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We are guilty of driving way too much on our own dime. If we decide to look at the nearest lake, find a great restaurant, go to Costco for something we could get at Walmart. But where is the fun in just watching the grass grow. As long as we can save enough each month, we go where we want...

We have been with Verizon for many years. We got the first MIFI card when they first came out and have upgraded twice now to 4G. We are not having any problems at all. The 4G seems much faster than the 3G most of the time. Once in a while, if we are driving, it will drop and it may take a...

It's almost that time of the year when you can just put bread on the dash and turn it over after a few minutes. Spray some Pam on the roof and scramble up some eggs and just add cheese. Vanner's invented the tail gate party. They just didn't realize it.

Retirement is a neat concept. It means so many different things to different people. I hope I never retire but die in harness. My wife has different ideas. With the cash in the bank, it is so hard to make a good return on your investments. Do you stick it in the market and roll the dice...

Sorry to hear about your medical problems. We, too, are in our first yr of expediting and have found healthcare to be difficult. We might be interested in your sprinter; please feel free to message back. Good luck and many blessings to you this year.

We hope to make it. We missed last year and everyone told us how much fun it was so we felt left out. Of course, one good load anywhere take priority. Hope you all don't mind if fdcc van with a couple of old people in it show up. We don't look like much, but we smell good.

Note to expediter wannabees who read this site to research the business. People really do get hurt out here as you can see by reading this thread. Safety, health insurance, financial reserves; these are not trivial matters. You never know what can happen. Thats why my wife and I pay $1200 a...

To quote the "Chief": "leave it to the government to think that cutting a foot off the top of a blanket and adding it to the bottom of the blanket, will make the blanket longer!" enough said.

If we drive 67 mph we get about 17.0-17.6 mpg. If we kick it up to 70 mph we get 16.1-16.7mpg. When we drop our speed to 64-65 we can get 18.0 mpg. One trip I dropped my speed to 60 and we got 19.5 mpg. But I have a tough time going that slow. We drive a 2010 Chevy 6.0. Most of the time we...

While you are there, go to Old Sac and walk around. Try the Boars Head for Micro Brews and there is a fortune cookie company that sells x rated fortune cookies so you can sneak them to your friends after enjoying good chinese food. Make sure you pick the right friends. Have dinner on the...

The 357 has a one shot stopping co-efficent of 96-98. It is what all others are compared to. You can't beat such a great round. Good choice!

I wonder if the carriers are watching "shipping wars" and saying to them selves "these drivers don't have the brains that God gave a goose" " we can always find some nut job that will run our freight so cheap that we can cut the rates to the basement and these fools will think they are making...

they still make the CargoMax. The reason the 09's are around, a company ordered a bunch of them because they thought they would be the greatest things in the world. They still have a few left.

Only because they don't use elevators to get back and forth. The rest is spot on. funny stuff!

It would be worth the trip just to do laundry.

Hey vanman10, been a while. Glad you are back and hope the next sound you hear is $$$ falling from the sky (or dispatch) Just got to Houston and hope to get out soon. One of the solo's said he's been here since Tuesday, so hoping it's just a solo thing. It's a nice time of year to be down...

We have the spare behind the seat. I change the drivers side light about every 6-8 weeks. We bought the van in May and I have changed 6 headlights. It's a pain, but ya do what ya gotta do. Still cheaper than an EGR valve on a Sprinter. At least this is one fix I can do without taking it to...

Upon further reflection: We carry blank magnetic signs to cover up the current logo's when we visit some friends in a gated community cuz they won't let "commercial vehicles" park over night. So guess we won't get the extra $$$. These must be thousand dollar friends.

Wish we could wait. We may have to head to Dallas just to get a run. We will hook up next time we are in the area. The Argosy Casino on the Kansas side off of I-635 is nice. I have done well there in the past. Good luck with which ever you choose.

I'll meet you there at 7:00 if we don't get a run! I don't even know where you are but you can make, right, plenty of time for a van man. Crisscross the country in a blink of the eye. Don't need no stinkin CDL.