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What a darlin!! Congratulations :)

We planned on being home (New Bern, NC) we have our 3 grown sons, and their families coming in. We also have parents, and a sister that are coming in. Guess where we've been for 4 days? Portland, OR !!! We've exhausted the load boards trying to get the heck out of here, and no luck. A 3000...

Great post! Our biggest problem is remembering that we do have this flexibility. We are still fighting that "tractor/trailer" mentality. Keep posting stuff like this as a reminder please!

RE: Do you know your credit score? or I love debt Linda, My better half listens Dave Demo, Old Time Radio or news when he's driving, but the other morning when it was his turn to drive he said..."You just had to listen to Dave didn't ya, I couldn't go to sleep because I kept listening too"! Haha

With FedEx we had the choice to activate the "page" when a load offer came in. Also, just to clarify, the page is simply that, a page that lets you know a load offer was sent to the truck. It isn't a long text message with load info or anything. I'd like to see Panther implement a similar system

RE: Do you know your credit score? or I love debt Oooh, I love Dave Ramsey! Since I drive most nights, I get to listen to him on XM 171. Total Money Makeover is a great book!

Lawrence, It's not the Astoria, it's the Pierre Hotel. We were up there for a Fenway Partners meeting to show them how the truck was set up. An interesting experience to say the least :P

When we were with FedEx, it was nice to get a page that said we had a load offer. We didn't worry about whether or not dispatch remembered that we were "out of truck on cell". It was an automatic page whenever the load offer was sent to the truck. Personally, I'd love it if I never had to...

RE: My week in dispatch. Favoritism? Definitely no Excellent post! Many times when we don't get an immediate answer to a question, we forget that we are just one of the hundreds of questions that are being asked at the same time. Thank you for spending the "week" and reporting your findings. :)

Here we are. Our truck number is now 5683 and she's called "Stubby" for obvious reasons :7

>I like the one's who don't mark the shipping door, so you >get to circle the building twice then get out of your truck >and trudge around in the snow and 20 degree temps pulling on >locked doors until you finally find the one thats unlocked >that leads into the middle of the plant and...

Thank you for the update Dave. As a new Panther team, there are things we believe need improvement, but are reserving judgment. It will be interesting to see what happens.

That was great!!

I'm spoiled, I admit it ;) A buddy of ours pulls tankers and he calls our truck a "freight capable RV" :P

We had PrePass in a previous truck and loved it! The transponder for this new truck is waiting at our house. Of course it arrived the afternoon we left home. Go figure. :+ I never realized you could cause a red by something that you were doing. Thanks for the info! :)

My pet peeve....no signage and dispatch that gives one piece of information at a time! Give me all the information I need to know right from the start. Picking up or delivering and find out they need a contact name. x(

>I get the impression you'd like that week off, so assuming >your finances are in order and you won't beat yourself up >with guilt... take it. The finances allow it, but if there was enough money to be made to make it worthwhile to stay out then we'd probably do it. I rarely turn down...

Those are the type of answers I was secretly hoping for :) Thanks a bunch folks!!

We're with Panther and have a 16ft reefer box. This is our first year in expediting, and I was wondering how business is during the time between Christmas and New Years? We're trying to decide whether to plan on being home for a week or coming back out on the 26th. I don't want to just sit out...

>You know what gets me though? These guys that lock it in at >70 no matter what and blow by you on the right in a >construction zone posted 45 or 55 and "all trucks use LEFT >lane". > >I guess some people say "big deal..I already do more than 60 >in Michigan anyway". But to me, it is nice...