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A decent one is gonna cost around $30. It's a Low Voltage Alarm, and monitors the battery's voltage and squeals (or winks) at you when the battery voltage is too low. The problem is how "too low" gets defined. Most low voltage alarms will go off on you when the voltage gets too low to run...

If the wear bars are showing, not tread down to the wear bars, but just if the wear bars are showing at all, you should seriously consider replacing the tires soon. If you wait until the tread is down to the wear bars, it's far too late. When the tread is down to the wear bars, you have 2/32 or...

Define "looking good". Mine still look good, too, but tread depth is tread depth. No doubt in my mind that I could get another 20,000 miles out of these, maybe more, but that would run them down below the 4/32 mark required for front tires, and likely to the 2/32 mark that is required for...

189,000 on front Sprinter steer tires? 189,000? The tires that will (and do) wear faster than the rear load tires? 189,000? Okay.... Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

I think it's interesting that the states (CA and MN) that prohibit the use of suction cups or any other manner of "suspending" items between the windshield and the driver specifically make exemptions for police and other law enforcement personnel to do so. Slow and steady, even in expediting...

Every time I add (or take away) something from the van, I get an empty weight ticket. And at the very least, once a quarter, generally the same day that I send in my Quarterly Maintenance Report (best way for me to remember it), I'll get a routine empty weight ticket. If I get loaded with...

The new fake outrage is all the rage. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

Don Imus is sitting at home, laughing. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

The QC's at most carriers, the larger ones, anyway, like Panther and FedEx, have been bought and paid for many, many times over. Three years ago a complete new QC unit (bubble, screen, cables, connectors, complete) cost $1200. It's considerably cheaper now for the same OmniTracks. About $800 new...

Well, I have a MicroFridge. Specifically: http://www.microfridge.com/catalog/product.cgi/3/6/P1/default/N/0 It is large enough to hold groceries for a week, has a separate compartment (and door) for the frost-free freezer, so it'll keep stuff like ice cream frozen. The microwave is small, low...

No idea on a budget ballpark. Other than what you spend on batteries and cables, cable lugs, regulators, isolators, etc., it all comes down to labor. Someone who knows what they are doing should be able to do the entire thing in a day, so plan labor costs accordingly. Talk to truck dealers...

"...dodge dealer was to alt was to small not enough volts." Go back to that Dodge dealer and politely beat them about the head and shoulders with the old alternator. It's the voltage regulator that determines the volts. A fuse never blows because of volts, be they too low or too high. They...

Frequent Fueler Card at the Flying J, with their free showers that accumulate on the card, pretty much take care any cash discounts. I fill up at the RV or the car diesel pumps and pay with my debit card. Every couple of fillups I get a free shower and a free drink. I can use my Comdata card...

I've got 118,000 miles on my original Michelin tires. They're just about to the 4/32 tread depth mark. No, 120,000 is not normal. Neither is 118,000. Normal is about 80,000. Don't know if you're lucky, or if you maintain the tires properly. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race...

The kid in the first video is good, but the master is Stanley Jordan. In a class all by himself, he's technically amazing and musically astounding. He certainly wasn't the first to play in this manner, but the way he developed and implemented it truly sets himself apart...

That's an easy one. You can do well as an expediter, as well as any expediter can do, but it might still not be enough money to meet your financial obligations. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

And I've only scratched the surface. Things can get much more complicated, actually. Like, Greg brought up a question in that other thread that I neglected to address, which is why would they put a 30-60 amp alternator on an APU. Basically, it's because most starter batteries require a...

We have a cat at home who has us well trained. When he does his business in the litter box, he will not, absolutely, go into the litter box again until someone has scooped the poop and he has a poop-free space with which to work. If someone forgets, he uses the center of the bed, instead...

I'd recommend separating out the starting batteries from the house bank batteries. Use the starting batteries to start the thing, use the house bank to run everything else. I'd go with Dave on the Autozone batteries for the truck. That or some higher end Deka commercial batteries. And then I'd...

"Your complaint should be with the Michigan authorities who agreed to Republic's contract." My complaint? I wasn't complaining, I was commenting. There's a difference. I could care less either way. I don't even live in Michigan. Kentucky, where I live, has its own set of garbage follies...