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I have to say it. Don’t work for them. Run, run far away from them. theend said it all, they thrive on ignorance. I can’t understand how they can stay in business with this liability. I mean that this could easily lead to criminal charges in some circumstances. When I had to deal with...

RE: Should I get an authority and get my own load Henboy1 I agree with Leo that there are few van loads on getloaded.com. I watched several boards for a few weeks to see which way I wanted to go and ended up contracting to Express-1. I didn’t find a lot of loads and with maybe 5000 vans to...

This is too funny, just too funny. If you bother to get a Cobra/Uniden/midland don’t really bother getting it peaked. The extra 2 to 3 watts will not make much of a difference unless you put an amp behind it. All the other crap that some of these people try to sell you, save your money. Leo...

Mike Now I can’t speak for expediter dispatchers, but I was a dispatcher with about 150 people to deal with besides a few hundred customers. > How are Dispatchers rated as far as their job performance? Well we were rated on the amount of on time pickups, coordinating our drivers for...

Another good post As for volunteer training material, there is some stuff available from the Red Cross (you have to call them and ask) and several state organizations, I think Texas has one, but it has been a while since I needed anything like what you are looking for. You can also contact...

My frustration is going to come out on my reply, no apologies. Look a bit of advice, don’t believe anything you hear from the media, the right wing radio or Air America and especially the main stream media other than we had a disaster and help is on the ground. Each has their own agenda and...

Ok this may not be the place for this but here goes. I just got off the phone with someone who is thinking about going into the pilot car business and was trying to ask me questions. I told her I didn’t have a clue how to get into that business. The closest I ever came to that business is...

Bob thanks for the great post. Well the UK didnt send money (I think they did offer), they sent people (they work for the ministry of defense) who have been waiting to go in. I picked one up at DTW and drove him to Flint to catch a charter down there. Canada on the other hand has offered...

Hondaking38 The little unit that you are talking about is actually the GPS receiver and a microprocessor to interface with the PC or laptop. Most of these units are actually quite complicated and amazing. Well away, it all depends on your needs. The stand alone mapping units are used just for...

I will attempt to answer this. If anyone finds what I write incorrect, correct me please. OK first the magic figure is 10,000 pounds GVW. Remember that. The second thing is anything under 10,000 lbs GVW generally don’t have to log or scale in most states. I know that Kentucky does require any...

Leo Sorry, I can't help wth your search but I have a really dumb question, Why would you want to own it in the first place?

Actually the Aux heater that is installed is an Espar (or a correct name is Eberspächer) heater. I think it is a model D5W in the Sprinter and is very well proven outside of the US. It is a water heater. Eberspächer makes a lot of heaters, both for water and air and both gas and diesel. If you...

Yes, I don’t see why not. I made it and used it a lot. I have yet to actually buy it anywhere here in Michigan but I expect they a station will sell it near me. The problem I know about is deteriorating hoses and seals on earlier trucks. Some of the processes used to process the oil to make...

Thanks hdl, that was good. As a professional disaster recovery planner/trainer/tester who has worked with FEMA, Red Cross and state and local authorities, I have to tell everyone the state and cities have the planning, approval and budgeting authority, not the federal government. Of course...

I want to add a couple things here and pass on some stuff from a former marine in New Orleans. I lived through Hugo, one of the wakeup calls for all of us before this hurricane and I have to say that the mayor and governor dropped the ball on this one, not the federal government. Mayor Riley...

Riverbob1 is right on the money but I think that he left out a few things. The first thing that comes to mind for me is that the high price of oil (all the different types of crude that is) actually came from the futures market, not the spot market. The trickle down effect caused the spot...

Dave I am going to be brutally honest with you. I am a newbie, 5 weeks into the game and I have had to face a few realities that I have been warned about. I am going to pass these on to you. The first thing is shop around for a company to work for, don’t let the recruiter tell you a bunch of...

Riverrat, I am truly sorry if I insulted you or anyone else. That was not the intention. I am sorry that I did not make the distinction between anyone can do this job and the profession of expediting. The actual job of taking freight from one location to another does not require skill...

I am going to repeat what I said. Look it is simple, any strike will hurt us. This is not the 1970’s and we ain’t the teamsters. Companies are unforgiving with some issues and outside of regular trucking; they depend on us to move things when they need to move them. Messing with any type of...

You know Duke I know a few vets that went back in the late 50's or early 60's at the height of the hate american time over there and they said that they were welcomed by everyone, including parisians for the work they did liberating france. but when they returned recently there was a complete...