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Exhaust...forgot is really important a good throaty but quiet sound (admittedly you gotta use your imagination on that one!) is ok. If you suspect that your engine is having a problem the exhaust sound can be a important diagnostic tool...when your exhaust sound changes abrubtly you know your in...

IMHO...Noise is a huge problem,wind or whatever...The ideal situation for me would be "just a whisper" just enough to here the engine ,just enough to tell when something aint right,and to here the "revs" for those who drive by the "seat of thier pants" dont need no tach here... tranny noise is...

RE: Something for the AMERICAN job hunter to consi Dreamer; absolutely wonderfull post thier ,yup! for sure! THX! ( Dont even get me started on that N.A.F.T.A. thing! ) gosh we are getting sold down the river bigtime,by our own hands sometimes it feels,oops gotta calm down...its been to good...

FINALLY feel like i can relax a bit,here, so i think ill tell ya bout this "strange but true" event, that happened to me some years ago...,think it was 79 or so ... I was hauling a load of insulating firebrick to Gary Indiana, from livonia Mi....Eight pallets i had on this flat bed straight...

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Thx for the "wisdom" Tony!...should have edited the post (while i had time) i should have said that express1 isnt hiring cargo vans...as found out that Con-Way also is not...now theres plenty of local work here, but the "roads callin me" bigtime for some long runs...I have plenty of 3/4 in...

Was told by conway that they arnt taking on cargo vans anymore...

Was hopin that the fact that i got over 1 mill mi. ticket an accident free and i won the S.E. Mi. truck rodeo champ for 10 yd dumps would sway them but alas ~~~Sniff sniff,(snicker)~~~`(seems like nowadays the insurance companys are our real employers ,dont it?...Got my second reject, from...

got turned down by Landstar cause didnt have recent otr experience...last time i did true otr was 76 to 82,hauling from Detroit. to Ind. an Wisc. with a flatbed,carried up to 10 pallets of firebrick...guess local wk isnt considered close to OTR...Gota interview tommorrow,and two more that im...

Brew...yeah i went thier about a weekago myself,i was kinda impressed with the bulkhead installation seemed fairly sturdy! Which is something ya want if your in (God forbid) a wreck...my worst fear is a loose 55 gal. drum cmin loose headin towards your back still doin 55 mph! While your stopped...

louxio...yeah those fines are goin to be a killer!...doesnt suprise me bout the "tude" of the shippers an receivers...in the end itll be laid at our feet!...from what ive seen itS a HUGE MESS...but, hopin that it will get some more work for the cargovan types (myself included). Have a good one!:)

Weave..yup your right on bout that,reminded me i "heard" that Dodgem bought "white",now i dont know if thats just the "white" Arm of frieghtliner or the whole shebang...i remember back in sixties something ,bout the time of the beach boys first album,my pop came home(God rest his soul) madder...

Tony...yup gotta say that Sprinter is a nice setup should help Chryslers(Daimler,whatever) bottomline out ive seen that U.P.S. and another co,,name fails me tho,are switching to the sprinter. Alumabunk had one and she looked nice altho i thought the wheels looked kinda small for the weight shes...

>Thats great Whiterabbit. Thanks for the dimensions. I am >looking for a cargo van. I have been looking at the Ford van >that Alum-Bunk, has, with the sleeper in it. Nice unit, >kinda cramped with a fella my size. Looked at a Dodge Maxi 1 >ton van today. Nice and long. Don't know much about...

Thx for the warm welcome diesel:),very nice site you got here,by the way...Yeah that hobby of mine certainly can be challenging esp of late ,ya know what dont kill ya makes ya stronger as that saying goes...but wouldnt trade it for nothin!..hmmmmmmm ...an yup i plan on stickin around

GMC,Savana- 75" from inside WALLS behind seats,not including braces...53" between wheel wells...57" between rear doors...mine has 3/4 plywood walls can lay down comfortably crossways,with head at 45 degree angle,(6ft) ok maybe a 48 degree angle...very good ride,no noticable rocking action while...

Just wanted to introduce myself(guess im supposed to do that)...i hail from the Detroit Flint area . glad to find some people who also have the callin of the road in thier blood. Got about 500,000 miles of drivin for someone else undermy belt and just got sick of the bosses whims an moods so im...

Hey Runner good to meet ya. iwas down thier the other day.look at a few used c types saw one for 25000 had a half a mill miles on her they wanted 1600 a mo for 30 months,man kinda steep for me! for sure now if she had half the miles i mightve considered her,,,looked at the vans nice stuff for...