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Is express 1 still in bussiness, don't see many comments on them, anymore?

The headline sais it all. I thought Barry fixed the economy, where is all the frieght. I'm in Tulsa BTW, delivered on Sat. Oh well. 3 were "cancels" 1 was a wieght typo, 1275lbs vrs 12750 too heavy. 1 was cancelled cause shipper wouldn't stay open another 30 minutes to allow for drive time...

The DOT is a big enough PAIN , without our carriers adding to the mess with poor reading skills or just plain using the DOT as an excuse fo thir being lazy. 391.27 update driving record at least every 12 mos, not exactly on your hire date or only on the day we tell you because I'm too lazy to...

FECC sent out a message the other day saying that the TSA will going to our personal residences to do inspections and to verify whatever it is they verify. The message aslo instructed us to comply. Am I the only one who is bothered by this? I think the only thing TSA will verify at my house is...

Today I've turned down 2 loads to nc both delivering on sat both on the coast. FECC called wondering why the TDs., I responded "Your not seriously asking me why I turned down a load heading into a cat 4 hurricane are you. . .the best case scenario on the last load is 45mph winds and blinding...

Last night the flying j on the 45 in houston was robbed by two dudes around midnight. My wife was inside doing laundry and managed to miss the thing till it was over. She continued with the laundry as swarms of cops crawled around doing whatever it is cops do when they are late for the action...

FECC sent out a safty mssg saying DOT wants us to check our load in the first 50 miles and then every 150 miles after that. I have never don.e that, except with hasmat. I was under the immpresion that only applied to flat bd trucks. Are they high, or is this reg applied to evry load. This...

5 million for record promotion? I'd wanna smoke too!!!

1. Get paid on TIME 2. They mostly leave me alone! 3. I can turn down freight and not be put out of service.(Which I do a lot more of these days) 4. It FEELS more secure (feelings do count) 5. National Freight base ( I live in CA) Isn't five things enough?

Lol, I,m in chicago, I've had 14 load offers all less than a buck a mile, except one which was a hundred mile run with 3 stops for 150. Even a Laredo texas run with less than 50 miles dead head came in at .97 Total for 6500 pounds. I think the fecc bokers must be passing a crack pipe around

I use On The Go Transportation Services, to proccess my IRP, through CA DMV. This year we paid our registration 30 days early to make sure it was done ON TIME. We were told that we should have our NEW cab card before the old one expired. Well our cab card expired on the Sept. 30th, no new card...

From Jan 1 to May 19 2009 this is a surface D unit team In Service 89.8, 40 runs Approximate Mileage Total 25,544 Loaded 18,189 Avg per Run 781 Revenue Total $38,879.68 Avg per Loaded Mile $ 1.42 Avg per Mile $ 1.01 Jan 1 to May 19 2008 In Service 85%...

It occurred to me today that, the reason there seems to be so much more disparit between clink and VrU load counts is that FECC is passing more of our frieght to their owned divisions like Supply Chain Services. Im no newbie with FECC so I have a basis to know that thought there was occasionall...

I was talking to TranCom, today and they told me the Freight tonnage to capacity ratio is improving and though it is not great, the decline has stopped and is now moving up. This should help with rates. Of course things should be picking up in general anyway seasonally. Just thought U...

Anyone who is operating a Straight truck with their own authority, and willing to give advice please PM me THANKS

Today I called in to hear the FECC recorded call of the week. I was pretty amused to know the 9 cent fuel surcharge is there for me. Especially, in light of the fact that everyone has dropped their shorts rate wise to begin with. It made me smile for the first time in months. Also I had a...

39.95 24' foot truck 19.95 Daily rate for Ins. 0.69 Cents Per Mile ?? Employee to operate truck safely 59.90 is UR base rate with no miles or fuel. Lets assume a 150 mile round trip. 103.50 150 * 0.69 40.50 Fuel at .27 CPM 59.90 Uhaul Truck Rate...

39.95 24' foot truck 19.95 Daily rate for Ins. 0.69 Cents Per Mile ?? Employee to operate truck safely 59.90 is UR base rate with no miles or fuel. Lets assume a 150 mile round trip. 103.50 150 * 0.69 40.50 Fuel at .27 CPM 59.90 Uhaul Truck Rate...

Well after 2.5 years of spending every minute with my wife. I am alone in the truck. I put her on a plane at 730am and had a load at 1500. There is plenty of room now in the truck. But BOY am I bored. no one to fight with. The good news is I can go back to my usual corndog and coffee...

$3,343.93 Gross for the month. Have a nice day. FECC "D" unit, TEAM, in service all but 2 days.