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Back home after an early delivery this morning. Leaving for Syracuse tomorrow am and already loaded out of Syracuse back to the great white north. Got to have a nice visit with The Enemy and Jenny yesterday in Chicago and share some stories. Good people with great attitudes.....refreshing to...

And everybody who drives the same speed as me is suspicious.

Welcome to the van world Leo!! Smaller Tires but just as many big opinions!;)

You are correct as well, and not just Hino's. Your 99 was built for performance more than emissions....it's the other way round now for sure.

Newer trucks can have lower compression ratio's to help deal with NOx emissions. Lower compression ratio's in a diesel will make it start harder in the winter.

Chicago....it is cold and rainy. In Milwaukee this morning it tried REAL hard to snow. At the Hinsdale SB Oasis if anyone wants to say hi.

Did you declare the smokes when you went IN to Canada to Canada Customs? If you didn't that is likely what tripped them up. Canada and the US share an awful lot of border data and if you didn't declare the cigs on the way in...the US guys likely figured you bought them there as there was no...

Hey Layout, have I thanked you lately for keeping her from coming back here?:D

Not exactly what I was asking eb but your answer actually frames a better more relevant question, like you said, how do you know before? My original question was inspired by a guy I met who said (with a serious face) that he knows he is tired after he has hit the rumble strips 3 times. Some...

Ok...and this is an honest question You guys who run the supermiler trips, how do you know that you are tired enough that you need to take a nap while en route?

T Boone has lost a lot of his credibility once his investments were exposed. You can wrap yourself in the flag and promote natural gas all you want but when people find out that you are the one who will profit from it you just look like any other lobbyist. CNG is a great idea in some...

Leo is right, most of us on here would likely be considered the top of the heap and would be professional enough to know when to say when. I have swapped with guys from my own carrier (we have a rule) that have been so poor at managing their sleep they look stoned after 300 miles. I don't want...

Anyone can doubt my experience or intelligence, but the above post is exactly what I wanted to say...and I'm pretty sure no one can belittle the source or his experience level. Thank you for the post John.

So you can use a passenger window van in expediting!!! Buckle up everyone!!

Don't blame us for what you have now...we didn't elect him;) We still have a Conservative at the helm (a good one at that!) I'm waiting to see the whole story, was this just an over zelous stupid cop or was the driver being an idiot and the cop did what cops do when you are an idiot to them...

Ya I don't know what my carriers costs are...but I do know what mine are, and I f I think the freight is cheap why can't I complain about it? Why can't any of us complain about it? If the carrier can bid low, get the run and maintain THEIR profit at OUR expense why can't we complain about...

I can't give you a legitimate rate because as I posted in the other thread, I have no idea if the customer is a quick payer or if they drag it out, nitpick on their bills, do I have to spend a lot of money to get my money (sending originals in overnight etc). Does my company have a lot of cash...

FedEx will outsource for various reasons, some of which have nothing to do with if they have any of their own folks in an area. If the load is low priced, and FX cannot make what they feel is an acceptable return on it after they pay their contractor, they may outsource. If the load is going...

No, I don't care if it pays $500 a mile, my talk of too much weight for a van is based on safety and nothing else. I see guys who take these 3000 lb loads in their Sprinters and vans. Combined with all the personal stuff most carry they are over the GVW limit for their van. Some care....others...

We get paid a flat rate of 85 cents plus a Fuel SurCharge (FSC) that changes weekly based on the EIA Nat'l avg for diesel fuel. It brings you fuel operating costs back to $1.20 a gallon based on a 15 MPG van. We get FSC on ALL miles authorized by FX. The flat rate thing, while it has been a big...