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.....And it's getting scary. Christmas day, a 35-ton truck tried to navigate a one-lane bridge rated at 6 tons. The combination of being too heavy and too big (it never could have cleared the iron girders that make up the bridge's structure) made the end results all too predictable. The driver...

There's one thing I really hate to have to do and that is getting new tires. This past Friday I had to get new rear tires--- the old ones were worn. The front tires are reasonably new, so they stayed on. Now, the problem is that every time I get new tires the vehicle handling gets squirrelly...

This is a basic thing, just something I need to say. Recently we had a newbie-- who is probably still around and may read this-- who wanted a job as an expedited driver and wanted to know who was hiring. Setting her straight that this is NOT a regular job is a work in progress as it appears, and...

OK... I've had this problem off and on for some time, right now I want a handle on how big a problem this is. The "security" light illuminates on my dashboard while driving. At the moment it doesn't seem to cause anything beyond a bit of anxiety-- and aggravation because I just spent money...

At least, I sure hope it's unusual-- even though it's plagued me for the past several months. I have a problem that sure looks like belt-separation in the tires. The tire will start out nice and round, just like a tire is supposed to be--- then down the road a few thousand miles it will develop...

I have a question, caused by my own past experience and by watching You-Tube videos of runaway engines. The question is, is there a schedule of any kind for maintenance and/or replacement of the turbocharger? It seems to me this expensive little puppy causes an enormous problem when it fails...

I had thought to put this in Dreamer's thread, but this doesn't properly fit there because that thread is about overloaded straight trucks. Finding the threads about vans towing trailers could take awhile and this doesn't properly fit there because it's about a seriously overloaded rig--- well...

I've been sitting the past few days, and as often happens when I sit I got onto Craigs List just to see what is being offered. Here in the Chicago area, there are a couple of outfits offering courier work with a twist I haven't seen before on this level of the game. You sign the broker forms and...

I don't know about you, but my experience with loyalty cards is somewhat less than stellar. The TA/Petro card-- Forget about it, I don't have one and after what I've been reading here, I will NEVER have a TA/Petro card. In fact, after the "unwelcome wagon" was rolled out on one of the last...

I bought a Garmin Nuvi 465 a few months back. When I updated the thing, it wouldn't take the full North American continent, so I settled for the Lower 49 NE selection since this contains the places I've been to so far. It has nothing West of the Rockies, though, and it goes without saying it...

After my last go-around, I just about swore that I would never again start a thread in the Soapbox. In fact, I kinda remember swearing about it for several days, and I'm a good Pentecostal Christian who isn't supposed to be using that kind of language. However, this one is too good to leave...

I got to thinking about this when I stopped for a few minutes this morning at a truck stop in Fort Wayne. There was a Panther van with a generator-- it looked like a Honda generator, but it was mostly covered so I couldn't be sure. The unit was running, and I noticed the Qualcomm unit on the...

In light of the statements made by some people that if the other guy wins, they're moving to Canada, I have a couple of questions. How many here have suitcases packed? How many of your neighbors have requested your services to help them move on short notice? I know of a couple of guys on...

It rained yesterday, also today it's raining. I went out to start my van this morning and it wouldn't fire. Or it did, ran like garbage for a few seconds and then shut down. After getting the doghouse off, my landlord brought out his heater and we aimed that at the distributor and the coil...

I've got a Tom Tom unit, and one problem I've noticed from day one is the green arrows. Ordinarily, it shows a red line depicting the route you should take. As you come to a turn, though, it will switch screens and you get those ****able-- there is no other word for it-- flashing green arrows...

Some days I wonder. Professional drivers have to be careful, safety violations can really wreck your day. The link below shows an amateur who wasn't careful enough by any means. Absolutely the wrong way to do this, in my never-to-be-humble opinion. Note: I'm posting this here because it's my...

I've recently had a bout of interference issues with my GPS unit, a TomTom. I found that if I place it on top of the doghouse, the FM radio will mess it up royally. No doubt about it. I listen to 94.3 regularly here in the Chicago area, and that causes the GPS to lose the signal and/or to drift...

Have any of you been having trouble with your GPS lately? I have, and it seems so far to be in the Chicago Metro Area-- anywhere else it seems to be OK. But, in Chicago my Tom-Tom suddenly can't find its way home from its left elbow. It loses the satellites completely. Not just for a few blocks...

We've had a couple of threads on here about run-ins with the law, and respect for the police seems variable at best. With that in mind, I post the link below. It might be one method for getting out of a ticket. I'm not sure how well it would work because these days the cruisers come with cameras...

This is my first post here, but I've been reading here for a couple of months and I'm not exactly new around forums (as a Google of my user name would quickly prove). Right now I'm at home, with a breakdown/possible vehicle replacement. I drive a 2005 Dodge Sprinter and I had the bad luck to...