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Understood, but here's hoping you will change your mind. Diane and I kept our truck price ($251,000) to ourselves for a while after it was built. We did so because we feared criticism. But the question was so persistent that we finally gave in and it turned out to be no big deal. Most of the...

That is nothing new. From the first day Diane and I signed on with the company nearly eight years ago, drivers have told us stories about how such claims were paid out without contest and about how they felt victimized by an injustice because they really were not at fault. It took us a very...

No they don't have a monopoly on parking in the L.A. area. They have a monopoly on their parking lot. There are plenty of places to park. You just have to look around. Of course my opinion is easy to maintain as Diane and I are in a straight truck with a sleeper that has a bathroom and shower...

If damages from an incident or accident were incurred by Diane and me, and it happened because of someone else's fault, and the insurance policy did not pay the full claim we felt we had, that would not be the end of it. We would act on our own to recover the damages (assuming of course enough...

No one has asked yet so I will. It is of course your option to answer or not. How much did it cost to build your new truck bumper to bumper and put it on the road, including tax, license, any extended warranties, etc.?

I think so but this is where differences of opinion enter in. Our truck did not come with fender mounted mirrors and we added them, choosing full visibility over whatever fuel economy hit the mirrors would create.

Carry a spray bottle filled with window cleaner, other bug removal mixture or even plain water. When you are stopped, reach out the window and saturate the dead bugs on the windshield with the spray. Let them soak for a minute or two. Use your windshield wipers to finish the job. This is not...

I have not seen the Caffee truck in person but something I understand from a conversation with Jeff Jones is the attention to aerodynamics given in this style of truck. The Freightliner Cascadia is one of the most aerodynamic trucks on the road (the most according to Freightliner). Notice that...

(Posted in the General Forum because I am interested in hearing comments from FDCC competitors and former contractors too.) FedEx Ground recently announced its "ISP Transition" in response to lawsuits that alleged misclassification of its drivers. People who have been following this issue...

As we drove through Saint Louis today I noticed that the grass is green and the trees have blossoms. That's good to see. Expediting is easier in nice weather. The trucks are cleaner. You don't have to put on extra clothes to go outside. Roads get closed less frequently. It's always nice to...

Yes indeed, but how many Joes and Janes are doing exactly that? That's why I started this thread, to make the point to newbies and others that there are some things to be known -- some of which require some effort to learn -- that can make a big difference in how much money you end up with at...

Moose has it right and says it well: "...you never spend money on your business for the sole purpose of saving money on taxes."

The FedEx Custom Critical logo color change is explained and discussed here in the FedEx Custom Critical forum.

Once upon a time Joe and Jane Driver purchased a new truck to haul expedited freight. They worked hard, ran well and did everything their accountant told them to do. When they had their income taxes done in year four, they noticed they had to pay in because, as their accountant explained, the...

One of my brother-in-laws, who has no trucking experience, once read this site for an hour or so. He asked me why everyone was looking for or talking about straight truck drivers and wondered if the business is saturated with gays.

How many times have you actually leveled the $250 or $500 charge, and after you do, how many of the charged customers use you again?

That's a cool school bus conversion indeed but there does not seem to be a lot of head room for the snowmobile riders on the lower level.

This whole notion of hate or resentment between van and straight truck operators confuses me. I hope those of you who mention it are joking, and I hope expediter wannabees reading these threads don't get the diea that such a thing exists. On the road, at the truck stops and other places where...

Van operator John Schlimmer wrote an informative piece for Expedite NOW magazine in 2008 entitled My Million Mile Chevy. He tells how he got one million miles out of his Chevy van. The piece is not about a Sprinter van but I have to think that the same principles apply. When someone gets a...

How so? Do tell!