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B Using my total cost per mile b would net me 50 dollars more. Assumptions, MPG the same for both loads (not likely), both destinations same for freight out. I'm also Canadian, sitting 48 hours after a del is very common (gotta find one back to Can right?) so that doesn't mean much to me. As...

Keep an eye on as many prices as you can. If prices are on the way up, usually the truck stops will go up first as they have to re-fill their tanks more often so they get exposed to price swings faster. The Texaco on the corner may have a tank of fuel that is a month old that he bought at a...

I guess my thinking is that as contractors we get the final say in whether we haul the freight or not and in that we control our destiny that way. If you have a percentage contract it likely says that you will receive X percent of what FXCC (or Panther, Bolt etc) is charging. For example, If I...

The ants we chanting "long live the Moot"..."Ban the straight....embrace the Van!!"

If I'm anything other than Canadian I'm part Irish, part Tennessean, part Missourian and part Ohioan (?). Wonky......dunno where I picked it up Joe. Greg your right, there is a procedure to get codes out of a Detroit that the driver can do IF he can count flashes and seconds! (the procedure...

If the lights are coming on there are codes being stored. Sounds like a wonky sensor maybe. Does the engine do anything (like start to miss) or do the lights just come on?

It's posts like this that make me glad you are back Greg.. Haul the freight at a rate you can live with, if you think the rate is low DON"T TAKE THE LOAD!! Just because somewhere in the accounting books the customer paid a lot more doesn't mean you deserve it. Every division of a company needs...

Was it just an A/C unit? Did you see a brand name? Freightliner along with a lot of other truck dealers is selling a battery powered A/C unit called the NITE system. I have a fleet friend who has about 15 of them and if you put in good batteries, they work really well. The problem for an...

I think there used to be...at a few places but then everyone jumped in the pool and the water got dirty.

You ain't to old greg, I've never seen you post things like "well on my Brockway" or "you must have one of those turbocharger thingies, energy from exhaust..Bull****!". You would be amazed at the shops that sell a clutch job without the flywheel re surface. And your bang on about the...

about 8 hours labor, Clutch cost depends on the clutch and new or re-man (a Spice/Eaton reman is a good clutch). Clutch comes with new throwout bearing and pilot bearings are cheap. If you are keeping the truck for a while I would get the flywheel resurfaced (turned true) to enhance the life of...

You took the run...is that FedEx's fault? And it has been discussed before, there is a municipal bylaw that prevents overnight truck parking at the Fed. As for the guard, you will find those at most FedEx facilities as a corporate wide deal, it also makes good sense to protect your employee's...

Greg is right on, throwout bearing. The shake is more likely the the ole CAT coming to a halt as it keeps having compression strokes with no fuel to continue the fun.

Did you get to show off some of that amazing dexterity you claim to have with your feet?:D

The line between LTL and expedite gets a little more blurred......

Cross International off your list cause that's who he works for now (last 3 yrs)

This is the same "genius" who almost killed Freightliner with his guaranteed buy backs for fleets and buying up of other truck manufacturers and then doing nothing with them product wise (has Sterling or W-Star really had anything new since the takeover?) There are some good nuggets in the...

Whoever accepts the load that can service the customer the best, GETS THE LOAD. I've gotten loads over other vans because I carry a 2/4 wheel dolly so I can do inside pickups, I've gotten loads over other vans because the customer called in and wanted it picked up within the hour (instead of...

Hopefully some of that stuff makes its way onto production Cascadia's very soon. I think Freightliner screwed up a bit with the current back of cab fairing system. When they designed the truck a lot of fleet customers were complaining about how much it cost them to replace fairings and the...

When you figure out the answer, please send the money to Piper One Inc. Kitchener, Ontario First 50 checks that don't bounce get a free key chain!!