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ever thought of courier work? those hours might work for them. don't mind the col he has good points there but in his defense he prolly didn't find a tree to park under and might be a little warm.;-)

i was getting wider sitting at home but then went on the road and lost 10 lbs!! seriously, ask a loves or pilot tanker guy how they feel on the tractor. i was told when full loaded it was fine. when mt it was slippery but that was a t/t. teamc.....how are they in the rain wet and snow?

is that right? 400 w? maybe that is why you are your 22nd invertor this year. (can't insert smiley here. for some reason i can only get smileys in the title line). bump that up a bit maybe. might not be big enough.

i replaced two cheap tires today with a couple goodyears. the tech said all the tires had 65 lbs of air. the po had 80 in all tires. i immediately noticed a much smoother less hoppy ride. when i called gy the fella there said yes the ride improves but a heavy load may overload the tires at 65...

well this van just happened to be the right price and all the details came together smoothly. i was in canada and needed to get to a particular state to see a friend who had stuff for the van. well a run came up and off to that state and off i went. i had called dispatch and said i needed to go...

we make coffee at home with a french press but i did n't want the mess on the road so i have stuck to pg tips black tea. very satisfying and the have those cool pryamid shaped tea bags. thermos of hot wates and my caribou mug and 1 teabag. hard part is driving, timing the brewing and then...

coolville ohio. yep. right there next to little hocking. okay its near parkersburg wva.ohio 7 and usa 50. 30 miles from athens. fueled up and had a meatloaf sammich. warm, moist, a few grn peppers and ample ketchup. went back in shopped and had another. this was at 11am and they carried me the...

let me throw this wrench to the mileage question. yesterday i spoke to a tri state chev van driver. he had a honda gen welded on a frame to the front, and a/c thru the back door, two cabinets, invertor and 1500 watt heater, mw, toaster and cooler(or was it a micro fridge??) and a dmax and he...

says wb is 135. looks a touch longer. if it was 135 it would be more rear heavy than my ford:D:D. does that thing side load?

the musuem at indy is also pretty nice. cars are rotated thru the exhibits.

naming challenge..... unilet? unirolet? cellet?

gonna be there in bowl grn aro noon tomorrow 6-8. anyone around? i am borrowing 15 min of free ky wifi so i gotta go and not linger.

can't watch it here in the lansing j. too much noise. video games screaming next to me, tv blaring from the lounge, pa useage and the ipod head phones are in the van.. i'll watch it from the house next weekend. anyway.... i'm on the third tank in the van. first two were 17 and last one from...

i got pulled over in van wert at 0115 for the light over the rear plate not being on. i looked back and saw light and knew it had become dislodged. (don't look for the light it is over the license plate)told the officer that. he wanted the registration, license and questions answered first...

TDS - News its been what...20 years since raising arizona? these guys obviously used a modern twist on a theme of the ..."boy you got a panty on your head" i would imagine with those profiles showing thru apprehension and embarrassment is soon to follow.

i had a 3500 in the driveway recently looked uder the wheels and those tiny 195/70-15 tires were dwarfed by the wheel arches. prolly not a bad idea if you only go to 9500 lbs. guess we are still waiting for the first one to appear in that config. still at 4mpg less, why?

micro-tel has a sleep-nine-get-the-tenth-free going. 45 bucks a nite for a queen size bed. nice rooms. i have 2 down and 7 to go.......and over to you bennett cerf(for you old folks)

if they said that it must be true. if you handle haz you need a cdl.

have you read the phil madsen series on finding a carrier, finding an owner, questions to ask? you sound like you are hot to go now. DON'T. read this stuff until you know it. then use it. more importantly have you called these carriers and what did you take away from those discussions?

godslove, go to OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION - REPRESENTING TRUCKERS go to truckers tools and dl the cost per mile spreadsheet. this will help you on expenses.