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if where your buying fuel is useing winter fuel,and the wind has been abnormal,these two factors will greatly drop your fuel mileage,try slowing down,see if that helps,i got my mileage back slowing down,of course if I were able to get 10 mpg,I'd be rich

all companies have different ways of calculating mileages,its a rare case when i drive farther than im getting paid,but i dont always take the routing at fed ex cc if the mileage were to be 20 miles off,that could cause you to be late

Expedite always has happy and unhappy owners and drivers I,m unhappy right now myself,I,m only averaging $5k per week instead of 7 but that will get better. I have my words with dispatch and anyone else that will listen,but I'm not leaving,and as far as the difference in fuel surcharge,I'm...

RE: Which company actually cares about good driver I'll try and keep this short as was already stated,if your in a 24/7/365 and dispatch closes on week end,dont wait, get out fast. many things can happen you might need dispatch for,and if they arent around,good luck.

chuck most of the loads on the load boards are already given out before you even see them,its a common to get you to call,then your offered freight they cant get rid of if you plan on doing back haul loads,i suggest you find a broker that you trust,and work with them another problem with broker...

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs from what ive read,the canadians voted against the black boxes,as they felt would cause many traffic jams,1 truck trying to pass another,doing 1 mph faster than the one he was passing

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs chuck almost all comercial trucks since in the late 90's already have the equal to the black box,it's in the electronics of your engine,5 mins at your dealership and your stuck at what ever speed the government wants

your best bet is to get into a truck with the owner,to learn this business the best way,when i had multiple trucks,i paid each driver 20%, without the fsc,i gave 20% plus fsc to lead driver,his responsibility to buy fuel if the truck did the 6 mpg it was very capabile of doing,that 20% was more...

ive done the 3 weeks out 1 week home,for a long time,but since i changed to 10 days out,3 days home,the monthly income,stayed about the same,and i get 4 checks instead of 3. in the later months,nov and dec,because of holidays,i may stay out from thanksgiving til christmas,but im off from the...

i stopped useing that well known oil additive,my sodium and pottasium went back to normal

RE: 16' box truck, door opening/deck height? comfo just find someone with the know how,logging is actually very easy,just takes a little common sence,you can pick it up from them very easy and as im not a straight truck,i agree with terry,your best bet would be a 16'dock high truck with a...

as long as the fleet isnt owned by the company saying 100% owner opp you can lease your fleet to a company,its not their trucks

many here remember when fecc had their fleet size to 2000 trucks,and people were loosing their homes its not the size of the fleet that is important,its the quality of drivers in the fleet if a company can satisfy their customers with less trucks,then evrey one is busy fed x cc may not be the...

after driving truck for several years,i decided i wanted be owner opp i borrowed enough money on my then 1976 trans am,for a down payment on my 1st truck it didn't take long to have both the truck and car reposessed,and at the time I was leased to a good union trucking company what answers you...

lets see,i started driving in 1977,pulling a 42 foot trailer,then 45,in 1978 went to a 48 foot,and now a 53 weight limits were 73280 gross,and are now 80000 and oh yes,the norm was $1.00/mile,and almost 30 years later,most truckers are still talking the same $1.00 per mile we are hauling more...

I hate all the above,and last night we had the security lead us to delivery loaction in the mines of north kansas city,might be ok for D unit,not much fun in a 72' rig

I'm home from dec 23rd til jan 3rd,and have had many high paying loads offered at that time,even though I was out of service

I also say great post terry

Since the feds took the radar detectors out of our trucks,my tires have lasted longer,my brakes longer,and I have less tickets,I'm not saying I drive much slower. That detector may be permitted in Michigan,I wouldn't suggest going in scale with it on your dash,you may be in for a shock. and...

I'm not sure how your having trouble with kennedy,but ive done many loads in and out of there,unless I had time on my hands and went out of way for one thing or another,in all my years at fed ex cc ive never had any load,especially out of KSC that was 50 miles off,and if it were,it is no problem...