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A review of 510 loads we ran in D, DR and CR units since August, 2003 shows no new trend or pattern in canceled loads, or dry runs as our carrier calls them. There are not enough dry runs in our run total to do a meaningful trend analysis, with one possible exception. More dry runs occured on a...

RE: Speaking of T/Stops Petro Truck Stops Sold to >I would've been happier had Petro bought TA Ditto

SickDog40, Consider painting the front bumper, fenders (but not all the way to the top) and fairings dark blue or purple. That will give the truck a firmer stance on the ground and bring out the chrome (one person's opinion of course). Reefer Hauler, The graphics on our truck are vinyl. The...

RE: Truck Stops This is good stuff. You truck stop guys are putting up some very interesting information and views. Keep it coming!

So, nightcreacher, you changed your driving practices and your profits are up? Dude! You're doing it all wrong. The secret to success in expediting is to buy a truck and then wait for the roast chicken to fly into your mouth.

Questions and comments about popular computer and handheld navigation programs are ongoing in the Open Forum. It occured to me to gather together a handful of expediters with their products of choice to put these products to the test. An ExpeditersOnline and/or Expedite NOW article about real...

Was the trailer lettered with the FedEx logo? If not, maybe it was not a FedEx-approved trailer at all.

Spotted this truck at TA in Ontario today when we went there for showers and then left to set up for tomorrow's pick up. The truck was buttoned up so I was unable to talk to the driver(s). The graphics and chrome on this SST-100 are the nicest I've seen on one of those "Jeff Jones specials."

It might be fun and informative to readers if some of us got togther with our current versions of our mapping software and ran a real-world test through them......humm.......I sense an ExpeditersOnline and/or Expedite NOW article rising out of this. Hummmmmm. Yep. This is a good idea. It's...

swiftyexp, Thank you for sharing your truck stop management background with us. I hope you share a lot more of what you know. We use truck stops all the time for fuel and showers, at least, and sometimes more. I would very much like to learn more about the truck stop business as truck stop...

Correction: It is about 60 miles from the TA to the campground, not 40. Forgive the typo.

>I here ya .. the a team is those guys that everyone loves to >hate..:7 >But hey ...They never really bugged me ..Does he embellish ? >sure , exaggerate? absolutly...He's a freakin writer...but >he's usually positve, to counter the negative on here ...so >whats the prob ?? i dont know...

Until I saw this thread, I did not realize the Trucker's Poem thread had been removed. For the record, all I did was post a simple little poem that had nothin to do with any Open Forum member or industry issue. Others turned the thread into something different. Do I dare repost the poem?

We use CoPilot Truck laptop version and Delorme Street Atlas USA. Both will miss an address every now and then. CoPilot seems to get it right more often. For example, in Ontario, CA, the road by the TA truck stop is Millikan Ave. CoPilot shows it is a through street going north to Foothill...

Finding ourselves in LA over the long weekend (dispatched to pick up on Tuesday) was a new experience. We have been in and out of LA many times. Laying over here, we had no idea what to do or see because we have always been dispatched out of LA quickly. While talking on the phone with Jack...

We have a business account and a new vehicle loan with a credit union. They required at least 20% down on the truck, a written business plan, and a good credit rating. In return, they offered a fixed interest rate that no dealer, owner, bank, or other type of lending institution was able to...

They are called super-singles or wide-base single tires. We did check them out and decided to go with traditional duals. Super-singles are most often seen on trucks where the weight savings of the super-single setup can translate directly into additional freight on board; such as tankers where...

One additional thought about FedEx Custom Critical weekend freight disappearing to a sister company. What sister company would that be? FedEx Surface Expedite Network uses resources from both FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Freight, but FedEx Freight trucks do not run on weekends. I don't think...

Passing time in the Los Angeles, CA area until Tuesday. Dispatched to pick up a load then.

An old-timer team we once met told us they were getting ready to go home to take everything out of their truck and move back into it again. They had been running in that truck for years and it was packed full of stuff, some of which they have forgotten they even had. To keep that from happening...