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"It’s next to impossible for SOME of us to ask a question or make a comment without starting a pissing contest among a few. Well…..I’m sick of it." Well, other than pissing on every EO member, like you just did, what are you gonna do about it? An open forum is just that, open. The longer...

RE: A Question For Expediting Veterans About Reces "Successful Expediter. A person involved in expedited or critical-shipment freight transport (a trucking industry sector) who has personal, professional and/or business goals that are expediting-related; and has achieved or is in the process of...

RE: A Question For Expediting Veterans About Reces You know those bad months in expediting where there is no freight, no one gets any loads, no one makes any money? Well, a recession is just like that. And just like in those months, some expediters will do well while others do not. I've had...

If you're every up there, it's worth the trip to Eureka, CA, on the coast, dead west of Redding. It's near the southern edge of the Redwood Forest. Heading north to the Redwood Forest on Hwy 101, it's a twisted road up the coast. The fog is sometimes so defined up there that out the left window...

Uh, oh. I don't have a yellow knob. I'm screwwwwed. With the sad shape of the nation's infrastructure, water that has covered a roadway stands a very good chance of having washed that road away. Please keep that in mind. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

The Gross Revenue, or gross pay, is whatever the load pays. It includes loaded miles, FSC, headhead pay, bonus, detention, everything. This is the gross revenue that the truck generates. Out of all that you get paid something. You take that home with you. That is your Gross Take Home Pay, or...

I'm guessing that DLH Enterprises is a small fleet owner company, with DLH being the initials of Dennis Harrison, "L" being the initial of his middle name. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

KY, too funny. That reminds me of something, and I'm going to thoroughly embarrass myself by repeating it here. You all may know the place, I dunno, but a couple of three years ago I was at the Ft Wayne truck stop, and across the street from the truck entrance was (maybe still is) an adult...

Motorcycle sunroofs, submarine screen doors, you know the drill. In big trucks, paper rolls is a good one, 'cause it's worthless to anyone, and even if they wanted it they couldn't move it. Sometimes when someone asks, I'll just say, "I dunno. Machine parts or sump'in'" or I'll say empty auto...

"The nature of 1099 payments may make your company liable for Michigan taxes,if the payess were conducting activities (soliciting sales or performing services) in Michigan on behalf of the company." "No, they want to know how much business drivers did in Michigan and want us to pay taxes on...

Carriers, like Panther, need to have loads covered. Both good runs and bad runs. Those who sit back and cherry pick, accept only the 500+ mile runs, are, by and large, worthless to a carrier. If you have a 50% acceptance and it's a relatively even mix of long and short loads, they aren't likely...

I pay myself $.32 per mile, plus things like detention, hand unload, layover, dry run, things like that. The truck gets everything else. All I need to do is drive 80,000 loaded in a year to gross $25,000 take home, and that's not including the assessorials. After my pay comes out, and all the...

95 degrees with 47% humidity is a dew point of 72 degrees. That's a 103 on the Feels Like Meter. Here ya go... http://www.weatherimages.org/data/heatindex.html Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

The best power nap occurs for whatever length of time it takes before you just hit REM sleep. For most people, that's between 90-120 minutes. Anything less than that and it's less effective. For me, I need at least 90 minutes before I awake refreshed and alert. One hour doesn't work. Stages of...

"...of course sometimes I key up the mic so everyone else can hear my wonderful voice,..." Uhm, sorry SuperTrucker, no one gives a rodent's rear end about your wonderful voice. Singing over the CB brands you as self-centered, rude and inconsiderate, A.K.A., a Richard. When one so willfully and...

There are a lot of things about the 07 that I like, the tilt steering wheel being tops on the list. :) I briefly considered trading my 05 in for an 07, and would have gotten a very good deal on the trade in, but what kept nagging at me in the back of my brain was the new engine. New engine...

Unless you are sure you can stay awake and alert, or you are sure that you will have the time to pull over along the way and take an hour nap if needed, refuse the load. No load is worth risking your safety, or the safety of others. High carb snacks will give you a a quick energy hit, but they...

I wholeheartedly agree. Last week I installed the air tabs on the Sprinter. They have to be installed on a stone-cold clean surface. I cleaned the surface where the air tabs would go, then immediately noticed the uber-clean white strip where I had cleaned, the rest of the van being a polite...

RE: Number of Vans out there for FedEx%2C TriState http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alliance Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

69 out of control vehicles may sound like a lot, and it is, but it's not when taken into account of how many vehicles travel that section of road. Interstate highways can comfortably handle about 20,000 vehicles per lane per day. Which means a 4-lane Interstate can handle 80,000, a 6-lane...