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I would DEFINITELY fight this one in court. Plead innocent. "Pinhole leak" or not, the only thing the truck has to do, according to the federal DOT guidelines, is meet the specification for bleed down time or have an obviously damaged air line. A pinhole leak doesn't count. Over the course of...

Yes, you get what you pay for. Although they all have the same legal output power (4 watts) Galaxy radios sound the best over the air, esp. when peaked by a professional radio man. I am currently using a Cobra 25 NWWXST (around $120) which is a decent middle of the road radio with a lot of...

No, it's yellow with purple flames. The flames make it go faster, that's a fact. (Ok, we're just jealous we don't have a $250k+ pimp-house on wheels!:7) Can they get a second mortgage or take out a home improvement loan on that POJ Volvo? -Weave-

I have been giving this thread a lot of thought. I have come up with my idea. It's the first thing you go over in CDL school, the "PTI" or pre-trip inspection. How many drivers do you see who actually do it? I don't need any hands to count myself. I do it, and with having done it thousands...

I am giggling at you! Recruiters pride themselves on driver turnaround, it keeps them (you) employed. What does that have to do with my head? Well, all I do is ask, test, and report. My messages have shown that in the past, and will continue to do so. I talk to a lot of expedite trucking...

I did some calculations while really bored about a month ago on the imfamous "Deuce Coupe Volvo." The truck has to be a corporate sponsored demonstration vehicle. For a ten year projected lifespan of a class 8 truck, it will never turn an ounce of profit, period. It can't. Everything I came...

I am going to try a simulation with a tax program I have using the truck I just bought and an estimate of expenses based on last year's. I paid $54k for my truck, and average about 80k miles a year. I will try the program both ways (depreciation or business miles) and see what works better. I...

RE: 10w-30 My father uses the Lucas oil stuff in his high mileage FL70 w/Cummins C8.3. It is a similar product to STP oil treatment. One thing it definitely does is quiets things down quite a bit. My old man's engine sounds like new with the Lucas treatment. The way it's doing that is simply...

I drove a brand new 1999 Alumi-Bunk FL70 w/60" condo sleeper for an owner for a little while. It was not hard to see where the sleeper on the thing could be a fire hazard. The sleeper had numerous electrical problems during the three months I ran the truck, and I traced every problem to loose...

Along with what you are using, MS Streets 2002, which is better in my opinion, I got for $20.00 with a $20.00 mail in rebate. Cost was .34 cent stamp. For mileage tracking, buddy up with a dispatcher at your company. They will find you the PC miler program disk, and you can install that on...

MY GOD! I can just see Maw and Paw Kettle cutting up their big RV now to make a few bucks while puttering around at 40 MPH. I don't think they will make too many deliveries on time. "No time to walk Rover and flush the tanks out tonight Maw! Ford needs their tranny parts!" -Weave- OK, after...

It still works out best, from a tax standpoint, to have a truck you are making payments on and depreciating during the period of the loan. If you have ran out the depreciation on your truck, a huge hunk of your profits are just going to Uncle Sam, while you are running an older, not so nice...

DAC services is a reporting and record keeping agency for the trucking industry. Information on individuals is supplied to them by your previous employers, and many companies obtain the report for pre-employment purposes. It keeps records of employment history, drug screens, MVR reports, etc...

Yes, the financing is definitely a matter. It is not easy to finance a truck now, even for experienced O/O's. The barrier is huge- for example the banks who work with KW of Ft Wayne would not touch me (4 yrs. O/O, perfect credit, no missed payments, etc) for anthing less than 20% down! That's...

I bought my 2001 Freightliner Columbia at Crook in Albemarle, NC. I don't usually give "plugs" but they are an excellent dealer- I got a beautiful truck dirt cheap that I have had for six weeks now with no major troubles, and good trade in $ for my old FL70. The salesman Don Ritter was really...

I have been wondering when FedEx CC was going to become active on EO? I guess my wonders (and most likely everyone else's) are over. I wonder what they were waiting for? -Weave-

The way I see it, your Cummins shop should be able to troubleshoot the OEM side too with little difficulty. If you are not getting satisfaction out of your local shop...shop around and go to another Cummins or Peterbilt facility and explain what's up. Be friendly, and they will be interested...

Microsoft Streets 2002. Put it hard drive resident on your laptop, and you have the fastest most accurate mapper to date. It's a butt-kicker. -Weave-

I have been using a dual band Sprint PCS for two years now with nearly flawless results. I just bring the phone with me, and thus don't need a pager. I have added the wireless web option, which makes the phone into a modem for my laptop. Great for on the road e-mail and for times when you...

A local delivery driving job is a definite help to start, regardless of age. It would be a good way to pacify a few years (If you are not the military type), and some local places actually don't pay too bad. When I left my 9-5 job as a printing press mechanic, I drove a straight truck locally...