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I would think that insulation would be key in determining roll-up door performance on a reefer truck. A well insulated door would perform better than a poorly insulated one. For the reasons Zorry states, roll-up doors are the way to go. Diane and I were once on a run from New York to...

No need to ask. I knew that, as any trucker could be reasonably expected to know. Every day that I drive and some days that I don't, my log book shows on-duty time for truck inspections and maintenance when applicable. Airing up tires gets logged there. (It does not take long). Mindful that...

$4,000 a week equates to $200,000 a year, which most expediting teams would consider to be an acceptable if not a good number. But the discouraging thing to think about when looking at trucks like this is the fact that $200,000 was considered a good year ten years ago too, and operating costs...

It happened just three times in eight years where we were one of two trucks that were double booked on the same load. At least it was three times that we know about. Lots of loads were canceled without explanation. It may have happened without our knowledge that we were double dispatched on a...

I understand about time savings, but when I am laid over for a weekend or passing time between loads, the time saved equates to no money since none would be made anyway (assuming no other income producing ability). I understand about optimal tire pressure and would add only that in a straight...

59.5 percent? It was 60 percent when we were there and 61 percent for a reefer truck. When did the 59.5 come to be?

OK, nitrogen fans, help me think this through. Diane and I have 10 tires on our truck, so at $5.00 each, it would cost $50 to fill our tires with nitrogen. Say we do so. In what way will the nitrogen-filled tires make that money back and more? I understand about consistent inflation pressure...

With those numbers, and with the contract we had (close), no it would not be a bad-faith offer. Our contract stated that we would receive an exact percentage of the gross pay (and the company had the option to pay more). That number would equate to $1.20 (close), so to offer $1.20 would be good...

I was with that carrier for eight years and am not without insight into its operations. The difference between me and many who remain happy with the carrier in question is that I lost the willingness to accept the new ways of doing business. I lost the ability to play under the new "rules." It...

You just explained in one sentence that you are contracting with a bad-faith carrier. A carrier that can pay $1.60 to the truck and offers $0.80 has abandoned all sense of partnership and is clearly putting its own interests ahead of the contractors, any one of which can be easily replaced.

I once questioned a carrier owner about the driver shortage and capacity constraints it might create. He was unconcerned. "The economy changes but the psychology never changes," he said. When I asked him what he meant by that, he started to explain but cut himself short and changed the subject...

Our sleeper could easily go another ten years if not more, on another truck if not our present one. The very first sleeper ARI ever built is still on the road. Normal wear and tear items would have to be replaced, just as they would on any sleeper that got up in years. In many ways, a sleeper...

While at ARI today (ARI Legacy Sleepers, Shipshewana, Ind.), Diane and I saw one of their new high-rise sleepers under construction. They debuted their new design at the Mid-America Trucking Show (Louisville) this year. It has been a long time coming but ARI is now building walk-through sleepers...

Our work was done by the ARI guys in the ARI shop.

If research was done to create a list of top ten topics in the Open Forum, I'm pretty sure pee would be on it.

We found out nothing. Wires were inspected. Connections and grounds were cleaned. Continuity was tested while wiggling the wires in question. The generator ran fine before it went in the shop and is running fine now. The no-start situation cannot be recreated so further diagnosis is not...

Incidents like these, sadly, are not uncommon. If you report that driver to his carrier, the carrier may or may not act on the report. If it does act, the actions may or may not be significant. But even if a carrier terminated the guy and told him why, it may or may not happen that he actually...

How often is the evacuation/refill done?

We're in the ARI service bay now with the generator out of the truck and the panels removed. It has been in the truck for six years and has provided 11,500 hours of nearly trouble-free service (fuel pump warranty replace in first weeks after install, belt replacement done myself, exhaust flex...