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This thread prompts me to share some industry reform ideas I've had in mind for a few months now. Please see the new thread entitled "An Idea To Benefit Drivers AND Fleet Owners"

BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!! Thank you so much for sharing as you have. If we ever meet on the road someday, or if I could drop by your home, I'd pay you a consulting fee to look my truck over bumper to bumper, inside and out, and share your ideas as they come to mind. I'm serious. My wife and I are...

Reading the resignation letter, it strikes me that at any carrier, the driver is always the last one in on the deal. A shipper calls, a salesperson (or dispatcher or agent) makes the sale, the price is agreed on, the load is entered into the system. Then the carrier goes looking for a driver to...

Smart question, about group rates on insurance. If you are a member of a business, professional, fraternal or other such organization, you may be able to find group rates on insurance there. OOIDA is a large trucking organization. Credit unions also offer group rates. For health insurance...

Our (wife and me) experiences and feelings on the road improved when we started turning the CB off as a matter of course. We only turn it on now if we're in a traffic backup and want to find out what is going on. Even there, the disrespectful drivers are eager to condemn anyone within ear shot...

Good question to ask, but I think it has more to do with the people than the kind of truck. My wife and I drive a straight truck. We look at van driver teams and wonder how on earth they do it. I also know of at least one van driver team that wouldn't dream of driving a straight truck. As far as...

>It seems it would need to be around the $1k mark each month >to make it worth the time and effort, plus taking the risk >with their investments in these trucks. When I look at the revenue my wife and I produce for our fleet owner (his 40% portion of the gross) and compare it to the total...

>I don't really pay much attention to the news like I >should.So we drove to Reno to try for one of the many Phizer >loads e get out of the Reno express center. After 2 days I >actually noticed the newspapers here. It appears there is a >quite large fire near Carson City. It's already...

Air Brakes endorsement is also required if you will be driving a truck with air brakes.

Amen to that! One day at a rest area a solo expediter driving for the same carrier as us pulled alongside to say hi. Shortly into the visit, he said he'd gotten ahold of some bad freight. He opened the door to show us a pile of rubble that used to be lamps packaged on skids. He said the freight...

As expediters we're in a position to appreciate the aspects of our great nation better than many. We see how the public policy our elected officials establish affects the economy and job market. We see the country coast-to-coast and in great detail. We get to learn and re-learn the history of...

The fact remains you are still creating a false document to trick yourself onto someone elses private property that does not want you to park your truck there. Why go where you are not welcome? There are other places to park and use the bathrooms. It may involve extra driving, but private...

A pair of cheap flip flops for use in showers is a must-have item. Showers are usually clean and sanitized but we enjoy the added protection against foot-borne germs.

Parking a straight truck is always a crap shoot. We've been run out of an RV parking area of a truck stop by the truck stop manager. He said they don't want trucks there because we'd attract other trucks after their truck lot fills up. He told us to park with the big trucks instead. The first...

Buz, Have your skpetic father-in-law visit this site so he can see expediters himself. Also contact FedEx Custom Critical recruiting department and ask them to mail you the flyer that states the average earnings for their various size units. Show that to him.

We're DR (D-unit with reefer) drivers now, planning to go to a CR unit for the larger sleeper. Our load analysis says we'll give up few loads because of the smaller size truck. We will give up some income in that a D truck sometimes gets paid more money to move a C load than a C truck does. It's...

Evil, the forklift driver! I love it! We keep a padlock on our rollup door for the same reason. I once saw a female forklift driver at a refrigerator warehouse using the final refrigerator as a battering ram to pack the truck just a bit tighter and make room for the final refrigerator that would...

>Before I ever pull away from the dock with a load the >shipper dictates that it be secured in a unsafe manner,I >would have a dialog with my dispatcher.the load would be >secured to our satisfaction,or it would be left on the dock. We feel the same way but I'm reluctant to criticize other...

Our greatest load securement challenge so far came to us just two weeks into our expediting career. Not only had we never driven a truck before, we were new to New York City too. We accepted a load offer: $214 to move 47 items from Brooklyn to Manhatten. We'd pick up early evening and deliver...

blucolr, I'd love to hear what motivates you to consider a switch from FedEx Ground to CC. We see those big white Ground trucks rolling by all the time. What kind of deal do Ground drivers get? What kind of work do they do? What makes, at least in your case, expediting worthy of a Ground...