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I have been talking about this for years. I would love to see one started up and have been collecting things over the last few years if someone started a Expediters Hall of Fame. I would love to see people get put in the Hall of Fame each year at the Expedite Expo. Just wanted to see if I'm the...

2010 started out for me with a few things that I thought wouldn't happen. Integrity Motor Freight and me parting ways and our trucks having the best January in years. Being off the road for the most of the last two years to focus on starting up a owner fleet has put the burning fire back into...

I just wanted to ask a few things to the forum about rates. Lets start with cargo vans Your rate would be. Single van driver .80 PLM and .10 a mile for all okay deadhead miles and 100% of the FSC Team cargo van .85 PLM and .10 a mile for all okay deadhead miles and 100% of the FSC...

The Dot has banned texting for all truck drivers. The fine can be $2750.00 if caught texting when driving. http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/26/trucks.texting.ban/?hpt=T2

After talking to a few of the drivers I deal with and asking them how they felt about this pay scale, I wanted to ask people in the forum. Would you work on a pay scale like this? It's based on your in service time and if the owner is paying the fuel and tolls. Each driver starts out at a...

Which would rather have as a driver or a team? Getting 60% and 100% of the FSC and you pay fuel and tolls or 40% and the owner pays the fuel and tolls? So many ways of leasing a truck from a truck owner.

I would like to raise money to help people with Cancer. My uncle John who was a driver for Roberts Express died from bone cancer as did my sister-n-law who worked at Panther died from Cancer. I would like to rasise the money and give to a good cause. I was wanting to know if anyone would help...

In this business eveyone always talks about they want to drive for the best company out here. One of the best ways to make a good choice is to ask the company what the fleet ARPD (Average Revenue Per Day) for your size unit. The last six months I have been off the road getting Fleet Management...

With the new year just a few days away. Are you ready for DOT 2010? Drivers will now have their own DOT rating, everything you do now will be put on your DOT rating. This will make the driver more responsible for things. It's going to make the roads safer for everyone they say.

With 2010 just 13 days away, what do you think next year will be like in the expedite business? I'm hoping for a bad winter to be honest. It seems that the expedite business start off with a bang when we have a bad winter. Things break because of the cold, cars need to be replaced from...

I want ask everyone that is in Expediting, How much is a fair amount you would charge an owner to manage their truck each week. Here is the list of some of the things you would have to do. Find drivers for the truck. After taking and making many phone calls to get them to class. Picking...

Just wanted to let everyone know of a place we just rented an office next too. It's called Altrux Repair in Rittman, Ohio. These guys do a great job on truck repair and PM service's. They check everything out so you don't have a breakdown on the road. If you stop in and get an oil change come...

With Winter here in some states, are you and your truck/van ready for Winter? I hope everyone has replaced belts on their truck/van so your not on the side of the road broke down in the cold. They are saying this Winter is going to be a bad one. If it is, look for Expediting to busy.

Is it just me, or does the traffic on EO seem down from a year ago. It seems this way to me. DaveKc,Leo, Dale, and the rest of the gang haven't been posting as much or has freight picked up so much people don't have as much time for EO?

I would like to know if some of the expediters out here in EO land, would go to a Christmas Party on Dec 12th in Sevelle, Ohio if this was put together? It wouldn't matter what company you was leased on with. It would be a get together to for all.

I posted this a few years back about having an Expediters Hall of Fame. I just would love to hear peoples thoughts on this. I think it would be a nice thing to start and have at the Expo each year. I would love to start this going with a few people like Linda and Bob Caffee, Leo, Lawrence, Dale...

I was thinking about the old times today. So I thought I would start a post called "Do you remember when". I'm sure people remember the old days in this business. I remember when we had C-link/QC pagers for load offers because cell phones cost to much 15 years ago. I remember when Lawrence...

Alot of drivers I talk to don't have a Haz Mat endorsment on there CDL because they say it cost to much. Now We ask every driver that comes on with us to get their Haz Mat endorsment on their CDL. I look at the big picture when it come to this. It's another way of getting me a load faster. Plus...

Would you go to a Truck Stop if it was for Expediters and RV's? This small Truck Stop would have a Dinner, Showers, Tv room, drivers room to chat in, a store, a Shop, and Fuel Island. I would like drivers thoughts on this. Lets say it's in Lodi at exit 209 of 71. Would you stop there?

This E-mail was sent to me by my good friend Wayne Jirsa. As I read the e-mail, then watch the link tears rolled down my face. I wish every state did this. Killed in action the week before, the body of Staff Sergeant John C. Beale was returned to Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Georgia...