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Earlier in this thread I said, "The federal government can take certain actions that have certain effects, and will often do so for political reasons. But that affects the larger forces no more than putting up a dike affects the water. "You might be able to change the water's path for a...

True, but the cats don't like any of them.

Yesterday, Diane and I became some of "THOSE PEOPLE" when we got home under our carrier's Home Run program (see post). But we did not sell out or in any way drive freight prices down. The country has millions of shippers that have an item or two to ship and are unwilling to pay truckload rates...

While everything I wrote in post #4 in this thread remains true, we are home now and thought we would try our carrier's Home Run program to get here. It worked. Diane left it to me to find the freight and I did not work hard at it. The path of least resistance was GetLoaded.com. I opened an...

A dock or warehouse worker who wanted a pallet jack could take it and easily try to explain its disappearance by blaming a truck driver.

Snake Stories: 1. One summer in the New York mountains, where rattlesnakes are also found, I worked at a camp there. We caught one, killed it, skinned it and ate it. It tasted like chicken but had lots and lots of bones. 2. This one I heard from someone else but I like the story better. A guy...

Funny. When I was researching the industry and new in the business you were crowing about how I don't know what I am doing and how I won't succeed. Now, after we have succeeded by any measure you want to use, you are telling me how to succeed. Thanks for the laugh.

India and Frank Hamner So, Diane and I pull into Castaic, CA for a truck wash only to find it closed. Diane parks on the street. Back in the sleeper I am on the computer looking for another truck wash. I hear Diane open the passenger window and someone on the sidewalk with a cheery voice...

Yes, what you said. But FedEx Custom Critical requires inspections every six months.

Into the back of another truck that was sent to rescue our load because the truck we were driving broke down. It has not happened in our truck but did in fleet owner trucks.

You are right. I will take pride in the work I do regardless of the carrier I am with. Thus, I base my carrier choice on the factors that differentiate one carrier from another. Depending on what you are in the business to achieve, the factors to be considered will vary from person to person...

You understand this two weeks after being in the business (and actually before you entered). Bravo! There are people who have been in the business two years and 10 who have not figured it out.

You are looking for certainty in an uncertain arena. We all would like to know the "real" numbers, but the numbers we have are all we have. They vary greatly among expediters.

There are expediters that earn a good living (definitions of that vary with the person) and expeidters that do not. Diane and I are among those who do. See: Five Fantastic Years! For a snapshot into some of those who do not, see: Expediters Going Hungry, For Real. Looking forward, we plan...

There has been some good discussion in this thread about how recessions are actually defined. I was doing some back-reading of the Economist magazine today and came across this piece in which the writers discuss the subject. Excerpt: "To the average person, a large rise in unemployment...

Among PhD economists in academia, Wall Street experts, financial journalists and economists employed by large corporations and trade associations, some say we are in a recession and some say we are not. I agree with those who say we are in a recession. Who is right and who is wrong will become...

First note that weight limits for any kind of truck vary within states, depending on the road you are on. In my home state of Minnesota, for example, the road at the end of our driveway has an axle weight limit of nine tons (18,000 lbs per axle), but in the spring thaw, it is reduced to seven...

And even if he has a way of getting first hand information, why bash your former carrier? Doing so disrespects everyone who has selected that carrier and leaves one looking like an embittered, person with an ax to grind.

The real story is you can to to Panther HQ and FedEx HQ any week and see each other's trucks in each other's parking lots. People move back and forth, and forth and back, for a host of reasons; some as slight as being offended by a dispatcher on a given day; some as important as being given...

It appears to me that your research consists more of wishful thinking than actual research. The industry does not care how you feeel or what you understand. Carriers are not going to change their ways because you think they should see things the way you see them and put freight on your truck...