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Exactly! I usually have the average mpg showing on the trip screen and volts, water temp, RPM, and air intake temp displayed on the gauge screen and toggle back and forth. In the past few months I have had an intermittent problem with the throttle position sensor so I have been monitoring that...

If you are ordering new, get the 6L90 6 speed transmission. Anybody in E.O. Land running a GM van with this transmission? I'm a bit skeptical about that claim also. E-85 is 85% ethanol. Back in the day when regular gas was only a cent or two more than a 10% ethanol blend I would opt for the...

I should note that I don't do any sustained idling. Occasionally if I get hung up at a shipper for a short time I will idle rather than fire up the heater. Also I use the fill-to-fill method of calculating my mpg. After 850,000 miles of doing it this way I believe it to be very accurate. My...

Get a copy of your state's CDL manual and study the complete hazmat section. Every state's test will be different. Here is a link to a practice test.CDL Practice Tests: Hazardous Materials Test | Layover.com

Below are some yearly average statistics for a 2004, 6.0, Chevrolet 3500 extended cargo van. This van was put into service April, 2004. It replaced a 1998, 5.8, 3500 extended van. The stats for 2004 include both vans with Jan, Feb, March and part of April for the 1998 van. Until sometime in...

I was working for a large LTL company that was putting together a start-up expedite company. Two recruiter type persons from the expedite division came to our terminal and plied us with free coffee and doughnuts in exchange for names of semi-retired people who would be interested in driving...

Sluggo, I used both self-tapping screws and bolts. Here is link with E-Track info. Sprinter Cargo Securement

I'm not sure if this is a ripoff or not. One thing I am sure of is I want to team with Julie!

Better yet, take 2 Excedrin and join the Ban The Van movement. If we can rid the world of vans our troubles will be over. A chicken in every pot and a van in every pothole.

Re: CV rates and logging Commercial motor vehicle means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle— (1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle...

First thing I would check is the voltage of the starting battery with the engine off. Then check voltage of the house bank. Start the motor and see what voltage the alternator is sending to the starting battery and to the house batteries.

I run my Garmin, phone charger, c.b., compass, clock, alarm clock, aux. interior lighting, 12 volt cooler, small inverter for laptop, flashlight charger, Fantastic Vent and other stuff from 2 deep cycle marine batteries. I have a deep cycle charger with a desulfate mode at home. Per...

Truckfridge cooler, there's an amp draw that wasn't mentioned earlier.

Or scales.

Wow! That's 2 meters you have fried in one week. The first with that dispatcher thread and now this one. You really need an in-line fuse or circuit breaker. Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I ran 6000 miles, all loaded at $1.50/mile in one week?

I'm also brain dead. I have lived in Minnesota all my life. In theory the isolator won't start charging the house bank until the starting battery(ies) are charged. So the starting batteries get charged first and then the house bank. Charging 3 or 4 batteries at idle is going to take some...

Hang tight Chet, I'm sure Turtle will respond today. Espar running in Laredo? What do you do if you go north of Austin? I see you have 2 different size batteries. Is one or both old?

Just running the van for awhile will not do much as far as recharging. If you have two aux. batteries it could take 8 hours or more at idle to charge them. What is the amp hour rating of these batteries? What devices are being powered? Turtle's Sprinter requires a battery separator rather...

ICC, RedBird you're showing your age!

Which companies require all drivers to log?