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Orangeburg, SC to Laredo delivering next Tuesday. Family lives within a days drive of the delivery, so I get a decent holiday layover included. eb

Trapped. Walmart, North Charleston. Oops, looks like I may have gotten trapped in the Walmart parking lot. All the parking lot exits are backed up to the store. Looks like a 20 minute drive to the street. eb

Who plans to stay out on the road the next couple weeks? I might move close to where family and friends live, but I plan to stay available. At my first pick up of the day, they said they will probably be working on Christmas eve. Sounds good to me. eb

I'm not much of a holiday present shopper, but most of my shopping these days is online, and I have things shipped to where I think I might be. For my nephew I'm putting together his first real tool bag of tools, and that shopping I'm doing from the road as I come across stores I don't normally...

two Lifeline GPL-6CT batteries in series. They are the tallish dimensioned, 96 lbs, six volt batteries for 300 amp-hrs of storage. More of a discussion on how I'm maintaining these batteries here...

60 lbs of panels 05 lbs of panel brackets 25 lbs for controller, cutoff switches, fuse boxes... 15 lbs of cables, and wire 200 lbs of agm batteries About the only area that can be lightened is within the 25 lbs of fuse boxes and switches. The ones I have are rather industrial. Even...

Mitsubishi PV-EE125MF5F for the panels and a Xantrex C35 for the charge controller. I have a second xantrex controller that I use for a low voltage cutoff, so it's harder for me to run the batteries down too far. eb

In other conversations, people have asked about how much electricity solar panels put out in real world applications. Here are a couple observations I've made so far. I'm using two 125 watt panels. I did an experiment to see how much of a difference tilting the panel would make while...

No question about it. Vans have it the hardest, because that's what I drive, and how could I ***** and moan if someone was having a harder time of it than me. eb

I think there are companies that will put the driver up in a room if they have a layover and have no space left for sleeping. I think the real issue is making sure the vehicle is kept track of and run-ready regardless of where the driver sleeps. Could have almost as easily had a no-start after...

I'm sorry if I don't get this. It is a company promotion, so call it what it is. First I received a press release for the road trip and then I'm presented with a link to a Panther billboard. I might think otherwise if Panther had shared the billboard space with Toys for Tots. You want to...

Leo, big mistake. The rears need to be an odd number. Like 81, 83, 85... Can't be front and rear the same. If one is odd the other has to be even, and odd always works better in the rear. Don't know why thought. I'm sure Moot could explain it. eb

I like a day like this. 0330 and I'm working on my second load for the day. And the second load delivers early enough for a third. Detroit then south. eb

That's right. And when I was a picky company driver after getting everything set up and running the way I like, the company uses my assigned vehicle as a loaner vehicle for another driver while I'm off for the weekend. I come back to a truck reeking of cigarettes, mud on my designated clean...

Yeah, pumpkin driver helped me when I was doing early research. The original owner of the site had to sell it, because he was moving up the ranks in the company, and the company didn't like the subversive nature of the site. And yes, you have to put up with a lot in the Schneider system, but...

I would be more inclined to buy my own strategically located micro properties. Like barns. I would install the basic plumbing, and whatever else. And it would be mine without having rent to pay. But your idea is your idea, so have a nut. Just keep in mind that as soon as your hobby gets...

You can sign on with a company that has a training program. I trained through Schneider and went straight into their tanker division. In our class we had students who had and didn't have their cdl. Those who already knew how to drive just had it easy for that segment of the program. But a...

greenfield, in Main Library - Greenfield 900 W. McKenzie Greenfield, IN 46140 Greenfield is about fifteen miles east of Indianapolis. The library is about four miles off the interstate. I use this library regularly, because it is at the exit for a regular consignee. The Walmart Supercenter...

The company I worked for last year had a small fleet that they leased from Penske. Two straight trucks had coffin sleepers and two had walk-in sleepers put on by AA Sleepers of Fort Worth. 24 and 26 foot Freightliners. Pretty much anything the company needed Penske would set up. eb

Lemon laws apply to buying a vehicle, but it sounds like you are close to qualifying for something comparable. That's at least the angle I would take when addressing them about it. Your lease agreement is for a truck, not a loaner vehicle. Keep us posted. eb