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More info on how she is doing? Hospitalized? Able to drive? Solo or team? Able to get around? Truck secure? In need of help? Diane and I are in Dallas. We can drive down there if help is needed.

If that is so, it is news to me. I know of no Landstar publication that put my photo in it. What magazine are you talking about? And even if what you say is true, so what? My photo has been in lots of trucking magazines. It's no big deal. If I have a problem, I fix it too. No different than...

None of this suits either one of you well. Nor does it add anything of value to the Open Forum. You are better than this.

The Federal Motor Carier Safety Agency (FMCSA) runs a Safety Measurement System (SMS) that ranks carriers by certain saftey scores assigned by the system. It is criticized for many flaws but is commonly used and misused. The SMS site is here. To use it, you need carrier DOT numbers. Those can...

Thank you for that. Until your post, I was not aware of the new posts button. Not being a moderator, I have no interest in or need to read every post in every forum. My forum browsing is generally (not always) limited to just a few forums. I browse forum to forum, not post to post. I understand...

It's not about one carrier being more perfect than another. It's about cultural differences within carriers. Diane and I have only been with two carriers but the cultural differences between the two are profound. So too, I would think, between any two carriers. It just so happens that the...

We drive our own trucks with carrier logos on them. Some of wear clothing to identify ourselves with or promote our carrier of choice. Many expediters have business cards made up that include their carrier's name and logo. Some expediters include their carrier's logo in the signature of their EO...

In the FedEx Custom Critical carrier forum, in the Frustrated With Expediting thread, non-FedEx moderators have jumped into a conversation that has nothing to do with issues a moderator would otherwise deal with (code of conduct violations, locking threads, moving threads, etc.). It seems to...

Diane and I used paper logs most of the time we were with FedEx Custom Critical, then electronic logs for a time, and then back to paper logs when we changed carriers to Landstar Express America. Using electronic logs did not put us out of business but they did increase our expenses and...

Likewise, Monte. It was a pleasure for Diane and me to meet you too. It was especially interesting to learn that you put the first-ever reefer in service with Roberts Express (predecessor to FedEx Custom Critical). May I ask you to post the photo of that truck here on EO? It is an item of...

Driver2's post got me thinking more about why there is no Landstar Express America carrier forum. Let's look at this closer by looking at the first posts in the ten most recent threads in the three carrier forums that have the most threads (listed below by thread count in descending order)...

There has never been a Landstar Express America carrier forum that I know of. If there is any intrest among Landstar BCO's (Landstar's name for contractors) in having such a forum, none have expressed it on EO, at any EO gathering or at any gathering of Landstar BCO's that Diane and I have...

Diane and I met Monte (Notanewbie) today in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

I'm not a fleet owner but if I was, I could not imagine putting a driver in one of my trucks who was not checked out first. If I got myself into a position where cash flow was needed and I could get some going now by signing on a driver to check him or her out later, I would cut my losses and...

While the fuel consumption is a bit on the high side, I would hire the Caffee's as consultants, confident that they would have that engine whipped into shape in no time.

That was not us. We were in Sacramento then. But if you do see us, we owe you a meal for the friendly welcome and early coaching you provided when we came over to Landstar.

I was all set to put one in our truck until I read about the cylinder oil feed rates. That's a deal killer for me. Sorry, Leo.

The $1,820 is a legitimate recruiting point. FedEx Custom Critical charged the same $35 a week when we were there. Note, however, that certain shippers require Qualcomm-equipped trucks so drivers who wish to serve those customers would not be influenced by the cost savings that come from not...

Let me know when the company has a wood-paneled reading room with leather, wing-back chairs, a well appointed library, a liquor cabinet worthy of moderator/administrator and former editor tastes, and lockers where our freshly pressed dinner jackets can be kept. Company-logoed bomber jackets to...

I do not usually read the carrier forums but looking them over I was surprised to see Open Forum Administrator "Dreamer" chatting it up in the Load One forum. I knew him to be a FedEx Custom Critical contractor. Reading more, I see he made the move to Load One. It seems that Load One president...