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We had a similar situation with four 55 gal drums and the same result. As critical as we sometimes get about dispatch, let's also remember that there are many times when it is nothing less than wonderful to have dispatchers like ours backing us up. Good job handling this difficult customer...

I'd be inclined to agree about state-of-the-art if the dispatch system did not remain fundamentally grounded in core assumptions that date back to the telephone booth. These assumptions manifest themselves in present day features that undermine productivity instead of enhancing it. New equipment...

Eat some of the FedEx spinach and you'll be good to go!

We ordered custom-made straps that address your need from a vendor who was exhibiting at MATS (Louisville truck show) a few years ago. Sorry, I don't recall the name. New Haven Moving Equipment will custom build straps for you but there will be a wait as they are made in China. You are right...

For the historical perspective, EO talk about the BR units as they were first coming out can be read here, here and here.

It does tell me everything, and more. Thank you.

You are the man!

I appreciate your point of view but experience shows otherwise. I just today learned the name of a BR-unit owner and I happen to know him personally. That was a surprise because I knew him to be a straight truck fleet owner before. I have sat with him in the past and we together looked, live...

I had a truck-stop chat in Upstate New York with a BR-unit solo driver who told me the same thing. He was from a different part of the country (not Dallas) but was running in the Northeast because that was where the money was. That speaks well for the Northeast, but at what point, if any...

Without question, moving into a BR-unit would be a lifestyle change and we would not want to sacrifice the creature comforts we now enjoy now in our 132" sleeper. To make it not a sacrifice, the increased mobility of the van would have to be combined with frequent hotel and restaurant use. The...

Amen to that! Say it, brother! Not so much about the ignorance part but about the good a carrier can do. There is a lot to having your own authority that many good expediters have considered and chose instead to pay the carrier a percentage of the gross to do that work.

I sometimes look at the UShip site for its entertainment value. The variety of stuff people want to ship is fascinating. Considering it seriously as a freight source, I would be disinclined to do so because the shippers are unsophisticated. Many of them have little or no experience in shipping...

Bless you, bless you all!

I know it would be second-hand info, but when you say "one is doing good they say," do you know what they mean by "doing good?"

This is very interesting. We have teamjdw who moved from E-1 to FDCC and Special K who moved from FDCC to E-1, and both talking about the differences. Keep it up, both of you. It creates some very informative reading in the Open Forum. I appreciate you sharing your views and experiences.

Who told you this? What were the circumstances? When the freight delivers in our home express center (Minneapolis), we don't always go home. Sometimes we treat it like any other city and remain available for the next load. But because it is our home express center, the computer automatically...

After seven years in the business this month, and with changes made at our carrier (not all for the better), Diane and I have taken a couple days off to take a deep and careful look at what we are doing, why and how. We have considered everything from staying put to changing carriers to selling...

From their point of view, it is problematic only if they care how contractors feel. If it's about the next quarter's numbers, feelings don't count for much.

Diane and I do not think in terms of solo vs. team runs. To us, there is no such thing as a team run, or a solo run for that matter. Run offers are evaluated on their financial merits, period. That approach has led us to take many short runs at very good pay and also to turn down short runs...

It has been tried before. Diane and I once saw a truck numbed DS-xxxx. Not D-xxxx or DR-xxxx, but DS. We asked the driver what DS meant and were told it was a designation for a regional truck, in her case serving the Chicago area. We asked her how that was working out and she said there was no...