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cool.. the best wireless internet i have found is sprints vison service. 10 dollars a month with the right plan a 5 dollar cable from e-bay and you have internet anywhere there is cell service. your co-driver can surf while your driving 65 mph :) it has eliminated the need to stop at truck stops...

I've never been a fan of the sprinters. I like my E350, it's wider and just as tall (has a hightop, 9.5 foot clearance) and seems to handle the weather a bit better (maybe it's those snow tires...) as to keeping this rolling ice box warm in the winter let me tell you it is sometimes impossable...

yup, it's getting tricky. Here is where I find extream fault in their thinking. Do you think Timothy McVey would have got a hazmat endorsement and placarded his truck before his bombing? No. Do you think a terrorist would do the same? No. For obvious reasons the cargo they haul is not a legal...

I've been shopping my cargo van around. I have heard anything from 72 cents a mile (plus surchage) to about .95 a mile but they don't pay deadhead. Right now my van gets 65% of the run. They won't quote less than 1.35 a mile. Problem is, for every paid mile the van will dead head a mile. All...

Coffee? Sure, problem is, I hardly see Minnesota! :)I'm sitting at a burger king eating breakfast on Route 66 in IL right now. I'll be home the 31st (maybe, working on a residental move quote) and the 1st (for sure) I call Gibbon Minnesota home but I am offten in the Minneapolis area. When money...

the Mack midlinder finds it's self the butt of alot of jokes. (Do you know why the dog on the hood is smiling? Because he is sitting on the crap, and your sitting in it) And most concerns about the truck are valid. The cost of rebuilding the diesel in the truck WILL cost more than the truck...

it veries from state to state as to the license needed to operate the truck. In minnesota a class d will allow a driver to operate any single unit to 26,000 pounds. As to the DOT requirements about eye sight, I think exceptions can be made by doctors, but I suspect he would not get a full 2 year...

I too am based out of Minnesota, and offten have to deadhead back. Seems there is a lot going out for us, none coming in. I work with a small company based out of saint paul for now. When I leave, or sign my truck (I am driving theirs) they might be looking for another company driver. I'll keep...

I was in Laredo a few weeks ago. They where very helpful at the visitor information rest area. Gave me a map with directions right to the terminal. While waiting to get unloaded me and a 18 wheeler driver where watching the trucks that came up from mexico. The drivers seem to have the trucks...

When I first got the van and drove it home from PA it got 17.5 MPG (it is a super extended with a 2 foot high top, 9.5 feet tall) when I got home I installed the superchips software and 2 K&N air filters (my 96 has two flat filters, not sure what others have) inflated the tires to the max...

RE: Opps, bought a truck, then started asking curr why is it not "prime" for national coverage? the size of the sleeper? I've been living in a international 4900 with a 3 foot sleeper for about 6 months now. So I realize it can be a bit coozy, but it works ;) I have made some progress with the...

Carrier won't cover it. It's a small company that seems to want to stay small. I am looking for a new carrier but my truck is older than most will sign and I don't have the capital to replace it just yet. Great Western's agent has yet to call me back but when I spoke with them on friday they...

I have been running my truck under my dealership insurance and can not do that forever. When I call around most either say my truck is to big for their company, or to small, or that they only do instate or reginal insurance. Who will write a policy to cover a 26000-56000 pound straight truck...

Either run from the truck, or pay a amount low enough to justify a engine overhaul. The company I am with has a 97 that just turned 675,000 miles with out a overhaul, but *EVERY* driver that drives it complains that it is a gutless wonder and will lose 15-25 MPH on a hill with your foot flat on...

The midliner came in both a CS and MS version. I own one of both now (not sure how that happened.. watch what you bid on I guess) the CS is a conventional the MS is a cab over. Both are built by Renault in france. I can not say I have had much trouble with either, parts can be a bit hard to...

The owner of the company I am signed with is getting rid of their company owned trucks, most are worn out and they want to go O/O. So I thought, great! a chance to drive my own truck and make a little extra money right? Wrong. He offered %5 more than I make in his trucks (I pay fuel/toll) So...

Things at walmart have been changing (sorry I am going off topic) back in the day when walmart first came to town I remember their ads, every product had a photo of the american company that made it, and information about that company. Now-a-days most everything at walmart is made in China. The...

bunk is roughly (+/- .5 inch) 24X79 in size (2 feetX6.5 feet) so it would be a snug fit and it weights roughly 200 pounds. from what I read on their site, it is installed by them at their site. Not sure if you can buy one un-mounted. It does look small but who cares if it meets DOT...

I currently work for a smaller LTL/Expediter the company has 2 cargo vans, and 4 straight trucks. He is paying 65% in your own van, and 60% in his you pay fuel/tolls. Needless to say, all the drivers fight over his vans (hey, I can't run a van for 5%!) I recently bought a straight truck before I...

I've had my share of Ford vans. First off, I am not sure how Ford comes up with their MPG guesses but my guess is the truck is completely empty, going down hill, with the wind at its back. I had a 1997 E250 with a 4.2 V6 (JUNK ENGINE WARNING!) that got 16 in town, 17 on the highway, that was...