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We just finished a great seminar in Kansas City, MO April 30th, May 1st and 2nd. The CMC or Certified Master Contractor seminar put on by ATBS and Kevin Rutherford really covered many areas of trucking education from specing a truck to your retirement. The first day we spent the afternoon at...

One thing that FCC does not do is have any distinction for trucks that will or will not go to Canada, New York City, Boston, Chicago, California or any other areas drivers do not like to go to. With FCC if you are qualified for a load you get the load offer no matter where the load will take...

For us the point of this thread is the computer rules the roost here and that can be good or bad depending on how you look at it. The computer could care less what type of person you are or what time it is. When you are at the top of the list for a load the dispatcher can not pick the second...

I also spend a lot of time cooking at home to stock our freezer. I freeze the food in either vacuum pack bags or in freezer bags that I flatten out like a book. The more I can get our food to freeze in a book form the more I can get in the freezer. We have it both ways we like to eat in the...

I will have to agree with Terry and Rene' on this one if favoritism were to exist with a dispatcher for any reason they would be out the door in a flash. This is one of the policies we really admire about FCC is their stance on NO FAVORITISM and sonority does not mean anything. To us the...

Glad to hear you are all right and from the looks of the pictures it could have been a lot worse. This is another selling point of the Lane Departure Warning System the electronic rumble strips might have jolted you enough to keep you from even getting across the white line. The LDWS sure lets...

I would imagine you are going to find many changes here also so be prepared. With the economy in a slump, many are getting grouchier then usual and would like to blame everyone else for their problems. As on OVM has said keep smiling and ignore the bitter ones. Life is still good out here.

India, hope you guys are out of there by now and on a great sunny warm load! Do not even like to think of that kind of weather in May. YUCK

We usually stay pretty busy when we have a weekend such as yours. Bob will stay busy on the outside of the truck checking the motor, tires, oil, and then shining everything. I usually stay busy in the inside of the truck by cleaning, reading, continuing education, or even a sewing project. We...

I think the government should leave the speed limit alone and we can do what is best for our business. The government is all ready to much in our business for my comfort.

With a D unit at FedEx Custom Critical the top weight you can carry is 13,000 lbs.

Get the biggest box you can then worry about the sleeper. The freight in the box pays the bills so you will want to be available for every load possible. We have a 40' truck, 24' box, 96" sleeper and an elevator lift gate, with a pusher axle. We can legally haul 13,000 lbs and we are very...

Jim you are amazing!! Good one.

I think it still comes down to the bottom line if the load pays enough take it and if it does not pay enough do not accept the load.

Jim, I would say 95% of our D loads are D loads with some just due to size not weight. Many of our C loads though are bumped up B loads.

I looked at our past history: 2006 63 C loads 89 D loads 2007 97 C loads 71 D loads 2008 15 C loads 13 D loads We had a change in our status in 2007 which I believe is what upped our count of C loads. We are though still an Express truck. I would not in Express consider getting a C unit as we...

We will be calling our senator today to ask that this bill not be passed. If I am reading this right this bill is only saying "IF" a fsc is charged this must be passed on. What I am afraid of is that many companies will just quit charging a fsc. For us that get a FSC for deadhead miles this...

I have visions of the shower curtain falling on my head while driving. Did you mount the shower curtain rod so that when the cab flexs the curtain can not fall on your head? I think this is a great idea and would look better and be easier to clean then the vinyl curtains we have between the...

I looked at our ppm and this is slowly coming up but not as fast as our expenses have. Times are tight every where not just in trucking, we are tightening our belt and plan to ride this out. We have confidence in our carrier as they are actively pursuing new customers and new areas of...

Re: FECC New DIspatch System A cheap load is a cheap load under the new system and also under the old system and we will refuse it. When a load is offered out and each truck then refuses it FedEx Custom Critical immediately knows they have to make a decision on how to cover the load. There is...