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Question. How high off the floor is the etrac that you put your shoring bars in? I have one at 3 foot and the next one is at 5 foot. The 3 seems too low and the 5 seems too high. It looks like to me the best height would be just above 4 foot mark. That way you could have a 4 foot skid under and...

My first thought is what you would be able to tare with such a rig. To be non cdl, the truck will have to be 26000 or under. If it has a sleeper, that will cut your tare weight. Add a refer unit, refer fuel tank, refer insulated box, and you won't be able to tare much. I have no idea what your...

Sure. If I can pee on yours. After you drink that "Big Gulp" you'll have to somewhere!

Fed says no stickers on your own truck? But yet you say nothing negative? Canada says speed limiter and you are ready to stop going there? What really is the difference? It is your truck. Right? Glad I am where I am. I can pee on my tires if I want to. Hehehehe!

Well, if you add bent over and limping to that, you would take out another 40% of drivers. That only leaves 10% to carry the nations freight. Just a thought!

I do alot of hauls for CEVA. They bought out the old Eagle Logistics company. They do alot of local and some OTR. Most of their trucks are leased to them by O/O's. Good folks to expedite for. Heard several of their drivers complaining about some recent changes they made. Of course, it didn't...

I pretty much had figured that sometimes it would be best to have plywood under it for extra support. If a skid had a broken or damaged runner, it would be hard to keep it from rocking and shifting if sitting on bars alone. I appreciate everyones explanation here. As I said before, this is some...

You can drive a box truck under 26000 GVWR without a cdl.

I am not sure I understand the plywood thing. Are you laying it on top of the shoring bars before you put your load on it? If so, is it really necessary? Or what are the advantages of it?

I was pretty sure I knew what you were talking about. Just didn't know what weight range they could handle. I have to say, I never thought of doing this, but my e-track is pretty much just right to do it. In the past, I only remember one load that I had to turn down because it wouldn't fit...

Glad to see you got a run with some miles to it. Hope you have a great weekend out there.

Yes! Black is right. DOT numbers would show up better on Black. Ha! Reckon that baby would even weigh on the scales? One thing about it, you'd have every DOT guy looking at you.

This could possibly be the first thing he has dicussed that I even come close to understanding. If only he would have went in to more detail on this subject. He has at least two of us on the hook. Two on a hook is called a double, I think. Anyway, this is good worthwhile info here.

Well, good to see you are at a truck stop. Some of us worry about you when you are way out there and all by yourself. It is obvious you can be a little unstable at times. Hence the worrying. Also glad to see you passed on the dick's. That is one decision in the right direction. Now if you can...

I know what shoring bars are and understand how you are saying use them. What I don't know is how much weight do you feel comfortable putting on them?

That's it? Just "Thanks all"? Do you know how many "DougTravels" fans were waiting to see if you found a truck stop? And your comeback is "Thanks all"!

I know all about new out of round tires. Unbelievable how bad a new tire can be out of round. But the bad part is when they go out of round soon after you have them put on. They want to shave them to make them round and then you loose all that tread at your expense. Reckon what they would...

What u bet them mech's in that truck shop used "big momma"? U think they gonna sweat for their $120 bucks a hour? Nay, don't think so. You know and I know, the problem with shocks is that you normally don't have room for a cheater. Trying to break those nuts loose with a regular length wrench...

On a run to Dayton, Ohio last night (Thur may 7th) I counted 12 expediters headed South on I71 between Louisville and Florence, Ky. Several of them were FedEx CC. Did see a 2 headed cat van. But rest were straight trucks. Just seemed like there were more in that one stretch than I have seen in...

Just a thought...do you have a CB? do you have a gps. I type "truck stop" in my GPS and it usually comes up with some close to me.