a load. Wherever you are, you will almost always have to go someplace else to pick up your next load. Deadhead is what you do to get to the freight. When we get a load offer, we...

If it's true as you said that you have "No real worries about money right now....", go for it! Have fun, serve your customers well, and by all means, keep us posted.

525 HP? Whoa! I too would love to know more about your truck...please, dooooo tell!

<snip> >Is FECC *that* busy? -- >Mike N Yes, FedEx CC is that busy. Other carriers are busy too. All the drivers I talk to (FedEx CC and others ) are saying it's busy out there. FedEx CC recruiters tell me FedEx CC has increased the size of its recruiting staff for the purpose of increasing...

<snip> I dont want her, neither >does she, to jump from driving a itty bitty car to a >straight truck or what have you. So a cargo van seemed a >reasonable place to start. Small steps makes for a good >break in to the OTR world. I understand and respect your choice of van over straight...

My wife and I have been running team in a D unit with FedEx CC for nine months now. We couldn't be happier. Yes, there have been times when we'd rather run than sit. Yes, some loads are better than others. And yes, we've had a couple loads from hell that we'd turn down if we had it to do over...

This is a combined reply to each of the folks who posted in this thread so far. It is my sincere hope that the EO members will read Weave's and Teacel's apologies in the spirit in which they were given. It is also my hope that this thread will die as quickly as the thread that started the...

I did not say we (wife and me) were going with Con-Way NOW. I said we've come to belive that Con-Way NOW is a fine company. We've got things lined up more or less with a fleet owner and carrier. But in business, you don't got it 'til you got it. I'm reluctant to talk about our carrier choice...

Thanks. I started this thread back in April, early in our research of expedited driving. I've since talked a length with Con-Way NOW drivers, a fleet owner, and a recruiter. My wife and I have reviewed their contract. We've read as much about the company as we can find. I believe it's fair to...

Giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming the test gave a FALSE positive, if I was in your shoes, I would run, not walk, to two different industry-recognized drug testing companies and pay each of them do a test. Drug test information goes into databases that can be cross-referenced and...

RE: van, My response above: Streetsweeper's ball-joint test technique is one I often used back when I repaired automobiles for a living. This thread reminded me of a tool I still own but nearly forgot about. It's called a dial indicator, made by Central Tools, Inc. Back in the day, I used it...