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It has only happened to us twice that we became too sick to drive. Both times we spent in bed in the truck until it passed. Once was at a truck stop. Once was at an RV park. We were no so sick as to be confined to bed. Had that been the case, a hotel room would have been the solution. Flu...

Just one man's opinion here. Expedited freight transport (definitions of what exactly that is vary) is not more vunerable than general trucking owner-operators. 1. At a time where we have seen carriers of all sizes going out of business at tripple the previous rate, no expedite carrier that I...

The explaination is that Greg is taking a breather and is off the forum for personal reasons. That leaves me wondering if he is still in the business? Is he?

Let's be careful about deciding when the freight speeds up and slows down, and then running the facts through political filters to affix credit and blame for it. For the record, freight is slowing down now. Carriers are going out of business today at three times the previous rate. And worse...

While you are right about Dems and Repubs being equally responsible for the mess we are in, you are not right in presenting the White House as a passive player in legislation. The $700 bailout bill provides an example. This began as a White House initiatiave. It did not begin in Congress. It...

I would not go so far as to say that. With the economy slowing, a bunch of good folks will find themselves out of work. Some will discover and consider the expediting opportunity. If you can adapt to living and working on the road, doing somewhat profitable expediting work may be preferable to...

The Wall Street Journal October 24 article Shipping Firms Gear Down as Slow Economy Takes Toll is must reading for expediters, and especially for people considering a move into the expedite industry. While the article is mostly about big trucking companies, it talks about freight slowing at a...

"Southfield, MI (PRWEB) October 25, 2008 -- On Oct. 24-26, Steven M. Gursten will be in Atlanta, Ga., speaking at a seminar for the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (AITLA) called, 'How to Win Big in the Tough Truck Accident Case.' His topic, 'Maximizing Personal Injury...

First, this thread should be in the Soap Box section. FIS53, Been there, tried that. Beginning in 1992, I threw myself into the political arena with everything I had to support first an alternative to the two parties (Perot) and then to build a state and national third party. In the following...

Yes. And we would have thanked you. Someone in a four-wheeler who takes time to warn a trucker about tickets being written probably knows what he or she is talking about and is probably doing people a favor. However, in our case the warning would probably be unecessary as we tend to comply with...

FedEx Custom Critical contractors can easily answer this "How's business recently" question by checking their numbers on the company's Extranet. It does not provide granular information about the profitability of your business, but it does provide a good indication of business activity. A quick...

The cover story in the current edition of Expedite NOW is about Bill Allen, a cargo van owner who powers his sleeper with solar power. At press time, Bill planned to install an Espar heater. That was recently done and he is delighted with the heater. As winter approaches, he expects to stay...

When you have millions of Americans fighting for government program A, and millions of others fighting for government program B, and millions of still others fighting for government program C, and all of them willing to tax the other guy in support of their program of choice, and thousands of...

Sales tax is a tax on business and it gets passed straight through to customers in the form of higher prices. Payroll tax is a tax on business and it gets passed straight through to employees in the form of pay scales that have the tax built in. FET is a tax on business (as in the purchase of a...

We finally got to a Fastenal store to purchase the graffiti wipes recommended above. They come in a canister and will be easy to carry in the truck. Next time we get tagged, or meet someone who did, we will be ready with these wipes and a bottle of acetone (fingernail polish remover available at...

The same could be said about those who blamed speculators for high oil prices, and those who blamed supply and demand market forces.

In January, 2008, Business Week magazine published an article that projected an additional 25% decline in home values. (See: Housing Meltdown) That was before the series of bailouts and government takeovers of businesses occurred, before the $700 billion bailout package was passed by congress...

In other words, P51bombay, you probably farted at just the wrong time. :eek:

While complainers can be informative to an extent, the people you really want to hear from are those who are satisfied with their carrier. When researching the industry, what are you really looking for, the things that don't work, or the things that do? Complainers can tell you a whole lot...

Regarding the outlook for the expediting industry, Jeff Jensen recently interviewed Stu Sutton on that topic. Stu is one of the best thinkers in this industry and is uniquely dialed in to the life and work of small expedite carriers. Sutton's comments may be of interest to you. See article