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How is Road Scholar like Santa? Read to Find Out!

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Santa

The holidays are right around the corner and although Christmas comes but once a year, Road Scholar is playing Santa every day with your freight.  But how can a trucking company compare to a figure like Jolly Old Saint Nicholas?  We’ll tell you!

*Both Road Scholar Transport and Santa are entrusted with the special care and handling of delivering your presents and freight.  Santa doesn’t bring you broken gifts (hopefully) and Road Scholar doesn’t deliver damaged goods either, one of the reasons why we currently hold a 0.0003% damage claim record.

*Just as Santa keeps a close eye on whether you’ve been good or bad all year, Road Scholar keeps a close watch on your freight 24/7 keeping it out of the hands of the Grinch and those on Santa’s naughty list with the following security features and transport protocols:

-Electronic door monitoring
-Reefer tracking
-Power unit tracking
-Qualcomm distress/panic messaging
-Roof decals for aerial tracking
-Navalock
-Facility security
-Nextel direct connect
-ShowMe

24 X 7 pinpoint freight location
View a single shipment or your entire order fleet
View via Map, Satellite view, or Hybrid
Zoom into street level
View current status (docked, in transit, delivered, etc.)
View on map a time stamped delivery confirmation
Overlay a real time traffic view
View 3 months of delivery history
Use on iPad or “lite” version on smaller iPhones, Androids, or Blackberry devices
-High valued targets transport protocols
10 year background checks on drivers
Driver must be uniformed
Must fuel prior to unloading
One driver must remain with vehicle
Navilock must be attached
Equipment must be GPS traceable
Trailer may NOT be dropped in route
Dispatch notified of any stop

*Whereas Santa eats the cookies and drinks the milk left by children on Christmas Eve night, Road Scholar is delivering those cookies and milk fresh with our temperature-regulated reefers, preventing contamination issues and unsellable products.

*With Santa in the sleigh guiding his 9 reindeer, Road Scholar President Jim Barrett guides the sales reps as they share their expertise in the transportation industry, providing you with solutions to your shipping problems.  On Jean, on Jen, on Kristina and Paul, on Craig, on John, on Larry and Rich.  And do you recall, the sales manager of them all…Jim Friel.

*Santa needs to travel at lightning speed to deliver presents all around the world in one night.  Although Road Scholar can’t travel that fast (our drivers abide by the speed limit) we offer expedited shipping to get your freight where it needs to be on time, every time.

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*And let’s not forget what makes Santa stand out…his long white beard, little round belly, and bright red suit.  You’ll be sure to spot Road Scholar on the road, cruising in our bright red tractor trailer supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation via our awareness program, driven by our neatly kept and uniformed drivers.

So if you are looking for an asset-based carrier who gives you what you want in a transportation company not only for Christmas, but every day of the year, look no further than Road Scholar Transport.  Visit www.roadscholar.com to get a quote.

For safe traveling tips this season from drivers such as yourself visit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/truck-drivers-offer-safety-tips-for-holiday-travel-183735411.html.

Santa Trusts Only One Elf to Deliver His Presents This Christmas

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Hi, I’m Leroy and I’m head of Santa’s musical toy department here at the North Pole.  It’s my job to make sure each elf is on task, creating toys that play just the right melody in just the right key.

elf

Each year we make billions of toys for children all over the world for Santa to deliver to good girls and boys on Christmas Eve night.  But we also make toys for stores all across the nation and when it’s time to deliver them, there is only one elf we trust to deliver the gifts we work hard all year creating…Road Scholar Transport.

You see, when working for Santa, you have to be quick and productive.  Maybe not traveling at lightning speed like he does, but fast enough to produce and deliver toys just in time for Christmas, not a minute after midnight.  That’s why we turn to Road Scholar Transport.
Road Scholar’s 24-hour expedited service and 48-hour west coast service, allows us to deliver dolls, trucks, stuffed animals, and other fun toys to stores nationwide so your products are always in stock.

We don’t want our toys to be damaged or else we have to hear about it from the big guy, so it’s a good thing Road Scholar has a 0.0003% damage claim record.

When it comes to transporting electronics, Santa likes to keep an extra close eye.  So many people want to grab our latest DVD players, televisions, video game systems, and cameras.
But with Road Scholar’s satellite tracking, Santa can view our creations whenever and wherever they are, right down to their live location.

The same goes for all of the candy we make to fill each boy and girl’s stocking.  Santa not only can track Road Scholar’s reefers, but is able to obtain a history of the temperature within the trailer at any given time to make sure his chocolate goodies don’t melt.

With Road Scholar, Santa knows when the trailer door has been opened.  He knows when it’s been closed.  He knows if the temperature was bad or good, so you better choose Road Scholar for goodness sake!

Christmas Fundraiser Allows Families to Provide Presents for Sick Children

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

It’s hard to imagine scrapping together every penny you have just to pay for your child’s medical bills.  It’s even harder to wake up on Christmas day and see the look on your sick child’s face because you couldn’t afford any gifts due to having to pay for their doctor’s visits, tests, and treatments.

Unfortunately, this is the case for many families, whose children have been diagnosed with serious illnesses that need constant medical attention.

Mary Beth Barrett, daughter of Jim Barrett (owner of Road Scholar Transport), can relate.  Her son Brayden was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis, a progressive tumor disorder, at the age of two.  Luckily, she was always able to pay his medical bills, while providing him and his siblings with gifts from Santa at Christmas time.  Now, she wanted to do something for those who weren’t as fortunate.

Mary Beth began an annual fundraiser three years ago to help raise money for these families to provide a decent Christmas for their children and show them that Santa really does exist.  It’s bad enough what they are going through, but to deprive a child of Christmas on top of that is unacceptable.

How can you help?  Raffle tickets are being sold for a chance to win one of seven great gift baskets.  Tickets are $2 each or three for $5.  The baskets are as follows:

Basket 1:  A bag full of Bath and Body Halloween Products

Basket 2:  Full-size Yankee Candle with Halloween themed jar topper and holder

Basket 3:  A laundry basket full of bathroom supplies and cleaning products, along with a $25 Home Depot gift card

Basket 4:  A $25 Olive Garden gift card, bottle of wine, bottle of OS black Sambuca, and two shot glasses

Basket 5:  Basket complete with children’s books

Basket 6:  Christmas themed basket

Basket 7:  Necklaces, rings, and bracelets from Lia Sophia.  Retail value over $400.

Basket 8:  Lottery basket

Basket 9:  Dog basket

To purchase tickets or to donate, e-mail MaryBeth.Barrett@roadscholar.com or stop in at Road Scholar Transport (130 Monahan Ave. Dunmore, PA) but hurry, the drawing for basket 1 will be October 12.

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Basket 1

Basket 2

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Basket 7

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