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Our headlight lenses were in horrible condition. 770,000 miles of salt, sand, bugs and road dirt had really taken a toll on them. I was to the point of buying new ones, then a product that works was recommended to me. It's made by 3M and called the Lens Renewal Kit. It comes with everything you...

Our new Garmin DEZL calculates our arrival time at a an average speed of 66 mph. Does anyone know how to change the speed in which it calculates?

There have been several threads in the General forum about the FedEx flat rate program. I've noticed that with a few exceptions no one else is posting there numbers or there rate per mile all miles. No one from Express 1, Tri State, Load 1, Bolt, All State Express or JD Clark has said anything...

A few days ago our Ultrashift transmission started acting up. It would not go into gear at times either up shifting or down shifting. We had to pull over on the side of the road and shut our battery switch off for 2 minutes to get the transmission to reset. This went on several times for about...

Is there such a thing as a tune up for an Eaton Ultrashift transmission? Like a fluid change, clutch adjustment, etc. Whatever should be done on a regular service basis. Nothing has been touched on ours since the clutch replacement about 150,000 miles ago.

The A Team’s Phil Madsen recently mentioned in some of his posts that there are flat rate trucks in the FedEx Custom Critical fleet. We became interested in knowing if there was a flat rate program for straight trucks and if so to learn more about it. It turned out there is and I posted about it...

What's up with Dallas? We delivered here on Thursday night expecting to get a load out on Friday. We accepted a lot of the opps but other trucks with more dwell time got them. Nothing on Sat or Sun. But we figured that since we were at the top of the dwell time list we would surely get...

I became curious about the flat rate program for straight trucks and wanted to find out more about it. Here is the info I was given: "The flat rate pay plan that’s available for straight-trucks is simply an alternative pay plan. The trucks still run OTR, they’re not regional, or they’re...

Last night, between the toll booth and tunnel on I95 south in Baltimore we were pulled over for a Level 1 roadside DOT inspection. (We passed of course):cool: When the officer asked for our log books I told him that we were using electronic logs. He smiled and said, "Great". He made no attempt...

0400 on May 1st. Am I the only one awake? Flying J, Blacksburg, SC

How much of your time is spent on operating under your own authority? I'm not talking about the driving part, I'm talking about the time you spend finding a load, getting set up with the customer, sending out bills, collecting past due monies, etc. All the things you would not have to do if you...

Daylight Savings Time starts at 0200 on Sunday, March 13th. Time to set those clocks ahead again and lose an hour of sleep.

So far this year we have purchased 2386 gallons of fuel at the T/A using our T Chek card. Our rebates total $631.30. That's a savings of $.2645 per gallon.:) Not bad for the first 2 months.

Yesterday, while dead heading to our pick up, we stopped at a rest area and noticed oil on our drive tire. It wasn't there during our pre trip inspection. Crawling under the truck we discovered the entire inside of the wheel and brakes were coated in oil. We drove it 60 miles to the TA in...

Is anyone having problems with their satellite radio? On a run tonight from Iowa to Michigan ours kept giving a message "antenna not detected", than it says "acquiring signal" than goes back to "antenna not detected". Sometimes it works for about 30 seconds. We have an outside antennae on the...

I awoke Friday morning to find a goody bag full or BOL's, TripPak envelopes, log books and other things hanging on my mirror. Location was at the T/A in Morris, IL. (R-Place) I was wondering who left them for me. I would assume the why was because they were leaving. Thanks to whoever it was...

A friend of mine is buying a 2011 KW T370 with a Paccar PX8 set at 300HP and an Allison 5 speed auto. It has a 272 inch wheel base, 12k front axle and 21k rear with a 5.57 ratio. The truck will have an 84 inch sleeper and 22 foot dry box. The dealer has him convinced that he will get 13-14...

Are there any other companies using the MCP 200 Qualcomm besides FedEx and are you experiencing the same problems?

I'm picking Green Bay to win. Score 34-21. What's your pick?

Want to find the current temperature at any airport around the US, Mexico or Canada? Click on this link and roll over the location. CWSU National TAF METAR maps - NOAA NWS