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Got just over 300,000 on my stroker, glad to see I got a ways to go :) how offten do you change the 14 quarts of oil in your power stroke? Next to oil changes, WASH IT. keep it looking nice. I have seen some really crappy looking vans lately. Sadly, they seem to be contracted to the same...

I would LOVE to see .85 a mile. Panther is at .77, just met my first (and probably my last) all types driver, they pay .80 if your lucky enough to get a check. Most others I think pay a % but with freight so low, bids for the freight are following. (1 load, 8 compaines bidding, down goes the...

Top Ten ways you know you have been in MI to long.. 1 You have driven less than 400 loaded miles all week 2 Your mail is starting to show up at the detroiter 3 The shippers and recivers know you by name 4 You know all the other poor saps stuck at the truckstop by name. 5 The cashiers at the...

Before getting a credit card you have to ask yourself. Why do I need it? If you need it because the loads you are hauling are not paying the bills a credit card is not going to help. It will just prolong the enveitable, your going broke. Only problem will be you'll also be 5 to 10K in debit to...

I don't know how to put this, cuz it is going to shatter your dreams. If you have a good paying job right now. Wait. Things are extreamly slow all over, most of the good companies have stopped signing vans. I heard from a Con-way D unit driver that was thinking of going to a cargo van that...

I think I have become the mini expert. I have not had a load since last wensday over 100 miles. And that one was 125. I have been in MI or toledo doing mini since then even had a Sunday pickup, monday deliver one that had NO layover pay. Total miles in the past 5 days 650, total PAID miles...

Your lucky, I got another 100 miler, takes me from toledo north of detroit. Gonna have to DH out in the dark of night tonight.

Place your bunk on the drivers side behind the seat. Hinge it so you can fold it up when you need to. If you get a hightop (or a sprinter) build it so you can remove it and move it up near the roof so the pallets will fit under it. Be sure to do something to keep you in the bunk that high off...

Not sure where you live lil, but have you ever asked the local coop or farmer? Most states have farm licenses and it would probably much easier for you to get some seat time in a grain truck. It's not year round work but perhaps it will feed the trucking bug until your old enough to go otr.

My first night out I was sitting at the walmart in Wooster Oh.. I ran in to a Panther driver with 6 years under his belt. He very first words of advice where "If your sent to Detroit get the f*&$ out of there or they will mini you to death" I always take other drivers advice as 50/50 they might...

Most companies won't sign them. They are over 10,000 gvw and you need to have a sleeper and log. The small single wheel ones like Ryder and U-Haul rent would work out alright because the gvw is under 10K Most places just want vans/sprinters or C units. There is not a lot of grey area inbetween.

If your paying 85 a night for a hotel your getting the short end of the deal. There are alot in the 30-50 range that are just fine. Don't forget there are a ton of splash and dash fuel sales at truck stops. (truck fuels, and leaves) I also heard only about 40% of their business comes from...

I knew that contest is what made things so slow since the 1st of the month. :) Anyways, I have 2 walmart deep cycles in the back of my van, I drilled a few holes in the floor for the gases to escape. Never had a problem with them. I use to use a setup like the one mentioned before. However...

Twice I have wanted to go home. First time I sent dispatch a note. Once they recived it every run did in fact take me farther from home. So the second time I asked to be sent in the wrong direction (I was in chicago so I asked for new york) they sent me to waterloo ia, 150 miles from home. But...

Side pipes? Uhh no.. It's a diesel, it'd have to be chrome stacks :D Custom paint? you bet. She needs a coat of fresh paint and a buddy is really good with a air brush. There is nothing in my contract about removing the non-dot required decalls from the truck so I figure off the go. (i've seen...

Me... Been there since mid-week last week. Been getting mini'd to death, chase it 100 miles, run it 50.. Dispatchers are starting to get the hint. They just send the load and are afraid to call. I won't do them with out full deadhead pay. I finely got one that gets me out of MI yesterday. It's...

I'd love to say there is always room for one more van. But the slowness as of late leaves me wondering... But I can't be a meanie like others and would always welcome another B unit.

I always thought the FL80 was a twin screw. But, that was shattered when I spoted a few that where not. Not sure what the differance is. More options perhaps? Class 8 drive train?

Hotel? what's that? I've got better cable in my van than most hotels (directv).. I have a stove (one burner cover on order) a fridge with freezer, a working sink with gray water tank (no hot water.. yet..) RV forced air furnace, 1500 watt inverter and everything is home made. The interior is...

Good point. I should have mentioned that. Although at .45 to .55 per mile in someone elses truck you could gross 50K a year. I think most companines (Swift, JB and the such) will start you MUCH lower (.35-.38) per mile until you have a year or two under your butt.