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  1. witchywoman07

    Scanners

    No drivers for Windows 8. I have neat receipts as well and this scanner is junk. If you are TVAL do you have a difficult time scanning temp tapes as we do? The scanner doesn't feed evenly. Live life in the fast lane....drive hard, love hard, laugh harder.
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    California Scales and prepass

    Yes, passed inspections help and failed hurt. One of our trucks was told by an Ohio inspector that our score has been hurt lately by drivers not minding the 30 minute rest break. My thought what idiot can't understand "you have 1 hour drive time, you have 30 minutes, you have 15 minutes" being...
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    Scanners

    I have been paperless for years using Neat receipts. Everything gets scanned into QuickBooks. So I was stoked to start scanning FDCC paperwork It was easier to use than Neat receipts. Love it. I save all run paperwork and TVAL tapes in the truck for 3 months then it goes home, just in case. The...
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    HELP - Need help with TV Coverage in truck

    We have Direct TV stationary in all our trucks. We tried the "In Motion" but with all the thumping and bumping of a tractor they don't last too long. King Dome and Winegard make "In motion" domes for RVs that can be mounted on trucks. We just bought a Winegard for our straight truck and it was...
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    Our New Straight Truck !

    Beautiful truck. Enjoy!
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    making the decision to go for it

    You're getting some good advice here. I would never recommend to any newbie jumping in and buying their own truck without experience so that leaves you to driving for someone else. Getting your class B narrows you down to expediting pretty much. If your personal overhead is low (no huge...
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    Is a Toilet too much to ask for?

    couldn't live without my porta potty. hubby fought it at first but finally caved in. have had one for 12 years now (not the same one, buy a new one yearly). now he can't live without one.
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    Is a Toilet too much to ask for?

    There is no silliness about this subject. Hubby and I have been doing this for 13 years and have had a porta potty for 12. After a near rape at a rest area on I 5 in California many years ago when I had to stop to pee at 2 a.m. while my husband was sleeping and we were under a hot load we...
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    NEWS Flash FEDEX CC Tractor Trailer spoted in Catcus Land Fill in Phoenix AZ

    took a load from DC to the dump 23 miles away. outdated books to be directly incinerated. paid nearly $70 per mile with DDPS on all miles. dump site was inside a building. poor puppies were miserable, i simply covered my face with a cloth doused with perfume. took 3 days to get the stench...
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    How Do You Get Home?

    We have been with FDCC since Sept. 2007. We originally were from Eugene OR. Those of you with FDCC know they don't have much freight in that region so we didn't get home much. As we just became empty nesters about the time we signed on with FDCC we opted to move to where we were in FDCC's...
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    PDA/Smartphone

    We have a Motorola Q too. Love it. Have pocket Quicken on it to track all the expenses during the week while we are running, then sync it during downtime. It has GPS and we downloaded google maps with gps (for free), with the nice big screen we get turn by turn directions with paying a monthly...
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    Favorite Meals in the Truck

    the new steamer bags are awesome . we like the Idahoan brand instant potatoes, garlic or cheddar cheese are good. just measure the water (i have a 4 cup just to measure water so I don't have to clean it) I add 1/2 as much water then make it up with milk to make it creamier. add the potatoe...
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    Looking for sleeper rear wall mounted wardrobe/closet

    we run a 2000 western star tractor and pull a 53 foot trailer. wish we had a straight truck because that is a great idea. I am sure someone with fedex on the forum knows this couple. they have been with FDCC for quite awhile.
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    Looking for sleeper rear wall mounted wardrobe/closet

    it was freightliner century class straight truck and the box was reduced from 24 feet to 23 feet to accommodate the closet. It was an after market add on.
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    Looking for sleeper rear wall mounted wardrobe/closet

    We met up with another expediter couple in Ontario CA a few months back. They had a wardrobe/closet that is physically mounted to the back wall of the sleeper and is opened from the inside. We would really like to have one and can't seem to find out who builds/sells/installs these. If anyone...
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    Expediting in the West? Any good?

    This was a question we were glad someone addressed. We live in Eugene, OR and were concerned about getting to/from home when the need to go visit the old homestead arises. We ran team east/west for years and the companies we ran for always had a hard time finding freight to get us to/from the...
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    How Do We Expedite? Let Us Count The Ways

    The middle age husband/wife formerly company team who bought their own truck, tried running their own authority (bad choice), darn near lost it all, went into expediting 3 weeks ago, got their first paycheck and said maybe their is hope for us yet. Just remember folks.....pinch those pennies...
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    Thank you FedEx!!!

    We are new kids here in the sandbox. Picked up Saturday 10/27 in Minnesota with 10/28 7 a.m. appt. in Memphis. Got here around 2:30 am. After my husband bumped the dock he checked the door and found the receiving hours posted M-F 6 am to 1 am and Sat 7 am to 1pm with no Sunday hours. We...
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