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According to the route supervisor I shared a meal with not long ago (social visit), his Upstate New York route drivers who deliver snack foods to grocery stores and convenience stores earn over $50,000 a year and get full company benefits. These people are employees of a national company. They...

No, I would not pay $1,200 to protect my on-time rating in the circumstances you describe. One late delivery in over 1,000 loads would barely affect our rating. The rating is self-maintained. Landstar does not keep track of such things. So even if the rating suffered, no one would know but Diane...

Sadly, it is not the way it is because too many expediters do not understand what they are agreeing to when they sign their contracts. Their failure to look out for their own best interests is a weakness known by some carriers and dispatchers that is exploited for the carrier's financial gain...

No, it is not a service failure. The words "service failure" do not appear in our contract. "Service failure" was a familiar concept at FedEx Custom Critical but I do not recall if those words appeared in their contract. At FedEx, a contractor would be charged with a service failure if the...

In Diane's and my case, it is not implicit, it is explicit in our contract that we will keep our CDL, medical card and other such things up to date. It is also explicit in our contract that our truck will "...be maintained in good and safe operating condition, as required by government...

That's just it. I know exactly what my obligations are to my carrier and my carrier's customers (my customers too). I know them exactly because they are spelled out exactly in the contract and bills of ladings I sign. What I don't know is why people in this thread are suggesting that they are...

One other point: Diane and I get it about delivering the freight safely and on time, every time. The dispatchers at FedEx knew that we get it. When we left, the ones we talked to all said that when they put freight on our truck, they knew they did not have to worry about that load. The agents...

That's the thing. I'm not so sure that being towed to a delivery is your problem. This thread has prompted me to read the fine print in our lease agreement and a few recent bills of ladings Diane or I have signed. There is nothing in any of them that talks about being towed to a delivery...

While it may seem so on the first read, I am not trying to be difficult here or back anyone into a corner. I am only trying to be precise and to find out exactly what we expediters are obligated and not obligated to do in the event of a truck breakdown under load. I do not know exactly because...

Let's take a closer look at that. If the question is, "Can you safely and legally make scheduled delivery appointment?" and you answer yes, you are stating that you can make that delivery. You are not stating that you will, only that you can. Note the difference. They are not asking "Do you...

OK. Let's talk about your word then, cheri1122 and Rocketman. How is that word given? Expediters do not raise their right hands and make pledges to shippers at loading docks. Somewhere, somehow, it is communicated between driver, carrier, shipper and consignee the services that are being...

In what way are you contracted to make that load happen? How do you know this? What exactly are you required by contract to do in the original hypothetical example? Where exactly is that contract language found? What exactly does it say?

Hypothetical question: You are on a 1,200 mile run (over a weekend for solo drivers). Truck breaks down in a remote area 400 miles into the run. No rescue trucks are available. Do you pay to be towed to the delivery?

It's Sunday. NFL Football is on TV. When you are on the road, and if you are an NFL Football fan, how do you watch it; smart phone, TV in the truck, laptop, truck stop TV room, hotel, etc.? What devices and services do you use and how do you connect to the games you want to see?

The dispatch system is different at Landstar Express America. While Qualcomm is occasionally used to announce loads (not offer, announce), agents most often call with load offers. They are located in offices around the country and each has his or her own phone number(s). Dispatch is...

An honor indeed. Congratulations, Linda.

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I did not think of this until Moose mentioned it but Diane and I also avoid biodiesel whenever we can. Truck stops (and states) that are bio-free or low-bio are preferred.

Correct. That typo has been edited out. TA/Petro is NOW our first choice.

When we started in the business in 2003, we quickly learned to avoid TA's and go to other truck stops. Old, dirty places they seemed to us. Over the years they were purchased by the present owner and merged with Petro. In that time, these truck stops have gotten better and better. TA/Petro is...