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I have been into several dealers especially during the summer and one thing I noticed was the prices as you noticed seemed to be staying except when you looked at the truck and immediately the salesman would offer 5-10% lower without me even talking price. So I got the feeling that negotiations...

A lot of vans and even straights as well as tt's do not strap, bar or otherwise secure loads. I see it nearly everyday. Now yes many are doing short p&d runs but still it can move a lot. My last big load was 3 skids and I straped front and rear but due to skid design I had the forklift offset...

I do lots of short runs and for me yes they are worth it for the most part. Not all are as too much time loss involved, but overall I keep near the freight area and made a little. So even with a little dh to get back if the shortie takes me out of the best area it usually doesn't matter for me...

Like everyone says do the maintenance and it could last well over 300,000 miles. My last one had 500,000 when I sold it and was still running. Yes to an alternator, fuel pump and only ball joints in the front end. No engine rebuid or transmission rebuild only oil changes and filter changes...

First congrats on the new buggy. Second the MB grill is available from an outfit in the US and the kit comes with MB logos for the hubcaps etc and steering wheel (at least for the older model)(query the sprinter forums as they know). As far as the VW version it is called LT and they are at LT3...

Actually the closest I've done is take a piece of plastic piping and connected it to the heater outlets (floor ones) in my van and have it blow the warm air into my bunk area right under the bed. Since I was utilizing an open framing with an air matress it worked ok but on the coldest nights it...

It is amazing the amount of work you find waiting at home after you come off the road for a couple of days. I had to rake the leaves, bag some of them, fix the furnace, change the filter (that was the easy job), repair duct work (from previous occupant bad job), take down a bathroom exhaust fan...

Well in Canada the DRL (daytime running lights) are mandated so we have the problem of only being able to flash our brights to let a driver know he is clear to change lanes. I try to make it a double fast flashing. Easy to do in the sprinter but my other buggy does not have a highbeam flash so...

Sometimes I've found the mapping software set to shortest routing can come up with novel routing but of course it adds loads of time to the run. I've found a couple of dispatchers utilizing this to cut the price to the customer but of course give us the timing for going the fastest routing...

Thy have some nice lengths of standard size mats. You would have to make sure you have thick enough material over top to handle the pressures of skids, forks etc so as not to damage the wiring. Could work. I didn't see a power consumption figure for the wiring will have to look again, nice...

One of the problems with using ramps is the angle they place the van on. This makes it fun for forktruck watching as they try to gage the angle and getting the forks in and out of the skid (depending on loading or unloading). One other fun part is when loading and the van drops an inch or two...

The vents on the top of the dash are not hooked up to the heater duct but rather just behind the air conditioning coil so they either push in ambient outside air or cooled air from the a/c. So those two you leave closed for the cold weather and open for warmer or if a warm state. Rob

I have the espar unit but some of the guys don't so was trying to help them poor souls. Also right now I'm getting weather changes from 40 deg to 25 deg. So rather than play with the heater settings I'm leaving it in one spot and letting the auto temp control out put what it wants while driving...

Since the says hand held electronic devices we'll assume that they are also included. Basically if a cop sees you talking or holding it your ticketed as well if you have on headphones (both ears plugged in). Headsets (one ear and mic piece) are allowed. So if you can plugin a headset to the...

On the earlier Sprinters and probably on the newer ones we have a prob with it keeping temp in the cold weather in slow traffic and idling. I've found by setting the heater temp control to the top of the blue(cold) or in the middle of the white (basically half way) I could keep heat coming out...

That stuff is hard to find around here so I've changed brands. Using a 5W-40 euro blend synthetic. Works good for my buggy. Rob

Ok an update.... Cellphones, DVD players (up front), mp3 players, hand held gps devices, video game devices. All these are to be banned if the law passes. Note that secured to the dash GS units are allowed as well as handsfree communications such as a bluetooth or headset. Fines are to...

It appears the Liberal government is about to introduce a law to restrict use of electronic devices by drivers. They have included, cell phones, computers, GPS units and blackberries and related devices, e-mailing and text messaging while driving will be an absolute nono. Probably the law will...

As far as how this is supposed to be done for limiting speed it is the ecm. Now the MTO has readers to check your ecm for its speed limit setting. They'll be plugging into your ecm plug to check the speed limitation. They claim these are just readers as I know at the last truck show several...

US guys are not supposed to haul point to point in canada... but if a US load comes in by US carrier no gst charged on freight bill as US companies do not charge GST. BUt cdn companies do charge the gst even on loads from the US or to the US. So a load going by a US carrier is gst free (or...