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    Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent on GMC Vans

    Re: Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent On Cargo Vans I remember when I first started looking at fans for the van. $200 for a fan? A FAN? You gotta be kiddin' me! Worth every penny... at twice the price. Fantastic fan vent, Espar heater, Oregon Aero seat cushion, tinted side windows. Wouldn't be...
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    Issues Facing CDL Holders

    Contrary to popular indoctrination, fat doesn't make you fat. Restricting fat intake and calories does more damage than restricting carbs. Low fat/low calorie diets all wreck havoc with insulin and other hormones, and it's why Type II diabetes is at pandemic proportions in the US and around the...
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    Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent on GMC Vans

    Re: Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent On Cargo Vans You can run it 24/7 if you want to, it'll hold up. I run mine nearly all the time. You can also run it while driving down the road, just make sure the dome is fully opened. If it's partially opened it can put too much stress on the opening...
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    Testing Batteries

    Naa. It's self-taught mostly. I started learning about batteries when I was a kid and we had a sailboat. Batteries don't die, their owners kill them. Well, when you're out on the ocean and out of sight of land, if you kill your batteries, they'll kill you right back. So, you learn all about the...
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    Testing Batteries

    Xantrex is arguably the best, but Victron is also good as well as Trimetric. There are others, but it's those three that you will find on boats and in off-the-grid alternative energy applications most often. The Xantrex LinkLITE is the one you want (IMHO). The LinkPRO monitors two battery...
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    Leaving panther beware

    They abuse van drivers as a matter of routine. They do that, of course, because most van drivers are morons and will allow themselves to be abused. Straight truck O/O and fleet owners simply won't put up with that crap. Now you're messing with available HoS, load opportunities and revenue, so it...
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    Testing Batteries

    There's no way that a voltmeter can truly test the health of the batteries, since a perfectly crappy battery can read 12.88 volts at rest after being fully charged, but drop to below 12 volts when a load is applied. Only way to test them to see if they can hold a charge is to use a battery load...
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    Leaving panther beware

    Did it **** you off enough to call Driver Relations and ask why, after being told "it's ready now" that you aren't getting paid the for the dry run? The scheduled pickup time becomes instantly irrelevant when Dispatch states "it's ready now" because you are moving on Dispatch's explicit...
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    Touchdown Jesus/John Matuszak

    Christian humor doesn't have to be an oxymoron, you know. If God is so fragile that he can't handle a little humor, then it's no wonder he's so insecure to be as jealous as he is purported to be.
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    Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent on GMC Vans

    Re: Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent On Cargo Vans Standard 110/120-volt AC electrical wiring is Black (+) Hot and White (-) Ground or neutral (or white is used to connect a switch to a circuit). In automotive 12-volt chassis installations, and for things that run off the chassis electrical...
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    Leaving panther beware

    I dunno. After talking with several who have left Panther, and after leaving Panther myself, I have come to the conclusion that when you leave Panther they will charge you precisely what they're supposed to, no more and certainly no less. I left them after 5 years. The notice I gave them when...
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    Leaving panther beware

    I bet there's more to that story. Why did they refuse to take it back? They charge you the $250 QC inspection and reconditioning fee regardless of who uninstalls it. That's in the contract. Mine was installed by me when I was at Con-Way NOW, and I uninstalled 5 years later when I left Panther. I...
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    Regular,ordinary,not exactly perfect people can be friends with God after all, yep.

    Re: Regular,ordinary,not exactly perfect people can be friends with God after all, ye True dat. :D
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    Regular,ordinary,not exactly perfect people can be friends with God after all, yep.

    Re: Regular,ordinary,not exactly perfect people can be friends with God after all, ye The Placebo Effect.
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    New Load1 HQ

    Taken to the logical conclusion, an Isis and a Timmies right there on site. There ya go. :D
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    Regular,ordinary,not exactly perfect people can be friends with God after all, yep.

    Re: Regular,ordinary,not exactly perfect people can be friends with God after all, ye I love it when Christians fight. They all have God on their side.
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    Silence = disapproval

    The pendulum is swinging in favor of the homosexual agenda, to be sure. But, it'll swing back the other way. Always does.
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    Touchdown Jesus/John Matuszak

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    I-5 bridge north of Seattle collapses

    An update: Three people were rescued from a river after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into the water below, according to Washington State Patrol. The extent of the injuries for the three is unclear, but all were evaluated on...
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    Touchdown Jesus/John Matuszak

    Clearly, the way to go is go polytheist. Sure, that flies in the face of a few thousand years of "Ye shall have no other gods before me," but really, that sounds more like a jealous girlfriend saying, "If I catch you looking at other girls, you're in big trouble, Mister!" The whole "no other...
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