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We submitted our termination notice to FDCC today, effective 7/9. We've been with the company for over 7.5 years, but have finally arrived at the point where we feel it is in our best interest to move on. Kathy in Contractor Relations did seem genuinely interested in why we were leaving, and...

I've been told several times by sources I consider valid that we will not lose our 1/2% when the logos come off. We're grandfathered in on our current contracts and will continue to receive the pay until we replace the trucks. Then the new scheme will apply: $1000 annual bonus for logos...

Just got to wondering if, as the rebranding process goes forward, the dispatch system will rate "brand standard" trucks higher than "non-brand standard" trucks. In other words, all things being equal, will the truck next to mine be dispatched in preference to me just because he has a white cab...

Well into my 8th year with the Fed, and I find myself wondering some of the same things. Still run into drivers who have been around a lot longer than me, but not as often as I used to. A common theme of conversations with them is about how much better it was in the "old days," and not...

Trucks which had been receiving the bonus percentage continued as "grandfathered." If I had replaced my truck, and therefore executed a new contract (new truck #, etc.) the new contract would have not included the pay. It also would not have required me to pay to put the decals on as I did...

This means that by the end of the year I must have my billboards removed and give up the additional pay I received for having them, and I can't get the bonus pay since my truck is not "brand standard." Why do I feel that I am being pushed out bit by bit?

Our liftgate is rated at 2500#. I was commenting just the other day that if I was starting over setting up a truck with what I know now, I'd specify at least 4000# capacity. Too often a quick glance at the pieces and weight makes it appear that my present LG would be overly stressed especially...

Got an "opportunity" message this afternoon for a run tomorrow from NC to CT. Price came in under my target for the number of miles, and since I don't particularly like running into the Northeast anyway I was disinclined to discount my services. I turned the load down, but gave them an...

As you have pointed out, the lack of good/great loads coming out of the west these days and the increased dwell time while waiting for even an acceptable load coming back east must be figured in to the overall discussion as well. I took a good load to Nogales, picked up an okay regional...

We've switched to a sliding rate scale based on the number of miles in an offer; the more miles the lower the rate I'll consider taking. I call it "bulk rate pricing." $1.59 for that distance would have met or exceeded my current rate for over 1500 miles, so (other than the CA issue) would...

Shortly after you wrote this I was offered a load from Shreveport to near Sacramento. Having read the earlier thread postings I elected to pass on the offer. It came back shortly after with a significant pay boost added, but I still turned it down. We've been back to work just 2 weeks after...

This thread creates serious concerns for me. I had been hearing from drivers that the delays in getting out of the west were getting worse, but here I see an explanation that is disturbing. After getting hung up in the Northwest last year, I've been very cautious about taking loads west since...

I think the problem is not that they don't pay interest (as required by contract) but that the interest rate is currently so low that it might as well be none.

Between the additional cost per week for the new QC and the new charge for the Ameriscan unit which I had to put in (thereby replacing the DataCold unit I already owned and paid for), I figure a 1% increase in my cost of doing business. Add in the recent climb in fuel prices and I feel totally...

Our billboard signs have crazed and cracked over the years, and we were talking about having them replaced when we were in the Green area sometime this year. Obviously that plan is on hold until A) Red decals are available and B) we find out if they are going to pay for the change-over. Unlike...

I saw this change coming 2 years ago or more when they made all of those "wonderful changes" to put us under the Freight umbrella; changes that were going to make us all so much more money. And if you don't mind, I'll read as much as I want to between the lines. Ask the Watkins, a.k.a...

Sorry, still not getting it. The tax is what the tax is, based on the number of miles you run in each state. If you avoid working or running in states with high fuel tax rates you can lower your cost, but it has nothing to do with your IFTA balance plus or minus. They either reach into your...

A question never to be raised with FMCSA is: How do we handle DDPS? If my co-driver has to take an hour break after driving 7 hours (off-duty or sleeper berth), who covers the "on-duty and awake" requirement of DDPS? I haven't even had 8 hours of sleeper time yet at that point to take advantage...

Ok, maybe I don't understand the way IFTA works the way I thought it did. Tell me where I've gotten it wrong. Tax is collected whenever you buy fuel, based on the rates applicable in the state/location where you buy it. In effect, that amount is credited to your account (whether in...

I heard a sad yet sort of funny story once about a whole bunch of drivers doing hurricane watch duty being ordered off of the Homestead AFB after one driver, not realizing he could be seen from the control tower, took a whizz on the tarmac where they were waiting. Shortly afterwards security...