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Also hoping for LED headlights. The xenon ones they currently us are $120 each.

Sprinter has a solid drive train with few problems. The springs are solid. The tranny is always a question. Don’t know which they will use. The engine is most likely the one in their suv’s which is proving to be solid. The big questions are: how many cup holders and are power seats an option...

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The dealers said that the gas version would be cheaper than the diesel and be competitive with the transit. Right now transit sells about 125,000 units a year compared to 25,000 Sprinters largely due to price and the cost of diesel. Since it is made in the US, parts should be easier to get...

To me it all comes down to the bottom line. If I like the total rate, I gladly accept the run. If the rate isn’t where I need it to be I ask for a little more or just st say no. Landstar is good about paying 100% fsc but some brokers don’t break it out. It’s just do you want the run for this...

Since Canada legalized weed, let the millennial drivers head north of the border and then hire someone to bring your truck back. Maybe they can say they are Escaping Capitalism and herbicide (weed control). Canada could give them all amnesty and spawn a new industry of lost truck retrieval from...

We are really interested in the new gas powered Sprinter coming out in October. There are still a lot of unknowns. We don’t even know w which mill they will put in it. I have talked to different dealers and they won’t get the info until the big reveal in September. It is being built at the...

I hope you do well and exceed your dreams. It’s a tough life in some ways. But I wouldn’t trade it. Be smart with your money and get a good reserve built up as fast as you can. Life has a way of keeping you humble. Let the folks on here be your support system.

What ever happened to McNeals 6 skid Ford Transits he was building. Anyone know?

Atlanta off 285 sucks, Detroiter sucks, Charlotte, sucks, if I don’t feel safe (my wife’s with me and I will not ever put her in peril) I leave. Birmingham sucks too. We deadhead way too much but it’s ok. In Laredo we just get a motel. If the run to Laredo doesn’t pay enough to give us a...

For any technical questions you can trust turtle. He is the brainchild of this outfit.

I carry the Honda 3000i. It has all the power you need and weighs 75#’s. So I can load and unload. At half power it will run 8 hours. And it’s quiet. In the winter I just use the two AGM batteries and run an electric blanket off them. It will run for a few night without recharging. The batteries...

I’m thinking GMC or Chevy box truck. 12’ or 14’ under 10,000 if I can find one. It would be cheaper to take the hit on fuel cost. I will go from 17.5 down to 14-15mpg. But mpg’s are not everything. The Promaster has not been awful just an irritant that eats at me. My old Chevy needed a water...

396K gasser. Headlights are lasting longer. Still original engine and transmission but a lot of new parts. Always takes a while to get parts cuz everything’s proprietary. This week was radiator fan. Dealer said 330 were on backorder. Finally found one at a different dealer but only if they get...

Steven Hawking said that we could replace many of the jobs people do currently with robots. He said it would be cheaper just to give everyone a flat rate kinda like well fair and everyone would be the same except for a few really rich ruling class. Everyone would need to find some way to fill...

My wife also spent 25 years as a medical transcriptionist. And it is true that the quality of the work slipped when the automated systems took over. But it is still a dying field. They still use a small staff to check for errors and quality problems but still use the automated systems. Also...

It cracks me up when I hear (read) people talk about how there will always be truck drivers. Have you been to any of the hundreds of automated warehouses where they even load and unload the trucks with robotics. One I go to has like 10 people to run a huge warehouse where everything is...

Mine had the same problem at 114k. It was the number 2 &4 cylinders. Very common problem in the 3.6. Chrysler opened a case and covered most of the expense. They installed a new head. Now have 395,000 on it. Still going forward. Down side is just getting the parts when needed. Brake calipers...

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That's what they told me. Too. They tried but couldn't reset it.