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We have never had ice build up on the box roof. I wonder if it is due to having a translucent roof?

We were told we had a bent axle once also. Turned out it was a bent rim.

I was thinking that this could become a wintertime opportunity for the truck stop wheel polishers.

We tried that. It seems that on the steers once it starts you can't stop it. We also tried balancing and alignments. We have just given up and plan to buy 1 steer a year.

Our drivers side steer tire does that also. We buy a new one every year and have it mounted on the passenger side and rotate the older tire to the drivers side. We end up getting around 200,000 to 250,000 miles before replacing the oldest one.

According to the Sprinter web site: Sprinter Cargo Van 3500 High Roof 170" WB EXT Specifications it is available with a 9900 GVWR or a 11030 GVWR.

How about avoiding NJ as much as possible. No fuel tax money, no sales at trucks stops, not toll money, etc. Maybe they will stop enacting stupid laws. There are several trucker unfriendly states where I will make no purchases while passing through. My personal protest to stupid laws.

The fine for cars is 25-75 dollars but for a CMV is 500 to 1500 dollars. A car can easily be cleaned, but cleaning ice and snow off a truck is dangerous. How is a driver supposed to safely accomplish this? Where is OOIDA on this? Maybe if we all stopped going into these states that enact...

What is the inside width, length and height of the cargo max? Bigger or smaller than a Sprinter?

Why tandems? There are a lot of benefits to having just 6 wheels. Such as using the left lane in most states and not having to do 55 in California. Most carriers will not put more than 13,000 pounds on a straight truck and if you are not running a reefer box or a big sleeper you will probably...

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that just as much money can be made in a Sprinter as a straight truck if you are running for the right company. I've done a lot of cost comparisons on both. As a team we will stick with the straight truck for the space and comfort.

I support the right of the carrier or O/O to decide which to use. I too wish the FMCSA would make up there mind. And I do not believe that anyone should be forced to purchase EOBR's. As a team we like the EOBR. As a solo I did not like it at all.

So... "Company Policy" is the deciding factor????:confused: Do "Company Policies" supersede FMCSA regulations? I though the point of the other thread about this was that since the court vacated the requirement to force EOBR's on carriers there was no longer a regulation which would allow the...

Is that for training or is the company making everyone do it?

Happy Birthday Terry.:)

Congratulations OVM, you have surpassed the post count of Greg334 and are now the top poster.

Our chains will stay in the bags in which they came until we are forced to install them. We will then travel to the nearest safe place and sit until they are no longer required.

I wonder if anyone ever thought to ask the Mexican trucking companies if they even wanted to be able to come here.

A week long orientation?:eek::eek::eek:

2527 (Yahoo maps) miles divided by 55 hours is an average of 46 mph. Should not be a problem.