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I'm a little late to the party, so late that even if I could have helped the emergency has long since been dealt with but--- for all you newbies, for future reference: The big truck stops are your friend. Always open even late, they'll have fuel 24/7. The small gas stations in the little...

I've only seen a couple of stops like that. Both of them near TA stops, but I don't suppose that means anything. Usually, when I stop at a truck stop I gravitate toward the Christian book rack. Seems there's a rack with inspirational books in nearly every truck stop I've been to, and every now...

I lined the inside with 3/4" foam board and that stuff in the spray cans. Duct tape to close up some of the seams. Ugly as home-made sin, but it seems to do the job.

Change the name of the president from "Obama" to "Bush" and watch the poll numbers shift. You won't believe your eyes at the rapid shift. Or, maybe you will. Personally, I have a hard time believing the speed at which we've allowed our constitutional rights to be trampled, regardless of who...

I used to have a hitch on the front, but for a different reason. I had a small sailboat, and putting the trailer in front of the van made it a lot easier to launch and retrieve the boat. Almost impossible to jack-knife, for low speed maneuvering in a parking lot at the launch ramp it's hard to...

When I've had to run the turnpikes and the GWB, the company I'm driving for added additional money to the ticket without my having to ask. The problem, of course, is the two-week delay between spending the money on tolls and getting the money in my check, but the thing is they made sure the...

The Cold War worked the way it did because the US and the USSR weren't actually crazy enough to do it. We got close a time or two, but in the end cooler heads prevailed and the hotheads backed down. The problem now is that North Korea is run by an outfit that is completely crazy. The Chinese...

The best shot: Figure out how to make a decent heat-exchanger system. Run the generator outside where it belongs, then pipe the heat it makes into the van. One way or another it can be done, and done a lot safer than running the generator itself inside the van. You'll never overcome the noise...

Neoprene. During the summer months I run model boats, and the "stinger" section of the tuned pipe is supported with a neoprene grommet in a metal strap support. Vibration would shake out the fasteners otherwise, not to mention the noise problem that you would get without some sort of dampening...

Thinking about this a bit, purely technical-- don't try this at home!: It occurs to me that the problem could be the exhaust exit through the sheet metal. There should be a rubber grommet there to absorb the vibrations from the exhaust pipe. If that isn't done, then the metal-to-metal sound...

One of the goofiest things I saw in the new rules concerns the reset. Seriously, in expedite we're sometimes down a couple of days just idling, waiting for the next call. What does it matter to the powers-that-be if you use that time for "reset" purposes? So you get a couple of "resets" in a...

OK. I finally got this unit to open the SD chip, and that allowed all of the US and Canada to load onto the unit. I downloaded the latest update with the unit not connected to the computer, then when the software asked me to connect I saw a prompt that hadn't appeared the last couple of...

I had a 2005 Sprinter, it specified non-bio diesel fuel. Problem: In this area, biodiesel is all you can get for hundreds of miles around. We're in the middle of soybean country here, and you know what that means.

It depends on who is doing the attacking, I suppose. If it's terrorists, they might be able to engineer an EMP attack at the same time they're launching a ground assault. I've never heard of zombies doing much more than staggering forward and chanting "braaiiins", so I doubt they would be able...

The President has shown, once again, the great leadership for which he is well known. He blamed the Republicans. Why am I not surprised? Sequester budget cuts - chicagotribune.com

Turtle, you've got the wrong end foremost here. It's not Gun Control that we need, it's Florida Control. Everybody knows that Florida is where the loonies live, and police reports consistently seem to back that up. Fark even has a Florida tag for goofy stories originating in that state, and...

I kind of figured that. This is the card the Lake Station, Indiana Flying J offered me though. Upon finding that I don't buy diesel, they wouldn't even consider the Professional card, and the RV card didn't seem to be right either. So, I got this card which is useful for scraping frost and maybe...

I had already figured the card wasn't worth pulling from my wallet. I have the Pilot/Flying J "Preferred Customer" card, and truth to tell that card is nearly worthless. I would say that to the CEO's face, too. But, the coffee is good.

Necessity is the mother of really bad (but works in an emergency) inventions. Down at the hardware store they sell drill rod. You want two, about 3 feet long and 5/16 at least in diameter. Buy a propane torch while you're at it since you'll need it, and if you don't already have a vise get one...

Of all the AC options, the rooftop looks the best. It doesn't take up much space inside, most units are aerodynamically designed so wind drag is minimal and the only thing you have to watch is the increased height of your van. The problem I saw with the portable unit is that it does take space...