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The following NHTSA site will provide your vehicle's recall status: https://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle-Owners/Check-For-Recalls/CheckForRecalls

I attended my last Expedite Expo as an expediter or expedite carrier representative this past weekend. My first Expo in 2001 and my last of all 17 Expos will forever be the most memorable for me. I’ll never forget the night my wife Rene’ and I, Lawrence and Debbie were setting up the vendor...

Military Invited to Eat Free at TA and Petro Stopping Centers on Independence Day TA Honoring Veterans, Active Duty and Reservist Military with Meals and Donation Drive to Support Military Families TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers®...

Changes to the CMV Hours of Service have been discussed for quite a while. Here is a preview of the proposed changes that will be published in the Federal Register on 29 December: Hours-of-Service (HOS) Proposed Rulemaking (December 2010) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The...

How does one sum up an Independent Contractor career in expediting in such a short space? It was May, 1989 when Rene’ and I signed our first lease with Roberts Express. Our first run was a pickup in St Louis with a straight through delivery in Indianapolis. It seemed like we would never arrive...

Most, if not all, EO Forum members and lurkers receive one or more trade publications. On Time Media's Expedite Now digest, Landline and Overdrive are popular sources of trucking industry news, activities and article of general interest. But, Did you know that a source for a wide variety of...

Dispatch favoritism will always be a topic of discussion as long as there are humans involved in the truck dispatch process. It is known by drivers and by management to have occurred at FedEx Custom Critical in the past. Does favoritism still exist? Many who did not or will not get a run offer...

There has been a lot written recently, by aspiring cargo van or Sprinter expediters who have visions of earning a good living by expediting in a cargo van. When folks read that vans drivers occasionally enjoy 1500-2000 mile weeks and occasionally average over a dollar a mile, plus fuel...

We’ve had a lot of cost per mile discussion on EO lately and we have seen some differing opinions on the most appropriate methodology for determining a truck owner’s cost per mile. I’d like to share my opinion on cost per mile determinations, as I do it for my business. Perhaps I can help at...

Plagiarism is the practice of claiming or implying original authorship of (or incorporating material from) someone else's written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one's own without adequate acknowledgement. Since it is very easy to steal content from the web by simply copying and...

As part of a four year I-64 reconstruction plan, All lanes of I-64 / US-40 will close in both directions between Ballas Road (exit 26) and I-170 (exit 31) before morning rush hour on January 2, 2008 and will remain closed for the entire year. Drivers passing through St Louis, MO, to or from...

this post makes no sense because it was a poll that did not import from the old site

We're looking for filling stations with dark painted, aboveground fuel tanks. If you've seen any anywhere in the U.S., please reply to this email with the name and address of the station. Dark painted, aboveground tanks are causing the diesel fuel inside to expand so you get less energy per...

The final session in a series of Expedite Workshops concluded this past Thursday night in Charlotte, NC. Registration for the event topped the 118 mark and 60 aspiring and current expediters were in attendance for the four hour free event. The workshops were sponsored by Expeditersonline, and...

New expedite carriers are continually entering the field. Seemingly, every day we see a van or straight truck with a logo not seen before. ExpeditersOnline has operated a site that has been beneficial for EO visitors, forum members or lurkers who are looking for a regional carrier or a...

stdon153 had a great bit of luck this week to offset a lot of the bad news tales of late. How 'bout anyone else telling us about their interesting loads/trips of late. Don't matter about a lot of money, just relate the lots of interesting run.

Here's a reprint of a 1999 EO article by the EO staff. On The Road - How Do You Stay Friends! With our Laptop in hand we recently visited the Flying J Truck Stop in Walton, KY and the Dayton South Truck Stop, in Franklin, Ohio to ask some expediting teams about their secrets of how they get...

The Expedite Workshop in Monroe, MI, this past thursday, was attended by many folks who came to Monroe because of EO. Most the attendees have been reading the forums for some time but have never taken the opportunity to register as forum members. The EO staff and workshop speakers trust that...

The subject of carrier logos and other signage on trucks is a topic that arises in the forum about every year. All trucks regulated by the USDOT that are engaged in interstate commerce are required, at a minimum, to display Carrier Name, Carrier City and DOT number. In expediting, these signs...

This post is intended to be a companion/comparison piece to Moot's Panther Pals thread so as not to hijack the comments there. Our carrier's run offer messages over the Qualcomm are generally considered contractual in nature. There are no disclaimers included within the offer because it...