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THANK YOU VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVICE!

Chuckwagon, i strongly disagree, it IS all about me, and the same is true for many others who risk their own money and devote their energies to expediting.I did not enter expediting with a concern for my "brother expediter", rather a desire to compete against all competition and gain a degree of...

Perhaps someone who put a van on with UPS would care to comment on their experiences with that carrier so far? Probably many of us would be interested in that.

Leo, with all due respect towards your views on OOIDA, how do they help the owner of an expedite truck? Do they renegotiate a more favorable contract with your carrier? Do they make more frieght available on a daily or weekly basis? Do they cut your overhead with your carrier, or somehow...

what's to shut down ? they hardly run now.

This concept of "share the surcharge" will only work until the paying customers get tired of subsidizing the customers that don't pay a surcharge.What happens if a majority at contract time decide not to pay a surcharge? just a thought

I would be interested to hear from anyone operating an under 26000 # gvw C unit with hydralic brakes, as to the suitability of hydralic brakes for this application. Also any feedback as far as maintenence and repair intervals . Thank you for your responses in advance!

Michigan Mike, was a very unique and talented man.He will be missed. May I also extend sympathies to his family.

i am curious, what other suspension parts have you not messed with on your van with 325,000 miles on it?

first may i say that you are very smart to think of your lighting needs. you will find that a high percentage of your expedited driving will be at night. over the years i have had many sets of driving and fog lamps in addition to headlamp replacements. although autos have much better lights...

and the multitude say amen

this thread is too long already, but here goes. PROFESSIONAL drivers don't drink and drive! go find something else to do. the trucking and expediting industry will get along fine without you behind the wheel of a truck. just my opinion

> > > >Its a partnership, I have a truck, my carrier has the >freight, we both make $, I sit they have the responsibilty >of everything but the truck, if my wheels arent turning with >freight we both loose. > > broompilot simple answer, that's how it is. RIGHT-ON!!! just my opinion

recent threads about dispatch gripes and things that trouble people about expediting makes me wonder. where did some of these people work before they tried expediting? it must have been a wonderful and fulfilling life. i mean to be so upset and enraged about such things as a rude encounter on...

i always enjoyed your travel narratives and suspected you were a wannabee John Steinbeck. it never crossed my mind that you would write the "great American handbook".

a pushmower. if you can't get a load you can ALWAYS find a lawn to mow.

using a receiver hitch to hold a device to keep the bumper from being damaged will work. but keep in mind that a bumper is made to absorb some impact shock. the receiver hitch is connected directly to the frame without such dampening ability, so a "hit" to the hitch sends the shock directly to...

i think most here would agree that eo forum is a tool used by the professional expeditor, and that aspiring newcomers read these pages to HELP them make a business decision. what i do not understand is the constant drumbeat against positive posts,as it relates to people researching this...

we all gripe about the practices of expedite carriers when it adversely affects us on a particular run, or screws up our day or week. however, it should be kept in mind, by all of us that run for carriers, that we are privileged to service THEIR CUSTOMERS in a manner prescribed by the CARRIERS...

RE: monster miles this week with panther driving a sounds like a good week all right. could you elaborate as to how many of those loads were b loads and how many needed a sprinter to carry them? thanks in advance for your response