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Well delivered several cases of imported wine to Geddy Lee (famous rock musician). I also delivered Farley Mowats (cdn author) luggage to him after he was refused entry to a foreign country for whatever reason and he came back on one flight and luggage on another. Delivered the lighting used...

well for me being in the Toronto area things seemed to have picked up quite a bit. I've only had the weekends (not this one, did 400mi) and a couple of other days where I did little work and have had 900 miles/week avg including DH and paid about $1.30 for all. So actually it has been...

Sprinter trannies are known to have heat problems so a second cooler would be prudent. For this reason I've changed my fluid and filter sooner than the recommended distance in the manual. It really does not take a lot to burn the fluid in a sprinter. It can happen with just one day of...

Yeah never liked the old dodge and the ford idea for extended body vans. That's why I used to buy the gm as the wheelbase was longer. Made for a bigger turning circle but much better ride and load distribution. Same for the sprinter as they also extend the wheelbase. Works rather well...

Just an fyi for those sprinter drivers out there. Amsoil has oil for the sprinter meeting the new .51 spec (5w-40 euro synthetic). I've been buying the fram oil filters and in canada no aftermarket fuel filters available. The dealers here have raised the oil filters to $26 and change from...

So you've finally figured out what I've been doing for years. Drive a little slower and save!!! At IBC another driver and I used to do runs to Thunderbay Ont. it was about 870 mile run. We both drove the same trucks with same engines, trannies, rear ends. He however always spent more for...

Interesting thread. But this business is not the hardest to learn. Bsically it is P&D but with only one load at a time (usually) rather than a route. So less to learn for running. But there is still lots to learn and first thing is to minimize expenses and maximize profits, hence business...

The fuel differencce for 800lbs is not there. I have found over 1000lbs for the fuel to be effected and usually it takes 1500lbs to notice. But that having been said in my search for another truck I've been politely told by the company that a tailgate lift will definitely earn the truck a lot...

can't tell you what you ask. But can tell you that for all the guys I've met working there about 50% were looking for other carriers and a strange thing about them is that hardly any would talk about what's it like there. So little info from the drivers who've been there awhile. Before...

Here in canada we've had prices around the $4.00 per US gal for a long time now. Right now the cheapest I know of is around 3.90/us gal. So we have managed and yes we do make less profit. The market here is smaller than the US and so we suffer as costs are higher to do anything. BUt this has...

On my 2000 GM i did not replace the wheel bearings at all. I sold the van with 500k on it. So yes they will last Greg. I live in canada so lots of road salt etc here so for me it was a good van. Now I recently replaced the fronts on my Sprinter but they did take a beating so definitely an...

I had a salesman at a KW dealer tell me that the PX-6 engine should be run at over 2200 rpm when cruising. I was a little surprised at that as the max rpm is not much more. So I kinda left there soon afterwards. I know smaller diesels run at that speed on the highway and the 1900-2000 range...

For those doing body work of any type on the Sprinter. When preping an area for paint make sure it is clean as well as the area around the fixed, preped part for paint. make sure you remove all the crap from sanding the metal etc and if doing any cutting remove all chips of metal. These all...

Well had my sprinter over two years now. Has over 200000 miles. Few problems so far so has been quite reliable. Fuel economy is good as i can get 650 miles out of a 26 gallon tank. Now maintenance is a wee bit expensive but not a lot more than the GM i had before. So there are some quirks...

After reading all these comments I'm glad I moved to a smaller carrier. At least dispatch here has a memory if I do a crappy one there are rewards down the road. So do some shortties even the luzer loads and later i get a gravy or two. So maybe not today or tomorrow but definitely during the...

You know all these years of building transmissions and they haven't built one that works the way we drivers want. I'm positive the guys who desgin these things have never driven one in slow hour traffic on a highway through a city. For me it always was clutch when cold and slide it...

Well Greg we're not quite that bad yet. Only ten stat holidays in Ontario so far. I've lived in both Quebec and France. Yes the French in France do have a lot of holidays and most enjoy more weeks off for vacation than the average north american. Quebec is waiting for their independance so...

Today is the 18th of Feb and the first Family Day. The Ont gov't when it was re-elected in Oct last year made this holiday (one of the few election promises kept). So we are supposed to be enjoying a day off. Quite afew businesses have closed for the day and others are just keeping things...

Buy good quality fuel and never let it sit overnight with less than quarter tank. I try to have mine running everyday and if it is really cold (-20 or more) I plug in an oil heater and block the wind from under the motor as best as possible. has helped a lot as this year it does seem to be...

I'v e had a K&N for about a year and a half. No real increase in power or fuel economy. It does sound louder for air intake. Haven't experienced any problems as yet. hopefully no MAF (mass air flow sensor) as here they want over $700 for one plus labor. I've put on over 100,00 miles with...