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Just a thought. I wonder how the toll assistances will work when the van is considered a class 2 vehicle on the Ohio TP when it is almost to the GVW limit?

Does anyone know if there is a common source(s) for a lot of these load boards that have been croping up on the Internet? I know that tristate may be one source and NLM may be another (maybe not NLM). Any ideas?

if you do, what do you thnk of it?

Today I had a pickup in Windsor, a place that they do actually lock their doors (see TallCal's comments in the political forum). The shipper had no clue about the process even though their only customer is here in the US - odd. I went through the procedures as I done in the past (all my...

I am looking for comments and thoughts about a conversation I had with a T/T driver yesterday. I met this really nice couple yesterday who drives for Pride. They were asking me about FedEx and Expediting in general. The conversation turned to his idea of getting an authority and insurance to...

Congrats Phil (aka Ateam) on their new truck and the article, Looks nice. Phil in all honestly I am really courious to learn a couple things. I am wondering why a day cab and adding a sleeper to it? Wouldn't it been better to use an intergral sleeper and have the work done to lengthen it to...

On the news (channel 4) right now is about the big discovery that Ford has been negotiating with the Mexican government to move jobs (mentioned 150,000 jobs that is) to Mexico. So I am wondering what our great governor will say? Maybe something intelligent like; “well look on the brighter...

Thanks to all the vets and armed forces service people out there for their sacrifice keeping our country safe. I believe that thanks should not be one day but 365 days a year. My wife has been rather upset with me not telling anyone about my attempt to thank them everyday so I gave up fighting...

The other day I pickup a load to go to Ontario from Michigan, I was the second driver on the run, the first had van problems. The first problem I had was the bill of lading was sent to the broker with his name, van number, license number with the usual port of entry place and ETA and the PARS...

T-hawk, you beat me. I tried to be the first to post - LOL. I am wondering if this is only for inbound Canadian crossings or also include inbound US crossings.

I am posting this in the general forum just so I get the message out. If the modirators feel it needs to be move, go ahead. -->Don’t give your personal information out to anyone. As of today I have counted 95 different emails in my inbox from my main account and around 135 from my other...

I read Saturday that GM really isn’t having real problems like Ford, mostly a market share problem and cash flow. The article (Detroit news or Freepress – can’t remember) was talking about how GM is ahead of Ford and the Chrysler group. They lay off 500 white collar workers, who can’t...

I am looking for some info for a friend; she won’t post on any forum (she won’t even buy anything online). She has access to a medium duty truck (19K GVW) that has a payload of 5K that qualifies for FedEx CC and seriously thinking of using it for expediting. We are trying to figure out...

As many expediting companies depend on auto freight as their exclusive means of revenue, Ford will announce in a matter of minutes of this post the plants that will be closing and some of these plants will affect those companies greatly. As it goes in the US auto industry, who has suffered...

Warning long post ahead After a few odd (and funny) threads on EO, I made a comment to another EO member about some comments on one thread that had to do with a top performer. It really made me think; is it all that important to be a “top performer� To me - No, it is not important at...

My FedEx CC orientation this past week invoked some thoughts about being a fleet owner (one day maybe or maybe not). Thinking about what I have read on how some are treated as drivers by fleet owners and how I would treat people if they are contracted to drive my trucks. I just want to pass on a...

I want to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving. Don’t eat too much.

OK here are two questions, please stick to answer that have to do with our profession. 1 – If you had 15 minutes with your US senator, what issues would you want them to know about? 2 – If you had 15 minutes with your US representative, what issues would you want them to know about? Thank you

Thanks EO for the article - "Frustration - An Expediter's concerns with the new Hours of Service rules" I am wondering about something; I won’t go into where or why I was going through this type of training but about 17 years ago, I was trained in fatigue and sleep deprivation management...

I am off the road this week because I have to deal with a jury duty summons and winterizing the homestead. So sitting here I was thinking of my ventures throughout KY and Ohio the last few weeks. I ran into three different ‘independent’ expediters running cargo vans at three different places...