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Looks like we will be at the TA on I-64 near Nitro,WV. Going to eat at the Cracker Barrel at Exit 47 first though. Dieseldoctor.

Thanks Terry, Good link. Love those hotspots especially the free ones lol. Most motels you can snuggle close enough to to get on their network. Otherwise I use Verizon and have a cable to hook my laptop to my phone. My $39.95 a month calling plan has free nights and weekends so I just limit...

Terry, I really appreciate what you are trying to do with this thread and I had a little time this morning so I did a little breaking down of my expenses for last year to try to give a more accurate picture of my cost. I also printed out sections of my Excell spread sheet (sorry but I didn't...

TWMASTER, Yes you can test it that way but will it be accurate. What I mean is you are "flooding" the detector with C/O so even if it has lost some sensitivity it may work. I put the detector away from the tractor so it has to pick up just a trace of C/O. Just my opinion not scientific. Dieseldoctor

Will put my figures from last year into this dicussion. These are actual figures from my excel program on my laptop.This shows all miles ran not just paid miles. So far all I have seen on this dicussion is guesstimations and assuptions. I'm like Terry. I want to see some actual real time figures...

I want to echo Terry's words about a C/O detector. In the six years we have been in expediting ours has gone off twice and both times it was because someone in a car had pulled up beside us after we went to sleep and was idling their car. I go as far as every couple of months I unsnap mine and...

jg, Not much of a downside on the porta potty for us. It holds about 5 gallons so we only have to empty it about once a month. We only use it in the middle of the night and for urine unless we have an emergency. It seperates into two parts. The top is the seat and lid and holds some water for...

Check out the following link to see how I equipped our van. We have a small TV (5") and like Terry we don't do any cooking but have an electric cooler for drinks and a porta potty for those cold nights when we don't want to get out and go in a truck stop. We now have a printer, scanner, copier...

How about a van full of one hour old baby chickens and on the other end of the scale how about a tombstone. Dieseldoctor

Theoldprof and Raceman, Sorry so long getting back to you guys but have been so busy hauling frieght and working at home that I haven't been on here much. Prof the e track is spaced 24" center to center and is 14" from the wheel well to center of e track. Raceman my load space is 105" long...

Hi Guys, I'm an old diesel man but when I try to justify going to a diesel van my pencil and calculator says stay with a gas engine. Lets just look at the fuel aspect of gas versus diesel. Down below you will see part of my computer program for tracking cost. As you can see I have driven 140,811...

Hi Frank, Understand what you are saying about the mileage deduction but don't know whether to risk taking it or not. The night I got the ticket he pulled me over just south of the weight station on I-77 near the Virginia line. He had me go on up to the weight station and come inside. When he...

Have seen some references to being able to use a standard mleage deduction for a van up to 10,000 lbs GVW. The way I read the IRS law is you CANNOT do this if the van is used for hire. (Following statement copied from IRS publication 463 section 4) "You cannot use the standard mileage rate if...

RE: Straps for Bunk Jack Thanks for the hint on the big truck bunk restraints.Thats what I like about this forum. Everybody has good ideas. I will contact my salvage yard man and see what I can come up with. Hope to see you at expo. DD

Terry Man You are good. I scaled 7600 on certified scales. Little heavier than I anticipated but oh well. Hope to make it to expo next week.I haven't registered for the contest because I might not be able to make it. By the way I adjusted the height on the air bags a little and found a better...