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-Are you stuck in lowrange at your current driving position? -Do you like hanging out at community colleges, with the opportunity to hang out at universities within 2 short years? -Are you tired of erratic sleep patterns? -Do you prefer to drive during the day and avoid inclement weather and...

This week while traveling around Nebraska I stumbled upon Carhenge. Carhenge is a huge autolithic structure located outside of Alliance, Nebraska; on state Hwy. 87. Being that I had just completed a delivery in Nowhere, Nebraska; I figured I had at least 20 minutes to kill before the next load...

A few weeks ago I delivered to a gold mine in Lead, SD. My route took me through Rapid City, Sturgis, Deadwood and Lead during the middle of the motorcycle rally. Seeing all of those bikes, mostly Harley-Davidsons got me thinking about the Harley craze and how to profit from it. Yea, I know...

Hope everyone had a wonderful National Coming Out Night! My son sent me pictures of our neighborhood block party. The fire department showed up with a ladder truck and offer free bucket sky rides. My son shot these pics from way up high.

Did anyone have trouble with Trip-Pak's scanning service last night? I tried scanning some bills about 20:00 and got a message on the monitor from Trip-Pak that service was unavailable.

After assessing my current mental state, the chances of contracting Swine Flu and much soul searching I have decided to practice the Life Without E.O. Reaction Drill. (For more reactions drills that you can practice at home or on the road click on...

Raw Video: Semi-Truck Tips Over Video - Comcast.net

Lake Agassiz has returned from the dead. I-29 between the border and Pembina, ND still has about 39 centimeters of water covering it. Manitoba Highway 75 to Winnipeg is closed at Letellier resulting in a scenic detour adding 84 kilometers to the trip to Winnipeg, eh! I sound so...

Last week I ran with a couple of former colleagues from Con-Way Freight. The LTL division. As of April 1, 2009 drivers will see a 5% pay cut, a suspension in company contributions to 401K and an overhaul of the existing pension fund. Medical plan will also change. Guess times are tough...

Friday night I ran into Canada for a load. Pick up time was tight because dispatch took 45 minutes jacking me around. I am not anticipating any problems crossing into Canada empty. I get to the border, clear shot. Wrong! It's my lucky day. I have been chosen at random to back up to door 4...

The following is a transcript from an actual QualComm conversation between a van driver and dispatch. The names have been changed because that’s how it is done on television. Dispatcher conversation will be in uppercase type, van driver conversation in lowercase type. Just like the real...

It's The End Of The World As We Know It, And I feel Fine! R.E.M. Hi! My name is Moot. I own a 2004 Chevrolet cargo van. I am leased to Panther Expedited Services. Also known as Panther 2, Panther ii, Panther II and most recently Panther 11. I am 53 years young. Pretty cool me throwing in...

Wednesday about 16:30 I accepted a 263 mile load with a .44/mile f.s.c. The load consisted of 10 - 5 gallon pails of black ink weighing 427#. Freight charges were prepaid. After delivery I received a paid empty move back to the board I started from. Thursday about 16:30 I was offered a...

FAST cards are valid for 5 years. Yesterday I overheard two drivers mention this. I checked my card and it had expired in July. Where did the time go? I delivered about a mile from the border so I stopped by the U.S. Customs FAST office. The officer ran my card and verified that it had...

Help Mr. Wizard. I don't want to be a QC technician anymore! My QC died Friday night while on a load and having been pre-dispatched on another load. Never thought would admit this, but I miss my QC. What a pain calling in all the time. First thing I did was check the fuses. Both are fine...

The new issue of Expedite Now features an article written by Jeff Jensen featuring the life and times of John O. Well written and interesting piece Jeff. Check it out.

In 1974 as a result of a gasoline shortage federal law mandated a 55 m.p.h. national speed limit. With todays high price of fuel many of us are slowing down voluntarily. On a recent run across Nebraska on I-80 I noticed most trucks doing 65 m.p.h or less. Even 4-wheelers were cruising under...

I live in the Central Time Zone but when working I operate on Eastern Time or as Leo refers to it, Panther Time. As expediters the majority of us conduct our business using Eastern Time. I propose we all use the Eastern Time Zone here on E.O. After you read this post, please take a few...

The following is an e-mail I received this morning and my reply concerning a towing bill while under load. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "James Salvaggio" <[email protected]> > Good Day, I am writing to you in matter of invoice that was > received...

Can anyone explain Cat Scratch Division? On February 20th I incurred my first service failure with Panther. That dropped my On-Time percentage from 100% to 96%. Today after having no other service failures my On-Time percentage is down to 89% I give the old cat a call. I listen carefully...