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    New Pay Rate FedexCC is offering

    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?
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    WILL WE GET A PAY RAISE?

    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...
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    Anyone Running A Ford Transit Van?

    I now jave talked to 3 owners of Transits. All bad news. 1. 2013 150k failed driveshaft and rear. Brakes and tires dont last long. 2. This owner had the engine fail-at 4k. 2017. 3. 2015 90k miles. Engine problems and now has to replace driveshaft every 30k.
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    Anyone Running A Ford Transit Van?

    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...
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    Load Board, competition will be fierce

    I did accept a C load as a B unit but I wasn't awarded it and the reason was dock high unit needed. The dimensions of the freight and the weight fit in my van, but I guess the shipper and or receiver didn't have a ground level ramp.
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    Load Board, competition will be fierce

    I have to say after using the load board since it started I prefer it much better than before it started. I've had no trouble getting loads that I want. I find there's plenty for me to choose from while I'm home on the east coast, I haven't tried it in any other region yet, but for the loads I'm...
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    Load Board, competition will be fierce

    They may even be laying off some dispatchers at some point because eventually their goal is to have all their loads to be on the load board. That won't happen for awhile from what I heard. That what stated by Rick Franks of Contractor Sourcing. i just hope I can keep my income even for what I...
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    Load Board, competition will be fierce

    That's what I mean by the brutal part. You can set up a preference but you will have to pull over and stop, which takes time. In the mean time, somebody parked on a layover can beat you to it. The trial period only had about 7 trucks using this system, with not much competition. Then it will...
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    Load Board, competition will be fierce

    I think all trucks can look at surface expedite loads if you preference SE loads. You can call your CC to find out for sure. It might depend on dispatch, if they know they need a WG truck for the loads they have on the board. I think this new system will benefit CC dispatch, because they will be...
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    Load Board, competition will be fierce

    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...
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    Outside brokers

    Dicks Sporting Goods loads don't go to outside carriers on a load board unless our trucks don't accept them which I imagine is rare. I delivered 2 Dicks Sporting Goods the day before and the day of when the Mets clinched the NLCS. You must have came up with less points on the DVA. At the time I...
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    Great News!

    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...
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    Is anyone moving?

    You never ran the air freight that comes out of Dulles down to North Carolina? That moves at least 2 times a week. Try that the next time you go to Richmond, but park near Dulles airport. Plus we do transfers in Baltimore.
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    Is anyone moving?

    There's a steady customer in the Wilkes Barre area that ships to Fredricksburg VA usually 2 times a weeks. These 2 plants are always shipping supplies back and forth. Whatever one plant is out of, the other usually has. I get offered these loads and I'm over 150 mi from each plant. I usually...
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    Is anyone moving?

    You must be a newbie. Never go south, further from home to layover. If you were in Richmond, you should have just stayed there or gone to Alexandria VA area. We have a steady shipper in the Fredricksburg VA area who ships 2 or 3 times a week, usually A loads going to near Wilkes Barre, PA. Also...
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    good or bad ?

    TSA: It would be great if the TSA used the same method to screen airplane passengers as Israel, but that woulkd be quicker, and more effficiant, and the Federal gov't doesn't like that sort of stuff. I know TSA went to Israel to look at how they screen passengers, but are still using the same...
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    OOPS our dispatch system had a problem last night

    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...
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    Look at your settlement sheet!

    By law, CC must show you (the contractor)what they are charging to the customer, and if its not on out settlement sheet, you can call Contractor Relations and have them send you the charges. CC must give you that info. Roberts Express used to send us a copy of the actual invoice that the...
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    What is going on at the office

    If the pu wasn't too far, I would have gone to the pu, then notify CC and then get a dry run pay and a less than 75. Its up to the dispatchers to find the right size truck. They have all your dimensions and wt capacity.
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    flatter the flat rate

    Sounds like that load was for a big regular fedex cc customer with a negotiated rate. They aren't out of the expedited business and never will be. I do a 26 mi hazmat load for 1 pkg at 3 lbs. The customer told me CC charges $700 for that load. It pays a B unit $210. That run goes once a month or...
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