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RE: FedEx Custom Critical Express Centers They never got made a me for towing a few trucks ;-}

RE: FedEx Custom Critical Express Centers For the benefit of the non-FedEx Custom Critical folks, and perhaps others, here's an explanation of the ExpressCenter (EC) situation, as I understand it. The former Roberts Express business model provided for a pickup within 90 minutes if the shipper...

Most of the expedite carriers follow some form of the former Roberts Express business model which provided for a pickup within 90 minutes if the shipper was located with 25 miles of an ExpressCenter. Delivery times were determined by programming trucks average speed at 45 miles per hour, plus a...

First thing you could do to make reading your post a lot easier is to remove the caps lock. Upper case is difficult to read. Smaller paragraphs also make you information more enjoyable to read, Only you can know if you are over reacting. Most of us n this business would be happy to have...

Effective Sunday, Oct 28, 15 ExpressCenters will be consolodated with the remaining ExpressCenters. Letters have been sent to those that don't subscribe to the weekly newletter. The following is a list of those Centers deleted BAY (Bay City, Mich.) BPK (Bedford Park, Ill.) DET (Detroit...

Sorry Red, I misread your post 3-4 times and couldn't decipher it until the others answered. I agree. We often get the same comments, particularly from the smaller companies that usually use their local P and D companies.

>Now I am not looking to cause any arguments or disagreements >but I was curious about something, in the course of the >average week how often do you folks have a customer comment >at your delivery,"I had no idea Fed Ex did this type of >work". Is it 1 in 10,1 in 3 or somewhere in between.I...

22 diesel vs 16 gas mpg for 500K miles at todays average and the fuel cost is just about a wash

The presence of animals in a surface expedite truck is often among the reasons that drivers are not invited to have their truck designated as a WG truck.

Here's an explanation for the BOL name change that we have observed many times, mostly on the losing end. The customer has several shipments to get out before the end of the day. They may call an expediter that will commit to a load for later pickup and then spend a portion of the rest of the...

I'm pleased that so many van drivers feel the same as me. This over weight problem is initially caused by each of us. When we put a van on with a carrier, we are required by most carriers to send in a scale ticket which we do before we outfit the van. After six months into our lease, we have...

David. That 2007 Sprinter 2500 extended has a possibility of 9.5 feet of cargo space plus a 5 foot deep sleeper area. The one I saw was very nicly done and scaled empty at 7000 + pounds. Plenty of room but only an available weight capacity of less than 1700 pounds.

Good answer OVM. Let me offer another possible scenario. You operate a cargo van with a lease agreement that specifies a van weight capacity of 2500lbs. You have a 3000lb load on and are operating beyond the terms of your lease agreement and your GVWR. If you are involved in an accident...

Ark: A DOT sleeper is 75" x 24 " so unless you run the sleeper for and aft, you can't easily get the length and still have the 8.5 feet of cargo space necessary, unless you take out the passenger seat and use that space. I have seen two 2007 full size Sprinters recently and neither of them...

Another recent thread in the "Truck Talk" Forum discusses the various cargo height/weight/dimensional capacities of the Sprinter. I started a new thread because I believe we have a situation slowly occurring over the past ten years, or so, that is detrimental to the bottom line of all expediter...

The final session in a series of Expedite Workshops concluded this past Thursday night in Charlotte, NC. Registration for the event topped the 118 mark and 60 aspiring and current expediters were in attendance for the four hour free event. The workshops were sponsored by Expeditersonline, and...

This thread was posted to discuss the observation of one person that Panther bashing due to lack of freight may have been inappropriate because many carriers' trucks are sitting idle. Following post topics have meandered from QC cost to vulgarisms to Sprinter costs and capacities; the thread is...

I'm a tad over 7000 when Rene' and all her belongings are aboard my 2006 chev 3500.

RE: Which of these carriers are the best one to wo [b[The following is an old answer I gave to a question similar to this one. The comments still apply[/b] Not a week goes by that someone asks, "what's the best carrier with which to lease?" A while back, Broompilot mentioned that there are 31...

His weight rating is 8550 and curb weight about 4800 depending on factory options. I'm wondering what he needs a pallet jack for. One other comment on the post I made above. The van I saw with the nice sleeper had a fixed wall which left 9-1/2 feet of cargo space. That meant that 3.5 feet of...