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Diane and I have an ARI sleeper with bunk restraints. When not in use they tuck neatly away and out of sight.

Here's the link to that helpful thread. It is in the FedEx Custom Critical forum: Eobr - "off duty/driving" fmsca feedback Re-reading the thread, I see that my May 2, 2010 post was the last one made and the questions I raised were not answered. We now know that FedEx Custom Critical...

I am not well versed in Landstar's policies regarding driver health, but in general, yes, I believe it is true that in some cases Landstar will reject an application due to health issues, even if the driver holds a valid medical card (Medical Examiner Certificate) at the time. I believe this...

This is an encouraging trend. TA put in a few fitness rooms some months ago. They must have been well received. Truckstop Chains Upping Fitness Options

You disappoint me with that observation. Re-read the original post in this thread. Look at the verbs. Look at the adjectives. I chose them very carefully to provide a neutral report. When the facts justify it, I have been known to highlight the positive. But if you look at my posts and examine...

The only time I mentioned a load board in this thread is here. Nothing was said about an LEAM load board. When I said "the load board" I was talking about the same one as you.

First, congratulations to dabluzman1 for putting together some impressive YTD numbers. $2.27 per mile for all miles driven is great by any standard. That is what we saw in the six months before we left in June. In May, I made my first public complaints about the new FedEx Custom Critical, but...

We are not the only one. Open Forum member mdscott just brought a nice reefer truck over to Landstar from FedEx Custom Critical. I view that as good news, not bad. The more reefer trucks the agents have to work with, the more reefer-aware they will become and the more reefer freight they will...

"... his special deal with the Star!!!"? If Diane and I have a special deal with Landstar, no one has told us about it. If you actually believe that we have a special deal, you would do well to examine how that belief came to be formed because there is no special deal and you are believing a...

There will be expediters who felt the quakes. I'm looking forward to their reports. Cell phone outages are being reported on the East Coast. My guess is that is not due to the Virginia quake but to everyone getting the phone at the same time to talk about it.

Thank you, paullud. I ask readers to note that I did not post numbers at random or in a way to skew things one way or another. I used a specific start date (July 18) because that was not our first load, but the first load we picked up after Diane and I were fully credentialed with the company...

We found no loads on our own but got dispatched on some loads by agents from a sister company (Ranger). In every case, the agents offered loads to us before we called them. In no case did any load we hauled appear on a load board before it was offered to us. Note that a number of LEAM agents are...

I'd just like to add that while Diane and I like to wear uniforms when interacting with customers at the loading docks and elsewhere, I have never once suggested that anyone else should. I have explained why we wear them and the benefits we see but if an expediter does not feel the need or...

As forecasts get revised, the storm is strengthening and is predicted to move east, putting more distance between itself and Florida's East Coast. To the extent the forecasts are reliable, that's good news for Florida, and bad news for the Carolinas where landfall as a category 3 is now expected.

I think part of the reason for that is the decentralized agent dispatch system is difficult to explain to people who are accustomed to centralized dispatch. It's not like FedEx where all loads come from dispatch at Green, Ohio. Put a group of FedEx Custom Critical drivers together and the...

As I said above, I rarely share our financial results in public but given the amount of interest, I am making an exception this time. At least ten FedEx Custom Critical contractors have contacted me directly for this information and I know others are following my blog to see how it is going...

Having a vacation house on Florida's East Coast, 200 yards from the water and six feet above sea level, Diane and I are watching this storm with more than passing interest. However, a lot can happen between now and Thursday. Forecasts have already been revised that place the hurricane further...

A friend of a friend is one of those E-1 to FDCC drivers (husband/wife team). Through my friend I am learning of the details and experience. They were off the road when the change was announced and have yet to get to FedEx. They have other options but plan to give FedEx a try.

That is the smart play. You never know what that people around the broken down vehicle will do, or what a stopped vehicle will do. I was once driving in the right lane on a freeway, spotted a big-rig tow truck parked alone on the shoulder, and moved into the left lane. Without a turn signal or...

Don't laugh too hard. The more technology you put in a truck, the less you have to rely on a driver to do and the less valuable the driver becomes. More technology means more commoditized drivers that can be lower paid and more easily replaced. FedEx is carrying this concept to its logical...