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If buying windsheild antifreeze cleaner then go for the -40 or better (-45 etc). It costs a little more but as I said in the cdn forum the green stuff is pretty good as it doesn't freeze even at -30 travelling along. At speed you have a -15 wind chill so that has to be factored in. The shell...

We see a lot of them into the metal industry. The suppliers of piping as well. So the flat plate steel or such and the rolls of metal for the guys with punch presses use the flatdecks to haul. Quite a bit of short haul immediate delivery stuff there. I had a roll pf copper on mine, stopped...

The best advice to give a newbie or anyone else joining this community is... Look at how the best o/o or fleet drivers are doing and copy or emulate them. You may find some things don't quite work perfectly for you so alter it a bit. Remember they have a winning formula and make money. I...

Many of the hotshot type outfits do have some flatbeds. Installations and breakdowns where a large pump or such is needed. I've got one I use for that purpose. They can make bucks as most rates for flatdecks are higher than regular dry van prices. There is also an extra charge to tarp the...

Nice info. Re the belt tensioner, in a post earlier I mentioned I lost my serpentine belt on the way to the garage to have it replaced as a normal pm thing. The mech found the tensioner was bent out of position a little. So good idea to check it every so often. As for the fluid loss I went...

I have had some laughs this last few weeks as we've had several snowstorms in a row (4). I can't beleive the stupidity or the lack of thought of some drivers in this weather. I've seen running shoes in foot deep snow (not a snowbank), pouring in dregs of windshield washer fluid that no where...

I use both. Cash for the smaller daily things and the credit cards for the larger ones. It don't matter which way I pay I have to keep receipts, it's just easier in some places to use cash. Rob

I listen to normal radio and try to tune in a local station especially going into a large urban area during slow hours (rush hour to most). Another thing is i travel up the east side of the great lakes a lot so the local reports for road and weather in winter is especially important with the...

Yeah I did, but the radio was beeping at me so had to answer and then get going... Dispatch loves to make it sound like it's gotta go this second when you actually have an hour... oh well it's done... Rob

The back stabbing and throat cutting is going to be going on for a few more months as right now there is more capacity than loads. So it's a shipper/load brokers market rather than haulers market. We'll have to suffer and hope we can get enough to keep us in business. I've lost two loads...

Yeah it should have been centimeters and meters but the old farts who came up with this law and pushed it are all over 50 so they remember inches and miles and their trailers are marked 13'-9" (whatever) and many drove south of the border (note spelling). The trailer height is also coloured...

Well obviously speeding will get you pulled over immediately but further to that the DOT will probably pull over anyone with anything not perfect (lights, improper lane changes and whatever else). There has been an increase in inspections in the GTA (greater toronto area) where the DOT has been...

The Espar or Webasto can be had in most places you have a large number of truck dealers. There are speacialty shops in the Mississauga area with ATC being one that handles Espar units. Call ahead if your in the area and have to do a time reset and put it in as the boys there can do it quite...

While Piper is correct for the most part with the aux heater which should be setup to heat the coolant in the motor as well as provide heat in the cabin, I have to be a little wary of not running the motor in temps like -40. At this temp oil sitting in the oil pan turns to sludge and would take...

The law will be enforced by the MTO (ministry) at the scale houses and roadside inspections. This means that more of us will be pulled over and checked for this limited item and it gives them an excuse to pull over any and all commercial vehicles over 10,000#. Most inspectors will have...

Ideal truck under 10000# would have to be along the lines of the Sprinter cab chassis only with the frame made out of aluminum rather than steel. Bent frame, higher in the rear so close to dock height and a dock leveler can work with it. The body should be of the aerocell design so as...

I have a smaller MB motor and at just over 200k I decided to change the belt (pm thing), well on the way to the mechanic it broke. Since I was only a couple of miles I finished the drive. He put on a new belt but found the tensioner was out of alignment slightly and this caused the belt to...

GM and Chrysler have both declared plant closings in Ontario up to the second week in feb. This includes the minivan plant in windsor and the car plant in Oshawa. The CAW (cdn version of UAW) has also said that wage concessions are not something they are really looking at as they did that on...

Definitly slowdown and keep speed under 65. The Sprinter will feel and react to the high winds a lot worse over that speed. Also fuel economy sucks over that as well so that's money out the window. As for tires there are winters, the Blizzak W965 and the Nokian Hakkapaletta LT that have a 10...

All that animal crap can be used to produce methane. One of the very NE states has a few of these electricity from methane from animal poop operations. They charge more for the electricity produced but they also have an expensive system. Methane can also be used to fuel vehicles and the cost...