How Long Have You Been Trucking ? Expediting ?
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danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
7 almost 8 years now started out with bolt the first year then express one for 2 years then a short stint at load 1 and then the last 4 as a muti carrier guy.
spongebox1
Expert Expediter
12 years in trucking, six years with one carrier. 2 years in expediting with the same carrier currently
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13 years, 5 months with two different carriers driving a tractor trailer.
Was with my first carrier as a company driver and then as a contractor for a total of 11 years 3 months. 9 years and some change as a company driver and 2 years and some change as a contractor. They were a regional truckload outfit. Did a lot of automotive freight mostly contracted dedicated stuff. And a big hazmat account. Along with typical general freight. I did a lot of JIT freight for them.
I didn't realize it at the time but some of their "extra freight on the weekends" where they looked for volunteers who wanted to work was true expedited. I went home most weekends but sometimes volunteered for that freight. To me back then a load was a load and freight was just freight nothing special about any of it cause it all paid the same anyways.
My second, and current carrier 2 years, 2 months and counting. Been doing expedite for almost 2 years now. Not exclusively. Only when the rates are good enough. The one thing I like about TT expedite is when expedite rates are in the toilet I can always fall back on general freight. General freight trends much the same (not EXACTLY the same always but has ups and downs) as expedited and at times pays as good or even much better than some of the best expedited freight I've hauled.
Expedite will be bad and general freight good or vice versa, or both will be bad or good at the same time. One never knows. One thing I do know 2013 has been an unusal year, could not depend on previous "typical" trends, at least I couldn't. So I jump back and forth between the 2 and follow the money. When both are down park and wait it out. Funnest trucking I've ever done.
Was with my first carrier as a company driver and then as a contractor for a total of 11 years 3 months. 9 years and some change as a company driver and 2 years and some change as a contractor. They were a regional truckload outfit. Did a lot of automotive freight mostly contracted dedicated stuff. And a big hazmat account. Along with typical general freight. I did a lot of JIT freight for them.
I didn't realize it at the time but some of their "extra freight on the weekends" where they looked for volunteers who wanted to work was true expedited. I went home most weekends but sometimes volunteered for that freight. To me back then a load was a load and freight was just freight nothing special about any of it cause it all paid the same anyways.
My second, and current carrier 2 years, 2 months and counting. Been doing expedite for almost 2 years now. Not exclusively. Only when the rates are good enough. The one thing I like about TT expedite is when expedite rates are in the toilet I can always fall back on general freight. General freight trends much the same (not EXACTLY the same always but has ups and downs) as expedited and at times pays as good or even much better than some of the best expedited freight I've hauled.
Expedite will be bad and general freight good or vice versa, or both will be bad or good at the same time. One never knows. One thing I do know 2013 has been an unusal year, could not depend on previous "typical" trends, at least I couldn't. So I jump back and forth between the 2 and follow the money. When both are down park and wait it out. Funnest trucking I've ever done.
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zorry
Veteran Expediter
Got into trucking in 1971. Family business. 34 TTs at its peak.
Went into shop for Ryder Truck Rental, then started driving about 1977.
14 years pulling bulk hazmat.
Ten years hauling GM trucks for AAG. Would still be there, or collecting teamster pension if Kodiak/ Top Kicks had stayed in production.
Almost 5 years at Fedex. Always a D or DR.
Next move will be retirement in 3-5 years.
Went into shop for Ryder Truck Rental, then started driving about 1977.
14 years pulling bulk hazmat.
Ten years hauling GM trucks for AAG. Would still be there, or collecting teamster pension if Kodiak/ Top Kicks had stayed in production.
Almost 5 years at Fedex. Always a D or DR.
Next move will be retirement in 3-5 years.
Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
1) Trans & Whse management from 1996-2011. (~15 yrs)
2) Started company, driving expedite, since April 2012. (19 months)
2) Started company, driving expedite, since April 2012. (19 months)
8 years, one carrier.
bubblehead
Veteran Expediter
10 years with same Carrier, different division.
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
About to finish my 3rd year
purgoose10
Veteran Expediter
Started 1969
15 years one carrier. Triples lane northwest.
Started Expedite 2001 with Landstar Express.
Went on my own 2003 still there.
Won't retire till the Daisy's start coming up, to much fun and adventure.
44 years of marital bliss.
15 years one carrier. Triples lane northwest.
Started Expedite 2001 with Landstar Express.
Went on my own 2003 still there.
Won't retire till the Daisy's start coming up, to much fun and adventure.
44 years of marital bliss.
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6 years expediting in cargo van. First four with Panther and last two with Ground Flight.
Eight years as a courier. Seven in NYC, one delivering pharma for Prestige. Six months expediting, all with Express Logistics, and also concurrently with first Prestige then On Dekk. Happy with the EL & OD combo. 
Never driven T/T. Flattop van now, tall van next, then tall vans until the day I become freight in the back of a Cadillac.
Never driven T/T. Flattop van now, tall van next, then tall vans until the day I become freight in the back of a Cadillac.
HighwayRover
Seasoned Expediter
25 years in trucking but only 6 expeditiously.
Been doing expedite since 1983 while a junior in high school. Back then I ran for myself (customer was my Dad.....Komatsu America/Dresser) parts to O'Hare Airport for NFO stuff. In college ran some freight for Airkon Air Freight between Bloomington, IL and Peoria, IL. When I moved to Atlanta, my customer base included ASAP Air Freight, Xpress Cargo Systems, Imperial Air Freight, Cargo Inc., Sonic Air, Admiral Air Express, Komatsu Dresser. When I moved to Illinois hooked up with United Express System, K&L Freight Management, T&K Trucking, MP Logistics, and Alliance Express.
rkenner
Active Expediter
I started in trucking when George Washington wanted his cannons moved from Newport, Rhode Island to Yorktown, Va. for the siege of Yorktown. Trucked for the Continental Army until the Treat of Paris in 1783, then took some time off until I went with the company I am with now and have been here since 1904.