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Options is the key word here. When we were in our DR-unit we always wondered what we would do if FDCC pulled our lease for what ever reason. The Black Cat didn't have a reefer division when we first got into expediting, much less any other expedite companies at the time. Since then we've heard...

We started our careers in expediting four years ago this month. We had driven 18 wheelers for years but chose the go into a DR-unit when we switched from common carrier to expediting. It wasn't long before I swore I'd never drive an 18 again. The ease of maneuvering a DR-unit around and finding...

We recently bought a used 2007 Kenworth T-600 with an A.R.I. 132" sleeper. As with anything used we had a handful of items in the sleeper that needed fixing or replacing. That was the easy part. The hard part was getting our schedule to match theirs for these repairs. In Expediting its...

WOW!!! $455 to fill up? Thats already been the norm for us (and then some) to fuel our super sleeper! Oh, and that's when we are half full. I'd hate to see the bill if I let it get any lower! LOL Having 300 gallon fuel capacity doesn't help. Lord help us when diesel really gets expensive. Wanna...

Hurry up and make that carreer change like the rest of us. Your missing all of the fun out here!!!:D

As Nightcreacher stated, there is less competition when it come to tractor trailers verses staight trucks. My wife and I know this first hand having driven a Class 8 DR-unit ( straight truck w/ 22' reefer box)leased on to FDCC for 3.5 years. Since we both had prior experience driving 18s, we...

The married couple that four years ago one had a career job at home while the other was on the road full time driving an 18 wheeler. The time spent apart from each other was so unbearable so they decided to team together. They began their driving career in his company owned 18 wheeler, then...

It has been our experiance that many first time users of FDCC services think we are the same as Ground or Freight. Many also think that FDCC owns the trucks since the other divisions of the FedEx family do.

Shawna and I finaled out a T/T load in Rialto,CA this morning. Beginning at Victorville,CA the smoke was quite noticable and worsened as we traveled on down to our stops in Fontana and Rialto. From there we were pre-dispatched on a load picking up in Chula Vista,CA. We passed the emergency...

I'm curious as to what the model year the truck is and how many miles were on the engine when the oil analysis was done. When we sold our other truck I made sure the buyer saw all maintenance records and oil analysis results before they took delivery of the vehicle. Its quite upsetting to me...

Hey Moot, Love the idea of the disposable slip on booty things!!! On my way to buy a package now. Can't wait to hand a pair to the next person and say "USE EM" that says they're searching our sleeper. Afterall, we have shippers and receivers that make us wear the booty things plus hair nets...

Great responses thus far! As for asking a Customs Officer or law enforcement ie, police, sherriff or highway patrol, thats a no brainer! In this post I'm referring to rent a cops that more and more are being posted at the gates of secured facilities.

Although the following situation is something any of us is faced with when we go into a facility that does vehicle searches, I'm going to pose this question as a hypothetical situation: Its a rainy day and the ground is muddy at the shipper/receiver's vehicle inspection point. You are told to...

If you are considering a lease purchase through a private individual, whatever you do "BE CAREFULL!" Our first truck was purchased this way and ours is a success story. Yet friends of ours have tried the same route with other truck/fleet owners, only to loose or have the truck taken away.Plus...

Our ARI sleeper that is mounted on our Kenworth came complete with a TracVision L3 in motion satellite system. It is connected to a Direct TV tuner box. The sound system is a surround sound system. We find that the system works well with the exception of interstate cloverleafs and 90 degree...

For the husband and wife or male/female teams out here I would like to add this advice and suggestion: Regardless of whether it is day or night, if the female partner needs to use the restroom or leave the truck, the male should accompany her. That is unless she can walk a few feet from the...

We are really enjoying the Onan 7500 generator on our new KW. We are complimented almost daily on how quite and clean it runs. What I mean by clean is this, think of the person parked next to you with the exhaust from your genset spewing directly under their sleeper! The only improvement in the...

You call sitting in your favorite motel room this weekend and watching Nascar on the cable working? Party down dude!!! Happy birthday wishes from Shawna and me!:7 :D

Are there loads to FL? Every time we want to go home we can't buy a load to FL! LOL Seriously, if you except a load to FL you should factor in the deadhead miles back to Atlanta. Use that figure as your total pay per mile. If that amount is exceptable to your needs then take the load, if not...

Yea, it didn't upset me quite as much when I had smaller fuel tanks and cost us less to fillerup, only not be able to get a parking space afterwards! My strategy of late is to park first, drop the trailer and bobtail to the fuel island. Guess you could call that "reserving" a space! Bet you C...