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I'm guessing (educated guess) that there are hundreds of companies like you describe. I met a couple of them at this year's Expedite Expo.

ericmoss37, Regarding your reply #15, please see this 06-13-2008 article from Today's Trucking: Caterpillar exits on-highway engine business

Your question got Diane and me to thinking. The following is not a well-researched list. It is a list -- off the top of our heads -- of changes we have seen since 2003, when we entered the business. It lists changed items only, and not our opinion of them. Perhaps other forum members can add...

Five years ago this week, Diane and I, having never driven a truck before, left our white-collar professions and moved into a fleet owner's truck to begin our career as expediters. While there have been setbacks along the way — some quite serious — we have had more fun, made more money and made...

piper1, what are the specifics of SCR?

As I write this, we are about 90 minutes into an overnight run. Dispatch just told us to return to the shipper. One of the skids on our truck should not be on the truck and they want it back. This means more paid miles and more pay for the additional stop. It is a happy surprise. Another that...

I'm busy with other projects at the moment, Leo. How about if you save me the trouble and send me $100 instead? ;)

From Land Line magazine, August 11, 2008: "Trucking companies going out of business continued at a record pace in the second quarter, according to a report released by trucking analyst Donald Broughton. "In the second quarter of 2008, 970 trucking companies with five or more trucks went...

The 15% number I gave is for our CR-unit. Within FedEx Custom Critical, the number will vary, perhaps widely, among truck type (dry box or reefer) and driver credentials.

It is clear from the kind of questions you are asking that you have indeed been researching the forums and read over a year back. Good job! You are already demonstrating more industry knowledge than a number of people have before they jump in. :)

No, but we seem to meet more people who are wind-aware; like engineers at shippers who want to know what the Airtabs are and what they do, and pilots, and people whose hobby is sailing. They approach and ask about Airtabs. That did not happen before.

I invite readers to consider some of the ways drivers and carriers view each other. Us against them Them against us Us for them Them for us Us needing them Them needing us Us with them Them with us When you think of yourself and your carrier, how would you describe your relationship...

No. Be sure to follow the instructions. It is important to have a clean surface.

In 2007, 15% of our loads we hauled were HAZMAT.

Below is a fuel cost per mile chart. With it, you can calculate the difference fuel price and fuel-economy changes make. Say fuel costs $4.50 per gallon and your straight truck averages 9 miles per gallon. On the chart, find where the $4.50 row intersects with the 9 MPG column, and you will...

Understood, Sir. Thank you.

Just to be clear, I trained to be an 05H, Morse Intercept Operator but never did the job. Due to family circumstances, I was transfered closer to home instead of shipping out to Berlin where I would have gone. By the time the family situation cleared up, there was not enough time in my...

You are the most gracious of men. In the midst of negative developments on your personal life, you find it in you to invite others into groups and continue to post useful information. When reference was made to the ASA, it took me down memory lane. My 05H comment was a tip of the hat to...

Wow! Small world. O5H here, once upon a time.

This changes things in a big way. That amount of savings in fuel cost makes a real and significant difference in our cost per mile to run the truck. It means we can haul lower-paying (not cheap) freight at still-profitable levels. If these discounts hold, our load acceptance and run-count...