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I got one of those inexpensive electrical crimpers and I also picked up a variety of spade connectors (m/f). The spade connectors are great for splices and better. Crimp a connector on each end and slide together. One other thing I picked up was a few different sizes of heat shrink cover. I...

In response to the header of think before getting into this business in a van.. well right now it is not a good idea unless you know the carrier you're joining has some business and can keep you moving (not likely in the current environment). It is hard out here and every company is feeling...

For those of you with a laptop you can obtain the software to read the scan codes from the ecm and flash it to change the speed limiter settings (well for most vehicles). It only takes a matter of a minute to do. The software, a cable to connect and that's it for many. Cost should be less than...

It appears that at least someone is enterprising enough to take the cal freight from those who don't want to go that far (few of us). The canadian freight reference is another factor as dynamex, adco, k-dac, roaring express etc will gladly haul it across the border for you and make something on...

The man cave by piper... dark dank and always smells freshly oiled! Rob

I used to be ops manager at a couple of sameday rush courier companies. Theindustry norm was an average of 10% of the fleet would be down for sickness, repairs, court dates etc. So normal hiring practice was based on a 10% overage of vehicles to compensate for the down vehicles. But where...

That's the math used by the companies to calculate their share and regular math for our share! Rob

Southern Ontario is where... it's a balmy +3 outside, compared to -30 of earlier in the week that's warm! Shorts time..... Rob

I've noticed on a couple of vehicles it is the spring pressure. These newer blade arms seem to have weaker springs than back in the past. Of course one minor problem with increasing the spring pressure is to not let the blade drop back onto the windshield from max height out as the cheaper...

I looked at getting one but decided on a oil pan heater instead. Sure makes the engine quiet down fast after starting. Would be nice to have a block heater but so far not been a problem. Rob

Yes definitely look at the policy before taking it on. Over several years some brokers here were just asking cursory questions at renewal time and then issuing policies. They would happily announce to you the customer that your rates either stayed the same or went up less than 10%. Wow...

Would it be possible to install a line with an inline electric fuel pump to take fuel from the reffer tank and pump it into the main fuel tanks? Separate switch etc for the pump that you use only when necessary. But would this work? Rob

Yeah we have a lot of taxes so canucks do try to avoid them. I used to have customers come into my store and ask how much for an item for cash and no taxes. But they failed to realize that I still had to report the sales some where and the taxes. I really laugh at some drivers (o/o) I see at...

One thing to look at is the Japanese mfrs. They have several models already doing the 35mpg level. How??? They use 4 cyl engines and the right gearing as well as using exhaust systems that make them comply with pollution standards. The american mfrs have to get away from the v6 and v8...

All this time I thought it was a national game of avoiding paying taxes and to cheat on your tax returns! I've been told this is a north american yearly practice. You mean politicians are supposed to be above this? Since when? They are the leaders in lies, decit, avoidance of blame, passing...

Eastern Canada has been hit with a lot of snow this year and more on the way. It looks like for some places a record snowfall. This has created a problem for may four wheelers out there when coming to an intersection as the plows have made high snowbanks at them and the four wheelers are too...

While the original post is relatively correct we do have a thing called a price war on right now. It is hard to keep getting those nice paying jobs and stay busy. So we have to be creative in how to run for a profit in lower priced times. While I agree most companies do not care if you make a...

I assume that during the meeting between driver and owners there is a stipulation of what a load must pay as a minimum or the driver(s) don't take it. It would be prudent for the driver and owner in todays environment to possibly alter or have another requirement to accept lower income runs...

If you have the lic for a straight truck (or if not) and can't get into expedite due to experience or even otr compnaies, maybe try a local sameday/rush delivery outfit. many do not require the same 2 year experience and they might be more willing to give you a try. The sameday stuff will...

Well didn't have the full gelling problem as had tank of winterized and additives. Problem was some moisture in bottom of filter separator/filter and dirt in the filter (bad fuel somewhere) so filter froze on the bottom half. Got the truck running but could not get it over half way up to...