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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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ever wonder how CC is making out with the new flat rates they are now paying us? My last 2 settlements were as follows: over 300% and 99% (CC's share) of what they paid me. Seems much better for them than the 62% or 58% for us of the billed revenue to the customer.

I recently talked to a driver who worked for a small carrier that was leased to Custom Critical. This small carrier and this driver were able to bid on load boards. The driver told me he could see Custom Critical loads on these boards and even when he was close by to the pick up, never got a...

If you ever want to track ANY Custom Critical run just go to Fedex.com and enter the run number for Fedex Freight. The Custom Critical tab for tracking is locked and you need a user name and password. Fedex Freight, you don't. Just enter the run number without the last number (1, 2 or 3) The...

Was just curious what type of freight is being hauled, and the size units that are getting this freight. The info I got from Fedex, it seems they are looking for any size unit. I'm a B unit.

I'm a B unit that has been sitting on a less than 75 for 3 days. When I checked in there was only 1 B unit ahead of me in TRE. I'm based in WIL, was sitting first in dwell. 0 units were in PHI. The past 2 days a few B loads were dispatched out of TRE and PHI, none in WIL. Today a load I lost...

This works! An hour before your DOT Physical soak your feet in very warm water. As hot as you can stand it without being burned. A bathtub is best. As the water cools you can replenish with more warm water. I lowered my top number by 10 points doing this. I had a doctor's appt before my...

Have a load opportunity on the ridiculous side of the track? Let's share them for some comic relief. I just had one total miles 427, loaded miles 273. Pick up was in NYC metro area. With the tolls its even worse. The pay was $272

I'm upgrading and removing the equipment on the roof of my B unit. The white rectangular unit in front of the big round unit. Is the white the rectangular part just glued right to the roof where I can just pry it off?

I've been using the standard milage rate for years, but have never gotten audited. I did talk to one owner years ago who was audited and said he deducted every mile from Jan1-Dec31 as long as he wasn't out of service. If he was available for dispatch even if he was doing errands in town he...

I have a 2008 Ford E-350 with 400,000 miles. Would like to hear from other drivers with the same type of B unit that had their water pumps replaced and at how many miles. If I get a good idea when they go I will replace it before it goes to avoid the extra expense of breaking down on the road.

I still have the old Clink system and have heard the new units draw a lot more juice than the old units. I just talked to 1 B unit driver that while parked after 40 minutes it drew his battery down enough where he couldn't start the engine. He said his battery was in good shape. Anybody else...

Have any local repair shops you would like to recommend? Started this have a list of non dealer locations to get a better value on emergency repairs for B Units that are on the road. PHI, WIL Centers Vineland Auto Electric: Vineland Auto Electric Home of rebuilt starts alternators...

The brilliant minds in Green OH had another brainstorm. If you arrive in a center you dwell time now means nothing within that center. Oct 18 I ck'd into Nashville and was the only unit ck'd of any size that Sunday. I'm a single B unit, I didn't have a >75. On Monday sometime a single B unit...

If your driving single in a B unit and would like to try to increase our crippling 700 mi load limit write Jason Frederick directly with pen and paper. I've done this twice and he brought the subject up at the Safety Board meetings but the Board shot it down twice. If a number of us let the...