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Biggest problem in this industry is attitude. The driver (or potential) really has to have the right attitude. I've hired many a driver and only those with the right attitude lasted and did rather well. I used to work in the office for a company that hired brokers and occasionally when they...

The few days after the closing of the ramp Wilton Grve was also closed to thru traffic due to construction. So had to reroute to the next road down which comes out on Highbury not far down. Other wise exit at essex and go north on first road and back follow roads to highbury and go over...

Well definitely going for a snow tire this coming winter. The Michelin m/s or a/s are not that great without a load. One sprinter driver here swears by the toyo winters as he never got stuck but I'm trying to find Nokian Winters as they do work. Got the nokian WRs on the cars and they are the...

I use a fold up bed along the drivers side of the cargo wall. I have it so it raises up to the ceiling when needed (which a lot of lately) so had less head room on drivers side but high skids I slide right in front of the wheel wells. The bed folds as well so actually takes up less space than...

The last week I've noticed on almost all the highways that traffic in general has slowed down a bit. It is now possible to pass someone while only doing the speed limit (62mph) rather than the usual 110kph (close to 70mph). Except for the 427 on the west side of Toronto all the other major...

One of our larger customers made a deal with a larger expedite outfit to do some of their route deliveries. One driver from there used his GPS to route the stops of the route and followed it. I asked what was taking so long and he complained about the miles he was doing. I couldn't figure out...

In answer to the original question... it is hard to make decent money in a van. in my case I'm doing over 2000/month clear after truck costs but the business is slow. Fortunately I'm with a smaller company which for me has worked out better than the larger ones. Less competition, more...

Common problem with causing cupping was of course shocks being shot. They then allowed the tire to bounce more causing cupping. But check all the aforementioned ideas as alignment, tire pressure, out of round (a definite possible) and such as well as weakened suspension. Unusual wear of any...

Well ovm that's why I got speed control. set it and just cruise along. Yeah new 07 and newer get about 10-15% lower fuel economy (using figures from a couple of guys with them) than the older ones. Keeping the speed down and the rpm in the hp range is important on them. Since mine revs so...

NOw fyi Quebec is also on the speed limiter thing for the same speed of 105km/h or 65mph. In fact Quebec actually proposed this before Ontario did but seem to be behind in making it legislation. So they won't be far behind and then of course we'll see who else does this. Some states are also...

Now for those of you wondering how the dot will know if your compliant the ministry or transport has already ordered (probably received) plugin units to download info from your onboard computer which will show limited speed and other such goodies. Although some dot officers had these readers...

Thought I'd put this here for more to catch. Canada Day is July 1 but since that is a tuesday next week us expeditors will have a small prob delivering. Some companies are closed on the actual day (tues), some are closed on the monday and others are taking both days. My outfit has customers...

Look around most of the larger cities or those with large industrial areas nearby. There should be a few companies that do rush or expedited deliveries with vans and straights (even tt) that do not require a sleeper as the loads don't go too far and there are usually several a day. I know a...

I have to disagree with some of the first statements about slowing down does not make any savings. YES IT DOES!!! First on longer runs travelling slower will save fuel and that means more money in your pocket. Secondly driving slower and utilizing less fuel means either less time...

Well the worst place I've seen for bad drivers who not only tailgate but cut you off with zero space to space is in Montreal during slowhour (some call it rush hour) and I've seen them rush up the ending right lane right to the armco barrier and then just turn left into the left lane without a...

Only one question... have the Iphones got a better battery yet??? I looked at the specs back when they came out and the battery life totally sucked. My sanyo unit runs for days without a charge if not used and even when used for a few calls a day it still lasts about a week on a charge. So...

Should be captured and used. Up here the gov't finally caught onto this idea and is using the methane from the garbage dumps to generate electricity. Mind you small amounts but at least it's something sensible. in england they are now using methane for large scale electricity production and I...

One little tidbit of info for you in canada is that Sunoco and Ultramar have a sharing deal of west of Quebec Sunoco supplies the stations with fuel, both Sunoco and Ultramar (in fact many Ultramar stations are rebranded) and in Quebec and parts east they use fuel from the large Montreal...

Shame to see Cat out of the truck engine line as they've been a force in it for so long. I know over the last decade their sales have been lower and the cost of developing newer restricted emmission engines has been high. The competition from MB, Cummins and DD has been very strong for years...

Most mfrs for cargo vans recommend the like of 80 for the rears and 55-60 for the fronts. I found the handling changes interesting when increasing the fronts from the mfr recommended levels. yes ride is nicer with lower pressure as the tires absorb more of the smaller bumps by compressing more...