This is my opinion and thoughts on why each and every day I go to EO while drinking my morning coffee or if I have driven the morning shift I check out the posts as soon as possible.
There are enough members here who post good information that we are NEVER the last to know anything related to trucking. I have many friends in the "truckload" carrier world who cannot figure out how we stay on top of so many issues. It is due to the threads on EO.
EO members are better informed then any expediters we meet out on the road who are not members. We know the laws coming down the pike and we know the rules that effect our business and are prepared. Another great thing about the information we learn about trucking is the information is very seldom wrong. If someone post something that is not quite correct another will quickly straighten out the mis information.
When I have a question there is at least one person who posts on here that will have an answer to what I need to know or will direct me to someone that does.
When people on the road ask us questions that I do not know I know of members on EO that have experience in that field who can reply.
When people ask me questions about carriers I refer them to EO as they are all on here and we can direct them to those areas.
EO is our number one source for information that effects our business and helps to keep us legal on the road.
Where else can we go that will give us information on easier way to cook in the cab, maintain our truck, hints on howto use pre pass, improve our battery life, and the plethora of other ideas to make our life on the road easier?
I do not see EO threads as a place to chat. When I want to chat or ask specific questions I use the PM function.
There are many on here who have Facebook and I chat or keep up with those members on Facebook, where they are and how they are doing.
The difference between EO and say the OOIDA forums is that I know we will run into many of you that post and we look forward to it. The OOIDA forums are different as they are pretty sure they will never meet face to face and in my opinion some act like idiots as they know they will never meet and can hide behind their keyboards.
Expediting is a small group and most of us are social and when we see other expediters we like to say HI! There is no hiding behind a keyboard in Expediting we are to small of a group which is great!
There are enough members here who post good information that we are NEVER the last to know anything related to trucking. I have many friends in the "truckload" carrier world who cannot figure out how we stay on top of so many issues. It is due to the threads on EO.
EO members are better informed then any expediters we meet out on the road who are not members. We know the laws coming down the pike and we know the rules that effect our business and are prepared. Another great thing about the information we learn about trucking is the information is very seldom wrong. If someone post something that is not quite correct another will quickly straighten out the mis information.
When I have a question there is at least one person who posts on here that will have an answer to what I need to know or will direct me to someone that does.
When people on the road ask us questions that I do not know I know of members on EO that have experience in that field who can reply.
When people ask me questions about carriers I refer them to EO as they are all on here and we can direct them to those areas.
EO is our number one source for information that effects our business and helps to keep us legal on the road.
Where else can we go that will give us information on easier way to cook in the cab, maintain our truck, hints on howto use pre pass, improve our battery life, and the plethora of other ideas to make our life on the road easier?
I do not see EO threads as a place to chat. When I want to chat or ask specific questions I use the PM function.
There are many on here who have Facebook and I chat or keep up with those members on Facebook, where they are and how they are doing.
The difference between EO and say the OOIDA forums is that I know we will run into many of you that post and we look forward to it. The OOIDA forums are different as they are pretty sure they will never meet face to face and in my opinion some act like idiots as they know they will never meet and can hide behind their keyboards.
Expediting is a small group and most of us are social and when we see other expediters we like to say HI! There is no hiding behind a keyboard in Expediting we are to small of a group which is great!
