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I agree with Cheri, and not just because I heard Frankie Valli singing your song at the volleyball tournament today. Great stories! Ark, what a wonderful memory to have of time spent with your Dad. Like Moot, the first time I got behind the wheel was very special. Of course, it's not a cool...

I hate to throw your words back at you, but if you say it has nothing to do with HOS, what are you talking about here?

Apparently charisma wasn't on Barry's list of VP qualifications. I recall, some years back, Biden totally ripping on a reporter that asked a question he didn't like. He came off as very petty. For a politician, his ability to deflect seemed very lacking.

Does anyone else find it odd that the Denver Chief of Police decided not to enforce marijuana laws during the convention? Will Tommy Chong make a key note speech? Will Snoop Dog be the musical guest? Will Wille Nelson stumble out of his bus for an appearance? Will there be pizza and ice cream...

It's simply what I love to do, for most of the reasons already mentioned. It's particularly satisfying since I'm no longer a lowly van driver. I feel like a real man when I put 11,500# in the box. (Insert Tim Allen grunt here.) BAN THE VAN!!

Yes, you do Comrade. And you know happens to people that ask too many questions...

Of course a driver would be stopped and cited for obvious drowsey driving. But, that's not what you were talking about. Now you say it has nothing to do with HOS. Previously, you said that a vanner could be cited simply for working a lot of hours. I'm still puzzled as to what that ticket would...

My guess would be it's the same as why you shouldn't shift gears on the tracks. If something goes wrong, there you sit just waitin' for Casey Jones to come barreling down the tracks.

And what would the fines be for? Vans aren't subject to HOS. Can you cite a specific example of a vanner being busted for HOS violations? And the "dig" came from personal info that you've put out there. Like I said, if you don't want people discussing it, don't put it out there.

The paddle is on the column opposite the blinker lever.

It is a Mercedes trans and it has no clutch pedal.

I've got a bit of down time as my truck sits in Columbus waiting for a new transmission to arrive. Has anyone else had a premature failure with this trans or heard of it happening? I hope this isn't like the 7-speed deal...

The tone of that statement suggests that you're annoyed by people discussing what you've posted. If that's the case, why post it in the first place? You mentioned a couple of times that you told headquarters that you were going to bed, but you didn't say anything about telling them when you...

Most, maybe even all of the people I knew running that vintage GM diesel had to replace injection pumps. But, there was an update to the pump somewhere along the line and maybe an '02 would have the improved one.

Injection pump problems very common.

It's also very common to find that when you arrive at the shipper the weight or pieces will be different than you were told in the load offer. About 6 weeks ago I had to do a freight rescue at a scale from a truck that was 3000+ # over loaded. He had been sent to load approx 4500#. He was loaded...

Since I've been in a straight truck I've had no problems getting unloaded. I was the victim of "that's not my job" stupidity when I was in a cargo van quite a few times. A good example was Fenton, Mo. I waited 45 minutes for the "utility" driver to come to take off my 1 skid because it wasn't...

I'm with a very small, pretty much unheard of company. We'll see how it goes...

Nope, not anymore. It, ummm, wasn't a "good fit" for me.

The problem I had with the CLC card is that I very rarely get a room. When I needed to get a room because my truck would be in the shop overnight, they had made my card inactive. It took until the next day for it to be activated again. I think it goes inactive after 4 months of not being used...