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blizzard, jrcarroll, and tjpohio, Excellent illustrations of the situations one can encounter in doing this job - I have certainly run into instances where a 400 or 600 mile run will be the limit - because I have either been up all day, or for some reason didn't sleep all that well (woken up in...

Exactly ..... As an ideal, that is the way the system should operate ... based on common sense, and individuals (drivers, dispatchers) exercising personal responsibility ...... for not only the safety of themselves, but others as well, and doing the responsible thing ...... for all involved.

Yeah ..... try contemplating that one in-depth for a little awhile ...... and taking it to it's ultimate conclusion .... If you are truly of that mindset, then you should be very pleased with the current crop of folks up there in DC (along with the current resident of the White House) ..... and...

Jack, That is true - and I can't argue with your point. In the instances where Dispatch is informed the driver is incapable of completing the load safely, a dispatcher would be irresponsible to suggest to that the driver continue on. That would be unethical. However - it is ultimately...

Rather ironic, isn't it ? :D

I'm with Highway and the others on here that say no arbitrary limits - every person truly is different. It really depends on the responsibility level of the drivers that carriers contract: Responsible drivers, who know their own limitations, that have a fairly high degree of personal ethics...

I would be guessing that you don't run up north then ... Some of us do though ...... :rolleyes:

Most of the time I'm hustling to get the load off ..... so I can go to bed .... screw the next load :p

Not at all ..... was just making it clear that I hadn't said it, and providing the opportunity to show you weren't maintaining that I did. :D Yeah, I know you didn't - nevertheless, it was a definite characterization of the position ...... or "watercoloring" as you prefer to call it ..... :D...

I guess everyone so far missed the fact that the guy was asking what companies were charging ..... not what they were paying ...

I too had a particularly bad case of influenza apparently - like Turtle - back about 20 years ago. It started with typical flu symptoms ...... and during nearly the entire time I was bedridden (except for the first, and last few days) ..... in very short order after I became sick it went down...

I don't believe that I (or the writer of the article) ever said that they were "all OMG! evil" ... (nice attempt to marginalize by painting as extremist though ..... :rolleyes:) It's really not that the substances themselves are evil (afterall - they are just substances - not sentient beings) -...

Yup - that's true - and they are probably anti-vaccine for good reasons - there's alot of evidence out that vaccines can be very far from safe and effective ...... And if you think that drug companies do much in the way of testing for either safety or effectiveness ..... well ..... I got some...

I got 123K miles out of the original Michelin LTX A/S that came on the Sprinter from the factory. They were replaced with LTX M/S and I now have around 95K miles on them, with considerable tread left. I would expect to get at least what I got out of the A/S's .... likely more. I have rotated...

Get a monitor with multiple, switchable video inputs (mine has two)

Weeeell ...... :D Cray Supercomputers

Heheheh .... yeah ....... but ya gotta admit ..... at least it didn't take up alot of space ...

Good Lord ..... was really necessary to re-quote someone's entire post (replete with pictures) to say "Good Job" ?

G, The thread you are probably referring to was entitled "Sprinter Cargo Securement" and is linked below. The title is a little bit misleading, as the the thread eventually morphed into more than just cargo securment - dealing with how I insulated van, etc. (Mostly towards the end of the...

Read up some on that type of insulation - what you will find is that it becomes essentially ineffective when wet. By nature of the design of your vehicle and the insulation itself, it is likely to become moist in an enclosed space, in a vehicle. The (proper) installation and use of it in homes...