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You have locks figured out as well as anyone. Different kinds of locks come along from time to time for different reasons. Some of them seem odd (rare). The best thing is to simply do status checks when you are waiting for freight (code 09). If you see that you are locked, call dispatch to see...

From our one-truck, owner-operator point of view, higher fuel prices are a good thing, as long as our carrier's fuel surcharge holds. That's because we drive smart, spec'ed our truck smart and get better-than-average fuel economy as a result. Fuel surcharge calculations are based on an average...

Our truck has a D-12, 2006 model-year engine. The D-12 is no longer made. If we ever replaced the engine, it would be with a D-12 rebuilt or a new D-13. The latest info on the Volvo SCR system is on their web site. Good information can be found there. The videos are especially informative. See this.

We are gathering bids and working on the application. We intend to submit it before the deadline. Unknown Unknown until the unit is installed (assuming we receive the grant money, but that is in no way guaranteed). I do not know. We are looking at this only for our application...

We also use the NeatReceipts scanner with good results. Beats the heck out of going to a truck stop every time you need to fax something. We also use an online fax service for incoming faxes. People fax to our fax number and the service e-mails it to us as a .pdf document that we then print in...

Here are photos of the DPF device. This is not the exact item that would go on our truck but similar. Pictured is the DPF that appeared on 2007 model year Volvo trucks. Truck is shown with the fairing removed. When the fairing is on, the DPF is hidden from view.

If I did not know the source to be reliable, this is not the kind of story I would repeat without verifying it because it sounds too much like truck stop chatter. But the source is reliable. He is my reefer dealer, who I know as well as any good business contact I have. He is careful and...

Regarding truck engines receiving an early death sentence, I spoke about this with my Volvo dealer this afternoon. He said it is already happening in some quarters. He has seen grant money offered in Indiana designed to move people move into cleaner trucks. One of the many strings attached...

I was not posting with Ontario in mind. The article I linked to just got me thinking about all vehicles operating under the same posted speed limit and no vehicles being mechanically speed limited.

This gets better and better. I just learned that even though we own a perfectly-good and perfectly-legal reefer engine, the federal government requires that the engine be DESTROYED if it is replaced with a newer, CARB-compliant reefer engine. There are hundreds if not thousands of local...

See this Speed cameras apply to all vehicles, not just trucks.

You are not an advertiser promoting a product. Products are often named by expediters here. I would be very interested to hear more and see a link to the vendor's site.

I chatted yesterday with my reefer dealer about the possible marketplace impact of the CARB rules on used trucks in the future. He said the impact is being felt now in the reefer market because the CARB rules are hitting older reefers now. Off-road use rules apply to reefers. On-road rules apply...

Update: 1. The reefer engine replacement is straightforward. Remove the old one, install the new CARB-complaint one. Bids are coming in $7,000+ including labor and tax. 2. The DPF retrofit for our Volvo engine was a shocker. This is a new component recently developed by Volvo for Volvo...

Interesting point. Leads me to wonder what the rule actually is. Does anyone have any more to offere regarding the actual reg?

I was not aware of the Smart Pass setting. Its existence validates concerns widely expressed by contractors who want to retain the ability to increase their speed to get out of certain situations. Clearly, such a setting would not exist if people had no such concerns. ------------------ "He...

We will be home all next week. I have extras there and will apply your and gotta go's fix then.

As I said above, I know nothing about what other states are doing if they are doing anything at all. We have carefully read the Minnesota info, found ourselves to be eligible and are proceeding with an application. Time will tell what happens after that.

AirTabs are a popular product with a number of expediters and I thank you for sharing the news here (I would not characterize gotta go's post as an ad or spam). Do you know if the new product is made to be more flexible than the old? That has been an issue previously discussed.

Just a note to add that there will likely be more applicants than there is money to spend. Going in, I fully understand that my application will be competing with those of some well-connected applicants who have good friends and long-cultivated relationships in the Capitol, not to mention...