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I'm with ya, Greg. The laptop is the tool of choice for me, too. Or at least it was until I tried a standalone GPS unit for about 15 minutes. When you compare the cost of adding GPS to a laptop with even the cheapest fully functional standalone unit, you're right, and it was exactly my thinking...

Thanks for the follow-up comments. I don't want my comments about the 7x00 series to come off sounding like those units are POS or anything like that. They're not. But, just the same, they're two year old technology (which was state of the art two years ago) and Garmin has units with up-to-date...

Unless you plan on mounting the 7x00 series out of reach and will use the remote control, the screen size difference between those and the c5xx and c3xx models will not be any kind of significant factor. But, one of the major advantages of the 7x00 series is the ability to input multiple stops...

Unless it has something to do with how much of a Gold Star Chili fan you are, I have no idea. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

Over on the left, under the person't screen name, click on the "points" link and it will open a box where you can rate them. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

Well, the thing is, they won't have to constantly be re-adjusted. They really and truly do stay inflated for much longer periods. If they don't, then there's a problem that needs to be corrected with the tire (or the sensors), not the nitrogen. Most all of the concerns expressed by people are...

Well, the testing I did was hardly anything official. Back last year I ran for about 2 months with multiple GPS units, usually two at at time to better compare them. I've used two Garmins, three TomToms and one Cobra unit. The Cobra unit I didn't like at all. Maps weren't accurate and the...

Dripple head? Oh, man, thats funny. :D I like that. Dripple head. Okay, first of all, you're right, I have no idea when you go home or when you are out of service. That's why I asked. Second, what part of, "...this advice is coming to you from someone with very little respect for Panther,"...

Existing databases, multiple POI's, cross-referencing with motor carrier atlases by the end user is a far, far different thing than what most truckers want or need. It's a kludge, and it's only, at best, a 95% accurate kludge at that. And 95% accuracy isn't all that it's cracked up to be when...

The question was, " Does GPS routing software have low clearance information?" And the correct answer is no, it does not. There are no GPS units, standalone or pocket, that will route you based on low clearances. Nor HAZMAT, nor any other restricted routing. There certainly should be, though...

"Turtle - Like always you twisted my statement. I did not say there WAS special treatment, I said I could understand it if there was - HUGE difference." OK, first of all, I did not twist your statements. It's simply not worth the mental effort to do so. I have never twisted your statements...

I used to check my tires at least once a week, and with regular air I, of course, had to add a pound or two pretty regularly. No doubt a lot of that was due to the air escaping during the pressure checks. When I went with nitrogen, I began checking them once a month. I have found that I lose...

Just to hit on a couple of points here... The "board" isn't the driver council. The board is the list of available trucks in a given city, and they are listed in to the order of availability, usually FIFO (first in, first out, the person who has been on the board (the list) longest is at the...

There are a couple of ways to deal with this. Well, three if you're good with an arc welder. One is a special screw that is an Allen screw with a pin in the middle. It requires a special wrench to remove the screw. Lemme look... looking... looking.... ah, here ya go Cheapest - Screws only...

OK, the cost of replacing the air in your tires with nitrogen is so small that it's nearly not even worth mentioning. It's certainly not a large enough sum as to make a significant impact on the decision. The air we breathe, and the air currently in your tires, is already nearly 80% nitrogen...

Greg, just like always, some vans are kicking, and some are getting kicked. It all depends on who you talk to. One of Panther's biggest problems is the fact they cater to and advertise for fleet owners. Then, the fleet owners put drivers in their trucks and vans. The result is, you have a...

Harsh? In what way? Maybe I'm reading what I wrote incorrectly, but I wrote it to be the total opposite of harsh. I'm just having fun with a play on words, is all. It never once occurred to me that bamamule actually did, in fact, sleep only around bambam while in a public place and only...

I have to assume that something along the lines of "even been" was mistakenly left out, as in... 2)i'e not slept with bambam 3)or even been around bambam except a plubic place and with texabell present Otherwise, that's just really kinky. Kewl! Sex is dirty, only if it's done right.

Hhhmmmm.... Nashville, just 90 miles from home. But, I've sat over the weekend many times in Nashville. Problem is, it's 90 unpaid deadhead miles home, and then between 60-90 or more when I come back in service on Monday. Those unpaid miles add up, and they subtract from my bottom line. If I...

No, vans do not get anything for deadhead, unless it's something like 10 cents for a paid empty move, or unless you can negotiate a paid deadhead. Only deadhead Panther automatically pays to vans are the number of mile above 100 from the point of dispatch to the shipper. 135 miles from shipper...