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Hello fellow expediters, This question pertains really to the solo o/o but if you're a team and you once ran solo then by all means please offer your input. When you're dispatched on a long load (def as let's say from a trip I ran last June from Elgin, IL to Atkins, VA) when do you stop...

While traveling what do you folks listen to, is it the radio? and if so is it satellite or regular radio. Or do you listen to the CB?

Just curious to know how do most of you fellow expediters pay for your expenses? Do you charge on a credit card? or Do you pay with cash?

The wife has been off since Fri 12/19/08, she took a "snow day" off from work. So she and I have been doing some small local runs around the Chicago area all this week. We decided to stop taking any loads up til the 24th so we can spend Christmas Day with her family and spend "Christmas" with...

Lamberts is awesome.........Been to the location in Sikeston, MO. Better bring an appetite cause you're gonna need it the portions are huge! And it's fun to catch the "throwed rolls" too!

Well then I better get to typing away here!!!!! but then when will I find time to drive if I'm on-line all the time! LOL.

Living in the suburbs of Chicago, I usually take a run and turn around and deadhead home. Not really by my choice though; 1. The carriers I work for primarily specialize in one way freight and do not dabble in loadboard stuff! 2. The wife is happy with me knowing I'll be home ASAP.....she...

While driving around the Chicago area, I have seen a company called Fore-Tec Medical. They run ford vans with raised roof and doors. You might want to contact them and find out where they get their van modifications done at!

I should have clarified earlier, generally I do turn off and on my headlights at night and daytime as well as but will also sometimes flash the brights real quick no offense to anyone out on the road, But I will flash my brights on an oncoming vehicle with their bright lights on......It's a...

I agree with MC Buggy. Most shippers with call with the order request give the measurements and weight and don't really care how or with what type of vehicle it's moved in! Now I'm sure there are some shippers who are anal about a specific type of vehicle and the carrier makes every effort to...

I'm not really sure why I'm posting this but I guess I need to talk about it with my fellow drivers out here to get the point across........We need to take care of each other out on the road, whether you drive a cargo van or a big truck. We're all doing the same job of delivering freight...

Ok my appologies...I was mistaken....I happened to have the motel receipt in front of me at my desk and logged onto CLC website to view my account and did see the $4.95 difference tacked on my bill! But hey it's still alot cheaper than not having the discount to begin with......and being able...

I have never been charged the $4.95 fee for using the card at all unless I went through the CLC people to find me a room. The only time I went through them was on a weekend vacation to Wisconsin when the original place refused me because of my pet and they were a "pet friendly motel"! I just...

I have never had a problem using my CLC card. When I joined I never had to pay any one time fee either. Just had to provide them a valid credit card as to where to bill the room. I've had disputes as to room rates...Trying to jack them up on weekends...and CLC says just stay there and the...

If there are no candidates to vote for...Then write yourself in for President. That is what I do!

Shawn, My Father and I operate a small two Cargo Van Expedite Operation based outside of Chicago,IL. He has a '98 Ford E-150 and I have a '97 Dodge B2500. The ford has 257,000 miles, and the shimmying you refer to could be a bearing problem. I know becasue last week on a trip to...

I have a question and I hope someone can provide me with the correct answer? As a owner-operator in expediting, Am I required to carry occupational accidental insurance or workmens compensation insurance, as an independant owner-operator.

Thank you fellow expeditors for the positive feedback on my last post. I have a question. I used to drive for a guy, who told me he found alot of his expedited freight on some "Alliance Loadboard". I tried researching this on Google, but came up with nothing. Does anybody else in the...

This is an educational warning for anybody trying to sell your cargo van already with an expediting company. And for buyers looking to get into expediting by purchasing one from an existing owner operator with a current lease. I have talked to two different sellers of cargo vans: Seller #1...

I reside in the western suburbs of Chicago. I have been expediting off and on since I was in college. When not expediting, I was in law enforcement. Is there any expediting company, who is recruiting for an cargo van owner/operator in the Chicago area. I may be willing to upgrade to a Sprinter...