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Thanks Leo and KDL for the kind words! KDL, I agree Dad was a wise man. He had very little education but as a teenager he worked on the first tractor (Fordson) that came into the county and soon had a little repair shop going. He soon bought himself a tractor and some equipment and was doing...

There has been a lot of discussion about making a living with a van in the expedite business. A lot of people on this forum and that I have talked to in my travels has decided that it is very hard to make money with a van. In one post on this forum it was stated that you should never expect to...

Check this link for how I did mine. http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID16/519.html Dieseldoctor

In reference to the computer wanting to move you to places not on marco 8. Sometimes customers will call in to dispatch say on Monday and tell them that Thursday we are planning on having x number of loads going out and would like to have the trucks available. This is another reason that...

I carry my Aerobird radio controlled airplane with me and will find a park or field somewhere and fly it. It is battery powered so very quiet and you don't have to worry with the fuel. lots of fun. Google aerobird if you are interested. LOL just registered on me. I have an Aerobird in my...

First off I urge you no matter what kind of vehicle you have if you are going to sleep in it get a good carbon monoxide detector!!!!!!!!Ours has went off twice in 7 years and both times it was someone that had parked beside us after we went to sleep and was running their engine. As far as diesel...

Dave I really can't speak about the larger Unicells as I haven't even looked at them. All I can say is I went to the factory in Toronto and talk to the engineer who's name is Ping. She is a little lady with a strong Oreintal accent which didn't jive too well with my strong southern accent but we...

Wife and I have been with Panther for over 7 years and are satisfied with them. We run a van. Pulled for CTX before and were satisfied with them except they paid a percentage of load and did a lot of discounting. Not going to say that a dispatcher won't lie to you but overall Panther is a good...

Sounds like you have some time before making a decision about what to buy. You may want to look at this thread before you buy. http://www.expeditersonline.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=519&forum=DCForumID16&omm=0 It is about my Unicell. I was a diesel mechanic or service...