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Greg how long have you been gone from FCC and how many changes do you think the company has made since you left?

I am sure they have the dispatchers have their moments and I know screwup do happen such as double dispatch. There are checks and balances built into the computer system to keep favoritism out of dispatching. We have sat with dispatch on numerous occasions and I do not think they care or for...

Greg there are "favorites" but I do not believe they are dispatched as favorites and if they are the dispatcher is going to lose her or his job.

We have friends who have done this for a long time and have mastered learning how to sleep and get the job done safely. As a team this is something that we do not struggle with as we have our set times to drive. Can any of you solo guys give hints to new people on how to learn how to...

No favorites at FCC it is the FIFO system. A new person can get a load just as fast as someone who have been here ten years. The reason for many of the low load offers is due to excessive dead head.

I agree 100% Turtle, but I was going off of what he said and he was asking specific information about FedEx Custom Critical.

EO will keep you entertained and will keep you informed! Glad to see you posting and hope you will continue to in the future.

Talk to a recruiter and ask for names of other O/O that you can talk to. Ask to talk with a few drivers that are T/T and either Solo or Team like you will be running. Try to find someone as close to how you will do things as possible and more then one person. Ask the recruiter for the what...

Days at a time? How about months at a time? We stay out from 6 weeks to 2 1/2 months. We are a straight D truck non reefer. We are profitable as this is our only source of income and we do not plan on retiring soon. We work with Marc Hodges at FCC and he has always been good with us.

You are right we have to pay tax for every mile we run in a state. Buy the fuel is where it is cheapest after taxes. I ran some fuel prices and how they would affect us: Oregon does not collect a fuel tax and their price of fuel always looks awesome at the pump not so awesome to IFTA...

This is a topic that is debated in our family as two of us use facebook and texting often while the other two do not. I have found that it is can be hard to stay in the here and now while with friends. I have become accustomed to easily asking a question of a friend who is far away as I do a...

We are leased to FedEx Custom Critical. One thing that we notice is the divisions of FedEx do not work together we all go our separate ways and do our own thing. We use their terminals when directed to perform a transfer of freight and for us that does not happen often. When we are going to...

FM roads or farm to market roads is what we call them. Not sure if we made that up or it is fact!

This was a very interesting call with a lot of good information shared. The call lasted an hour, and the hour flow by. I know I will feel more comfortable responding to the hours of service proposal then I would have before the call. if you were not on the call listen to the recording it is...

Another place that we find this issue a lot is in Texas.

Information for everyone on how to submit our comments to the FMCSA Information below on how to get on conference call or to listen to what all was discussed Truckers for a Cause will host an educational conference call on “Do’s and Don’ts of submitting comments to FMCSA” Jan. 22 at noon...

What is your fuel mileage and speed if you get the RPM's down to 1250. Going to have to slow down some and see what happens at that speed. That truck appears to be spec'd to run 55 mph We have a CAT 300 6 speed auto 488 rears if we get to 60 mph we get b below 9 mpg

Jeff's articles is how we became interested in Expediting. When we were researching the industry we read everything and anything that Jeff had written. He had many articles about people in the industry, what worked for people what did not. Jeff was the first person to interview Bob and I and...

This site had a lot of online tests that have been very helpful to me. They not only have HazMat they have it all and many versions of the test. Crist CDL Training Center - Tractor Trailer / Truck Driver Training School

Once again at MATS there will be a reception followed by a group picture trying to break the record of the most women CDL holders in one place. Last year we were close to the record and this year we hope to blow the record out of the water! The reception is a blast with great refreshments. We...