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I know how but I prefer to have a qualified mechanic do it.

I park at our property in Lake City, FL. We have 7 acres and are so far in the country that the local post office and FedEx drivers can't even find us.:D

Great cartoon Turtle. Did you draw it?

Lift gates can also be used as a picnic table or patio. Put your lawn chairs on it, raise it up a few feet and no more crawling bugs or ants.

In my experience if you have it, they will use it. We have a 24 foot box and they have used every inch of that space. We have gotten a couple of loads that would not fit inside a 22 footer.

And the race is now on. The keyboards are ready to go. Who will make it to 15,000 first OVM or Greg334?

If you do not have an APU and you have a pet in the truck you have to leave the truck running when you go into the truck stop to eat. Anti idle laws and pets don't mix. You can be fined for idling and you can be fined for leaving an animal in an enclosed vehicle if it is too hot outside.

You're not going to tell everyone about the super secret anti hi jacking device that we all got in our free box of cereal are you? You know, the one that came with the decoder ring and sixth finger.

I would rather have Terry inspect my truck and find something I missed than a DOT officer. No OOS, no fines and no CSA points. A free inspection by another set of eyes that will help keep me out of trouble sounds good to me. As fas as the number of FedEx drivers that are mods. Maybe there are...

We have never had anyone from FedEx look inside of our truck. We have had various security guards at both shippers and receivers look inside. The US Border Patrol has looked inside and the US Military at bases have looked inside. The only problem we have with someone wanting to look is when...

Don't forget about paying for showers which seems to be a big problem for vanners lately.

I think a pet forum would be great. While at the TA in Ontario this month we adopted a 2 year old Chiuaua. Our plan was to make him a truck dog. But after 9 days of having him in the truck and 3 days in a hotel we have decided he would be better off staying at home with our other Chiuaua...

I talked with a BR owner (more second hand info) who told me they were doing good in the Northeast. There complaint was that there is no room inside to sleep so they are always in a hotel. And the reefer runs off the van engine and has to be idled while waiting to pick up or deliver. Phil...

Doc, Your postings are very informative. Maybe you could start a blog where we could ask questions and receive quality answers. Your knowledge and experience could benefit many of us.

Full disclosure: Doc is a retired professor of business law and other business subjects.

We have one on our Mercedes MBE4000. It will turn the fan on so it stays on all the time. If you turn the switch off it goes back to working automatically. Never had to use it. Our fan kicks in right when it should.

We were in the Moriarity, NM TA on Wednesday night. It was nice and cool out. Slept without idling. Got a relocate on Thursday to Dallas. Arrived at Midnight. Did not get a load on Friday so checked into a hotel with a pool and great AC. It's 103 degrees outside. Think I'll stay inside as long...

Thanks Doc.

Same story, different city.

I forgot to mention, we are allowed 2 hours OOS each 24 hour period without losing dwell time to take care of personal business. Showers, laundry, etc.