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I laughed long and loud at Ragman's post. It need not take the thread off track.

Let's not go too far with this. I've been known to lead a cheer or two myself.

We once arrived at a shipper to find the load we were there to pick up had been double-booked and another truck had already been there and taken the freight. The couple-hundred miles and day of wait time we invested in the load went for naught. In cases like this, the solution is not for us to...

Lawrence, Dreamer, et al, Is there on EO a place for expediter poetry? If not, might there be? A trucker at rest is pleased today Six thousand miles, at good pay He'll roll again but not today He is at rest. That is his way. Into a store he peacefully goes, to be among books, rows and rows...

S I-95 (around east side of town) W US-50 Follow US-50 into town.

Isn't this just another way of saying that, all other things being equal, the load will go to the closest available truck?

I'd be interested in learning more about this. If dedicated routes are being offered through Custom Critical, would it not be a nice touch if the carrier notified existing contractors of the opportunity first? On the other hand, these may be dedicated routes offered through Truckload Brokerage...

I don't know about the trumping part, but one thing that consistently helps is being equipped, qualified and willing to haul the loads that are available to haul. Rule of thumb: The more kinds of freight you are able to haul, the more opportunities you will have. Example: We just completed a...

We are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, out of service until Monday morning to rest and re-set our log books. We used up all of our hours last week on runs from New Hampshire to Oakland, California, to Calgary, Alberta, to Dallas, Texas.

I'm not suggesting something is going on under the table or that supervisors are not involved. I am not suggesting that at all. I'm simply pointing out the commonly-known practice as one of the answers to the question "Why didn't I get that load?"

Others may disagree but I think it is fair to say that if you enter expediting as a team in a truck, you will have relationship thoughts, feelings and developments that you cannot foresee or plan for now. You can only plan to deal with it when it comes, whatever "it" may happen to be...

Whoo - Hoo!

The job has its moments!

There are married people who get along great being together 24/7 and living in a truck. There are other married people who would come close to killing each other if they lived like that. That does not mean that either marriage is happier. It's just the way it happens to be with a particular...

Chaining up at Donner Pass today, in the middle of April. Unbelievable!

With electronic on board recorders (EOBR) being placed in trucks and GPS capabilities, it is only a matter of time until safety advocates cry out for the devices to be used for law enforcement. Violate the speed limit for more than a few seconds and the device will report your violation and...

This is where it gets confusing. How can both be true? We had an incident not long ago where we accepted but did not get the load, but felt we should have. We called and asked why the other truck got the load. The answer was the other truck was closer. We had more dwell time and the load did...

1. Choosing a fleet owner of questionable ethics when all the signs were there that trouble would likely follow. 2. Choosing a sleeper manufacturer based on the manufacturer's experience and reputation when shopping around and doing better research would have produced better results. Our...

I would not be surprised to see a retention bonus in the near future, offered to drivers with good safety records. Carriers of all types are figuring out that CSA 2010 is for real, as is the driver shortage CSA 2010 is projected to produce.

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