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Those jackets are ours to do with as we please. We bought them. They belong to us. No contract provisions to the contrary exist.

I try not to wonder about the psychological implications of what other people do because it is not a productive activity. I spend a great deal of time observing and thinking about other people's deeds (not thoughts or mindset) because by doing that I can learn what works and what does not work...

No one I have yet met at Landstar wears a uniform so what you say is true, "we are not uniform people here at landstar." Nevertheless, Diane and I are uniform people. We believe in them and what they do for us as we represent ourselves, the company and agents we serve. You have to wear...

How's it Going at Landstar? That is a question Diane and I have been asked many times since we made the move in late June from FedEx Custom Critical (FDCC) to Landstar Express America (LEAM). I rarely share our financial results in public but given the amount of interest, I am making an...

We have been all throught the company store web site, and even visited the company store at Jacksonville when we were there, and purchased some shirts that now function as our company uniform at pick ups and deliveries (Landstar has no official uniform but we like the professional look a uniform...

No. It simply made no sense to forfiet the space they took for no good reason. We had been running with Landstar for a month and had hardly seen a FedEx contractor in that time, let alone one parked nearby. We just got tired of toting the shirts around so into the trash they went.

Diane and I own our own truck and have never been associated with Expediter Services. We have talked with a number of ES drivers over the years and find it remarkable that almost none of them have anything bad to say about ES. There was an exception. The man complained that he could not get...

Regular readers know that Diane and I moved our truck lease from FedEx Custom Critical to Landstar Express America in late June. No longer needing them and not feeling it appropriate to wear them any more, our FedEx shirts went into the dumpster. We would have happily given them to the first...

Re: Fed x expedite going down ? I get your meaning, I think, but for new people reading the forum, let me add this. Expedite carriers are constantly balancing their fleet sizes and customer needs. Carriers want to have enough trucks available at all times to respond when customers call. If...

We flew Diane home and back to the truck several times to see her dentists while she was having braces work done. I don't remember getting any grief for it. A mostly off-topic story if I may: We were once on a cross-country load that took us close to the dentist office and Diane was due to...

When Diane got her braces done and we were seeing the dentists a lot, and they knew about our life on the road, they said to call them if we ever needed to see a dentist on the road and they would hook us up. We never did so but they seemed to have some sort of network for referrals. You might...

Re: Expedite Services leaving E-1 I think it would be difficult for any large fleet owner to put a large number of trucks on at Landstar Express America if the fleet owner's business model includes getting special deals. Landstar's dispatch system is decentralized. Over 100 LEAM agents...

Re: Expedite Services leaving E-1 That is interesting news. Thank you, DragonLadyTN for sharing it. Have you any comments to share as well? Lots of questions come to mind but I have no info beyond your report.

Of course I would jump in the van and throw it into reverse. This is the 21st Century. Save the tree!

I just checked and the blog is up. I'm behind a few days in blog entries but the page itself works.

A more recent (Feb, 2011) article about this is in Expedite NOW magazine, entitled "CSA Made Easy: You are a Sitting Duck". The link to the FMCSA SMS Results page is cited in the article but when I tried it a few minutes ago I got a server error. This link will also take you to the page. But...

The 600,000 mile number is an attention getter. In your five years of running super singles, have you actually achieved that? Regarding fuel economy claims, if anyone can quantify them, you can. There are no industry studies out there that talk about super singles and straight trucks that I...

On June 21, 2010, you wrote in this thread about a bubble that developed on your wide base single and the difficulties you had in replacing the tire. Was that not a problem? I know you praised the manufacturer for making things right, but the tire did fail, did it not? Super singles have a...

Not to put too fine of a point on this but let me add that our approach -- no alcohol in our truck or bodies ever when we are out on the road -- goes beyond being available or unavailable for dispatch. The truck is our home and the nation our back yard. Be it for dispatch or personal reasons, we...

Hendrix. Also known as a white arrow. Steering Wheel Holder (Wheel Holder): An expediter who is able to drive a truck but fails to grasp important business and safety concepts.