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Former expediter of Lil' Deuce Coupe fame Glen Rice will be at the truck show, showing his Kenworth bobtail in the truck beauty contest and working the recruiting booth for his present, power-only carrier, Powersource (booth 91030). While he has a show-worthy tractor, he does not have the...

Maybe they are retired truckers who miss the road and the truck stops. Diane and I were off the road for two months in January and February this year (vacation). It actually felt good to visit a truck stop after being away from them that long. See this blog post.

This is why good expediters stay up on DOT regs. You can hold your own when someone tries to operate outside of them or use them against you when there is no basis for doing so. DOT devotions is an expediter best practice. That little green book your carrier gives you, you know the one, right...

Nice to see, for a change, the news people blaming the four wheeler for this wreck.

It's not funny, it's sad. And it goes a long way in explaining why so many expediters work hard their whole careers and have little or nothing to show for it at the end. There is a lot of good professional information in the Open Forum but pee topics top them all. You get more of what you...

People love to post good truck news but tend to keep the bad news to themselves. We will hear about the driver who got 200,000 miles on a set of steers but if the same driver got 80,000 miles, he probably would not post. So too with truck engines and trucks themselves. After manufacturer's...

(For expediter wannabees, deadhead means driving with no freight on board at your own expense.) There are four kinds of deadhead: 1. Deadheading to a pickup that has already been dispatched. 2. Deadheading to a "better" area to wait for load offers. 3. Deadheading in and around the area you...

In the truck.

That is good to hear. It turned out that Diane and I got dispatched out of Dallas on an ASAP pick up this afternoon. We are glad to hear that this is a team. The injury is bad but it is good that she is not alone and the husband can tend to the truck and their belongings. Note to expediter...

I see there are now 106 expediter trucks within 50 miles of Laredo, not including any that might be there with the Panther and FedEx Custom Critical. No Landstar Express America trucks are showing on the board there this morning. I am certain some of the expediters in Laredo would be willing to...

Expediting is a challenging profession in which people work all hours of the day and night. Fatigue, stress, unexpected developments, temporary and long-term frustrations are all part of the game. The Open Forum can become an easy outlet to vent or lash out when pressures build. In the forum...

More info on how she is doing? Hospitalized? Able to drive? Solo or team? Able to get around? Truck secure? In need of help? Diane and I are in Dallas. We can drive down there if help is needed.

If that is so, it is news to me. I know of no Landstar publication that put my photo in it. What magazine are you talking about? And even if what you say is true, so what? My photo has been in lots of trucking magazines. It's no big deal. If I have a problem, I fix it too. No different than...

None of this suits either one of you well. Nor does it add anything of value to the Open Forum. You are better than this.

The Federal Motor Carier Safety Agency (FMCSA) runs a Safety Measurement System (SMS) that ranks carriers by certain saftey scores assigned by the system. It is criticized for many flaws but is commonly used and misused. The SMS site is here. To use it, you need carrier DOT numbers. Those can...

Thank you for that. Until your post, I was not aware of the new posts button. Not being a moderator, I have no interest in or need to read every post in every forum. My forum browsing is generally (not always) limited to just a few forums. I browse forum to forum, not post to post. I understand...

It's not about one carrier being more perfect than another. It's about cultural differences within carriers. Diane and I have only been with two carriers but the cultural differences between the two are profound. So too, I would think, between any two carriers. It just so happens that the...

We drive our own trucks with carrier logos on them. Some of wear clothing to identify ourselves with or promote our carrier of choice. Many expediters have business cards made up that include their carrier's name and logo. Some expediters include their carrier's logo in the signature of their EO...

In the FedEx Custom Critical carrier forum, in the Frustrated With Expediting thread, non-FedEx moderators have jumped into a conversation that has nothing to do with issues a moderator would otherwise deal with (code of conduct violations, locking threads, moving threads, etc.). It seems to...

Diane and I used paper logs most of the time we were with FedEx Custom Critical, then electronic logs for a time, and then back to paper logs when we changed carriers to Landstar Express America. Using electronic logs did not put us out of business but they did increase our expenses and...