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I had this set up at one time also. It works for Geo pretty well I guess. I didn't care for it though. Reasons were for the few times it's great for moving that 1000 pound skid, it's something ya have to step over every time ya wanna move around back there. Also it makes it inconvenient to...

I'm over near Woodward & 11 Mile. So not to far from 13 & Coolidge. My cousin owns it. I'm renting from her. I absolutely love the location. A few pick ups/deliveries are in Troy, Madison Heights, etc. Those are really nice. The dwelling itself is a lil iffy. I'm not crazy about being on...

I appreciate all the help. A few other factors here are I'm delivering locally. I've moved to Royal Oak (just outside of Detroit) & things are going much better than in the past few years. I no longer live in Flint. With this very same company I made like $9,000 in 7 months (or 7K in 9...

Some great replies here & thanx. A few things I was wondering about were touched upon in some of the comments. The gear ratio was one. I'm not even sure what to ask, but they had choices on em on the site. Will one be drastically better for MPG & the other one better for torque? I guess...

Does anyone here drive a newer Chevy or GMC Cargo van? If so, can I ask what MPG you're getting please? I ask because I'm looking for a new van. I'm partial to Ford, but my dad can get me a GM discount. My current van gets in the 17MPG range (city/hwy combined) where as from a site I saw...

Yea, I agree w/ the others in that it's a sweet looking van. Nice set up. Keep us posted on further improvements ya make. A question for ya though. Why would ya want no side door? Is it not needed because of the height of the van & how ya can just walk back there from the drivers seat...

This comment had me thinking something. Are there any cargo vans w/ manual transmission? Cars get better milage w/ manual than automatic. I'd think vans would too. Just wondering why there seem to be none. Edit: I didn't mean it for towing, but for the everyday use that we drive our vans for.

Whoops, I should have read the whole thread before responding. You weren't talking about a Transit. Ford has a vehicle to compete w/ a Sprinter. It looks like a killer van. While my business model doesn't call for new vans, if someone's did, based on my experience w/ a Sprinter (brutal)...

From my understanding that's exactly right. Flower shops & those types of places love those things. I believe they get 22-24MPG, something in that range. For most of the deliveries I have those would be nice. 90% of my deliveries are 1 skid & local. It's just that adding about 6 MPG isn't...

Hey Greg, I've always had a tough time getting the exact cpm for any vehicle because the miles one may get during a particular month can vary. Ie, a $700 payment + 300 insurance on a van getting only 4000 miles/month is quite high. If that same van can get 10K miles/month it's obviously a...

Found the used trucks & also see that a lot of these vehicles are more than $7500. So my numbers were a bit off. Still a vehicle I'd consider though.

I came to this thread to ask this very Q, what kind of MPG does this thing get? Now that it's answered, do ya get a fair amount of C runs w/ this truck or is it mostly Bs? 12 MPG seems tough. At the same time if the vehicle is thousands less than a Sprinter, that's a lot of gas. I ran some...

That sounds pretty neat. Good job there. My question is how did ya connect it? I had thought APU's were isolated from the main battery if they're battery powered or a totally separate entity if they're gas powered.

Ya, if we're gonna be over 10K & have to log, might as well not just barely go over it. From what I've seen that would be the perfect vehicle. The price might be prohibitive as I'm sure there aren't a lot of used ones. I have been searching though. Found a few, but so far all were over...

Great thread here. Searched "Aerocell" & found it. So a little over a year later, how's your truck holding up? What have ya found ya like & what are some of the things ya might have changed up if ya were to do it over again?

I finally got a computer for being out on the road. It's a used P3 that my brother gave me to try out before I decide if I want to keep using this one or get a new one. Anyway, it doesn't have a battery for it. So the only way to run it is to plug it in. What I do is plug it into a 175 watt...

I worked for em for a bit a few years ago. They got rid of their American fleet, as has been said. You being from Canada could sign on w/ em. General thoughts are that they're low paying but their dispatch was very good. When I was w/ em I didn't mind the pay cuz a lot of the runs were...

I have. I also worked w/ 50 or so people who also owned em. I'm sure they've fixed some of the quirks that were in em when I owned mine. I'm not bashing the current Sprinters cuz I haven't owned one in a few years. Mine was junk though. Little things like the defog wasn't enough for the...

I actually did google Propane Disposal. I was more looking for a place. I wasn't even aware the thing you gave me the link to existed. I bought mine at Lowes & to my knowledge they didn't have a disposal center. So I was more thinking the ideas would be people saved em up & took em to the...

I just got one of these things on the good word about em from some EO members here. I also got a Carbon Monoxide detector to go w/ it. I feel better about having some heat because before I didn't really feel to comfortable w/ the idea of delivering to a cold weather area. Now w/ this & a few...