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I am curious about this. Could you say more? When we were with the company, the rules for straight trucks required us to display the FedEx Custom Critcial name and DOT number on the doors. If we wanted also to display the big FedEx Custom Critical logo on the truck body (box), the rules...

In what way(s) is running local harder than running over-the-road?

PrePass enables you to bypass scales when you are green lighted (in most states). That saves time and fuel. Without PrePass, you would have to go through every open scale which increases the likelihood that you will get pulled in for an inspection. Does not going through a scale open the DOT...

Before accepting a load, we run the route on mapping software to make sure the paid miles and the actual miles are close, or that the pay for the shorter miles is high enough to still make it worth it to run the additional miles we would drive. A few miles or few dollars one way or another are...

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is the secret to success in expediting. It does not matter if you are driving a fleet owner's truck, a truck of your own that you lease to a carrier(s), or run a truck under your own authority. The people you serve all want to know that they can count on you to...

Re: Selectus Conference; Who's Attending? You pointed that out then and I missed it. My bad. It's Sylectus. I made the same spelling mistake this year before attending the conference and that error shows up in the title of this thread. I corrected the mistake everywhere else in the thread...

I see it talked about above in general terms, but what exactly is required for a small broker to get a 100k bond? How does someone become a broker and how would a bond be obatined?

The broker bond topic did not come up in the Sylectus conference. While aware of the headlines about it, this not an issue I have been closely following.

Re: Selectus Conference; Who's Attending? John Elliott (Load One) was the first person I interviewed and he introduced me to others. But it was also as the colonel said. These guys introduced me to each other, usually taking me across the room to meet the CEO who could best answer whatever...

Re: Selectus Conference; Who's Attending? Excerpt from my daily blog, Saturday, 2/11/12: I learned today why a man who owns a small expedite carrier and a truckload brokerage business prefers to book big trucks on backhaul loads instead of headhaul loads. Learned by sitting with him at the...

Re: Selectus Conference; Who's Attending? Excerpt from my daily blog, Friday, 2/10/12: I learned today why Qualcomm acquired Sylectus. Learned by interviewing the man at Qualcomm to whom the Sylectus president now reports. I also learned today about an expedite carrier that runs 164 trucks...

Re: Selectus Conference; Who's Attending? Excerpt from my daily blog, Thursday, 2/9/12: I learned today the business start-up stories of several expedite motor carrier owners and chiefs. Learned by attending a reception with dozens of them and asking them to tell me their story. Diane and I...

The Sylectus Annual Conference 2012 begins tomorrow. The Expedite Association of North America is hosting a TEANA members-only reception at the convention site this evening. I will head over there later today (Thursday) to cover both events for Expedite NOW. I'll be doing interviews, mixing with...

From my daily blog, Sunday, February 5, 2012: I learned today the phrase "courage and passion for lives well-lived." Learned by reading it in a book that was co-authored by a college classmate of mine. Diane and I woke up this morning in our Florida vacation house where we plan to stay...

Great post! I especially like what you said about read, read read. When Diane and I were researching a career move into expediting and knew nothing about the trade, we found the EO open forum to be a vital resource and we read, read, read. The Open Forum was eight years younger then and there...

Link to story: Scrapped heavier-truck provision a victory for OOIDA membership Excerpt: "OOIDA is crediting its members who called and wrote to federal lawmakers this week for helping to defeat the longer-heavier truck provision in the House highway bill."

The Sylectus Annual Conference 2012 is being held near Orlando, Fla., Feb. 10-12. I know that some Open Forum members are involved with Sylectus. If you will be attending, I'd love to meet with you there. I'll be covering the event for EO and Expedite NOW. The agenda lists some interesting...

Your point about 10,000 trucks vs. a large carrier's fleet of 1,000 or so is well taken. However, large carriers gitrdone too. All of them boast on-time stats approaching 100 percent. What other reasons are there for a shipper to use a small carrier instead of a large one?

Yes it helps and I get the freedom part that you talk about at length. Now I have another question. I followed your link to your On Call Logistics site. Finding your DOT number there, I went to the FMCSA SMS site and learned that you have one power unit in your fleet (excluding vans if you...

Can you say more about this? What exactly about getting your own authority appeals more than leasing your truck(s) to a carrier? It seems like more and more expediters are doing this as time marches on. I'd be interested in learning more (research for an article I am working on). Also, if you...