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With a GVW like that, it sounds like it might be ok for courier type stuff, but not any serious expediting, especially the way things are going these days with more smaller loads being combined.

I was in Laredo the other day and got most of the way home within three days with minimal deadhead. It would have been no deadhead at all, but the last 200 mile run home cancelled and I deadheaded the last 200 miles. I've done a little bit of deadhead since then, to church and back and to Home...

Any of them that have plenty of parking spaces in front of the place for those of us in vans. There's a mom and pop one north of Albany, I'm thinking in Wilton, that is pretty nice. There's not much parking in the front for people like me, but it's clean, has clean cheap showers, and the...

I know that some of you don't go home for Thanksgiving. I always make sure to be home. We will have more than enough food, a mix of American and African stuff, and we will have room for a couple extra people, on the off chance that there are a couple solos or a team that end up laid over near...

We just need to "spread the freight around."

It all comes down to the money for me. The best way to be profitable in this business is to maximize the amount of money you get per mile. Sometimes, especially when there just isn't enough freight moving, those short ones can be a gold mine if you get enough of them. Three weeks ago I did...

My wife is black and I'm white. She got more criticism from other blacks than I did from whites when we got married.

Well, y'all better enjoy the open road while you can. How do you think making those evil corporations pay their fair share is going to affect the freight levels?

My wife is black and actually has an uncle named Tom. When she first told me about her Uncle Tom, I laughed and she didn't understand what was so funny and I had to explain it to her. She's from Kenya and the term isn't used there.

Well, this one's in the bag. Obama has already gotten so many votes secured through early voting that there is no way McCain can come back. In fact, Obama doesn't need any more votes in order to win. He already has enough, so if you support him, there's no need to even show up at this point...

25 mpg in an '07? I think the key is only going 55. I usually drive between 65-68 and I get around 20.

I don't know about older ones, but I have a 2007 and it has the temperature settings on the nob. I have pretty much not moved mine off 72 for about the last year and it seems to do fine. I have noticed that the vents on the top of the dash do blow cooler though. I wonder what's up with that.

I think a lot of times they just don't want to mess with a van even though they can handle it. When I book loads, I'm always sure to specify with the broker if the vehicle is not dock high so they can make sure with the shipper and receiver. I've booked loads that a dock high was requested but...

It could be worse. He could be showering at the fuel island.

This isn't quite as bad, but maybe other Sprinter drivers have been as frustrated as me when it happens. You pull in and of course you're going to fuel in the front where the cars go. The place isn't that busy, lots of empty pumps and someone in a car has to pull up to the only that has a...

I just feel like picking on brokers here. No real reason, except that I'm still waiting on my van to be fixed and I might as well direct some frustration at them. They're an easy target, after all. I always post my vehicle on different web sites that I have accounts with or have access...

That above mentioned load was an LTL, which is what you're going to find on the internet load boards. I only use LTL loads to relocate or when I want to get home. They seem to work when you just want to get out of a bad area or to get back to the house, but that's about it, unless you can...

Yeah, there are a whole lot of vans out there at the moment, so it's pretty darn competitive. If you already have larger trucks at your disposal, I would focus on finding more profitable freight for those trucks. The expedite freight does pay better for the most part. If you're looking for...