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Since there are at least a couple people willing to share spreadsheets (I have one too), what would you think about working together to produce a one-truck owner-operator spreadsheet that can be freely shared with the EO community and general public on the uexpedite.com site? A while ago, I...

Reno, waiting for freight. Using the time productively.

I would very much enjoy more MATS reports like this one and those in Caffee's blog (and Marcu's once she starts posting about the show). Diane and I are not attending MATS this year but love hearing about it from others who are there.

Be careful about reading things into my blog post that are not there. I was not talking about spending nights or weekends at truck stops. I was talking about the joy I felt when we pulled into a fuel stop and saw sights I have not seen in a while. While we often avoid them when we are on the...

Different strokes for different folks. While Diane and I have a big sleeper and sometimes spend nights at truck stops, the creature comforts the sleeper provides enable us to be truck stop independent. Because of the sleeper, we do not have to rely on truck stops as many others do. We woke up...

Yes. That's what I am primarily looking for. The info I seek is simply a best guess on a statistic. Of the retired expediters you know, how many of them -- what percentage -- are living on money they saved from their expedite earnings? No names needed. The percentage figure is what I seek. And...

Perhaps I should have worded the original question differently. Let me try again. Based on your observations, what is your best guess? Of the retired expedieters you know and know about, what percentage of expediters retire with money (meaning that they made and kept enough money as expediters...

Expediting is an old enough industry now to have people in it who made it a 20-year career. I know of a few still in the game who go back to the Robert's Express days. I'm wondering about those who have retired as expediters. I know none of those but presume there are some. Does anyone know of...

Former expediter of Lil' Deuce Coupe fame Glen Rice will be at the truck show, showing his Kenworth bobtail in the truck beauty contest and working the recruiting booth for his present, power-only carrier, Powersource (booth 91030). While he has a show-worthy tractor, he does not have the...

Maybe they are retired truckers who miss the road and the truck stops. Diane and I were off the road for two months in January and February this year (vacation). It actually felt good to visit a truck stop after being away from them that long. See this blog post.

This is why good expediters stay up on DOT regs. You can hold your own when someone tries to operate outside of them or use them against you when there is no basis for doing so. DOT devotions is an expediter best practice. That little green book your carrier gives you, you know the one, right...

Nice to see, for a change, the news people blaming the four wheeler for this wreck.

It's not funny, it's sad. And it goes a long way in explaining why so many expediters work hard their whole careers and have little or nothing to show for it at the end. There is a lot of good professional information in the Open Forum but pee topics top them all. You get more of what you...

People love to post good truck news but tend to keep the bad news to themselves. We will hear about the driver who got 200,000 miles on a set of steers but if the same driver got 80,000 miles, he probably would not post. So too with truck engines and trucks themselves. After manufacturer's...

(For expediter wannabees, deadhead means driving with no freight on board at your own expense.) There are four kinds of deadhead: 1. Deadheading to a pickup that has already been dispatched. 2. Deadheading to a "better" area to wait for load offers. 3. Deadheading in and around the area you...

In the truck.

That is good to hear. It turned out that Diane and I got dispatched out of Dallas on an ASAP pick up this afternoon. We are glad to hear that this is a team. The injury is bad but it is good that she is not alone and the husband can tend to the truck and their belongings. Note to expediter...

I see there are now 106 expediter trucks within 50 miles of Laredo, not including any that might be there with the Panther and FedEx Custom Critical. No Landstar Express America trucks are showing on the board there this morning. I am certain some of the expediters in Laredo would be willing to...

Expediting is a challenging profession in which people work all hours of the day and night. Fatigue, stress, unexpected developments, temporary and long-term frustrations are all part of the game. The Open Forum can become an easy outlet to vent or lash out when pressures build. In the forum...