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i may have said this before. every load i do has its own envelope.on the front of the envelope it has start and stop miles for each state,number gallons bought,cost of: fuel,oil,tolls for that trip. he front of this envelope was originally set up for a person on a 65/35 split,of which they were...

lately mother nature has been a real bear.I cant get the wind behind me,in fact, cant get it in front either.all the aero dynamics wont help a side wind,just horsepower and lack of fuel mileage i have a program in the computer,keeps track of all fuel bought,even does my fuel mileage for me.in...

The 1st three months of any year are never as busy as the last three months.the revenue is down,but you can stay busy if your in the right place at the right time. Last week we got home tuesday night,hope for a long stay,and we loaded back out thursday afternoon,guess 1 day was my long stay.That...

Ive been running at the slower speeds for 3 years now.Ive been coast to coast ,border to border,no one has run me over yet,and I haven't run anyone over either.With the way the 4 wheeler population drive,its safer for the truck to go slower,especially those TAIL GATERS,they wont sit behind you.

im talking about trucks grossing 80000 lbs, not straight trucks.Doesnt take much horsepower to move a truck grossing 40000lbs

At the slower speeds,my tires last longer,I burn less fuel,less RPM's, fan belts last longer,and I can maintain a steady speed,not having to speed up and slow down for traffic,they do that for me.

I wouldnt make that move just yet,you may not have anywhere that will take a truck right now.I have a friend that is trying to put a truck on with a truckload carrier,they are'nt putting trucks on either

i'm old and didnt remember about the wander bread

In 1993 I was running a 3406c Cat engine,useing Amsoil synthetic oil.What the Cat dealer told me was if there were an engine failure and it was do to the oil,then the warantee wouldnt fix the engine.So,with that,I had an oil sample done every month when I changed the oil filters.At 150000 miles...

I have friend with a fleet of tractor trailers,he uses Freightliners and a few have the Mercedes engine.He gets great fuel mileage with the Mercedes,but it has a lack of power in the mountains with a heavy load.My Freightliner dealer told me the same thing.Im told the big hp Volvo doesnt have a...

Guess Ohio is finally going to get on the fuel tax band waggon.65 mph means they will get an extra 28cpm to run their state,figuring you will drop about 1 mpg for the extra 10 mph.Thats about $14.00 just for 1 truck to run from Michigan to Kentucky.Thats a lot of money a month when you figure...

all ny bridges are measured above the curb.In my early days i use to pull a 13'7" trailer under that bridge on I 278,but my 1st time i ruined a set of trailer tires

there are many cr drivers that would disagree with all those negative statements.It doesnt matter if he goes to swift,schneider or anyother of the companies willing to train him,its up to him to get the most out of it.If he gets a bad trainer,then you get a different one. after a year,he has his...

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Gregg any service center with a computer and the password for you motor can reset the ECM to any speed.Canadian law states that once set it cant be reset to to the original speed.So therefore,you will have to run the lower 48 the same as in Canada.The other provinces of Canada are fighting this...

Join OOIDA,they have group insurance plans,or just google health insurance for the self employed.I have insurance now,its called medicare,and the supplement costs me 104 bucks a month.Total expenses for my cateract surgery was 135 bucks.saved me thousands