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That's Diane, a/k/a She Who Must be Obeyed.

It depends on the size of the disaster. The tornadoes this spring were terrible but tornado damage tends to be limited to small areas compared to a major hurricane. Damage from Katrina and Rita was widespread and numerous expediter trucks were called upon to provide disaster relief. Even if you...

Looks great. Good choice on the site developer too. If anyone knows how to set up a web site for expediters, On Time Media does.

That's great news, muttly. Thank you for sharing it. Diane and I missed the old weather channel. I'm glad to see Sirius/XM bringing the weather channel back in some form at least.

Bruno, I stopped reading and responding to Greg's posts many months if not years ago and my EO experience improved when I did. You might try doing the same. Try it as an experiment for a week or month to see how it works for you. When you ignore his posts they don't get old, they pleasantly...

I have not questioned your numbers or character.

Might it be more informative, more pursusavive and less combatative to simply have your numbers verified in a fashion that would be acceptable to most reasonable members? Maybe pick a trusted member of EO, give him or her your Extranet login and password (you can change it immediately after)...

This arrived in my e-mail box this morning via EO's The Wire newsletter. It is especially interesting that the bonus is paid not after a year or six months, but when orientation is completed. ------------------------------ Serve your country AND grow your business Every day, our fleet...

Thanks Bruno. About our truck, let me add that it was originally configured for FedEx Custom Critcial White Glove Services work in 2006 and used in that capacity for over five years. It, combined with our credentials and work ethic, was a money maker there the entire time (we left when we saw...

You can relax, sir. Diane and I have been generating good numbers for the better part of eight years, most of them with FedEx Custom Critical. I have written extensively about that experience and we have visited by phone and in person with countless prospective contractors about the FDCC...

Bruno, If I decided to become a carrier and contract with say ten owner-operators to get started, I would be required by law to ensure that those contractors met DOT standards. Now, if I also wanted to distinguish my company from many others by bringing only college-educated contractors on...

Compared to our former carrier, it is nowhere near the case that Landstar is walking a fine line between employee/contractor. The differences are profound. With all the restrictions and requirements that our previous carrier had, contractors continued to be contractors. If that can be so...

Diane and I have an ARI sleeper with bunk restraints. When not in use they tuck neatly away and out of sight.

Here's the link to that helpful thread. It is in the FedEx Custom Critical forum: Eobr - "off duty/driving" fmsca feedback Re-reading the thread, I see that my May 2, 2010 post was the last one made and the questions I raised were not answered. We now know that FedEx Custom Critical...

I am not well versed in Landstar's policies regarding driver health, but in general, yes, I believe it is true that in some cases Landstar will reject an application due to health issues, even if the driver holds a valid medical card (Medical Examiner Certificate) at the time. I believe this...

This is an encouraging trend. TA put in a few fitness rooms some months ago. They must have been well received. Truckstop Chains Upping Fitness Options

You disappoint me with that observation. Re-read the original post in this thread. Look at the verbs. Look at the adjectives. I chose them very carefully to provide a neutral report. When the facts justify it, I have been known to highlight the positive. But if you look at my posts and examine...

The only time I mentioned a load board in this thread is here. Nothing was said about an LEAM load board. When I said "the load board" I was talking about the same one as you.

First, congratulations to dabluzman1 for putting together some impressive YTD numbers. $2.27 per mile for all miles driven is great by any standard. That is what we saw in the six months before we left in June. In May, I made my first public complaints about the new FedEx Custom Critical, but...

We are not the only one. Open Forum member mdscott just brought a nice reefer truck over to Landstar from FedEx Custom Critical. I view that as good news, not bad. The more reefer trucks the agents have to work with, the more reefer-aware they will become and the more reefer freight they will...