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Amen to that! Say it, brother! Not so much about the ignorance part but about the good a carrier can do. There is a lot to having your own authority that many good expediters have considered and chose instead to pay the carrier a percentage of the gross to do that work.

I sometimes look at the UShip site for its entertainment value. The variety of stuff people want to ship is fascinating. Considering it seriously as a freight source, I would be disinclined to do so because the shippers are unsophisticated. Many of them have little or no experience in shipping...

Bless you, bless you all!

I know it would be second-hand info, but when you say "one is doing good they say," do you know what they mean by "doing good?"

This is very interesting. We have teamjdw who moved from E-1 to FDCC and Special K who moved from FDCC to E-1, and both talking about the differences. Keep it up, both of you. It creates some very informative reading in the Open Forum. I appreciate you sharing your views and experiences.

Who told you this? What were the circumstances? When the freight delivers in our home express center (Minneapolis), we don't always go home. Sometimes we treat it like any other city and remain available for the next load. But because it is our home express center, the computer automatically...

After seven years in the business this month, and with changes made at our carrier (not all for the better), Diane and I have taken a couple days off to take a deep and careful look at what we are doing, why and how. We have considered everything from staying put to changing carriers to selling...

From their point of view, it is problematic only if they care how contractors feel. If it's about the next quarter's numbers, feelings don't count for much.

Diane and I do not think in terms of solo vs. team runs. To us, there is no such thing as a team run, or a solo run for that matter. Run offers are evaluated on their financial merits, period. That approach has led us to take many short runs at very good pay and also to turn down short runs...

It has been tried before. Diane and I once saw a truck numbed DS-xxxx. Not D-xxxx or DR-xxxx, but DS. We asked the driver what DS meant and were told it was a designation for a regional truck, in her case serving the Chicago area. We asked her how that was working out and she said there was no...

What are you looking for exactly? Driving by some of the dealerships that advertise on EO, we see expediter trucks on their lots. What do you seek that is difficult to find?

This is true, except when it isn't. Your comment brings to mind several times when were passed over without believable explanation when everything we understand about the system says we should have gotten the load. It happens most often when we have less than 75 status, have a full weekend...

To carry this good thought a bit further, and for those who do not know, you can get to know your truck by taking the opportunity and time to do it. When you find yourself with a small number of heavy skids on your truck, and if you have time, and if the load is not sealed, and if you have or...

Wait! wait! I know this one! It depends on what state you are in because state-to-state, the legally mandated bar closing times differ. :D

There is no "time from last load." There is dwell time. Examples: You deliver in Chicago, send in your POD (proof of delivery, the name of the person who signed for the freight), and check in by sending in an 08. The computer would automatically assign you to the nearest express center which is...

I'm also curious about critical check out time messages ("critical departure"). At E-1, how is it even possible to deliver your freight safely and on time without being told ahead of time by a computer that you must get moving if you are going to get to your delivery on time? My goodness...are...

Interesting! You build dwell time based on the actual time you have been without freight, instead building it in a system where you might have to drive a half day just to check into an express center to start build dwell time. Makes me wonder, could our carrier could survive if bed cards were...

I'm curious about E-1 not using bed cards (macro 08 at FedEx). FedEx Custom Critical contractors start building dwell time at an express center when we check in using macro 08. If bed cards are not used, what starts the E-1 dwell time clock? Or is the system so different that dwell time is not a...

Bravo! True professionalism demonstrated here.

Thank you, easyrider2697 for explaining.