Search results

The Taliban were the government in Afghanistan. So if you can't defeat them and you know they are going to have a lot of influence etc then you know they'll be back in government in the future, so plan for it. The PLO were considered a terrorist org many years ago and committed a lot of crimes...

Well the Smart car came out of the crash testing and roof crush tests rather highly rated. In fact it was highest rated for roof as it took more force to crush it than other vehicles. You must remember that if you know how to react in a situation a small car turns and handles much faster than...

This week a truck driver in a rig was charged for smoking while driving. The law passed awhile ago banned smoking in the work place which also included vehicles. I haven't got any details as yet as to whether or not he was an employee in a company truck or a broker in a labeled truck or...

I would imagine there would be quite a bit of hot shot business from several industrial/warehousing areas that could be run in a van/sprinter. There are several companies where I am doing such and the pay isn't too bad provided you can garner enough calls through the week (can't base on a day)...

While Obama's lack of experience is a partial problem I was hoping that he would pay close attention to advisors from each area with experience in their fields and also listen to those in the field and working in it. Not only with banking but in the military, medical, insurance and whatever...

There could have been a greater result if the military effort in Afghanistan was not so restricted. There are documented intelligence of meetings of Taliban insurgents with several village leaders and the military knew of these meetings but held back attacking due to the risk of civilian...

For my gm van I did the foil bubble stuff on the walls and ceiling followed by cut styro sheets fit in between the ribbing. Over that I used a thin styro sheet over the ribs with coreplast sheeting covering all of it (coreplast is corrugated plastic sheets). The core plast is usually white but...

No Piper he sleeps on an angle and gets his feet stuck up the side of the passenger seat and leaves toe prints on the window. Rob

The banning of electronic handheld or otherwise devices while driving is taking hold across both nations. We now have 4 provinces that have a ban in place and another 3 are considering it and looking at laws to ban distracting devices. Several states already have laws so for us it is just...

I know our dispatch turns down runs for too little money. Quite often they don't even offer it to one of us. They do try to compete and I've had lots of calls for under the normal rates it is just one of those situations we face today. It seems some of the competition out there will bid low...

Oh yeah could you even imagine the Obama Trucking Regulation. 5000 pages of legalise crapolla that half of us couldn't understand and the scale guys in each state interpreting in a different manner so we get a ticket for something everywhere. Rob

The Sprinter does have a 4x4 version but it is not imported to north america as yet. Note that many euro 4x4 vehicles are not really meant for offroading but non paved roads or mountain driving. Winter tires checkout Blizzak, Toyo and Nokian. They all make a snow for the 16" rims and should...

That e-mail goes to g-mail login. I was told by several europeans that Hungarian girls are the best looking Rob

Well the speeding part may be a wee bit of a story (except on 60), but the moose and deer actually are not. The deer are bigger than a smart car and the moose are the size of an accord. Hit one of those doing over 100kph and well the damage will have you visiting one of our fine body shops for...

Current: Sprinter has 275,000 area and the flatdeck only has 40,000 miles (seems to only get short hauls, pay good but short). Old and gone: GM van had over 500,000 miles when I retired it. Rob

I'm handling manufacturing for the most part and we've been seeing an increase in activity. Unfortunately we're also seeing an incredible amount of competition as everyone is pushing for a piece of the pie. Most manufacturing is still lagging though as many companies are not upto speed with...

One of the companies I worked for used to charge pretty well. Then for several runs they suddenly had a lower price. We finally figured it out. The customer told them the price was too high so they told the mapping software to route by the shortest route and priced according to that. But we...

The MTO did a series of test inspections back awhile ago and afterwards I haven't seen really anything hinting at a specific check process. I agree with if you're speeding over 110kph then you're likely to get a ticket for speeding and for not having the limiter set. I'll presume they are...

While I agree with ovm saying it is a partnership I've found many companies do not look at things quite that way. I've been through the trucking part, courier part and found expedite to be the best overall. Unfortunately many company owners seem to have forgotten we're working with them and not...

The last year and a half have been slow for the Canadian market. There has been a glut of trucks for the freight available. The last 2 months have definitely improved for most companies as we've been seeing more activity in the industrial sector. The best indicator has been the increase in...