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Not in our case. We have noticed a slowdown in freight but it is a recent development. Most of 2008 has been just fine. Our revenue is down not because of freight reasons but personal choices to spend more time out of service and go home more often. In the last several weeks we have noticed a...

We bought eight new drive tires yesterday. Once ready to swap eight dual drive tires for four Michelin super singles (Michelin X One), we ended up going once again with dual drives. The reason was simple. Michelin could not deliver the X One tires. We ordered them weeks in advance but no tires...

I believe rates will go up when the economic recovery begins. Trucking industry economists and analysts are all talking about the truck capacity crunch that will develop when the economy picks up. This will shift the balance of pricing power from the shippers to the truckers. As general freight...

Back to the post that started this thread, the November retail numbers are being reported now (not just Black Friday numbers). Thomson Reuters tracks sales at 35 retailers. Reports are in from 24 of them. As reported by CNN, "Thomson Reuters forecast that last month's overall same-store sales...

I have the same memory. My dad took me down to the bank. I deposited my first-earned paper route money and walked out with a passbook showing my savings account balance. When I went in with subsequent deposits the people in this small town bank knew who I was and treated me like I was a VIP...

The facts are slightly different because of the time frame, but six years ago when Diane and I started researching the expediting industry, a number of experienced expediters complained bitterly about increased competition, less money, fewer loads, more restrictions, higher costs, etc. Anyone...

Or a doctor, dentist or Beno salesperson.

Or, they were engaging in selective research, believing only the parts of the expediting story they wanted to believe. Not unlike the millions of homeowners who believed their real estate values would continue to grow to the sky and they would always be able to refinance. It is not uncommon for...

This statement confuses me. If you want the point to stick, you will need to be more specific, as in providing a link to where someone said "could never happen." What exactly are you talking about?

Let's assume, DaveKC, that I am among those you refer to, since I have made posts about becoming a millionaire expediter, and written "flowery tourist stories" (see my Stories From the Road on my web site). I have not said Diane and I are predispatched all the time. I have said we are...

As an indicator in any year, Black Friday sales have more to do with media hype than economic reality. Same-store sales of a given month compared to the same month a year ago is a far more meaningful indicator. Black Friday sales reveal revenue numbers for a given day or weekend but they do...

Fair enough, ebsprintin. You posted your words on 9/7/07, presumably in response to my words in this post of 9/2/07: "No one knows when it will come or how severe it will be. My own best guess (and it is nothing more than that, one man's best guess), is the recession will begin in late 2007 or...

Makes sense to us. The anticipated resale value of our truck when we move into the next one is $2.95. Maybe a bit more if the fuel tanks are full. ;) We plan to run this puppy past its useful life and into the ground. We hope to have 1.5 million miles on it before even having to think about...

While the automotive companies and UAW are not winning much praise in this thread, other unions may be getting the message. From MarketWatch.com, 11/28/08: "Facing the worst economy since the 1930s, the Teamsters Union and the freight companies of YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) have reached an...

Back at you, Jefferson3000. Thank you for understanding our schedule and need to keep rolling.

It was worth it.

Among the things I am thankful for is the connection to expediters EO and especially the Open Forum provides. Thank you, Dale for the good work you do keeping the Open Forum on the up and up. Expediting continues to be a great life and work for many. The EO community makes it more so.

As planned, we remained in service and available to haul freight. We are now dispatched on a good load that picks up Monday. By driving 150 miles out of route to the pickup, we can spend Thanksgiving with relatives in Texas. They insist that we don't need to bring a thing and a bountiful feast...

Thinking of Thanksgiving, parents and sacrafices, I am mindful today of the parents who will celebrate Thanksgiving with an empty chair at the table and grieve the loss of their son or daughter who was killed in a war. Parents who lost their kids in Viet Nam do so to this day, as do those who...