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    local trucking jobs

    this is general info for anybody that's looking, go out to cargo area of any major airport and there are many companies out there that may be able to use you. rds has a termal in atlanta, also look in phone for freight forwarder, eagle log has a web site and they have local and long haul and...
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    Starting out in expedite industry...!?$#?!

    when buying a truck one thing is service on it, if you buy a used truck, ask for maintence file on the truck if has one great if it doesn't stay away from that truck, as you don't know what is condition of the truck, if you buy from a dealer he should be able to look up on his computer and tell...
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    sheet sets

    if you know someone who know how to sew, buy cloth from a sewing store and have them make them, my mother and my 2 sisters made mind for the truck as i have a single bunk smaller than a single bed, have red baron on the sheets make a pattern for the corners and have at it there always someone...
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    Ether starting in an extreme cold emergency

    veron946, sorry , but have to pay for the truck some how you are very right on any of cat engines or computer control engines. also when parked in cold weather even with block heater. if the wind is blowing real hard or tunnel effect if you put something to block wind from battery's that helps to
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    DAN SCHULTZ IS BACK IN EXPEDITE TRUCK'S

    DAN HAS COME BACK IN EXPEDITE TRUCK'S IN BUYING OF USE TRUCKS AND SALES AT HIS OLD LOC AT EX 31 I76 IN BIMFIELD OH PHONE NO: 330 678 0440 AS SUMMIT TRADING WILL ALSO HELP YOU SPEC A TRUCK BY ANY MANUFACTOR TO RIGHT FOR ANY MARKET YOU MAY WANT TO GET INTO ALSO WILL HELP TWO WHO WANT TO...
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    Portable Showers now available.

    I WONDER IF HE WAS A ROBERTS EXPRESS DRIVER, AT ONE TIME A ROBERTS EXPRESS DRIVER HAD MADE ONE UP AND DROVE A D UNIT
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    Ether starting in an extreme cold emergency

    BETTER YET GET A GENSET PROHEAT FROM TELFLEX AND START THE GENSET FIRST AND LET THAT HEAT UP THE COOLING WATER AND IT TAKES ABOUT 20 MINS TO HEAT THE ENGINE UP THAN START THE TRUCK WITH THE GENSET RUNNING GIVES A BIT MORE POWER TO BATTERY'S ALSO PUT IN A BLOCK HEATER TO PLUG IN THE TRUCK TO
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    RUNNING SOLO

    I'M WITH FEDEXCC AND RUN SOLO AND GO OUT FOR 21 DAYS AND COME HOME THAN START ALL OVER AGAIN, I DO OK, BUT I'M RETIRED FROM NAVY AFTER 20 YEARS, AND THIS IS GOOD FOR ME AS I HAVE OTHER INCOME COMING IN IF YOU ARE NOT RETIRED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE I WOULD STAY WHERE YOU ARE AT, RIGHT NOW IS NOT...
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    FUEL ECONOMY

    a friend of mind who no longer sales truck had them check out and all they were was smoke and mirrors or snake oil they would work in theory only, but not in real life, only way to save money is not to idle the truck when waitting for aload, put a genset on and save money as a genset on avg uses...
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    Shower Policy

    To get Petro and TA to change their shower policy for Expediters. They get over 25 gallons of fuel but less than 50 gallons. You need to let them know how much the facilties are utilized during the yr by giving them the following information: 1) Number of times stopped at the facility, 2)...
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    Has anyone ever heard of...

    they have car's and up to 18's yes they run for very little money and i wouldn't go to work there , they may be on the way out
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    Expediters Online Bumper Sticker

    he has , you should have been at the truck show also i have the very first one on a truck to
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    Need some driver input on this!

    it's like farming there are good years and bad years and so so years i would stay home and enjoy it, but if you must , look at all the company's out here and then decide , also where do you live that would have make a different as how and when you would be able to get home, and what kind of unit...
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    Class 8 straight rigs???

    why go with a class 8 stretch, when you are able to get a western star from factory already to go, comes with factory installed sleeper,air ride cab and order with the engine and tranmission you want or take one that's on hand and there are different programs out there to go with i have a...
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    Need advice on D unit

    i would go with a western star d unit tsi in north jackson oh i76 ex 57, has a couple in stock and there at a good price and have factory mount sleeper, there in 76inch sleeper range ride good, they have cat engine , eaton slect auto shift, with a genset on it be a great unit ask for bill moore...
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    Heavy Duty Tow Trucks

    go to state dmv in your city and they should be able to help you
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    Aux Gen Sets

    one more thing a genset (most) in 24 hours burn 3 gal's of fuel in stead of 1/2 gal to 1.5 gals per hour and one hour of idel time is = to 50 miles of running down the road, so it's 36 gals of fuel in 24 hours or 3 gal's in 24, take a weekend in north at -20 or in south 80 or higher and how...
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    Aux Gen Sets

    i have had a proheat ice on my second truck and on my 2001 western star, on the first genset in 4 years saved $600.00 a month in fuel sitter around waitting to go some place, over all saved 12,000 dollar in fuel in 4 years and 4,000 in maintance as not having to change oil every 250 hours or...
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    i'm back

    i'm back with fedexcc as of 1800 to night, rds is up and coming company, great people, come up alittle short, but they will be working on that so i'll wait and see but fedexcc said to try it if it didn't work out come on back, they care very much about there driver's, so i was gladto have the...
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    PRO number

    pro no is how the shipment is track by customer or the carrier with out that no , have no ideal where shipment is in the system etc
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