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"Most of the problems in expediting can be cured by a shower and a good night's sleep. When you wake up clean and with a clear head, the problems that troubled you yesterday somehow aren't there today." I felt that way this morning when I rolled out of the Wmart P lot over to the LA fitness and...

NE Atlanta... not really a Newbie just a young man in my early 30's. I do all my own sprinter maintenance and upgrades. I've been in the transport business for awhile previous to this I was a map sales rep and drove 50k a year in the southwest, my grand father owned a shipping business from...

got 80k under my belt in a sprinter van, just not the post to back it too busy exploring cities and researching sprinter maintenance :)

Last time I was in Atlanta I pulled over for a knap and couldn't even sleep.... 45 min later got called in for a direct run into Southern IL... not the same this time around been here since Saturday, creeping my way up the board, now in the top 5. I'm looking to get to Detroit, Toledo...

I don't think driving away from the panther world headquarters in a M series BMW will be a hard task. Anyone checked the employee parking lot lately over on Panther Parkway?

Zorry I agree with you. I'd think a 130K volvo with air suspension would surpass a $40k sprinter. I know that the sprinter is going to be redesigned in 2017. I'm curious to see how that one will ride. I know the 07+ sprinter are more comfortable then the 2006 I have. expedited services are...

If you're running a with panther they want you to have a class b regardless.

Would be nice if I didn't have to pay Qualcomm fees and be able to take month off without getting hit for $300 of fees from my carrier! Instead of taking the loss why not get someone else to drive the van to keep the wheels spinning. My truck is at 186k and I think it's gunna be a 500+k rig...

QC fees really stack for someone who wants to take off a month or two. I really like to run hard but when I need a break from the expedite lifestyle the fees keep stacking... I'm not a running a strait truck for fedex at 2.12 a miles so I don't have a wads of cash to throw away. When...

Davekc thanks for the clarification, what do you mean isn't counted if more then 8 hours? Zorry... 57 mile load not too common but they call it a mini. They will give you the first out when you finish, but having the first out in a place like Chicago is irrelevant, freight moves so quick...

Some straights are 26000lbs max and others are 33000 I believe can somebody brief on that.... what if you have the smaller straight and the load comes in weighing too much and you have to turn it down, that was the main reason of this post was to see if that happens much based on you guys that...

I always know when a load comes in and call in and tell them to take me off a pro if I don't want to take that specific load. I frequently log in and check board positioning and other pertinent details such as how many truck are in one city and average amount of loads that are going out each...

So say I'm trying to go a specific place, sometimes it's nice to get working going in the direction you're looking to go, they will try and get me to go to other places then I have to refuse, the suggest going out of service which I would do but what if that big 1200 mile load comes up that you...

Nashville... Music City for the weekend! Much warmer then previous Chicago!!!

Just looking to know so I can get home to Denver CO, although I'm considering taking up residency in Chicago cause it's a great location and very busy freight city. Somewhere in the Western Suburbs 8-15 miles out of city. Most of the offers seem to come from that side of Chicago. I heard...

I'm referring to in 07 and 08 the sprinters had a lot of issues compared to the previous t1n generation. I would think by 2013 since Mercedes has the marketing back in their hands they would have fixed the issues on earlier NCV3 Sprinters had. I hear we will have to wait for 2017 before the...

I think the 07+ may be a smoother ride but the older ones are more reliable and get better MPG. Maybe the latest ones have become more reliable since mercedes took back the sprinter.

I would think a 22ft box behind you would be less exhausting mentally then a 53?! The problem with getting exhausted and expediting is the time between p/u and drop never seems to be enough. I stopped for dinner last night in Chicago for a hour and I wish I would not have ate and used that...

I changed my seat in the 06, what year is the one you drive?

bout to run a mini for panther here in 30 min, run those and they will love you.