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The breakfast was well attended possibly a little less then last year. Virginia and Jason both spoke about the future and what is happening in house. Jason spoke about the new dispatch system and then we met with a representative from FCC at each table to talk about the new system. There was...

Interesting thought, isn't it. Yes it is! Many express trucks having WG equipment, clearances, liftgate and for many other reasons will be put on a WG lock. With our dog on duty Molly though we will not be eligible for WG till the rules change.

This is going to go back to my original problem of fonts. I did not change my font but for some reason when I copied and pasted into my spell checker and then came back here everything shrunk. Least I know you guys read what I write! I will be more careful to make sure my font size does not...

From many of the drivers we have talked to the main reason seems to be what is called Cherry Picking or just turning down loads waiting for the "perfect load". This can put your lease in jeopardy and if your acceptance rate gets low enough your lease will be terminated with FedEx Custom...

We were lucky this year we arrived early enough to park in the RV parking but we will not plan on being able to do that again. We also talked to Drivers who had parked at Papa Johns parking lots who woke up to a marathon that started in the parking lots and many trucks and trailer were blocked...

Thanks Pelicn I got it and would not have been able to do it without your help!

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...