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No first hand experience, but I have read several places the biggest complaint was that if you used the heat/air that it smelled like cigarette smoke. All of our trucks have generators so no info from our drivers. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

Ateam You raised some good points with regards to a recruiters selling points. For an outsider it comes down to revenue which many will be watching with interest. How much revenue for all miles and gross revenue. The amount per mile starts to mean little if you are sitting for days between...

I will try to help you. We fax everything from the customer only. Then we call the broker to confirm they have it, their name, and everything is legible. No exceptions. If they can't fax it, their load doesn't leave the dock. Never do this stuff after you leave the shipper. You just created a...

Is that 15 percent increase acrossed the board? I doubt it. That would be too much incentive for any competitors to compete against. The increase we heard was much less, but that is for LTL. What about the routing as I heard that changed, but don't for sure. If they are charging over $3.00 per...

Not exactly. It sounds like the fan clutch. A distant shot is the heat sensor on the side of the radiator. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

Only basic items like change a light bulb if it can be reached and minor stuff. Checking air pressure, drain air tanks ect. More maintenance items rather than repairs. On occassion change a belt or something basic on a generator. Sometimes it is easier to do something simple rather than wait...

I would agree with Rex. Sounds like a fan clutch as they do go out on these engines. Other possibilities are the heat sensor or a plugged radiator. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

Not often, but it does happen here. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

I don't believe there are but a few trucks that have them. They have been talked about over the years but I don't believe any manufacturers has made the jump. Somebody can correct me on that if I am wrong. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

I test drove a Arogosy several years ago, and the ride wasn't that bad. Still not as good as a conventional even with the air ride on the front axle. In the old Roberts days, we had several KW VIT100 aerodyne cabovers. You still see a few out there. They were alittle rough riding but had great...

Panther had a load that transferred down in Nagalas and put on another Panther truck that could go into Mexico. Not sure how true but the truck coming out bumped us with a first out for taking that load over the border. Kinda sucked as we had to go up to Pheonix to get out. After the fact I...

You may want to also investigate a medical savings account. Your rates will drop as the deductible is considerably higher. This plan has been the best for us. As far as BCBS, we noticed the geographic region and state are big issues on premiums. Florida was twice as high as TN. Biggest reason...

There are several doing it already. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

On a side note; HHG miles are actually pretty accurate if you are in a airplane.:7 Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

I can't speak for the vans. As someone else mentioned, if we see something that is 30 miles short, it in most cases made up through the FSC. It is not uncommon to have a .45 to .55 FSC in those cases. That is with a straight truck. We look at what we are running the whole load for. In this case...

Most of that changed when Express Solutions Network was intoduced back in March. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

Without a doubt carriers are feeling increased pressure. You are right, competition between large carriers as well as smaller companies hauling for less because their overhead is much less. Fedex had been the largest but they are dropping on their total expedited rates in order to remain...

I would never say never. There are several that would have a interest in CC. The building in Akron would be retained by Fedex but used for the LTL division. They are already occupy the top floor. Fedex has already indicated that they are looking to raise additional revenues for their United...

Ours have been pretty accurate and sometimes over until this Conway deal. We had several over the last couple of weeks that we turned down because the milage was too low or inaccurate. Same deal on FSC. We had a couple come acrossed at low rates. We simply don't run them. We have a set number we...

They usually aren't too bad. Biggest issue is how much corrosion there is on the fittings ect. If it is a KW (I'm assuming) I would check to ensure the leakage isn't coming from the regulator box. We have had to replace several over the years on different KW's. Davekc owner 22 years...