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Looks like one of the Midwest Upfitters vans, or at least a very good copy of what they were doing a while back in 2004 and 2005. They do good work, but it adds about eight grand to the price. Maybe it's a good deal at this point. I'd want to see meticulous maintenance records. And I'd want to...

If it saves just one child, it's all worth it.

The numbers from the Amber Advocate, which is a newsletter produced to promote the Amber Alert system, are misleading at best, just as are most of the numbers from proponents of the system, especially those who's jobs depend on it. In most cases where Amber Alerts are issued, the Alerts play...

Well there ya go. Fill a squirt gun with pee and all your problems are solved.

Yes. Now that grammar school is in recess, to answer the question you meant to ask.... :D Which are most cargo van loads, one pallet or two? The answer is: one pallet, but it's really close on the percentage. Close enough that it could be called 50/50, but from my experience it's closer to...

Crap is exactly what it sounds like. There's more to this story, assuming that any of it is true at all. Confiscation of cell phones without cause or due process will get this story on the front pages of newspapers all over the country. Cargo vans registered in Michigan are supposed to have...

Try to go into a restaurant in, say, Columbus, OH, and pay for your Big Mac with Canadian currency. I'm not sure why Mexico attempting to stem the tide of drug money by not accepting US Dollars is a reason to boycott them, tho.

Yes. However, I would love to read a single case where someone was found not guilty and was promptly sentenced to death, and then executed, anyway. You are presumed innocent until found guilty. It is better than 5, 10, 20, or 100 guilty men go free than for one innocent man to be put to...

Considering Mr. Nappyhoes is dead on balls accurate, you're right. By the same token, it's a sad state of affairs in America when Mr. Nappyhoes becomes the voice of reason.

I know. You're response was spot on. :) Most carriers and drivers who use the phrase "Safe, Legal and On-Time" are referring to the log books being legal. But the term can be applied to whatever vehicle you are driving irrespective of logging. In the case of a cargo van, "legal" means all the...

Stuff. Stuff in boxes, banded or shrink-wrapped to skids, usually. The stuff, of course, could be anything. The most common category is probably automotive freight, parts for cars and trucks moving between suppliers and assembly plants, but that's because the automotive industry comprises...

Safe, Legal, and On-Time. HoS has nothing to do with it. Many van expediters will be On-Time, but will exceed the speed limit to do so, and that's not Legal. Some will argue that speeding is also unsafe, and in many cases it is, but speeding in and of itself isn't necessarily unsafe, as speed...

I would be, cuz I'd post a picture of it.

Re: The JBS and the Tea Party Movement "By focusing on similarities rather than disparities, Crooks and Liars intended to besmirch Tea Partiers by comparing them to the supposedly bad Birchers." That's the classic "association" fallacy, and is a common tactic for a lot of things: Gay Rights...

New math, old math, unusual loads dispatched at non-standard routing times... all I know is, a 500 mile run takes about 8 hours to run, 650 miles is about 10.5 hours, 750 miles is 12 hours. Longer loads and you can start doubling up and figure from there. Then figure 15 minutes per fuel stop...

My 05 Sprinter currently scales at 6130. I get an empty weight ticket every so often, every few months or after I've added or removed anything of significant weight. That lets me know how much weight I can haul. The GVWR is 8550, so I can currently haul 2450 pounds of freight. That's the...

Yep, ex-general trucking. If you're hard and fast on that 24 hour rule, don't bother. It's a very hard thing to adapt to for ex-company truckers, especially. The van looks nice, though. Not a lot of insulation that I can see. You're gonna pay seriously huge for that oversight. Maybe not so...

Thanks. I have lots of posts that deserve to be stickies. None of them are. :D Waaaaay easier said than done. As Greg pointed out that Highway pointed out, you are at the mercy of your carrier. You can ask them for more miles but they won't give you any, unless it's your turn. The only way to...

Heading to Laredo. Yay.:rolleyes:

Fold a piece of paper 42 times and it's thick enough to reach from the Earth to the Moon. Fold it again and it'll reach to the Moon and back. Fold it 100 times and it'll take you beyond the observable universe. (Folding paper 42 times, doubles thickness each time. 20# paper = 0.097 mm thick...