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I think it's when you go with a 3/4 ton that you have to start being extra careful about length verses weight. With the one ton you have the weight capacity to go as long as you can. eb

Have you gotten Detroit yet? --eb

I already have a similar kind of glass in my windshield, and it really messes up my compass. I'm always heading east. eb

The Walmart in Woodhaven, MI is open. Still stocking the shelves. --eb

Yes Moose. That's why when it gets slow you tell dispatch you are heading to the house. When you are really heading to the house you don't tell them. eb

The nice thing about the Florida inspection is that the sign specifically says cargo vans. Michigan seems to be the grayest. For what that's worth. eb

Yeah, Dakota. Give me five days a week of 600 mile runs, and I would be happy. Then one week off each month for maintenance. That would be peachy. eb

Piper the real question is how do you know at the start of the trip that you won't need to take a rest for a load that doesn't give you the time to rest. Is that what you are asking? I won't say I'm a supermiler (sounds too much like super trucker, but then who admits to being a super...

By now shouldn't someone have suggested that the real solution to the problem is to ban the van? --eb

I say none. Let me manage myself. But with the gotcha clause in the regs that say a company has to safely manage all vehicles legit companies will have some kind of policy however loose it may be. I look for five hours of sleep for each full day (as a general rule). I'll go farther if I've...

Sorry, young samuel. You misunderstand me. I was just choosing to not play. As for experience you could probably take me out of the equation and still be way off on your estimation of experience at hand. eb

Thanks, Piper. I didn't have the energy. eb

No company is in business just to meet operating cost. I'm not either. Leo. I agree. I have two kinds of deadhead. Mine and the company's. If I'm out just moving around on my own, I consider that little different from if I was working in an office and on the weekend I take a cross country...

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http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1538&stc=1&d=1255269653 I'm not sure what I did to post this. I've made modifications to this set up, but it's the only image I have right now (camera is broken). I sleep on a camp cot that folds up for storage in the shelves on...

If I can run 3000 loaded miles in a week, I should have enough work to start being a little picky. Picky is the only thing that will bring rates back up. When dispatch calls to see if I'll be available if they bid on a load I now close the call with, "bid high." I have a general idea of what...

I go 70 psi all the way around. Nitrogen. Manufacturer calls for something like 70 rear and 55 steers. 55 is too sloppy for me. --eb

My problem with nyc isn't so much all the truck restrictions. It's all the restrictions that aren't standardized to the rest of the world. The overhead clearances are totally meaningless. What the heck is a Time Square Shuffle? It's sort of like that French language thing--if we make it...

Have chains, will travel. --eb

Laredo to St Paul, MN. --eb