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While I remain wary of CARB, recent developments in their proposed rules provide some relief for Diane and me, and people in a similar situation (one-truck owner-operators with plans to run their trucks for a number of years). This is from a recent Land Line magazine report: "According to...

This McBride/Caffee discussion has been VERY interesting to read. Thank you both for sharing in public. As I read it, the only thing I react to is the acceptance percantage. For some people it is improtant. For others it is not. Diane and I are in the latter group. While we are proud of our...

It gives you some awesome sleeper possibilities too. You could have a tractor 40 feet long. Behind the cab you could have a whole-lot-a sleeper and then the fifth-wheel.

It seems to me that you received a fair amount of feedback on the load opportunity system. In that regard, it was not a mistake to start the thread. Nor do I see your posts as maligning FedEx. Your comments are straightforward and raise legitimate questions about the system. If you have not...

I think it is fine for this thread to show up in the general forum and to keep it here. I do not think it is fine for people who admit to not knowing what they are taking about to talk anyway. But, this is an Open Forum so foot in mouth is permitted. So is expressing objections to negative...

The problem is not that you replied. This is an Open Forum. The problem is the unhelpful and disrespectful way you replied; namely, insinuation, innuendo and vague statements designed to cast a competing carrier in a bad light. Simple as that.

Time is saved because dispatch can send the same offer to multiple trucks at the same time. Before, an offer would go to one truck at a time, the truck would have 10 minutes to respond, and if the load was declined, the offer would go to the next truck. If three trucks declined the load and a...

That's right, Dave. You don't know. Do you really expect people to buy into your .... whatever? Think about it. If a truck is close and the load can be offered at one rate, offering a lower rate to a more-distant truck is unlikely to attract that truck to the load. The more-distant truck would...

Check out Paddock Solar; solar power solutions for the trucking industry. Great strides are being made in solar energy. One that is especially exciting recently came out of MIT but made surprisingly little news. See the story about solar powered fuel cells. Additional story I am following...

This long and sometimes-informative thread began with Dreamer's post, in which he expressed concern about regulators subjecting laptops to TV rules. It seems that as technology marches on, regulators will have their hands full. In a Best Buy store yesterday, I saw Garmin GPS devices that...

Yes it does, Mypie. Thank you.

That reminds me of a story I read that IS funny, in my view, at least. It was about a truck driver that got busted in such a string operation. He was quoted saying, "I should have known she was a cop when I saw she had all her teeth." It's funny to me like some of those stupid criminal stories...

So, when Panther develops a similar system, will you leave?

That's right. That's wrong. That's also wrong. If you read the post, you would see they were searching for qualified trucks, not cheap ones. When I say the money was OK, I meant good-enough all-miles pay for us to accept the load. By good-enough, I mean at or above our profit margin. There...

I know you are joking but I am not laughing. If she was in fact a prostitute working a truck stop, hers is a tragic story and a broken life. I grow sad when I wonder about how she got into that situation. When I worked in a prison for a few months (as a computer guy), I met some pretty...

I don't know why you are asking me about the need for express centers. You seem more informed about the dispatch system than me. Intentionally, I have limited my knowledge of the system to what our carrier has provided in writing and personal experience. With new developments like this, driver...

Not so. What I know of the new system I learned from the same written information that was shared with all contractors. While the rumor mill and personal observations kicked in after that, the best source remains the written info FedEx Custom Critical has provided. For as long as we have been...

Since you asked for replies from FedEx drivers, here is mine. I do not disagree with most of what you said. I encourage you to send your words by e-mail to your contractor coordinator; Subject: Feedback on New Dispatch System. Your message will be forwarded to the appropriate people. I do not...

Feeling guilty, irritated, sad and introspective all at once, I wrote the following in my daily blog. Still feeling guilty, irritated, sad and introspective, I would appreciate forum-member comments. How do you feel when the knock comes? What do you do? Blog excerpt: (being dispatched for a...

You have two strikes against you. You already know about the DUI and have taken remedial action. Time is on your side on that one. The other strike is the present economic slowdown. This has boosted the supply of trained and experienced drivers to higher-than-normal levels. Time is on your...