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Yeah 16 mpg with the wind behind me was great,but I shudder to think of the mpg if I was going the other way.x(

Stay below I 40 for the Winter Season,even better stay on I 10.:D :D :D

About 6 years ago I contacted Bennet Transportation about this business and still have the info.They said you only have to log when you are pulling a load. This may have changed. I think a phone call to the Federal DOT would be usefull. I have called them in the past and they want to help and...

Something is not right with your engine or driving habits. I have the same setup and average on a yearly basis 10.8 mpg. I cruise at 65 mph and do not idle.Your rear end gears could be set up for low speed pullingsuch as a dump or tow truck chassis. Last Saturday I left Tumcari NM heading east...

It seems to me that more and more people are joing the Expediting industry expecting to roll 24 hours a day. A bunch of recent posts had drivers very upset after 1-2 weeks with a company etc. Someone thought they should bail out of Indianapolis after a couple of hours waiting. Indy is one of the...

Sandra ???? Can you clarify your post??

Actually I do have a small plate with 2 studs in it that I use to lower the angle of my lifthate when it is on the ground.I had two holes drilled into the gate and lock the plate in place. helps to get items onto the gate and I can use it for a transfer as my pallet jack will fit on it. Most...

I wouldn't worry about it.As a team you will not see that many transfers,most trucks line up within an inch or two of each other. Big Time labor will get the stuff across LOL Also many transfers are dock to dock at a facility that is set up in advance. Minor note,if you are asked to do a...

Way too soon to pull the plug. Big Companies are not looking at you individually to see what you are made of. To them you are simply a number and why not. Smaller oufits can have the time to look at you on a individual basis but they don't have the freight.Hang in there and you will learn the...

It doesn't get much better then a 770 but unless you are running team it's very unlikel;y that you will get a cross country run in the expediting business as the HOS rules will keep you to shorter trips.

With 200 foot cables maybe George could tow you??:)

I recently had to buy for $875 a whole new rear roll up door due to the acid at the truck washes destroying the paint.Also having Special Forces guys yanking on door seals to get them off ruined some of the rollers.Nowadays I cut the seal myself...

The four rules that France has in place for fighting terrorists. 1. RUN 2.Hide 3 Surrender 4 Collabrate and give up their Country.

I can remember when you would see entire familes of this particular ethinc group jammed into a Ford Super Duty C truck. One time I was in a rest area on I 80 in PA and a State Trooper asked me to call my company about another unit sitting there as the driver spoke no english. He was trying to...

Electric battery powered forklift trucks weigh about 12,000 pounds with nothing on the end.Always drop your legs or plan on buying new airbags.

Great Post,She could not have said it better.

Problem turned out to be a faulty alternator cable connection going down to the batteries. This should have been discovered when they changed the alternator 2 weeks ago. But it was only $93.00 and the old alternator had about 280K on it so write it off to Preventive Maintenance.Thanks for all of...

Thanks for the advice,Freightliner called and said it was a connector problem some where.I am going to get the truck now and will let you know.Only cost $98.00 so it can't be too bad. But thats good advice about the batteries to test them several times rather then once.

Did that about a week ago,no help.Freightliner called and said the truck was ready.Will pick it up today.Weave said that when batteries get about 3-4 years old they can have all kinds of intermittent problems. These batteries are only 2.5 years old so we shall see. Thanks for your advice.

You can apply for and receive a Canadian Pardon for past offenses. Rob A on the Canadian Forum can probably steer you in the right direction.