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I'd say because on the regular VRU, we have access to secure information. We can get accounting information etc.. not that anyone could do much, but they could cause a headache, changing pin numbers, passwords, etc. Perhaps with going direct to dispatcher, there's less chance for someone to do...

If you call the VRU today, there is a new phone number given that we can program in our phones. If your status shows as 'En route" and your truck is moving, this will route you directly to a live agent, bypassing the VRU, thus satisfying the 'one button' calling requirement of the new cell phone...

Um... do you seriously believe this is the best way to communicate to dispatchers? I prefer a phone.. but hey, what do I know.

Back when I was on percentage, I was told if we got an offer like that, when we turn it down, put acceptable price in the comment section. That way they have something to work with. I always looked at it (when vans were on percentage) is the 'loaded miles' normal rate? If so, and it's the...

There was an upgrade planned about a couple weeks ago, there was a message in the Fleet bulletin.. I wasn't running that day.. so about 3 days later mine did it. "I think" if you're not running when they do an update, your QC is probably in a Que, and every now and then the system checks to see...

Yes, this has been discussed many times, here and at Green. We need to have a rule that if you are locked into a customer, or any other lock, you need to be notified, and have the option to get it removed. I ALWAYS check my status multiple times during the day, just to make sure something...

My biggest peeve right there! Dale

Gotcha.... hope the change is positive! Dale

Gotcha removed Lee.. good luck with the change! Dale

Absolutely. You are dispatched, it is a dry run. Believe me, as I noted in another post, Ive seen an increase in dry runs (had another today). Ask for it, press the point. As golftruck said, it is policy. Might not always have been, but it is now. Dale Posted with my Droid EO Forum App

Thats just Terry O'Connell, as in forum member TerryandRene, former mod, 20 yrs with Fedex, now saftey liason.... doin his thang. After some of the crap Ive seen that he finds... they need someone like him out there. Probly should intro himself first tho lol. Dale Posted with my Droid EO...

Anyone else (especially vans) getting a lot of dry runs for customer gave wrong dimensions? Getting ridiculous. 5 of my last 13 dispatches have turned into dry runs, 4 of those.. over size.. and I dont mean by a couple inches.... like almost a foot in width sometimes. Customer enters 48 wide...

Aileron. Good luck with wherever you end up! Tim, Sorry to see ya go, and sorry didnt get to see ya this week. Good luck with your new endeavors. Dale Posted with my Droid EO Forum App

Taken care of. Dale

Nope. I've had this discussion with them. What I was told is if you poll twice in the same city within an hour or so while on a run, it triggers an alarm. So heavy traffic, slowing you down going round a major city can easily trigger the alarm. And sometimes, its just a satellite line of...

Gee Racer, he didnt say he was leaving the forums or dropping his blog lol... Only change is who's name is on the box lol. Dale Posted with my Droid EO Forum App

Precisely.... and I'm in a van LOL... I think I get a lot more 'true emergency' loads than you guys. It's VERY common for me to be called out in the middle of the night to run a couple hundred miles and del before 8 am. There are several shippers around my home area who do this, and when I'm...

Van freight has been so hit and miss, I nap when I can so I can run LOL. Dale

Yep, I've been running some of them lately... midnite pickup, 3 am del's, etc... they've pretty much been true emergency loads tho. Dale

Whether or not it benefits Fedex or you, depends on the amount of deadhead... Dale Posted with my Droid EO Forum App