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Linda, again I was not trying to start anything negative about your (and for five years mine) carrier. As I have said many times and still do to people that ask, FECC is one of the many good Expedite Carriers out here. Obviously when we leased our tractor on the shoe no longer fit for us. Thats...

That is understandable, especially after hours. Most owners that go to the added expense of equiping their sleepers with a toilet, which is becoming more common, don't pee in the parking lot. Instead they pee in the toilet.LOL:rolleyes:

Not trying to start anything negative, just asking a question here: What is the reason for FECC not allowing the owner/driver of a truck being T-val certified or recertified at the corporate offices to stay in their fully contained sleeper overnite on the property? Instead one is required to...

We all know how the ever increasing emissions laws in Ca are going to affect the auto and trucking industries over the next several years. What I did'nt realize is how it was going to affect companies like FedEx, UPS, and anyone with a fleet of late model forklifts or even one. Yes, forklifts...

The A-320 Airbus is powered by two General Electric CFM-56 engines as pictured below. We haul many of these for our customers. Pictured is the complete engine without the cowling that covers the engine. The titanium fins in the fan typically can withstand a single bird (goose) strike. Most...

Hi Rita, Sorry it took me so long to find your message. Yes we were on I-75 in GA on the 6th. We were on our way to Macon,GA from Phoenix,AZ with a thrust reverser for a jet engine that was in the crate you saw. After we delivered we went back to the Flying J to hang out for a spell. As...

I think thats great that the two of you will be attending Tim's funeral. I'm sure that the family will appreciate that very much. Unfortunately when we told our carrier that we would go back in service 12/21/08 we made a commitment to them and our customers to run until after the first of the...

For those wishing to send flowers to the family of Tim Hopkins, the family has requested in lieu of flowers that donations may be made to the : Timothy J. Hopkins Sr. Childrens Education Memorial Fund c/o National City Bank P.O. Box 218 Pickerington,OH...

In my earlier post on this thread I failed to mention that Tim had at an average of 4-5 D & DR units leased on with FECC.

The friend and fleet owner in my previous post was Tim Hopkins, Pat Hopkins brother. Anyone interested in reading Tim's obituary may do so in the Saturday 12/27/08 edition (online or hard copy) of the Columbus Dispatch newspaper.

Our commercial vehicle driving records (over 30 yrs combined accident/ticket free) are a testimony to safety and safety issues when it comes to can a CDL driver be trusted to drive safely without a speed limiter forcefully being placed on their (my) truck. No speed limiter here!!!

I think it would tend to clog up the injectors! LOL How much per pound are they paying for unrefined fat?

We got to our pickup in Chicago only to be met with a storage fee on the engine that had to be paid before it could be released. Nobody had been made aware of this when the load was set up! So of course we were not prepared to have the hundreds of dollars in CASH needed with us. After much...

Our carrier has a neat way of handling Canadian loads since was are to long of a tractor wheelbase for Canadian laws. They rent a tractor at the boarder and we pull our trailer with it or they hire a service to hook our trailer and one of us rides along for the trip in and out of Canada. That...

Shawna and I really like your United States Air Force Proud Mom in your albums! We (she) has a license plate holder on the front of our truck that says USAF Proud to be an Air Force Mom. Its a great feeling when people compliment that. We military parents have something to be proud of, our son...

Just as we settled in at home for the holidays this past weekend with family, little did we know what was to come our way or how quickly our personal plans would change! Our phone wrang Sunday afternoon and it was dispatch on the other end. With so many trucks in the fleet like ourselves out...

This morning we received a phone call informing us that a friend and small fleet owner had passed away unexpectedly overnight. He was one of the most honest fleet owners we have met. we knew him through our own personal business dealings with one of his family members in the past. This family...

I would sue the school board for at minimum the medical bills for your child if they are'nt already paying. Also go after the bus driver(s) and bus service for negligence. the only transporting of your child should have been by you the parents or an ambulance once the child was injured in my...

As drivers of commercial vehicles we are all targets for being blamed for damage to vehicles and property that we did not cause. Many attempts are made for you the owner of the CV or your insurance company to pay for the alledged damaged. Some states such as NJ are "at fault" states meaning that...

Our 2008 proved to be a very interesting one for us. The first five months of the year was a continuation of what would become the end of our association with our prior carrier. The beginning of June was the start of a new carreer with our current carrier. Based on that our 2008 went as...