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Planning is the key. I have seen many great posts from Ateam and Davekc talk about planning. As our goals have changed so has our planning on how we do things. Nobody wants to be in an accident, but you have to plan for one in case one does happen. We keep one truck in our fleet empty for that...

This past month I was involved in an accident where a car was pushed into the back of our truck by another truck. It got me thinking of where I would be at if I didn't have a back up unit at the office to drive while my truck was getting fixed. Some owners or driver's don't have the use of...

Haven't had one load Dry Run on us yet fron the load board. We left the house Monday and 11 am and have done around 4700.00 for the week. We will be dropping 140 miles from our office tomorrow and heading back in to Medina. My truck is all repaired from the accident we was in and I want my truck...

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It is, but some have what is called a broker to broker agreement. There are lots of brokers posting loads on Sylectus that don't even own trucks. These brokers are what is hurting expediting.

Yes, I have an operations manager that monitors the load board for our small fleet. That's where we may have an advantage over others. It works well for us.

The driver can set preferences to their truck and will receive a text message or an email when a load is posted in the area they have set. There is no load order on this board. It's who ever accepts the load the fastest gets the load.

That is correct.

Does anyone know if they are planning on having a cookout in the parking lot like in Wilmington?

The loads are posted at the truck rate is for the Surface Expedite division. It's not a bidding war at all, but you have to be on your game with these loads because they do go fast. Our drivers can accept a load also as they have access to it 24 hours a day. Do I think that outside carriers...

Over the years I have seen many posts in regards to being a Successful Expediter. You have to ask yourself, what is considered to be successful in this business? Is it how much income one does? Is it how many loads you take? Is it it how many trucks you own? Is it how many of whatever you can...

Phil I personally don't feel that FedEx is trying to be like Lanstar with their new load board. The load board was created to give the Owner Operator a choice in what loads they would like to choose. These loads may not pickup for a few days or hours. As a former freight agent who has seen...

Glad it's not one of ours.

Some fleets may look shabby, but not all. We try to keep our trucks washed and clean. We ask that drivers send us pictures of the truck once a month to make sure they aren't messing our units up. The truck I'm in right now is clean and washed.

Naw, its totally different from the Landstar board from what I have been told. No favorites at FedEx Custom Critcal. The price is posted and you either want it or you don't. It's first come first serve, meaning whoever accepts the load first gets the load. You have to be able to legally do the...

Thanks OVM. I never left just haven't posted because something was wrong with my login. Turtle fixed it, thank you Turtle by the way. I only talked about the top three because I didn't want to make it a long and boring post.

I'm sure they do. I see them on the load board also.

Over the last twenty plus years Expediting has changed so much that it's hard to imagine it would be this way back then. Back in 1996 the top three carriers was Robert's Express, Tri-State and Land-Star Express American. Today it's FedEx Custom Critical( formerly Robert's Express ), Panther, and...

Oh did anything ever happen to this guy?

Members no matter what race this person is. He is putting the lifes of others at risk and shouldn't be driving a truck ever again for his actions.