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Under load, driving from California to a Monday delivery in the midwest.

The moving date has been set. We will begin work at the Rice's home in Edgewater, Florida Friday morning, April 13. At present we have two team-driven straight trucks and one solo-driven B-unit lined up. While that is enough to get the job done, a second B-unit and a couple more people would...

Put in tinyurl. LDB Moving day is now set for sometime between April 12 and 15 and things are coming together well. The "Denver" truck is Caroll and Dora Bean. That name may ring a bell to some here on EO. Jeff Jensen did a story about a letter the Beans wrote when the HOS rules changed...

Thank you for the offer, Dave. I think we'll be fine. On the Rice's end, the move date range has changed to sometime on or after April 11. For volunteer planning purposes, we're now talking about sometime between the 11th and 15th. The move should be relatively easy. The two houses are just a...

Put in tinyurl. LDB As the Rice thread was getting long, Lawrence asked me to post this in a new thread that he will lock. The longer thread can be read at: http://tinyurl.com/2bvef3 Cherri said: > I hope that Glen & Janice know that they can count on a >lot of EO members, if there's...

> I hope that Glen & Janice know that they can count on a >lot of EO members, if there's anything we can do to help. >And they should know that they've earned it, by being so >much help to others, when they were able, and we'd be happy >for the chance to demonstrate that 'what goes around...

I have lost count of the number of truck stop fender benders I have seen happen before my eyes or seen shortly after they occured. Almost always, one driver is perfectly parked and minding his or her business. Then another driver comes in and WHAM! your whole month changes. The moral of the...

I think Leo raises an excellent point. I believe drivers that put too much emphasis or expectations on team vs. solo loads can hurt themselves by turning down loads that might otherwise be good to take. As Diane and I see it, a load is a load, whether it is a 30 mile run or 3,000. When an...

Regarding White Glove eligibility, straight answers do come from the office. And if you ask the same question a few months later, straight answers will come again, but they will likely be different. That is not because FedEx is lying about the standards. It is because the standards themselves...

Glen and Janice continue to work through a slow and painful recovery from Glen's surgery. I asked him yesterday where he felt he was on the road to recovery on a 0-100 scale, with zero being the moment he came off the operating table. He said 20. He said it is especially difficult for him to be...

That office chair....I WANT IT!!!:7

RE: And Still More Things to Learn in Your First 9 We talked to a couple >recently that said they stay at RV parks...but their the >only ones we've heard say so. And how many RV parks keep >you on the board? Hmmm. I don't know much about Panther's board system so I can't say. I can say...

Yes. Hawk, good advice. Your post got me to thinking about all the white-collar and blue-collar employees who have been blindsided too by unexpected corporate sales, spinoffs, downsizing, outsourcing, etc. An expediter who is doing well in plan A and also has a plan B in hand is in pretty good...

>That does make total sense yet confusing. Since I am not >there, I am far from any authority on it. But it is good you >pointed out many of the items that would prohibit someone >from being accepted. >I heard part of the story from a few teams, but it is >possible I didn't hear ALL of it...

> Why would Fed Ex want to limit the amount of qualified >white glove trucks? That would be as goofy as limiting >teams. Not saying that they don't limit them, just wondering >why they would. FedEx Custom Critical limits the number of White Glove trucks for the same reason they limit all...

>I agree with the Colonel on this one. I also believe that, >over time, we are each equally the screwee and screwer. It >just so happens that when we get the sweet end of the stick, >we have no idea if another driver was negatively affected. >We smile at our good fortune and head for the...

RE: Handling requirements for pharmaceutical exped The leader in this area is FedEx Custom Critical White Glove Services. Your best information source about truck and driver qualifications will be a FedEx Custom Critical recruiter.

That is a good point and well taken. Still, keeping a run journal works for surface expedite too. Being close to an express center is good. Being close to the freight is better. Over time, a run journal will tell you where in an express center the freight tends to be.

RE: And Still More Things to Learn in Your First 9 Anywhere but most truck stops (a few are nice) 24 hour grocery stores with the manager's permission, 24 hour restaurants like Denny's or Perkins, Wal-Marts, rest areas. If you truck has a porta-poddy or a toilet built in, office parks are...

When we position ourselves for freight, we give very little consideration to how far or close to an express center we are. Dispatch can see all trucks at all times, even if they are out of service. It is not uncommon for them to call us for a load that would require us to drive through several...