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    Indiana Closing 6 rest areas

    Maybe the state should have porta-potties be placed in the emergency lanes along the interstate. Since cornfields are plentiful in Indiana, toilet paper would not need to be supplied at each one.
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    Sleeping Solution For A van?

    I am curious about using an electric blanket (in the cold season) plugged into an inverter on how much drain it would be on the battery?
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    Anyone ever lose a load because they had a pet in the truck with them?

    Maybe you should have told the shipper that the dog was not your pet, but a service dog and you needed him to help you while you was driving because you were blind.
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    Sprinter Size.....

    I own a 2007 Sprinter with the 170" wheelbase and it is the hight top, extended van version. I do not have a bunk in mine so I have access to the whole back end with approximatelt 15' 6" of floor space. I don't have any problems getting getting around urban areas with it and the van handles...
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    Ike Came In The Back Door

    I live in Madison, Indiana and this area has major damage from the high winds. several large trees blown over onto historic homes. Some areas are still without power and may be toward the end of the week when it's restored. I was out of town when the wind hit and my power was on when I returned...
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    Cab Curtains

    Flashback to the 70's.....remember the beads that you could hang from open doorways??:D
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    UK Driving License

    My suggestion would be for you or her to contact the local license branch/office in the state you are residing in. My 2nd thought would be they may require her to take a written and driving test and obtain a DOT physical examination if she he going to drive for hire. They will also require...
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    2007 Sprinter

    You can get them at Europarts-sd.com.
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    sprinter cargo lock downs

    I got mine through Tractor Supply
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    Mom and Pop

    My company is doubling in size...going from 1 truck to 2...hard to drive both at the same time, guess I have to hire a driver.
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    A Review of Express 1!!!

    Before I went into expediting myself, I did alot of business with Express-1 as a shipper and I was very pleased with them as a company and was very pleased with the drivers that either pick up or delivered. One time our plant was in need of Express-1 to make some very hot deliveries to Tennessee...
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    Sprinter info

    I run a 2007 Freightliner Sprinter High Top and I am getting between 20-21 miles per gallon and I run about 5 miles over the speed limit.
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    Hino Nightmare

    kg...maybe you have your horror story made into a movie...maybe call it "National Lampoon Expediter" and get Chevy Chase to play the role of the driver...and good luck to you...
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    Bad fuel?

    I had a similar problem with my Sprinter a couple months ago. I was on I-26 in South Carolina and I lost power going up a hill. I was close to a rest area pulled in and called my Sprinter dealer and the service rep told me it probably was bad fuel. I wasn't too far from my drop off so I went on...
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    Attention All Solo Drivers!!!

    I started expediting a year ago this month after obtaining my own authority. I currently run a 2007 Sprinter and I am doing okay. Of course my main freight is from my former employer which I was with them 18 years and was the Shipping Supervisor. My intentions is to have few more trucks...
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    Permits

    I am running a Sprintr and it is under 10000 gvw and if I don't haul hazmat, passengers or pull a trailer, my Sprinter is not considered a "Commercial Vehicle.
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    trucking companies

    Before I left my old job as a Shipping Supervisor for a manufacturing plant last year I did alot of business with Express-1 and I was very pleased with their service and I was impressed with most of their drivers that picked up. Since then I have my own authority and Sprinter van and went into...
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    Di you feel the Earthquake where you're at?

    I live in the southeast part of Indiana along the Ohio River and I felt the tremors this morning.
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    This just in

    just curious....how much did they burn doing the protest?
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    M2106 windshield wiper arm

    I-75 must like those wipers. A couple months ago, my driver's side wiper blade fell off my Sprinter while I was trying to clean it of the snow and ice while I was going down the road.
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