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The first 7 times we were in a TVAL truck. Very little problem getting out. The last 5 were in our dry van surface expedite truck. (We went from contract drivers to owner operators a year ago when we purchased our own truck) Of the last five trips west, four times it took an average of 4 days to...

Since I am the poster quoted in the original thread I would like to clarify what I said concerning lift gates and reefers. We have been to California about 12 times in the last 2 1/2 years. Some as a fully qualified TVAL truck and some in our surface expedite truck. While sitting there for 8...

Here's how ours went. We delivered on Thursday in St George, Utah. Went to Las Vegas and after not getting any loads on Friday or Saturday decided to deadhead to Ontario, CA. No decent paying loads on Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday we did a <75 in hopes of using it to get out of there. Thursday...

About 3 am I had an 18 wheeler ahead of me having trouble maintaining a lane. He finally got control of it and as I was passing him I looked over. The driver was kneeling between the seats, steering with his right hand and getting something out of his fridge with his left.:eek: That was scary.

I checked them out. $5995 + installation and tax, each. Too rich for my blood.

We are looking at replacing our seats and want to get something really nice and comfortable as we spend so much time sitting in them. We are currently looking at the Atlas Elite 80. Anyone have an opinion or recommendation? Also anyone know a good place to get them? Thanks.

We really like doing the west coast runs, especially driving across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona and then coming into California. Or coming down I 15 from Utah. Nice long runs and beautiful scenery. But, we never seem to be able to get a load back out. We delivered on Thursday in St George...

Went broke,:( got hungry,:(here we are.:D

Ellenbaum Truck sales.

The truck has an Eaton 10 speed ultra shift. Not sure of the rearend. We have no problems climbing any mountains or hills even maxed out on weight. We just leave it on cruise and pass all the slow moving trucks. On a 5 degree or greater grade it will down shift to ninth then back to tenth once...

The other half of the fleet is sitting here with me in Ontario, CA.

Thanks for the replies. We went to South Point Hotel and Casino and saw a horse show for free. Then went to Wild Wild West and parked. We walked over to the big casinos and walked around for a few hours then went back to South Point to eat at Primarily Prime. Had the best prime rib ever for...

Does anyone know of a place we can park in Las Vegas near the strip? It looks like we will be here all weekend and we want to go and walk around the area.

When driving by the truck stops in Laredo I am always glad to see all the trucks sitting there. We drop and head to San Antonio and are usually loaded the next day.

There are plenty of good deals out there if you take the time to look and haggle a little. Why buy a class 7 Hino when you could have a good quality class 8? Expediting is an OTR profession so you need an OTR truck. (Use the right tool for the right job) Ours is a class 8 2006 Freightliner...

At the Petro in North Las Vegas. Had to replace a steer tire and rim due to a bent rim. Got Centramatics and 4 shocks too. Also had the truck washed. Now we need a good run to pay for it all.

Thanks for the replies. I will probably hook it to the inverter posts as the cables to the batteries are not very long.

I want to install a 10 amp battery charger under my bunk to keep the batteries up while I am at home. It will be plugged in to shore power. Can I connect the 12 volt wires coming from the charger to the 12 volt posts on my inverter? Or do I need to run them to the batteries themselves. It would...

My belief: Never, ever, lease a truck from the company that controls how many loads you get. Too many what if's.

I started using Howes Meaner Cleaner every time I fuel and checking my mileage to see if this stuff works. I went from 9.25 to 10.75 MPG. I sure hope these numbers hold. When winter gets here should I keep using the Meaner Cleaner or switch to the other product? I wouldn't think it necessary...