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That is a good approach, but how do you make it work if you are operating under the new point system FCC imposed? Trucks that say yes to loads (profitable or unprofitable) get points that elevate them in the que of trucks for the next load. Trucks that decline loads get no points. This means...

People said the same thing when Diane and I entered the industry without experience. They predicted our failure because we did not know what experienced truckers knew. But look at us today. We are rather successful, thank you. People said the same thing when I founded a new political party in...

Well, let's give it a try. Check out this thread.

Yet another trucker strike failed today. This one in particular is no surprise since the organizer's agenda was fragmented and, according to many, just plain nuts. What would it take to organize a group of truckers, not to strick per se, but at least to rally around a common agenda to promote...

I hate to think it but am beginning to wonder if SlushBuster is a failing product. Trying to order a set today, I was unable to find them on the J.C. Whitney site where I have ordered them before. Going next to the INRSLTD.COM site, I noticed that they are priced at a five dollar discount from...

Based on the trucker strike impact reported in the news today, people of the Washington D.C. area may root for a trucker strike every day of the week. Traffic seemed to move smoother today than it has almost every time Diane and I drive through that town.

Find ways to cut expenses is always good advice. But as you say, Cheri, there is a point below which we cannot go. While you can always cut expenses by skipping meals, buying used trucks instead of new, running your tires to the lowest possible wear point and moving into smaller sleepers, we're...

Daffyduck528's comment about straight trucks being limited to 40 feet is important. Though, I know that exceptions have been made for devices that save fuel and make the truck longer. Bob, a photo of Diane's and my truck is below. It is exactly 40' long as it sits. How might you streamline a...

Here's a link to the Airflow Truck Company page.

The more that can be done to reduce the deer population, the better. While some people see them as wild game, I see them as pests and hazards. Deer strikes produce millions of dollars of damage per year to cars and trucks, and some injuries to people. Let hunters have their way with them. The...

Once upon a time, there was Roberts and almost no one else. FedEx picked up Roberts and there was then FedEx Custom Critical and maybe a few others (including Express America which was later picked up by Landstar to become Landstar Express America). Time marched on and many entered the...

You are not on ignore. Your message was received. I did not respond because you simply made a comment. No question was asked or request made that prompted a response.

Thinking about this a little more, it might be better to say not that FCC was clever in coming up with this new strategy, but that it's brilliant. To encourage contractors to take money-losing loads, FCC does not have to pay a dime. They just offer points. And when the points are redeemed...

However this plays out on the ground, you have to acknowledge that the new approach is very clever on FCC's part. It is not forced dispatch because contractors remain free to decline loads, yet it rewards with points the contractors who are willing to run at a loss to cover the carrier's...

That part I know. It has been the case for a long time. But it serves the company to maintain the fiction. It would surprise me if the FCC driver's council was outright eliminated. So are you saying that it has been eliminated or are you saying that is is so ineffective that it matters little to...

Really? Is that true?

We're working from memory and may be wrong. But as we think back to the Contractor Helper book that FCC gave us years ago, and to the section that explained the criteria the computer used to select trucks, Diane and I do not recall seeing anything about service failures being figured into the...

When two or more trucks are eligible for a load, is there anything in the FCC truck selection criteria that gives points for 0 CSA score, driver and truck qualifications and your professionalism? Example: You and one other truck are parked at the same truck stop and a good load offer comes in...

It is not hogwash at all, and telling the whole story would require a book. The Landstar system is significantly different from a centralized dispatch system and it is not easily explained because a host of carrier, agent and driver variables come into play. The agency you refer to is one that...

Landstar has large sales force of agents that call directly on customers and directly contact trucks to book loads. It is probably the case that some if not many many of these agents have contracts with customers of the kind you describe. But it is also the case that if an agent cannot cover a...