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I DID do my research. I DROVE an IDENTICAL unit for a MONTH AND A HALf and got 10mpg and felt the power was acceptable. I get my own and get a reject. District manager hell, I have the Senior Vice President of Maintenance and Repairs, North America looking into it. It still doesn't recover...

27,000 miles and have broken down twice. Check engine light comes on, can't get over 50mph, no power at all. Dealers have charged ME both times for diagnostics but have fixed nothing. Well, changed my fuel filter this time (which was done about 1000 miles ago which they knew) and charged me...

I would't advise a gear that high (numerically lower). You will have to get out and push. Check out this gear ratio calculator: Gear-Speed Calculator Program The final drive ratio of your transmission (as is mine) is .75. Put in all of the numbers and then play around with the rear end...

Could be something as simple as they live up that way as you do, or perhaps they were visiting someone who does. Also, I've been to many places all over the country to some off-the-wall little polebarn to pick up or deliver. One time it was a polebarn next to a run-down mobile home in South...

I, personally, like the coffee in Flying J's restaurant. If they would serve that in the store, that would fix the problem in my opinion. As far as what is available in the stores, I go with Pilot whenever I can.

I have an '08 Hino 338 with the Allison 5-speed automatic transmission and have 4.88:1 gearing. It came with 5.57 which put me at 2500rpm at 70 (redline is 2600!) It also has a 96" sleeper. No extra weight like a generator, liftgate, toolboxes, etc. Even with the gear change, I am very upset at...

Wow! It's still going? OK, it was Greensboro, NC to Lafayette, IN. 635 miles and I had 10 hours left available to drive. That means I would have to drive 63.5mph (minimum)the whole 10 hours to make it on time. Nightcreacher, you are one of the few who can see my logic in saying to them that they...

I guess some people may need to re-read some of this thread. I DID say no to the safe/legal question and that's when they were caught off-gaurd. I knew before they did that I couldn't make the whole run. That's what this whole post was about; How can they be surprised when a driver says that he...

Moot... I wish I were! Then I'd be rich!

Blew a great run I did not. I got 433 miles out of it and was left on a good board versus swapping in the middle of nowhere. Plus I was on-time and didn't have to worry about it. I don't enjoy having to run where every mph counts. Gets to be too stressful. Like when you're running right at the...

IF I made it there by 03:00, I would have been OK as I would be "On Duty Not Driving" while they're unloading me at 07:30. I would just have to camp out right there for 10 hours. I agree that they are not babysitters. But how can they be taken by surprise when I said I couldn't make it? I've...

I'm not complaining at all. I was just wondering how the 47mph formula was tossed out the window in favor of going by what the driver says. I took the run, answered "no" to can I run it safe and legal and that's when they started to panic. I used up an hour to go pick it up and that left me...

Hello everyone! Haven't posted in a while, but I'm always reading whenever I can. Yesterday I got an offer for 635 miles + 39 to P/U. Pick-Up was 14:00 and delivery was 07:30. I accepted the load knowing full well that I couldn't run the whole thing as I am a solo D-Unit. I make my P/U and then...

Panther pays $1.20 per loaded mile for a D-Unit like the one I drive. I believe FedEx pay varies by customer, correct? Basically whatever the mileage is for the run is what the pay is, i.e. 500 miles = $500.00 ($600, actually but I'm just illustrating a point). You can tell at a glance how much...

How many miles I allow over before complaining or even refusing the load will depend on a few factors for me. One thing I consider is the FSC. If it is good, I don't worry about something less than 50 miles too much. But that brings me to factor two; where is it going to leave me when I deliver...

I might say the reason you see so many expedite trucks in that area isn't necessarily indicitive of the amount of freight. It is the area that has perhaps the most customers. Remember that Detroit and Lansing have automotive plants and they are one of the biggest users of expedite trucks...

Raceman is correct in saying that the light you describe is for your battery/charging system.

I wonder if I am the only one who does the speed limit? I mean I'll do 58-60 in a 55, 67 or 68 in a 65. I've never had a speeding ticket or an accident in my life and I guess I just like to keep it that way. And I'm never late with my pick-ups or deliveries, either. You know what gets me...

Saw this somewhere a while back that they were planning on raising the speed limit for trucks in Michigan to 60MPH. The other day when I was talking to the wife, she told me that she noticed it now said 60MPH for trucks on I-96 in Grand Rapids. I looked a little bit on MDOT's website and found...

My original post was about a lady griping that she hasn't got a load in two days and that it was all her carrier's fault. No matter how you look at it, her carrier could not call their customers and say "hey we have a lady out there upset that you haven't needed to expedite". My intent was to...