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I would go with a cabover with a 28' to 30' box and a LG with atleast a GVW of 46k. Of course I am a small carrier so my opinion may not be what a leased on "independent contractor" want's to hear, but as others have said be available to the most freight as possible. I agree with Greg with...

I think BullRush was referring to the transmission having to be replaced at 250k and the cost was about 6k to 8k or something like that. If I remember correctly "some" of the 02-03 sprinters had transmission problems that required them to be replaced. As a matter of fact I believe I read it...

I giggle every time I pass there building on I-44:D

"exclusive use" = TRAPPED. With that being said I don't think I would ever sign a exclusive use contract unless it had a minimum pay clause in it, like you will be paid 1,500 a week regardless if we get you moving or not. Just my .02 on this subject;)

when I drove a TT my company stated to use Blue or Black. So there machines could read it. I don't think there is anywhere in to rule book that states color of ink to use. But I would suspect you might get some funny looks from a DOT man if you were use hot pink ink Leo.:rolleyes:

in the immortal words of Homer J Simpson - It's funny cause it's true!!:D

when I usually drop in Manhattan I usually go to linden NJ. The corner of US 1 and park ave "close to where I-278 and I - 95 come together. there is a sam's club and a tgi fridays there and a nice big clean lot. It is about 15 miles from downtown Manhattan. My second hide out is drive down...

oncedrove you can get a chevy/gmc and now even a ford cutaway with a GVW of 10,000 from the factory with a 159" wheel base (which is need for the 14 and 15' models) You will just have to do research to get the chassis model #'s to give to the box maker. You are correct about aerocell they will...

In Ohio all you need is the truck plate it will cost you 100-150 dollars a year depending on what county and what you GVW is. I run my business out of Wood County and with a 9600GVW it is 105.00 dollars a year. Hope this helps you:D

I just read the DMV book to refresh my memory here is what is listed: any trailer over 10,001 being towed commercially needs a class A ( even with a 1/2 ton van you still need the Class A) so you can have a 1 ton van with a 9600GVW pulling a 10,000GVW trailer with no class A, but you will have...

I am glad to see they dropped the GVW down to 9900 in the single rear wheel model. Did he give you the door height or just the inside height?? I remember him tell me the opening was only 71.2" high. I was told that the SRW had a curb of 7300# but if they are clamming a capacity 3400# then...

Piper for 2010 Gm is throwing in that 6 Speed (not Allison) that they use in the pick-ups. I know they will mate it to the de-tuned D-max and possibly the 6.0 gasser as well, they are also changing the rear axle ratio to 4.10 for a diesel, no mo' 3.73 in a 3500 and 4500 van chassis. Since the...

I called them about the cargomax It has a GVWR of 10,500 (single and dullay) I told the sales guy which is going to the expo that he needs to have one tagged at 10k to sell in this market. There primary focus is on the home delivery market i.e. fedex home delivery. Both the single and dullay...

COL, I have a Class A. I would not run under the radar which means I know I would have to log, this does not bother me. I know I need to have more direct freight from the shippers than I do now to take the leap into buying a trailer. I have been kicking the idea around for the past year but...

He said use the the trailer for cargo, there are a few independents out here doing that but it puts your GCWR over 10,000 so you have to log. Unless you run under the radar i.e. no signs or anything like that (have met 2 doing this). As for the 1/2 tons I know of only one, he runs alot of...

Inkasnana wrote: ..the most competitive price on multiple service options including white glove services, temperature validated transport (cold chain transport), truckload, LTL and flatbed. Every Carrier can clam this, they simply outsource to other carriers!!!! Like Fedex, Panther, or even...

Let'em buy who ever they want, I haul for all of them so it benefits me in the long run "more freight they can't cover". The only problem I see I might face will be if E-1 tries to go any cheaper than they are now on the broker rates. The only other problem I see with this merger is "IF" 1st...

Thanks for the answer Jack I thought it was weird that he deleted his post.

Slo you are thinking of the torrence ave. plant. Corner of 130th and Torrence ave. The south Chicago plant is off of US 30 near IL 394. That is a very bad area and nowhere safe to park and of course security will not let you park on the property:mad: Heck I even use that Ford lot off of...

The thread for Please Help Me Here - disappeared. I saw no bashing or negative comments posted. What happened??:confused: I am just being nosy here wondering why!!