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Were the extra two men named Art?

By "we," I don't mean Diane and me alone. I mean anyone inclined to help or knows someone that may have a solution. We met this solo D-unit expediter today at a truck stop in a typical drivers-talk-shop chat. He has been sitting a while. He paid off his house in November. He leases his truck...

Let me put it another way. If you want to quibble about the meaning of words, find a mirror and talk to yourself.

Wow! What a surprise! I open the latest edition of the Weekly Fleet Bulletin to find a link to a list of FDCC approved freight brokers. Of the hundreds listed nationwide, 23 are near our home. Sweet! Diane and I have only used the Home Run program once, and then as an experiment as much as...

So what? Ross Perot used to tell his sales force to dress like your customers dress. I have decided to talk like my carrier talks because it seems equally wise to do so. I could care less what the words mean. It matters more what the words do. In this case, the words let my carrier and...

Be careful about lumping us all together. Diane and I are leased to a large carrier and have few complaints about dispatch. When we turn down a load, it is done with the press of a button and with no consideration beyond the load itself. Only on rare occasions has dispatch called and wanted to...

First saying that I know almost nothing about the courrier business, I will offer that at least one courrier company has its courriers deadheading very little. EDIT: I misunderstood fastman_1's point and failed to distinguish between the 100 mile long shot and local runs when I wrote what I...

That's great news for you about the van being found! Yippiee! It is also great news for all expediters the way some rose here to communicate and keep an eye open. That's what the EO community is all about. We are all better off for it.

I have seen it happen many times where drivers and owner-operators co-mingle their opinions about their self-importance, rights and/or power over a customer or carrier with the details of a carrier's compensation schedule (D-time, labor, lift gate, pad-wrap, additional stops, surcharge, etc.) In...

You are correct. The agencies have lobbyists too.

I agree. The message could mean anything. Still keeping an eye open here. We are monitoring a fuel island in the Midwest. Diane has the second shift tonight. ;)

There is a lot of money to be made by processing all these background checks and administering credentials. Political influence can be gained by having say over the jobs and money involved. The whole process gives certain people something to have say over, other people jobs, and still others...

It doesn't get my blood to boiling, but it troubles me some that this talk about "truck drivers" seems to focus on the stereotype, as if there was only one kind of stereotypical truck driver and a few exceptions from the norm. Stereotype, schmerotype. No two truckers are alike.

When you say "truck drivers" I am beginning to wonder what you mean and what stereotype you hold of them, and whether your stereotype is fair. Would you call expediters like Diane and me "truck drivers?" We have CDLs but not Class A. They are Class B. We drive straight trucks, not big rigs...

Not in any way that we have noticed. The welcome changes signaled by Spring Break include putting our winter jackets away and paying for tuck washes that last longer than a day. :)

Having made the move from driver to owner, the biggest difference we found was having the fleet owner out of our life. That was a relief and it simplified our lives and business decision making. Once we got into a truck of our own, we never again had to think of a fleet owner before taking time...

Here are the same photos posted in a way that does not require people to log in to see them. Not everyone who browses this site logs in first. Update: Van is found. Driver photo removed from this post since it is no longer needed.

We expediters cover a whole lot of ground in a day's time and there are thousands who read this forum. Diane, me, and I am certain hundreds of other expediters stand ready, willing and able to keep an eye out for your van. Please provide a complete description and a description of the driver...

DaveKC, Not to change the subject as there is no need, since this topic has been kicked around many times in many threads. If Diane and I wanted to, we could run the wheels off our truck but not at rates that are acceptable to us. Your strategy and ours differ and I thank you here for...

I don't see it. Entertaining us with stories about truckers doing the worst to each other do not cheer me up. If I am laying in the hospital for some serious reason, I am not likely to feel better if you were to tell me how much worse others had it. We are hauling right now, our second load...