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Spending as many days and nights on the road as Diane and I do, and driving a straight truck, we've gotten pretty good at finding parking places that are not at truck stops (unplesant places to linger) or on freeway ramps (dangerous, and sometimes illegal). One of the best things we have going...

>Talked to friendly neighborhood Chevy dealer today. He >said, "Battery shot, gimme plastic". After a non tax >deductible expense, I am ready to roll. Thanks. :+ :+ If the battery is for your business vehicle, the expense of a new battery would be tax deductible, would it not?

rode2rouen, While it was no fun reading about your engine troubles, and certainly less fun to experience them as you did, I am very impressed with the fact that you had a rainy day fund to cover the repairs. Expediting is not just about trucks. It's about business skills too. Well done!

Allow me to wonder out loud if the price increases, especially those on heavy-duty trucks, will benefit owner/operators running '06 and earlier trucks. The used truck market is already tightening. As OTR companies - the ones that buy 4,000 trucks at a time - rotate their old units out, price...

Thanks for the after-show report, BBB. You educated me about an aspect of the show I did now know about. Uplifting. Fun to read.

Good news indeed! Now you stay healthy too, Terry. If you went down, I don't think EO could afford the bandwidth! ;)

Jeff Jensen's article about the new service has prompted a new thread about it. The thread is at: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/3819.html Perhaps the moderators can lock this thread and members can go to the more recent one to share their questions and comments.

I too am grateful to Jeff Jensen for interviewing FedEx officials about the new program. Jeff's article helps answer a lot of questions. Article Link: http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/fedex-custom-critical.html

>I need some help; >Need to convince someone that a truck driver (straight >truck) that will be doing local deliveries and expediting >needs a GPS unit If this is a truck you own, and a driver that runs for you, consider buying the unit yourself and retain ownership of it.

>I'm sure a lot of you remember that ridiculous story about >the FedEx truck being towed into the consignee's yard and >the driver having the truck unhitched and backing it into >the dock. Apparently the truck had run out of hours. I >never knew if that was a real story or someone with a...

Dieseldoctor, Thank you for sharing in this thread and for the links bringing your previous posts and photos back to mind. I LOVE your work!

The Thermo King UTS unit does not require a chassis. It is designed as an underbelly reefer. In most applications, it bolts directly onto the reefer body cross members and remains fixed there. It is designed to be serviced in place. Only major and uncommon repairs would require the reefer to be...

If we modify Uncle Booger's Bumper Dumper (see Terry's post above) to attach to a lift gate and add a seat belt and stirrups, White Glove team drivers could keep the truck rolling!

>A Team and others and others made some good comments about >what they expect from a fleet owner. >Now lets put the shoe on the other foot. > >What are you willing to give to the owner. What type of >numbers re availability, load acceptance,deadhead miles etc >will you guarantee to the...

You are welcome. :)

>Oh by the way I didn’t make it to the show but I heard >that no one asked my question; what changes are we to expect >from this program to our revenue? If this is true, well you >fill in the blanks - if not I would like to know what was >said. At the FedEx breakfast, information was...

Bandwith (the amount and speed of data transfer)is the core issue when it comes to offering Qualcomm features. The more data that is sent and received, the higher the cost to the carriers. Some carriers, though no expediters that I know of, provide limited personal e-mail services to their...

A fact to consider: California regulators are actively talking about regulating reefer emissions as they do trucks. In their view, it would be just fine to have two reefer fleets (all carriers combined) in the nation, one running in CA with "clean" reefers, and all the rest that would not be...

This is not the first time we've heard of Freightliner dealers that throw parts at the problem instead of diagnosing it first. Go to a dealer or non-Freightliner facility that has a good reputation.

With owner/operators and carriers, business is beteween two parties and the carrier is a business where several people can rise to assist you where assistance is needed. When a fleet owner is in the mix, it's usually a one or two man (or woman) show. If the fleet owner is unavailable for one...