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Be sure to disconnect your battery (batteries) BEFORE you go poking around behind your dashboard. There are a lot of fragile circuits behind there that are easily damaged. Since this is new to you, take it slow and easy. If you need to reconnect a battery to test a circuit, do so only after you...

Trucker complaints about NYC are frequent but non-specific. What is it about NYC that is so different from other cities? If it's possible to gain favor with carriers because you are willing to go to NYC, and if there is a lot of expedited freight to be had there, what has to be overcome to make...

Wow! Heck-of-a deal! Pretty truck!

I'm a bit confused by the "paid vacation" talk in this thread. If driving team 1 makes X number of runs, earns X amount of money, and takes say 120 days off each year; and if driving team 2 does the exact same thing, does it really matter if driving team 1 calls it "work" and driving team 2...

As we prepare to begin as team drivers, we're looking at companies to drive for. The current EO news page profiles Con-Way NOW. We’ve talked to drivers who are happy with Con-Way and I don’t mean to take anything away from them at all. But In an industry where seemingly everyone tells you to be...

Don't forget another important piece of the picture. If your truck owner is willing to do this for you, he probably thinks you are a pretty good driver that he wants to keep around. I don't think he'd hand out that deal to any old soul. I'd be willing to bet you earned it by earning your truck...

I get confused by people that say being home is important and then seek out driving jobs that put them a thousand miles away. Saying I want to be an over-the-road driver but I don't want to be away from home seems a bit like saying I want to be a pilot but I don't want to fly. We're drawn to...

RichM makes an outstanding point. If drivers totalled up the day-to-day costs of sitting home, perhaps they would not complain so much about being out all the time.

Our cell phone contract is up soon. Time to evaluate our options. Time to check in with expediters about their on-road communications. Your thoughts/suggestions are most welcome. We'd like to spend more time on the Internet and at faster speeds than dialup provides. Ideal would be the ability...

Finally! Someone who is thinking through some of the same issues I am. Thank you for your reply. Configuring a truck is new to me. I'd love to hear more. In your opinion, is Volvo the quietest tractor on the road? If not, what are some other quiet ones? We're dreaming about our ideal D unit...

I've never seen a Class 8 Volvo configured as a straight truck expediter. The BBC spec (bumper to back of cab) for the Volvo VHD model is 113.6 inches. If I also specify a 96" sleeper, is there enough truck left for a 22 foot box? Assuming a 40 foot truck bumper to bumper, the numbers work out...

We're eager to see the 2003 site. Plan to attend the Expo.

Sorry, Gump. Not interested. Prison guards I know tell about inmates that get pen-pal things going with people. Male inmates will write to women to get something going with them. Each woman thinks she's the only one. She'd not. Inmates convince pen-pals to send them money and gifts. They pass...

What does "White Glove-qualified" mean?

I'm interested to know the amount of freight shipped by expedited carriers. Also would like to know amounts by truck type. Any ideas where to look?