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It's a moot point now since Schneider is not taking in newbies these days, but I would not be quick to dismiss them. When Diane and I were new, and before we discovered expediting, we researched companies and concluded that Schneider would have been a good company to start with, had we gone the...

Not to be unfriendly, but to be frank, you folks are too trusting. Trucking is a rough-and-tumble business that draws rough-and-tumble people who are not always the clearest thinkers when it comes to ethics and seeing how actions that make good sense to them may have negative consequences on...

Thank you all again for your responses. I am finishing up the piece now. This is good stuff and I wish we could use it all. Sadly, we only have so much space to work with in the magazine so I must be selective. The thread does not have to end. Thousands of people read these posts and go to...

As a long-time OOIDA supporter and lifetime member, I am embarrassed to admit that I did not know about sponsored memberships until moose mentioned them. Saturnista, a sponsored membership is now waiting for you at OOIDA. Please check your private messages for contact information. People have...

It is difficult to discuss contract language without seeing the contract. Whether the contract is too lopsided to be enforceable is a question. The company's duty to perform is a question. The reasonableness of the hiring delay is a question. The company's duty to mitigate is a question. USA...

Not knowing how to drive in the snow is not limited to Hampton Roads, VA drivers. Even in Minnesota, drivers regularly pile into each other and into the ditches when it snows, even late in the winter when you would think people's winter driving skills would be well honed. That said, it's a...

I'm asking out of simple curiosity. Have you or anyone you know taken out a new truck loan in recent months? We hear in the news about tight credit. How is that showing up in expediting, if at all? I can't say because we are not shopping for a new truck and I do not know anyone that is. What's...

Thank you for the replies so far. This post is just to bump the request back to the top of the page. My deadline approaches. :)

Having seen a few, we have yet to see a fleet-owner contract we like. Click here to see why we signed them anyway.

I would be doubtful too, since FedEx Custom Critical does not own any tractors. When Diane and I were new, it took a while to learn and understand the differences between the various divisions (operating companies, or "OPCOs" as FedEx calls them) and the various employment or independent...

If not, we should give the driver the benefit of the doubt. Note that it was night. A trailer engulfed in flames is something that can be easily overlooked when doing a pretrip inspection in the dark. Serously, it looks like the fire started inside the trailer. The flames may not have appeared...

Bringing this thread back to its original intent, we are in Syracuse, NY until Monday morning.

It works both ways. A while back, we were called into an ASAP pickup only to find another truck already backed up to the dock. The freight had been loaded and that truck then died. Once we arrived, the freight was moved to our truck and we headed out on a sweet cross-country run; just as the tow...

Some will no doubt take it that way, but so what? I have no control over the conclusions other people draw. I included the information to make the safety-first point. Rather than jurry-rig the truck to complete the run, we forfieted a significant amount of money in the interests of safety. Had...

If CARB applied their rules to RVs like they do trucks, Onan probably would develop a CARB-compliant product.

For use in an upcoming article in Expedite NOW, This is a request for comments from expediters who, despite the recession, are still standing in the industry and can point to some measure of success. The question is simple. If you are still earning a good living as an expediter (whatever that...

CARB rules do not apply to RVs and Onan provides generators to many more RVs than trucks. Several months ago I heard from ARI who heard from Onan that Onan does not plan to provide a CARB-compliant product because their primary market is RV. That may change in time. Who knows?

This is interesting. To complete the analysis, you should specify the freight weight and dimensions. Then go to web sites where carriers allow customers to enter the information and get a price. Let us know what you find out.

We are stranded for the weekend too, in Syracuse, NY, but not for lack of freight. We came off a $5,000+ load this morning because of a broken brake assembly bracket I spotted during my pretrip inspection. So, instead of running cross-country over the weekend, we sit and watch the snow melt as...

buddy, You are asking good questions. When Diane and drove fleet owner trucks we saw a few contracts presented by fleet owners and prospective fleet owners. None of them were very good. All of them were lacking the specificity you mention. Poor wording made various interpretations possible...