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I forgot above, we are raising the minimum pay per mile at which we will accept a load.

Earlier this evening, we fueled up and paid $455 to fill our tanks. That is a "bit" higher than usual, but with oil approaching $100 per barrel, I fear that $500 fuel stops will become the norm. For those of us with a carrier that provides a fuel surcharge, the pain is dulled a bit by the extra...

Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. economy is likely to ``slow noticeably'' this quarter while high commodity prices and a weaker dollar may stoke inflation ``for a time.'' Chairman Bernanke spoke to a congressional committee today, recapping recent...

While fuel surcharges rise as fuel prices rise, and while that money is collected from shippers and passed on to the trucks (except where fleet owners may pay for fuel and have other arrangements with their drivers), shippers increased fuel prices impact shippers, consignees and their downline...

Nightthrasher, If you have not already done so, see "Introduction to Expediting" at: http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf You have already discovered the Open Forum, which is a good step. Keep reading. Read at least one year's worth of posts to get a sense of what people...

A middle-aged married couple with no previous trucking experience who researched the industry, set goals and jumped in. Their goals were to increase their income, spend more time together, share a business project, simplify their lives and see the country. They drove fleet owner trucks for three...

That's a great question. I hope some folks that recently changed carriers post their answers. It would be especially interesting to hear if they felt switching carriers did them any good.

RE: Border Problems......RE: BEEP!!! IN THE NIGHT. A driver once shared with us his point of view about rescue loads. It is a view we adopted after hearing it. When a truck breaks down, a driver needs help. He or she will want to get the freight off the truck to be freed up to tend to truck...

A question we are frequently asked by newbies and non-expediting truck drivers alike is about the rush to get expedited freight through. It seems a lot of people out there believe we race from point A to point B to make a delivery time. I can't say anything about other carriers but I can speak...

RE: and borders too There is another aspect to this that has to do with customer service. With our carrier, shippers can track the location of the truck on the internet. We might be several hours ahead of a load going from say New York City to Chicago, and be delayed for an hour or two by a...

RE: Saving Money By Extending Your Oil Change Inte Understood

>Phil, > >I have responded to your questions before and have asked for >what you would do in the same situation and you have side >stepped the question. So before I reply to this one I will >ask: > >What would you ask for, and why? I thought I have been straightforward and complete in...

RE: and borders too We drive team so it is easier to get ahead of a 50 mph trip plan. For example, you don't need to stop to get something to eat. Your codriver can make a sandwich while you keep driving. Even so, we do get behind for the same reasons spelled out above (traffic lights, routes...

Not soon like tomorrow soon, but soon enough to see in our lifetime perhaps. Significant progress has been made in developing robot-driven cars. Think of it. It would free drivers up to use their cell phones and read while they travel down the highway. ;)...

>I'm just trying to figure out if this actually was a serious >question, or posted as a joke........ It was an idea floated for serious discussion. I know of at least one forum in the political arena that used this rule. That was a long time ago and I do not know if it even exists any more...

I have no objection to the percentage of load arrangement Diane and I now have with our carrier. I do wonder sometimes just how flat the flat rate system is. I understand that fuel surcharges are added to the flat rate. Is there anything else? Perhaps an example from someone in the know would...

Reference was made in another thread to new Canadian Vehicle Inspection Reports. So as to not take that thread off topic, I'm starting a new one here. On a recent trip up there, Diane and I saw an article about new Canadian Vehicle Inspection Reports in a Canadian trucking magazine. We...

If all Open Forum members were restricted to posting no more than one post a day, would the Open Forum readers be better or worse off? I would happily abide by a one post per day rule if all others did to.

You are sitting in your truck or van waiting for freight. Your cell phone rings. Expecting it to be a load offer, you answer, but the dispatcher surprises you with something else. "As an experiment in bottom-up management, our company president has selected three drivers at random. You are one...

RE: Give me a break.....Give us a break...give exp >Phil you little leprechaun... >I love your stories but want you to do one thing... >Tone it down to something achievable for the new >expediter... >If you are gonna subscribe to the Grandiose verboseness do >so from day 1 or the birth of...