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When with FedEx Custom Critical, Diane and I once did a cross-dock load with one of those vans. The van itself had been hired by FedEx to bring the freight from a southern state to us in a northern state. We took it from there to bring it into Canada. The cross docking happened at a FedEx...

I can see that combination of certifications would be valuable for someone who was doing warehouse and yard-dog work, or maybe driving one of those building supply delivery trucks with the fork lift that is carried to the unload site. In expediting, there is little call for expediters to...

It's not for sale yet but our truck (details here) will be sold sometime in the next few months. Unsure of the exact date at this time. I'll post an ad in the EO Free Classifieds when we are letting it go.

I know nothing about the cargo van segment of the expediting industry, but if I was a cargo van driver or owner-operator, I would place more weight in the above advice than advice given by ten other people. The reason is that as a carrier owner, Mr. Elliott has a bird's-eye view of the...

OK, OVM, you got me curious. What adjustments and fine tuning exactly did cargo van operators make? How are their operations different today than they were a decade ago? Are they making more money today than they did before?

Don't worry about burdening readers with the details. Many expediters use this space to vent. It is good therapy and cheaper than paying a shrink. It is also instructive, especially to new people who may be thinking of getting into the business.

Waiting for the bottom-feeder to go broke and wash out of the business is not a solution because as soon as one does, another will appear. Shippers know this and many of them count on it. They know that if they put freight out on their dock and are willing to wait, someone will come along to...

Log it as you drive it. When it comes to off duty and sleeper time, log it as you live it. If you are at a truck stop laying over for say a day, log yourself in the sleeper. If you go inside for lunch and stay an hour, log one hour off duty. The nice thing about these new electronic logs is...

In context, the joke was hilarious. A number of white glove drivers used to joke among ourselves about going into FedEx headquarters for our "tooth check." It was a joke but at the time the joke had a tangential basis in fact. To get on the art team, you needed to be cleared by Dolly and she...

Yes, it is an interesting article, now that I have read it. The confusion comes from your post. You talk about what is "REALLY considered an out of service sticker at a scale." As far as I know, there is only one kind of out of service sticker. There is nothing in the article that differentiates...

I don't understand where the confusion would lie. What's not to understand about an out of service sticker? When a scale cop puts a truck or driver out of service, a prominent sticker is placed on the truck. If the truck or driver is not placed out of service, no OOS sticker is placed on the...

Diane! Diane! Come check this out. Here, read it here ... Layoutshooter said something good about the government. Something's off. Things don't seem right. I think we should do a pre-trip inspection and check the weather and news headlines again.

In some cases, you are correct, HAZMAT does not pay all that well. But in other cases, HAZMAT has been some of the best paying freight we have hauled. That is more the case at our new carrier (Landstar Express America). When we came to Landstar from our previous carrier and started serving some...

And not a single one of them overweight!

It is easy for brokers, dispatchers and shippers to forget or remain blind to the impact it has on a driver when a shipment goes bad. If they were made to drive even 100 miles out and back from the office every time they made a shipping mistake, they would be a lot more careful. "Oops, Joe...

Got it covered.

I can't speak about all locations and jurisdictions. As we plan our clubs we are learning that first responders have after-hours access to all businesses in the strip mall. In an extreme emergency, they would just break a window and come in, I would think. Once we get set up, we'll be talking...

Diane and I are noticing that the game rooms in an increasing number of TA and Petro truck stops are empty. The pinball machines and other games are gone. The rooms stand empty and clean. Just curious of anyone knows what the plan is for that space?

What TA is doing with their StayFit fitness rooms is fantastic, and it would be a great choice for any driver who is able to make regular or even occasional use of them. Generally, each room includes two or three piece of cardio equipment manufactured by Life Fitness. Life Fitness is a top brand...

Each AF club is equipped with state-of-the-art security systems that control club access during non-staffed hours, video with dozens of cameras everything that goes on in the club except in the bathrooms and private tanning rooms, and includes panic buttons that members can use to summon a 911...