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Remember dreamer buy quality and have a fuel filter handy. Usually the first bio tankful cleans out the fuel system and clogs the filter. I've seen 4 different bio mixtures and heard different things about all of them. Have yet to see a standard bio fuel for diesels around here. Rob

Yup bigger is better especially if you want sleep area. Making a small bunk up front and utilizing as light materials as you can will ensure good cargo space and load capacity. Not all skids are 4ft long (some have over hanging goodies) so extra cargo length matters. 2 skids is normal for...

I heard that Michigan was making vans scale. Did they wake up and stop that? Rob

No Layout you can keep your flakey and frosty politicos. We have enough of them still left. However if you want to take some back with you your welcome to take a fee dozen. Rob

Maybe the owner wants to have a safety margin. In case of an accident you have the logs to show your a compliant commercial driver. As an expediter you'll likely be crossing state lines and a log will come into play in some states. Rules are different in different places and in this business...

Actually Sterling had a line of tractors running on natural gas that are used by one of the west coast ports for container hauling. Since Sterling is gone they have switched over to Freightliner so they are currently producing a line of natural gas powered units for the same customer. I don't...

On the 2500 and 3500 gm units (8 bolt hubs) the only difference was spring rate for the 3500. Otherwise transmission, bearings etc were same (back when I bought my last one, so could be different now). I was informed by a Ford fan that similar for Fords but I'd check with a dealer or techie...

In my case there are no rules for a run. For the longer ones I check if the customer or consignee have been given a time limit for the run (say a max time it should be there or a deadline for getting there). If there is time built in for rest or other happenings then I'll run as far as possible...

Welcome to the fold and good luck with the new adventure. Yes the economy is turning around but it will be a long slow ride. If you can afford the poor times right now then you'll be all set for the better times coming. You'll also have the experience behind you to make money when things...

The law states no smoking in the workplace and for a truck driver the cab of the truck is his workplace. Therefore it could be taken that the truck is a workplace even for an o/o and therefore the driver can be charged. I think like you that it should apply to company trucks and not o/o but...

Don't know about patents on the Kalishnakov AK-47 (russian version - original) as it is copied by a variety of nations. China makes a version and there are several Pakistani versions (some are of poor barrel quality). The Russians make several versions of it including a sniper version with a...

At least bottled beer was around having been invented back in the 1600's (I think it was then). Rob

I used full sheet of 1/2" plywood gos and a second sheet cut into pieces to fit around the wheel wells and along the side door and the end behind the seats. Underneath I used a decent underpad (for carpet in commercial places) which actually took weather well, insulated a but as well as helped...

While our company has been forced by customers to offer more competitive rates for some runs, this has not been the norm for all runs. They have lowered many prices just to keep business and to get more runs but they refuse to go lower or even match the real lowball price competitors. They...

This is just a way for the Chinese to gain easy access to the American market. Setup dealerships for the Hummer brand and back it up with some cheap cars from a couple of Chinese mfrs. Rob