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On 30 Nov we entered the USofA at Port Huron with nothing more than a customs invoice and an inward manifest. I did not use PAPS. The US side broker did the usual magic to get us cleared.

OldProf: What's an A load, B load etc.? Roberts Express, the forerunner of FedEx Custom Critical, set the standard for an A load as one cube and a B load as two cubes; a cube being defined as one 48" x 48" x 48" unit. An A load was 500 lbs or less and a B load was 501 to 2000 lbs. In the...

Standard skid is 48 x 48. Many are 48 x 40, after that there are many samller sizes and some bigger custom built for machinery, doors, etc.

Joe Patience is a necessary expediter virtue; you've demonstrated enough to succeed. We've seen a lot of similar dirt balls thru the years and often wonder how they can pass muster without the customers complaining to the carrier. It appears that you've seen the low end of the scale and I now...

Rene' and I join the masses in wishing the officers, crew, members and guests and fellow moderators of EO a joyous and happy Thanksgiving. Terry

We've had several appliance and furniture deliverys scheduled this year and each time we've had to cater to the sched of the delivery folks. It would have been nice to have had an avail service that you're interested in. I'd rather have paid you for on-time rather than pay them for some-time...

great post. explains a lot about Rene's lengthy restroom visits.

RE: Now I'm not sure if expediting is the way to g My >understanding of the word "plateau" is something that has >reached it's growth period. Sylvester: Please don't be discouraged by one persons choice of words in rendering an opinion while being interviewed for an article by the most...

There are representatives from all segments of society that seem to ignore the speed limits, but the most egregious group of violators , that I consistently observe, is all 9 or 12 passenger vans with church or school lettering on the sides. The operators of these vehicles must think their time...

>Terry..."Reinbursed" is not the correct term to use >here.They charge us for the drug screen on our settlement >sheet.To my knoledge they never reinburse us for this. Redytrk is correct...I used the wrong word, We don't pay the clinic. The clinic bills Fedex Custom Critical for the test...

>A pallet grabber is used to pull the skids out of the van. >Is there anything made to help pull the skids in? Do you >have the helpful, friendly fork truck driver carefully push >the skids up to the load bar? Friendly or otherwise, that's how it's nearly always done.

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RE: Has a Dispatcher ever said anything rude to yo Draco raises a great point, Safety As expediter dispatchers, operations folks don't seem to hear the anxiety in our voices, when we don't adequately express our load refusal reasons, because they are consumed with the urgency of getting a hot...

I thought Eminem was a plain white wrapper

DJ: Aside from Glen's most appropriate comments, consider the reason your jets have the Air Force markings; you wild blue yonder guys don't want to be mistaken for Navy or Coast Guard aviators. The Thunderbirds are painted differently than the Blue Angels because advertising pays, even though...

There's a weekly cartoon idea in here someplace!

I was in a T/S one evening and overheard a driver fussing with management thusly: He said he was assisted backing into a tight spot in front of a fence at the rear of a pot-holed area of the parking lot. He was pleased that the stranger guided him into the spot. When he returned his rear axle...

Good choice on the V-8 Food for thought: Consider todays avg nationwide fuel costs; $2.13 diesel, $1.96 gas. at 20 mpg, a diesel costs 10 1/2 cents per mile. at 15 mpg, a gas model costs 13 cents per mile. Assuming 100,000 miles per year, a diesel will save $2,500 per annum. After the...

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humorous stuff; happy to see it. I hope Forrest P. is back. He was not only a pleasurable character, but a great cartoonist.