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  1. TeamCaffee

    Does ExpeditersOnline.com work for you?

    Thanks Pelicn I got it and would not have been able to do it without your help!
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    Does ExpeditersOnline.com work for you?

    Same Problem no image! Need Help
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    Where is the best place to call home to be near the frieght lanes?

    We moved from SW Kansas to what we thought would be closer to the freight and easier to get home but have found out better. Where ever you live it seems you will very seldom get a load there! And if it is time to go home all load offers will be in the opposite direction. We sold our house...
  4. TeamCaffee

    Increase MPG

    Rocketman, We have a Rig Master built in 2005 and have had very good luck with it. If the temperature is really hot in the summer the Rig Master does struggle to keep the truck cool and will stay running constantly to keep up. In the winter though we have never had a problem with the Rig...
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    When You'll Get Your Rebate

    The order in which the IRS sends out payments will be based on Social Security numbers. If your return is processed by April 15, here's what you can expect: Direct deposit payment (Depending on last 2 digits of your SS#) 00-20 May 2 21-75 May 9 76-99 May 16 Paper check...
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    Class D or C? Confused.

    nobb4u I agree with you 100%. Last year we had 70 D loads that we would have missed out on had we been a C unit. These loads were not always due to weight many were do to the size of the load. For us to be in Express we need all the help we can get to make ourselves available for...
  7. TeamCaffee

    Load Opportunities

    I sent an Email to FCC about the WG lock and sounds like business as usual. Right now, we're going to keep the same system we have in place now (i.e. calling WG dispatch to have the truck released from locking). This could change in the future, but we'll continue with this process for the...
  8. TeamCaffee

    Umbrella Weather at MATS

    I am looking forward to running around a crowded convention center with a lot of wet people or people swinging umbellas around. A nice addition to MATS would be lockers to where you could store you coats, sacks and now an umbrella. That stuff gets heavy to carry around all day. Cannot wait...
  9. TeamCaffee

    Successful Expediting, secret 47

    We have had both experiences of sitting with a large group in a restaurant that we had fun with and also learned a lot from and we have had the other experience where we had to go feed the dog. It does not matter to us if we are having coffee with one person or ten people we always try to throw...
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    Load Opportunities

    This is from the weekly email for those that do not recieve it on questions being asked about the new program: System Details Q) If all three trucks can make the pickup on time, will proximity to shipper be included in the formula to rank the trucks? A) Just like today, that will be one of...
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    Women in Trucking

    Last year at MATS several expedite women joined WIT and after MATS several more women joined all excited to be a member of WIT and be involved. We are in the group of expediters that have started our second careers and enjoy our little area of trucking. We have many of the same problems of...
  12. TeamCaffee

    locking fuel caps

    We had to order our fuel caps from Freightliner and have not received them yet. The cost was 100.00 each but we figure if we can keep from losing one tank of fuel they will have paid for themselves. We are worried about the hassle of unlocking them every time we fuel, also the salt and the...
  13. TeamCaffee

    Increase MPG

    OVM we are in the upper 9 mpg range right now and hope once the SS tires get worn in we will hit a month where we average 10 mpg. Jim we have tested our truck without the additive and we dropped enough MPG that for us the fuel additive is worth it. I do track what the additive costs and keep...
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    Increase MPG

    I have tracked our fuel mileage from day one on our truck of off the odometer we have found tracking the fuel off the ECM can be way off. In the past three years we have averaged 2005 - 8.8 2006 - 9.09 2007 9.15 and I hope we can do better this year. Our truck likes 58 mph to get the best fuel...
  15. TeamCaffee

    Women in Trucking

    Should it not be one and the same women in trucking and women in expediting I see no difference. I am not trying to get Ellen down or this group down at all and many of last year at MATS took women over and had them measured for seats. And if you look in the history of the Women's Forum posted...
  16. TeamCaffee

    Women in Trucking

    Ellen I was mentioning that we have tried working with you and I am not alone in my thoughts on the problems we have run into with WIT. I know you have been at the Expo for many years in the form of Trucker Buddy and now with WIT. I and others here are trying to say some of issues we have had...
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    Women in Trucking

    Ellen, I did send you PM's about WIT truck and getting more involved with the expediters as I thought this was really going to be great for all of us driving in the trucking sector. The forums at the time I was trying to get something going only concentrated on getting into the "big trucks"...
  18. TeamCaffee

    Yes, We're considering FedExCC in "bad times"

    You two sound as if you know what you are getting into and are prepared for many of the areas that you find on the road that are not common to a 9 to 5 person. I would suggest also get as large a network of advisors you possible can and ask lots of questions and then sift through what will work...
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    Women in Trucking

    I also joined this organization last year at MATS and will not be renewing my membership. I thought the idea was great for WIT but I was soon discouraged as I felt an Expediter in a "small truck" and also by driving team the leaders of this group really did not want much to do with us. It will...
  20. TeamCaffee

    Fuel Mileage

    We were so excited we just had one fill with 11.01 mpg! Maybe all of our fuel mileage improvements are finally working for us.
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