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The press releases and the numbers therein on E-1's investor relations web site tell a different story.

At first glance, Express-1 stock (market symbol XPO) seems to be worth considering as a long term investment. The company is small but now happens to be run by a guy that has a vision to build it big and the experience and capital to make it happen. It seems to me that he is not investing so...

Are you talking about loads that pay really well? Our spreadsheet and run journal indicates they are becoming fewer and farther between. The change is the decline in such loads, which is not contractor friendly, unless you happen to be a flat-rate contractor willing to run under that contract.

It may bump prices up but it will only help contractors if the carriers see value in paying them well.

Offer comes in this morning. Reefer load with marginal pay. Run info indicates TVAL tape but it is for freight that does not normally require TVAL service. Call to dispatch reveals that a data logger tape is requested for this non-TVAL load but there is no extra pay to provide the tape. Message...

That's a meaningful exhibit. Last time I attended an Expo I saw a man standing about 50 feet away from one of the antique trucks. He stood quietly with his hands in his pockets for a long time without taking his eyes off the truck. "Brings back memories," he said as I greeted him. We forget...

I too am inclined to give Jacobs credit where credit is due. He has a proven track record of building large companies by identifying an attractive market segment and building through acquisition. He did not come up with $150 million to invest because he was lucky. He may not be immediately...

A friend of mine talked to people at Express-1 yesterday. They denied the report that management is being swept out. They were aware of the report but said it was not true. The most interesting thing I read in the news in various publications was, "The international freight forwarding market is...

You learn something new every day.

Thank you for your feedback but I am not sure I get your meaning. What are "googie changes?" Excel is my spreadsheet product of choice but not everyone owns it or wants to. For someone starting out, a free spreadsheet program may be better than Excel because without a free program there may be...

I've heard that one before. Mention a name thinking you will get a free drink and get instead a black eye from a jealous boyfriend and a child support claim from the woman at the end of the bar with three teeth. Playing it safe here. It's a widely known technique, I thought. Before parking for...

Lest an uninformed chain law debate ensue, here are two links to sites that link to the tire chain laws state by state. State Tire Chain Laws and Regulations http://www.tirechain.com/

How do I do that? It happened at Toby's in Hinkley, Minnesota. I did it by letting my mind drift to thinking about their famous warm caramel rolls when I should have been thinking about the truck. Pictured below are the roll and the result.

That (along with our second drive axle) explains why we do not slip and slide around in certain situations while you do, and why you feel the need for Onspots where we do not. Once again, it is all about trade offs. As anyone who has spec'ed a truck knows, a decision about one thing has...

Keep in mind that we have twin screws (two drive axles) on our truck 34,000 lbs. curb weight truck. That make make a difference and perhaps explain how we have avoided the ice and snow situations described above. Our Volvo has been great in ice and snow.

I see now that I misread and misunderstood your question. To amend my answer, it has happened many times that we have pulled into a truck stop off a clear interstate and found the truck stop lot to be not clear. But it has rarely happened that no plowing at all has happened at the truck stop...

In eight years of driving straight trucks, it has never happened that we did that. It happened once that we pulled into a chicken coop (scale) parking area that was ice covered, like a skating rink, but that did not impede our ability to drive in or out. We just went slow. Twice; once in a...

I can see many people using their smart phones and this interactive map to work their way through the Expo. Very cool! The link to the map should greet people when they walk in the door.

We are home now after being on the road 3.5 months. We came home because the freight brought us here on Friday before the Memorial Day weekend. Drivers licence renewal, dental work, and getting our truck body painted gaves reasons to stay. As soon as the truck comes out of the shop we'll roll...

Linda, I know it would only be a best guess given all the variables, but what would your best guess be for DEF consumption by an expediter straight truck over a month in which the truck drove say 12,000 miles? Approximately how many gallons would be used?