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1. I am not familiar with your new truck. Briefly, how is it spec'ed and why did you decide to buy a reefer-equipped truck? 2. If only a tiny handful of new reefer-equipped expediter trucks are being built, and even fewer older reefers are being upgraded, as seems to be the case based on...

No. I have not.

I thought it might be something like that. Expediters who haul TVAL and other high-value or high-security reefer freight don't have the luxury of operating that relaxed. The parameters are tight and there is no way a shipper would knowingly put its California inbound or outbound freight on a...

I'm not clear about what you are trying to create. Regulatory questions aside, can the concept be simply explained? What exactly do you wish to develop? Who would benefit and in what way?

Years ago, I joined one of the big-box, all-ammenities health clubs and that worked well then. Now I am learning about the smaller clubs that are less expensive, have more locations and tend to be located in strip malls. Those seem better because Chinese take-out food is never far away and if...

It has been a long, hot summer for many expediters and August has only begun. What costs and benefits has the heat brought to you? Equipment challenges? Shipments you got because of the heat? Shipments lost? Purchases made or not made? Activity changes from your normal summer routine? For Diane...

Here is a link to: TRU Advisory 08-09. It describes how older reefers (trailer and straight truck) must be disabled to move in California. As a practical matter, it leaves owners of older reefers few options. One option being taken by some is illustrated by paullud in post 19. The trucker...

What kind of reefer freight does he haul?

We're geeting good responses from FedEx contractors. What's the word about Panther and Express-1 reefers and California?

I know one FDCC contractor who has upgraded but no others. Obviously he thought it was worth it. He also resides in California. Are there others out there who have upgraded or replaced their old reefers, and if so, what was the thinking that made it worth doing?

Our reefer dealer is giving us ball park prices of $8,000 to upgrade and $18,000 to replace our reefer. Upgrading means replacing the engine only. All other components remain the same.

Expediter Services seems to be doing that with some success.

So as to not go deeply off topic in the locations thread, I'm starting a new thread here. A number of reefer trucks and trailers have reached or will soon reach the age where CARB rules prohibit their operation in California. It was mentioned in the locations thread that FedEx Custom Critical...

Did FedEx change its policy? I thought that if you were not Calfornia compliant you would not be TVAL flagged at all. In Tucson at the Tripple T.

I know you're in a van. What's your sense of what parking at these places might be for a straight truck?

You are a tougher man than me. Diane and I say that if we have no generator, we have no truck. If our generator crapped out totally, we'd go out of service immediately to drive to ARI in Indiana (our sleeper manufacturer) to get a new one put in. If it failed such that it could be fixed, we'd...

The exercise rooms and equipment that is showing up in certain truck stops are great but too few in number to be regularly used by expediters who drive all over the country all the time. Have any of you tried gym or health club memberships? What experiences have you or truckers you know had...

A carrier may be fully qualified and capable to haul HAZMAT but not every driver in the fleet may. There are a number of individual expediters who can be quite vocal about and proud of their decision to not haul HAZMAT, yet they may also run with a carrier that hauls the stuff. Other drivers in...

Before answering your HOS question, I must ask, where will you sleep when your co-driver is driving? With no sleeper and with customers who may wish to seal your truck, where will you sleep?

Urine samples and DNA testing confirms what you post.