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It's a nominal fee. Meaning, in name only, meaning virtual, meaning it's essentially barely noticeable and hardly even there. Meaning, somebody besides me should have to eat it.

I think somebody at Panther reads these boards. But I don't think they read my messages. Otherwise, I'd have been in hot water long ago. :+

Yeah, I changed my fuel filter at 20 and then again at 40, and both times it looked new. At 60, I'll probably do it again along with the oil and trany and rear end, but after that I may bump it up to every 3rd or 4th oil change, instead of every other one.

Teflon, I'm with ya. The inefficiencies can drive ya crazy. I can only winder how many additional loads the company could have hauled if they didn't have so many hours wasted by trucks deadheading and then sitting and doing nothing while waiting to pick up non-existent freight. :) As for border...

American pride can only take you so far when you're forced to take pride in an inferior product. Focus the pride where it belongs and take pride in building a better mousetrap, and in building it cheaper than the competition. I have all kinds of pride in America, but my pride is gonna be...

In April 2006, Dodge released a technical service bulletin that recommended trany and rear end fluid changes at 60,000 instead of 80,000. If you don't change it at 60,000, then certainly don't go beyond 80,000. Mine is sitting at 58,576 on the odometer right now, and I have an appointment next...

Yeah, it's a personal matter, probably not best suited for a public forum. But on the other hand, it's good to let others know that this kind of thing can, and does happen, all too frequently. Doesn't matter which carrier someone drives for, the potential for these kinds of problems exist for...

"For Japanese manufacturers their major components such as engines, transmissions are imported by ship from Asia – then assembled here in places like Georgetown, Kentucky – then they call them “American Madeâ€. It’s simply not true." 10-15 years ago that was true. Today, not so much...

"I did not realize until the next day he cut my camera lines, and I fugure no big deal I will splice it all back together. WRONG these wires are like fiber optics, so I am planning on returning either to Bentz or the MFG and rewire that portion. It will probably cost me between 3-4 hundred. Just...

Not sure if you manual says change the transmission fluid at 60,000 or 80,000 miles. Change it at 60,000.

Greg, I understand, and to a very large degree, agree with you about dispatch and that they should watch out for the safety of the public. Dispatch has to be at least somewhat mindful of what kind of burden they may be placing on a driver. But of course, the ultimate responsibility must be...

Greg, to be fair, at least at Panther, it's the dispatcher's job to dispatch, and it's the Safety Department's job to monitor drivers and loads for compliance (mainly to keep Panther's "warm and fuzzy" all warm and fuzzy in case of an accident). All loads of 700 miles or more, or back-to-back...

I got a load out of Columbia, SC yesterday, as well. 72 DH (turned out to be 87 DH) for 315 loaded, but it took me to Montgomery, AL, where I could either sit along side the other van that was already there for a week or DH to Birmingham or Huntsville. Turned it down. They called me back half...

If the clock started at 1300 and the pickup is at 1400, and you run out of hours at 0300, doesn't matter if you can run it in 11 hours or not, if the consignee doesn't even open until 0730. You'd be SOL at 0300 while waiting for them to open. If they are a 24/7 operation, then the load is...

In my Sprinter (and the E-350 before) I can usually get at least a weak signal, but usable. But as soon as I put up the silver reflective thermal sunscreen thingies, the signal goes poof. Sometimes I can leave one of the windows uncovered (use a curtain instead of the reflector) and can still...

I've had a CB since 1975 and have seen it evolve (or is it devolve?) into what it is now. It's still a great tool, but you just have to pick and choose when to have it on and off these days. I usually turn it off or way down when approaching a truck stop. You can listen only so many times to the...

People often confuse the small Garmin units with the larger dash mounted units. And it's probably because Garmin advertises the larger units for use in trucks and RV's. It is because of the larger screen size that the larger units are more often used in trucks and RV's, because they are usually...

Wanna mess with dispatch? When they send you a message, answer it using the QC of the van next to you.

For the month of January I had 8693 loaded miles. That's an average of 2173 per week. A little slow, as I usually average right at 2500 miles a week. Then again, I was out of service until Jan 8 and was only in-service for 24 days. Over 24 days, that comes out to 2535 per 7 days. A lot of it...

Buy American? Are there any cars that are American made anymore? I've taken a lot of parts from the Mexican border to Ford, Toyota, Honda. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.