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RE: YOU HAVE TO QUIT EXPEDITING - WHAT WILL YOU DO Barbara and I have decided to quit expediting and retire. The truck is up for sale (see our ad in the EO classifieds) or it will be traded in for a tractor. I intend to continue driving on a regional and semi full-time basis. I love driving and...

Turtle, great review of GPS vs. laptop with GPS software. I too have tried both and found the dedicated GPS system is the best for safety and getting where you need to be. Also I found that the Garmin is the best for my purposes. I started out with the 2620 which died after 10 months (hardrive...

From someone who has been in the trucking industry for more than 10 years, if you want to ruin a pretty good industry, just unionize it! Are there problems in the expediting business? You bet! Are they solvable by smart, right thinking business people? You bet! We sure don't need union...

Looks like this is a commom problem for all truckers. We have the factory rubber floorcovering for the cab area and removable rubber mats for the driver and passenger seat floor. I installed an air blower that ties into the passenger seat air supply which allows you to easily blow any debris out...

It is very interesting to see the various interpretations and explanations of the events that have transpired at FECC regarding the FSC, deadhead calculations. What I think is evident here is that FedEx CC did and has done a very poor job of explaining why they did it and how it works. As...

Having learned to drive in the Rockies and driven more than 8 years throughout the Western Rockies and the coastal mountains I can assure you,do not back off the trailer brakes, for all the reasons given by other drivers. If you study how the air brake systems work you will see that the system...

Well said! So far our layover options have been at least 300 miles and as much as 450 miles. Yesterday we were in Houston and both options were Little Rock, over 350 miles away. We rejected those and stayed in Houston. There were 8 trucks there and within 3 hours we had a short run to Kilgore at...

Todd, Just do what she says, and then go to the Pilot in Troy. It's about 20 miles away (I think)but keeps your life a lot more simple, and there is usually plenty of hot water! Good Luck, George

I have come across several web sites and sources that I have found to be very useful and thought that they may be useful to other expediters. Last year my Bentz supplies Norcold refrigerator quit after I had been using it for 2 years and 3 months. Of course the manufacturer's warranty is for 2...

We bought a 2003 T-300 with a Cummins ISC engine new from J. Jones in Fort Wayne. We now have over 414,000 miles with few problems after enjoying the same fuel pump problems that other have mentioned here. The KW dealer in Charlotte couldn't find the problem and we finally took it to the Cummins...

Sorry guys, this is not a laughing matter, regardless of the load that was stolen. By the way, the rule for hauling Pfizer is that once you leave the dock, you cannot stop the truck for 300 miles, not 3 hours. Also, if you do not have an air cuff, you are supposed to buy one from Pfiser and you...

We have been with FedEx for 2.5 yrs running a D unit. Overall we love it and have consistently made money. We ignore the contest as we agree with most of the people here, that each load has to make sense (and cents!). Just a note to all those people excited about the contest. Last month we met...

We have noticed the same thing about low rates. If it isn't a discounted tariff customer the rates aren't too bad. Some have even been very good. But the tariff discount customers that we see, especially GE Medical are very low, and many of them refuse to pay fuel surcharges as well. Plus, many...

Re sleeper/box clearance: I have a KW T300 with a 96" Benz sleeper. Haven't really looked closely, but the clearance is about 3 inches. Just enough is needed for the sleeper to move on the airride bags. There is at least a 2' difference in height between the sleeper and the box. On a...