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I think hydrogen would make a nicer bang and flame show! Light a little gunpowder trail behind the buggy and leave a nice smoking trail. Note: make a disclaimer that your not responsible for pavement damage from flames and explosions. Rob

Let's see... guys with 150s instead of 250 or 350, guys with too much gear in the buggy such as large bulkhead, bed, fridge, inverters, extra batteries and the list goes on. Unfortunately not all vans are equal. I agree that most should handle the weight but there are some that won't. Rob

Not actually Greg. I quite often get loads over 2000lbs in my Sprinter as half the vans in our fleet can't handle that weight. The Sprinter can handle it easily and of course we have a few customers who are terrible at weight guessing (yes guessing not actual). So the Sprinter gets sent in and...

A cvor is $250/yr??? Never paid for mine! Website says it's $5 for a replacement if I lose this one. But Quebec does let you run through on a cvor now (supposedly). 4500kg seems to be the weight for all provinces for scaling. This why many of the rentals have 4500kg weight limit on some of...

If they allowed shoulder driving then that would be plugged as well and with an accident as someone tried to get in without enough space or time. Only allow shoulder driving to go around an obstruction but not a vehicle making a turn (except if shoulder is paved). Too many laws as Piper has...

Hey 2cats I bet your wife has the same opinion about your backseat instructs as my lady has about mine!! LOL!!! Rob

There's a similar program here in Ontario that farmers on not so productive farms can convert to forests. I actually did some tree planting for a year and did plant on a couple of farms. One decent thing the govt here did was implement a plan where the forest cutting companies actually replant...

SOme of the hitch receivers have a piece that slides in and one of our guys has one with the vehicle mfr logo on it. I've seen others the same and it works for him as the forklifts usually hit it first instead of the bumper or box. I have seen one that a guy added on a piece that was wider by...

I'm kinda used to the conversion for not only the fuel but the dollars/pounds as well. Last weekend spent a few days in the company of a lot of Brits so converting L/100km, with mpg/imp gal and dollars us and canuck with pounds/euros. Little harder with the euros as not used to using them but...

We'll have to suffer the lower prices as it is a shippers choice out there. This does mean there should be a thinning of the ranks and supposedly this will help us to do more (at lower pricing). However many companies seem to have the thought of keeping as many buggies available as possible to...

Haven't gone too far but the pay's ok. Just doing shorties lately like today but at least they do bring something. Rob

BTW crazynuff the imperial gallon is larger than the american gallon. US gallon only has 32 ounces per quart and imperial has 40. Therefore the imp gal has the extra 25% volume and so gives us a much better fuel economy rating. Example was my gm van getting 20mpg US but 25 mpg Imp. Same for...

You got it the Ducato is the larger van from Fiat. It comes standard with a diesel and has 50" between the wheel arches. It also has over 6' opening for loading thru the back doors and the highest cargo capacity is 4000lbs (take away bed/driver/gear etc). They offer 2 different engines as...

There was a rumor about Chrysler not getting the Sprinter anymore (FL only) and a dealer up here mentioned that Fiat might bring in their version of the cargo van. Similar to the Sprinter and also with a small diesel. Ford should bring in the full size Transit as well as the Connect that they...

And to think we've got guys complaining about runs paying .91/mile. Actually last week the guy doing a reg run that pays the .91/mile normally, got it with an extra so he got 1.24/mile and he still didn't like it! This is all miles for the run dh incl'd. Sometimes there be no making someone...

One thing some 3500 owners were doing was cutting the wheel well metal and taking out part of it and welding in a piece to the floor. This added an extra couple of inches to the inside width allowing for normal skids but not quite a 48" wide one. Besides how many skids do we get that are wider...

Ateam that reminds me of back when I worked for Cochrane. All us route drivers used to meet at a doughnut shop for coffee after loading. One morning Danny was at the counter chatting up the girl and he was talking about his truck and turned around and said "See my truck loves me it's coming to...

Part of the problem with the current crash was the fact of lower regulation in the financial sector. Countries with tight financial regs still have cash rich banks and investment facilities and credit is still available. So it is evident that some regulation must be in place in certain sectors...

Well an interesting idea. There is a used truck place up in Schomberg at 27 and Lloydtown-Aurora Rd that has loads of used trucks and you may be able to find a few different size sleepers there. They can even do the install (talk to them). Depending on frame length possible for a box or bed...

I can remember reading an article near the end of last year about the costs involved in the 2010 engines. At that time the estimated higher prices were over $8,000 per unit. So I don't think the companies mentioning the higher prices for the 2010 units is a scare tactic for sales of 09 units...