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Has anyone switched over to the new pay Fedex is offering at a percentage of what they charge the customer instead of the per loaded mile base pay? If you have, are you making more or less now?

I accumulated 14K miles Deadhead to the pick miles, and I use the standard mileage deduction. My vehicle qualifies for that. Some of the 14K is from home to the pick up and some from a last delivery stop. Are the Deadhead miles from home to the pick up deductable?

Any Nissan Van owners out there that have been running their Nissan cargo van for 3 years or more? Are they cost efficient as far as being reliable? Do their engines, transmission, and rear hold up. Any issues that stand out? I know they are shorter and that's nit an issue for me.

I've been running 2012 Ford E350, 5.4L gas engine that is supper reliable. 628K miles and the only rebuild I had to do was the trans. I need a higher backdoor and am wondering how reliable the Nissan's are. The Transits, Promaster, and Mercedes seem to be very costly in repairs and aren't built...

Repeal the "federal" Reserve Act. I've studied the details of where our money comes from, and 98-99 % of it private commercial banks create our money by creating an interest bearing loan. The Federal Reserve Act signed into law in 1913 took the power away from Congress creating our money supply...

Does anyone own a Ford Transit with milage over 500K-600K? I'm curious if these smaller engine can last as long as the 5.4L engines the Econolines had. I mean lasting without any major failures. The same question for the Transmission, and Rear and Driveshafts. Bottom line, are they as reliable...

After the last conference call, I didn't hear any questions about our pay rate, for flat raters, so I emailed Michael Abood. He emailed me an new incentive program that if you meet its numbers you get an addition $250. As of this writing I didn't go over it very carefully, but at a quick glance...

I've talked to owners of the following vans, and all have problems with relatively low mileage for expediting. 1. The Ford Transit: at 150,000 miles: Replaced the driveshaft, the rear, tires and brakes that don't last very long, and transmission problems. 2. The Dodge (Fiat): Headlights that...

Any B units out there running a Ford Transit Van? If so, do have enough miles on it to compare the reliability to the Ford E350's with the 5.4L engine, which are extremely reliable? If you have found it to be reliable, which engine are you running? (Gasoline engines only, I don't trust Ford...

How many miles do Ford alternators last? I have a 2012 Ford E350 that's been in service for about 3 1/2 years and have 207K miles on it. I only run th the Qualcomm and a Sirius radio, so I'm not giving it a heavy duty work out running a coffee makers or an inverter etc. Its the standard...

Ready to compete for your loads? I imagine the competition will be fierce, since usually there's more trucks available than loads, in most centers in the Midwest and south. I'm going to keep track and see how my revenue compares to the system we have now. Should be interesting. I keep hearing...

The freight trucking industry is growing profit margins at the fastest rate of all industries, according to financial information company Sageworks. Using an analysis of the financial statements of privately held companies, Sageworks ranked all industries by growth in net profit margin over the...

I'm looking for a make and model of a rooftop A/C unit for a cargo van, that can be powered by a Honda 2000 watt generator. Everything I've seen online so far are 11K BTU's than need 2500 watts minimum. Anyone running what I'm looking for?

Thursday April 9, 2015 1500. I just called my CC to ask her where I came up on the points for 2 B loads that were dispatched out of CIN today. I'm sitting with a less than 75. 1<75 B ahead of me, still. She checked and she, oh, your not show you have any dwell time. I said well this morning at...

I'm considering getting my own authority with the 1 ton van I own. I'm already leased to an expediter, but I would like access to expedited load boards to look for my own loads to bid on. If someone here is doing this already, or anyone with experience of having their own authority please advise...

Ever wonder how CC is making out with the new flat rates they are now paying us? My last 2 settlements were as follows: over 300% and 99% (CC's share) of what they paid me. Seems much better for them than the 62% or 58% for us of the billed revenue to the customer.

I recently talked to a driver who worked for a small carrier that was leased to Custom Critical. This small carrier and this driver were able to bid on load boards. The driver told me he could see Custom Critical loads on these boards and even when he was close by to the pick up, never got a...

If you ever want to track ANY Custom Critical run just go to Fedex.com and enter the run number for Fedex Freight. The Custom Critical tab for tracking is locked and you need a user name and password. Fedex Freight, you don't. Just enter the run number without the last number (1, 2 or 3) The...

Was just curious what type of freight is being hauled, and the size units that are getting this freight. The info I got from Fedex, it seems they are looking for any size unit. I'm a B unit.

I'm a B unit that has been sitting on a less than 75 for 3 days. When I checked in there was only 1 B unit ahead of me in TRE. I'm based in WIL, was sitting first in dwell. 0 units were in PHI. The past 2 days a few B loads were dispatched out of TRE and PHI, none in WIL. Today a load I lost...