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>Don't wait for perfect conditions. If you want to do it, >just do it. There is plenty of opportunity out here. Ditto! In good times and bad, there are always expediters succeeding and failing in the business. It's not about timing. It's about accurately guaging the conditions of the day...

We've made five deliveries into the Katrina area in a D-unit. One run was computers and office equipment for an insurance company. Another four-stop run took us through the entire distance of the affected area. That was equipment for industrial sites throughout the area. Fuel has not been a...

Diane and I have made five deliveries now into the Katrina area and have visited with some of the victims and seen some of the shelters as we drove by them. When involved at that level, it does not come easy to say what these people should or should not have done regarding evacuation before the...

Like Chrys >said on another post- it wouldn't be so bad there if relief >started pouring in. From trucks to Coast Guard boats if >necessary. I'm ready to go right now from Richmond So are my wife and me. We've been in and out of the area once on a run, as have some of our FedEx CC friends...

Having years ago served as an Infantry officer in a National Guard light infantry battalion, and having been mobilized three times for duty (one lost child search, two civil disturbances - one of which kept us on duty for a few weeks), it pains me to see bureaucrats and politicians fumbling...

Gibster, I think we saw you going out as we went in. Lawrence, We bought fuel this morning in West Memphis, AK and Jackson, MS. Topped off both places because we knew power failures would have truck stops in Louisiana shut down. No lines for diesel. Saw several lines of cars waiting for gas...

>or perhaps the ultimate factory expediter. I'm looking at >about Oct. 22 delivery of a KW W900 that will be set up as a >D unit. There are 10 pages of specs but the highlights are >86" studio sofa sleeper, Cummins ISX 450 smart torque >engine, Eaton 18spd double overdrive transmission, 3.25...

Two years ago today, Diane and I hauled our first-ever load as expediters. We walked away from our white-collar professions and entered the industry with no prior trucking experience. Our goals at the time were to increase our income, simplify our lives, spend more time together, share in a...