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I thought I would pass on to owners of FL 70/80/112 trucks a cheap and effective method to protect yourself from someone trying to break into the truck while you are in the sleeper.This might work in other trucks but I am not familar with the cab layout. Last winter I was laying over in...

Rumors going around that Geo has left Fedex CC,any truth to that George??

Question for Weave or anyone else who has experienced a lot of Black Smoke pouring out when the engine is working hard, when climbing a 6% grade at about 7000-9000 feet.Last month I spent a lot of time out west and while climbing up I 17 near Flagstaff AZ a trucker behind me said I was really...

I heard on my local radio station today that Art Bell will be returning to all night radio effective Feb 5,2001. Now we can go back to UFO stories,alien abductions,near death experiences,etc.I always found Art to be very entertaining while driving on those all night trips.After a while the...

Well what has happened to our colleague Garry Addis. Gary I figured,based on what has happened over the last few days you would have had a lot to say.Are you disgusted with the Democrats litigating over any issue that they can find.I wonder why Al (lets count them again)Gore only wanted heavily...

Those of us with Fedex receive a tape cassette 4 times a year called the Contractors news.It!s usually quite condensending but thats another story.This last one had a announcement that Fedex CC has started a load board called www.URGENTFREIGHT.COM. If you look at it is similar to Lawerence!s...

Since most of our respective dispatchers belive we are stupid hayseeds that just crawled out from under the plow,you can wow them with a IQ Test.Log on to www.iqtest.com and see how you do,takes 13 minutes and is a lot of fun.

WendyCal and I are kicking around the idea of a chat room at a specific time for all of us in the expediting field to compare notes,cry on each others shoulders,etc.She suggested Sunday evenings. Most of us are at home or layed over somewhere on Sundays so just checking to see if there would be...

This may be old news to some of us but if you have a Cummins engine in your truck,Cummins has a discount program called Cummins Power Masters Club.. It costs about $20 a year and you get 10% off on all parts and labor done at a Cummins facility.It is primarily for the RV crowd but truckers can...

Wondering if any FL 70 owners have experienced the cab doors opening in excessive heat even though they were locked. The last 2 weeks we ran out in the Southwest where the temperatures were in the range of 110-120 degrees. Several times while cruising at about 65 MPH the doors would unlatch and...

It has been reported on some of the general trucking web sites that a driver was recently killed at the Petro in Stony Ridge (Toledo) Ohio. He apparently entered a shower at 0530 and when by 0930 he had not exited,the Petro employees went in and found him dead with numerous stab wounds in his...

Just got home from 12 days out west, Went to New Mexico,Arizona, California ,Wyoming and then to Raleigh NC. Nice running lots of $.Looks like diesel is coming down while gasoline is going up,Paid 1.23 in Cheyenne WY,$1.21 in TN etc.Gasoline in Omaha was $1.90 per gallon.. Article in this months...

Lawernce McCord who is the founder and originator of this site has felt that people who are interested in getting into the expediting business have not always received adequate and corect information in response to their questions.So in that light Lawerence has asked me and I have agreeded to...

Well it looks like Fedexcc (Roberts) is going to finally enforce the workers comp or occupational insurance clause in their lease.I don!t see how the fleets will be able to do this and keep their drivers on a contractor vs employee basis.Also teams will suffer by having to pay out more as the...