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  1. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Might be a low pressure kind of thing, on full lock it should be complaining.
  2. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    My power steering pump started making a soft hyd type noise and now sounds like a bunch of rocks found a home. Last sprinter shop thought it was going, but not soon. He said it was kind of the luck of the draw, as some last forever and some don't. Fluid has a slight burnt type look and smell. At...
  3. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Had a fun time at Langley AFB this morning, not. Then booked for a Chesapeake, VA to Dearborn, MI. In route the SiriusXM programing must not of liked a tunnel. More fun with that. MB only sells reman power steering pumps now. Current one only has about 240,000 miles on it. Hope we can get the...
  4. NorthernBill

    Looking For Cargo Van/ Straight Truck Answers

    We like the freedom from the log book, teaming our van. Don't think we could make in someone else's van. Comfort is a bit of a challenge, but we seldom get a room. We have averaged around 3,000 miles per week so far this year.
  5. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Loaded 1500 for Hampton, VA out of OK city. Drop is Monday morning, so time for a welfare check on the bike and family in GA. Weather tryed hard but couldn't match last night.
  6. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Waiting to drop, 0600 eastern is looking like 0800. Drove through the weather zone between Tulsa, OK and Witchita Falls, TX. Rain was being pushed by really strong winds, lighting was intense and showed some interesting cloud formations. It would be nice to drive back northeast during the daylight.
  7. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Booked, Elkhart, IN to Witchita, TX. Spent last two days in the shop, it had been awhile. Hope to get another long stretch before spending big money, 472,000 miles and counting.
  8. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Relocate to south of Chi town. Took in our first dirt track show of the year, had a good time. Summer must be here.
  9. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Landed at the Pilot in Troy, IL. Been a heck of a week, hope it's not over.
  10. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Loaded, El Paso to Rodgersville, MO. Came out of Grand Junction, CO on the US 550, wow, looked good on the big map. Slow and super tight for about 2 hours. Would have been very scenic but for the snow coming out of the low clouds.
  11. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Loaded, St Louis to Grand Junction, CO. Relocate to El Paso. We got a preload on this one, been awhile.
  12. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Booked, El Paso to Wentzville, MO. Stopped to vist friends in Lake Havasu City, while relocating from Los Angeles. What a hoot, big boat race was in town. Big happy, happy to OVM and Juju, best to both of you!
  13. NorthernBill

    Did you leave a good paying job to get into this business?

    I left a good paying, reasonably stable job, in 2014. My wife had been retired for a couple of years. Was looking for something we could do together, kids were doing fine with there lives. Haven't looked back. With both of us contributing our gross income is slightly better. We are in a...
  14. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Mt, Lodi, CA. 2515 mi in 47 hours. Now to relocate north of LA, and hope!
  15. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Got me a 75c cone at the Little America travel center, Green River, WY. 825 miles to go, geddy up!
  16. NorthernBill

    MAY all your dreams come true!

    Waiting to load, Moraine. OH to Lodi, CA. we'd 1900 drop. Relocate to LA, this will be our 4th trip out west. Hope to get back loaded, or we will be batting at 25%.
  17. NorthernBill

    April 2017 locations & Gossip

    MT, at the Pilot, Simpsonville, KY. 10% of the fleet is in Indy or here.
  18. NorthernBill

    April 2017 locations & Gossip

    Loaded Seguin, TX to Louisville, KY. Shipper had one of those lift docks, kinda different.
  19. NorthernBill

    Reliable mechanics in central Virginia

    We had a good experience with a dealer in Alexandria, VA. They have a stand alone shop, different location from MB autos.
  20. NorthernBill

    The Newer Unreliable Cargo Vans

    We had a good experience with the sprinter dealer near Alexandria, VA. They have a stand alone shop, different then MB show room.
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