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    Interesting Loads

    Occasionally the topic comes up here on the loads we haul that make expediting interesting. Unfortunatly many are classified and we have to keep them to ourselves. But this one I think is ok to mention since it is in the news and public knowledge. Early tomorrow morning NASA will be crashing a...
  2. J

    Panther driver makes front page news in Pittsburgh

    While in Pittsburgh this morning waiting for a flight back to San Francisco I picked up a copy of the Sunday Tribune Review and on the front page is an article named "Truckers Dread Mexican Rigs" with a picture and quote from Jerry Herndon, from Dothan, Alabama. Driver for Panther Expedited...
  3. J

    A Really Cool Run

    I must admit that after 6 1/2 years running team and the last 7 months running solo I yearn for those long runs to far off distant places again. I recall getting caught up in that bogus adventure a few months ago and wishin it was me on that run from Seattle to Newfoundland. Just to be...
  4. J

    Tired of reccord profits for oil companys, maybe B

    I am curious to know if anyone else here has any exeriences using Biodiesel? I have used about 800 gallons of it over the last 8 months and have noticed no difference in performance (the 20% blend). I have always been very interested in alternative energy and with fuel prices over $2.70 here in...
  5. J

    fecc no longer negotiating rates

    We were just informed today that dispatchers can no longer negotiate rates. Although I rarely ask for higher pay on runs there are some with d/h and all that are just not feasable. I only see this as drivers getting higher refusal rates and more loads going uncovered. I have no idea how many...
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