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That's not entirely accurate, as there are exceptions. Yes, the rule is no alcohol on board a CMV, but then that comes back to what is alcohol as defined by the DOT. (First, before I forget it, yes Charles, since you don't drive a CMV and don't have a CDL, the only rules you are forced to...

Don't forget to add in the cost of some thick, high quality flex cable and cable lugs. And whatever you do, don't forget to fuse the house bank at the terminal from the isolator, as well as all DC loads and the inverter.

Yeah, it depends on what has caused the computer to throw it into limp home mode, tho. Sometimes just turning it off and then starting it back up is enough to reset it. Other times you need to do the Chinese Fire Drill thing. I once had a cracked hose going from the intercooler to the EGR valve...

Yeah, they got the part in and got me running on Wednesday afternoon. I delivered to Edmonton Thursday morning, then went to Calgary and slept. Went to Shelby, Montana where I accepted a load going from Bismark to Saksakoon. The load was a 40-skid load on a recovery from a straight truck, so...

"spec. 20ah/140 5ah/110 rc 200@ 25amps" Well, it's 140 AH at the 20 hour rate, 110 AH at the 5 hour rate. And with a sustained 25 amp draw, you'll have 200 minutes of Reserve Capacity before the battery is dead. But when you refer to these you can just call them 140 AH batteries. Again, you...

The Espar is fine in that kind of cold. It's been acting up a little, but it's an issue unrelated to the cold. But in an insulated van, for sure, it'll keep me warm and toasty with no problems. Of course, at those kinds of temps, I'm not sure you'd want to shut off the engine for any length of...

No model number, nothing other than "Commercial" and "Crown Battery, Fremont, OH"? You should be able to pick up the phone and call Crown in Fremont and they should be able to tell you everything there is to know about that battery, tho. Not true. One has nothing to do with the other.

Our traditional Christmas dinners have changed many times over the years as the family and extended families have grown and shrunk and moved in and out. Growing up as a kid we had Christmas out at the "family" farm where there might be anywhere from 40-70 people there. Back then we'd pit roast...

Moot and RLENT covered it. And to help you save on the cost of aspirin, I'll use no math here. But, you said it yourself... you bought two starting batteries (cranking batteries) for a house bank (deep cycle usage). There is no formula for converting CCA into Reserve Time (rate of hours, or...

When it's this cold, you might as well...

I'd like to feel sorry for all y'all... but I don't. Last Thursday the 18th, Edmonton, Alberta, -33 F and 45 MPH sustained winds. Calgary on Friday, -32 F, same winds. Saturday morning in Bismark, -28 F, 50 MPH winds. Sunday morning in Saskatoon, -41 F, just stoopid winds. Sunday night in...

Yup, The Sprinter Store at Upscale Auto. Koni shocks, the best there is. Cost a little more than OEM stuff (although not at your dealer hehe), but they have a lifetime warranty and they are adjustable. John and Upscale Auto will even send them to you pre-adjusted. Koni Products

For "InTransit" loads through Canada, you fill out the In-Transit Manifest showing what all you are carrying and the ports of entry and exit. Canadian Customs will stamp the form upon entering and your box will be sealed. At exit, US Customs will stamp the form, and if they feel like it, inspect...

If only a Freightliner Sprinter was actually a Freightliner and parts were easy to come by. But, imagine that when they get the tensioner off they discover that when the tensioner bolt broke, causing the tensioner and belt failure, it also took out the timing cover, and the closest timing cover...

Imagine if you will, driving your truck, or specifically a Sprinter, and just as you pull into a rather remote town in southern Alberta your belt tensioner fails causing the serpentine belt to turn into spaghetti, and in the process the belt rips the transmission cooler lines causing...

That one's been floating around the Internet since at least 1998. And not even one of the etymological references in the article is even remotely true. Not one. They all sound good, tho, but the author never bothered to research any of them. Someone just made 'em up and posted them to the...

Wow, when I got my infrared thermometer, I checked the different parts of everything, every square inch of inside and outside the van, the sleeper, walls, floor, ceiling, tires, transmission, engine parts, batteries, fridge, light bulbs, the microwave while it was cooking, the driver's seat, the...

I'm negative towards it, as well, or at least very skeptical until I see otherwise. I was using TravRoute when it first came out, and used it for several versions (along with S&T and DeLorme), and TravRoute was just awful. I think at one point it was also called Door-to-Door, or it might have...

Yeah, in most places in the world there are unisex restrooms, and it's probably due to the Puritans that they are segregated here like the are. But that's changing for many reasons. One is the fact that women take longer to go to the restroom, due to the simply biology, as it takes longer to sit...

Oh, I dunno. Many places around the world, and more and more here, have unisex restrooms where people of both sexes are in the same restroom at the same time. More than once I've seen a woman enter the men's room because the line is too long to get into the women's restroom, and when ya gotta go...