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We have an expediter in need. His van has been stolen. His beloved dog is missing with the van. He woke up this morning in a Motel 6 in the Dallas area with "...no JJ (the dog's name) no van no clothes no job no way back to indiana no nothing...." The bus ticket is the easy part. I encourage...

1. Use any mapping program to enter the beginning of your route, your stops and the final stop. Use via points as appropriate to indicate routes you took that are different than the mapping program plots. You may wish to save this map and build a collection. Use file names that will be easy to...

I was unaware of the information also. It's interesting but I do not post to gain ratings. I just share what's on my mind.

You are jogging my memory. What you descirbe as frustration in getting dispatch to confirm to you that the load has been cleared, I included in my comment about triple checking the work others do. Having been burned before, we leave nothing to chance and take nothing for granted. We prefer...

If you need and want a bus ride home, Diane and I will buy the ticket. Private message me with your phone number to make arrangements.

It has not been posted yet. I am having photo editor issues. I'll get it done but other tasks have taken priority.

I would hire a murderer before I hired someone who had been in and out of prison for armed robbery or drug sales a couple of times. The murderer is less likely to re-offend. Of course, it's not an issue at all since years ago, in purusit of a simpler life, I swore off employees.

Check out this thread in the FedEx Custom Critical forum: West Coast Runs Check out this thread in the General forum: West Side Story And my trip maps for a quick visual history of the West Coast runs Diane and I have done in 2010. Note that our truck and team is configured in a particular...

You are welcome, Mike. Thank you for the kind words. You certainly know we are a team in a straight truck. You also know that I know nothing about cargo van expediting, right?

Your cell phone company can tell you where the phone was at the time the guy answered. The sooner we all know that, the better idea we will have where to look. If the thief is stupid enough to leave it on, maybe your cell phone company can help you locate it. It is YOUR phone YOU are asking...

The topic interests me only to the extent that it came up here when the above success story was mentioned in the context of expediting. I am not interested in looking into it further because it is not of immediate importance to me and I already have some insight. Before letting the topic rest...

Diane and I are not in Texas but will keep an eye open for your van and dog. You provided the license number. Can you provide additional info? What state is the van licensed in? What color is the van? What decals does the van have on it? What other markings or distinguishing characteristics...

Here are three addional web sites that include chain law information. They were shared with me and other contractors in a recent fleet bulletin from our carrier: Chain Laws for Truckers | TheTruckersReport.com Flex-Trax State Tire Chain Laws and Regulations

Six months of research is a good thing. Six months of good research is even better. I'm not suggesting your research is bad but want to note for the general audience the difference between real research and wishful thinking. For people looking at expediting from the outside in, the business can...

Absolutely, positively, YES!

Isn't a vacuum cleaner supposed to suck? :D We tried a couple different hand vacs and settled on one sold under the Shark brand name. I liked it so well that I bought a second one and put it in storage just in case the model was closed out. That turned out to be a smart move because the model...

That's a success story I am happy to hear. I did a quick search to find out what the recidivism (re-offend) rate is among felons in the U.S. but found too many conflicting statistics and too much hyperbole to get a quick answer. I know for a fact that it is less than 50 percent in Minnesota...

Diane and I have been burned several times at the border due to crossing issues, some of which forced us to spend an entire night at the border waiting for the broker or key person with the shipper to return to work the next day. I don't have specifics to share because these incidents happened...

One of the reasons Diane and I have done very well in the expediting business is that we fully prepared for it before we got in and fully committed to it after. You are talking about doing the same as a solo operator. If you follow through, that can give you huge advantages over others who are...

It can be a good thing...if you are prepared to run your business like a business. If you are not prepared, your business will run you in ways you may not like.