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  1. terryandrene

    Winter Driving

    Lots of good advice for all types of trucks, particularly that brought up by 'drbna'. When we first started expediting, we often drove through inclement weather when we should have parked and slept. We were caught up in the desire to get this all-important freight to the customer during the...
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    Sort options

    I've found that the "read new" features don't change until the next startup. They repeat when I return to the forum but haven't logged out of EO
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    Truck Stop Internet Connections (TSIC)

    I recently bought a Dell E1505 with internal wifi. It will only take a Verizon air card that costs $179 to purchase and $80 monthly to use if you do not have verizon cell phone service. The very cheapest verizon cell service is $40 monthly. With verizon cell service, the air car monthly fee...
  4. terryandrene

    FDCC Toll Reimbursement Avoidance?

    we just came off a run where the MD, DE, NJ tolls equalled exactly the toll money included in the run offer. Probably a coincidence but I suspect in the long run we'll even out where the toll money paid to us is less than the tolls. It doesn't seem to make sense to route us around the toll...
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    questions!!!!!

    BB Back to the basics. With FedEx Custom Critical, you are given an indication if the Qualcomm offered run delivery time is "confirmed" or "not confirmed". On the telephone offers, you usually must ask for confirmation details. When the run offers show "not confirmed", it means that the...
  6. terryandrene

    OPW Post Moved...

    One Post Wonder aka Drive By Poster
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    What about a rating?

    I think such a rating would serve little purpose given the anonymity this forum allows. A driver with a company for only a short period of time would likely not yet have the experience to render a useful opinion and that opinion would likely be negative. Persons like Rene' and me, who have...
  8. terryandrene

    Hello ladies!

    LT1950: Now that you're a member of the EO community, your husband will be in the thoughts and prayers of all the rest of us until you hear the good news that he is cancer free and ready for a team run to the destination of your choosing. If you are near Cleveland, OH on 19 October, you could...
  9. terryandrene

    Best place to buy th Espar?

    One of the most popular places, and the place that probably has the most experience installing their products in expediter trucks, particularly vans, is Espar of Michigan. A search of the Forums will eveal many happy customers.
  10. terryandrene

    An interesting run

    Flippin, AR is only 120 miles from Toad Suck, AR, another great tourist destination.
  11. terryandrene

    One Post Wonders

    I sure concur with all of the above. We've seen more than the normal amount of OPW's in recent weeks. It would greatly improve the forum's if they would look, think, and contribute in a manner consistent with the character of this site.
  12. terryandrene

    Anybody every hear of Team National???

    http://www.programcritique.com/subcategories/BusinessOpportunities/TeamNational.html Lot's of stuff on this questionable activity with a web search. Keep on drivin' BBB.
  13. terryandrene

    Hey FedEx Drivers - CLink vs. VRU

    EB: Your beef should be with your truck owner, not FedEx Custom Critical. You were hired by the owner. You are paid by the owner. You drive the owners truck. Your only relationship with the carrier is that they agreed to allow you to be the agent of the truck owner for the purpose of accepting...
  14. terryandrene

    Say it isn't so...

    COSTCO at home had their Christmas/Holiday/Winter decorations for sale in late August...and folks were buying.
  15. terryandrene

    placards

    With self adhering placards, I peel off the backing, cut a couple of inches off two of the perpendicular sides of the backing and replace it to the sticky side of the placard. This gives me a one inch stickey border around the placard perimeter which is sufficient to keep it in place. The...
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    placards

    DOT regs require shipper to supply HazMat placards
  17. terryandrene

    g-p-s

    Having a GPS unit with truck route feature option is important for vans as well as trucks. We van drivers need to be routed around the Parkways that do not allow commercial vehicles of any size. This is particularly important in NYC. Automobile-only GPS units will always insist the use of a...
  18. terryandrene

    Looking into Expediting

    Scott: Good advice from two experienced expediters above. With the current expediting environment for vans being in a static mode, this is not a great time to bring a van into this business. Many of us with years of expedite experience are managing to cope with the slowdown in van usage, but...
  19. terryandrene

    Info on requirements of a DOT approved sleeper

    DOT legal sleeper in a van is a misnomer as the vans do not fall under DOT regulations unless carrying a placarded hazmat load; therefore, any sized sleeper in a van does not violate any DOT regulations. BTW 24" by 75" with restraint would otherwise meet the requirements
  20. terryandrene

    g-p-s

    I had two Magellins. One broke and the other didn't have the features desired. I now have the Garmen c340 and love it. It has features for truck or auto. The diff between the 330 and the 340 is a the ability to buy a radio receiver compatible with the 340. It alerts you to road hazards...
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