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I have an all-on-one scanner/copier/printer. I don't fax much. Like EB, I'll usually scan and e-mail as PDF files. I use the printer to print out a few things, like PARS cover sheets for faxing from the shipper to the broker, but not much. The copier function comes in handy. It does come in...

I'm tired of all the snow and cold weather, so I'm taking a load from Duluth to Battle Mountain.

Golf cart batteries are true deep cycle batteries, most with solid lead plates. It's the thicker, and taller, plates that make golf cart batteries perform so much better than the much shorter standard group format batteries. Each 6 volt golf cart battery weighs the same, or more, than a regular...

Marine deep cycle batteries are not deep cycle batteries. They are merely deep-er cycle than are cranking batteries. They are a hybrid battery, a hybrid between cranking and a true deep cycle battery. The marine deep cycle batteries of the type found at Walmart (a.k.a. cheap) are designed for...

List price for the 2002 EGR is something like $650, so if you can get it anywhere for under $600 consider it a bargain. If you're still on your original EGR vavle, then you're already way ahead of the game and you're at least 2 years over due on getting one. Other than changing your...

That's the overly optimistic viewpoint of someone who doesn't know what kind of bugs they're dealing with. :D They're dealing with hardware and software issues on several levels, trying to get motherboards and chips to perform tasks they weren't designed to do and thus cannot handle the data...

You mean like Kent State?

I've raised that very question myself, and so far no one at Panther wants to offer up anything remotely resembling a valid, intelligent explanation. In addition to having to pay for a service that is not being rendered, there are untold cell phone minutes having to be burned to deal with the...

A split second before you strike the nail with the hammer, you think to yourself, "Man, I hope I don't hammer my finger."

I don't know of any paying parties in expediting who will only pay from an original, anymore. Because of the legality of facsimile and scanning, there is no reason to require an original, as a facsimile or a scan becomes a 100% replacement for the original. That's why contracts and other...

Going Postal, like this guy, or really, doing anything bad to people, hurting other people's feelings, being a Republican... it doesn't take much to be a terrorist these days. Being a terrorist is all the rage.

I took a load across the dam a while back, too. No big or straight trucks across it, at least not until they get that new bridge finished. When I Vegas I usually park at the Pilot, same exit as the Freightliner dealer, next exit north from the Flying J. They have a large-ish lot on the side...

I have bouts of sydlexia. Goes and comes.

The OM 642 V6 engine has been comprehensively re-engineered to comply with the new Euro 5 emissions standard. It means a lot of positive things, like better fuel mileage, a 10 percent increase in max torque, and runs fine on 10% biodiesel. But, it's also new, and there are likely to be bugs here...

My sentiments exactly. When people ask that question it's obvious they don't know what expediting is. I know people (well, one person, anyway) who has been with Panther for at least three years, and he's never been to the office. Ever.

Ah, "sits" = poops, and "old gum tree" = Bolt Sprinter Bird Poop and Bolt - A Striking Combination

I've got my trusty spare multi-function relay that I got from Europarts. Hopefully I'll never need it. Europarts says the relays are used in about 10 places around the van, but other than under the seat and under the steering column, I have no idea where else they are used.

Thanks No need. My remarks toward the Sprinter are honest and pragmatic, as are my remarks towards a Ford. I've owned both and am loyal to neither. Each has their pluses and minuses. Now you're just making stuff up. That's about as false of a statement as I've read on here in a while. A...

Several reasons. One, I don't think it's a noble idea at all. I think it's silly to create a pseudo hall of fame for a subset of an industry that was created out of a customer demand, performed by independent contractors. Two, a legitimate expediters hall of fame would include a very small...