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Blizz, before you buy double check the manufacturer's placard on the driver's door end for the G.V.W.R. Then weigh the van at a certified scale. Someone brought up the 8600# G.V.W.R. If what you are looking at has a 6 cylinder it probably is in the 7000# GVWR range. I have a 2004 Chevrolet...

Because you are still on duty. As others have stated flag it as accident, weather etc. So how do you electronic log users deal with this? When you get a log violation notice can you call your carrier and get it corrected?

D Team, I can't help you with locating your Sprinter's OBDII port other than to suggest that those fastidious Germans may have put a cover on it. But I would like to ask you some questions in the future concerning your ScanGaugeII. I have an original ScanGauge and am curious about the...

Thanks Pelicn but that's old news. Over 2 years old. Nobody wants to read how the federal government was prepared and warned residents of New Orleans. We still want to hear about all the failures and who is to blame. You should be ashamed of posting this old article. Especially just...

Phil, after reading your post I joined ROFLMAO, similar group with equally sinister intentions. Thanks for the laugh! We don't get to see your humorous side often enough.

Every year at the beginning of winter Bullwinkle would shed his old antlers and grow a new larger rack. Kinda like Pamela Anderson. Fan mail from some flounder? Hey Rockie, want to see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?

It officially was in Plainfield, I-55 and U.S. 30. I had to pick up a swap there last January and the dump was closed. Jersey barriers at the driveway were keeping the undesirables out (in?) It was dark and pouring rain so I couldn't see if the building was torn down or not. Definitely a...

So are we talking about trucks or cargo vans here? Most of you by now know my position concerning cargo vans. If I was a D.O.T. officer and saw brake lights lit on a cargo van while crossing railroad tracks I would bust that driver immediately. Then would handcuff the QualComm unit to the...

Thanks India for posting that story. Sometimes it takes experiencing a profound scene like you witnessed or the second hand telling to make us realize and appreciate how fortunate we are to have an all volunteer military to protect us.

Boney onions?

How true! Especially since the traditional average expedite load is much smaller weight and volume wise than the average TL. When using TL, may I assume you mean truck load and in the year 2008 that means at least a 48' trailer and most likely a 53 footer? As far as the TL companies tapping...

For me it was the day I got my class A license. I was the first scheduled road test after the lunch break. I took my test in a 1957 B model Mack, single axle, triplex transmission pulling a 40' flatbed trailer. When I returned to the office of the small family owned company I worked for...

I was hoping the same thing! Maybe Paul Harvey will cover it next week, because I sure would like to hear the rest of the story. What kind of shape was this driver in that a D.O.T. officer would pull him/her over? Was the driver involved in an accident? Did the ticket and fine wake him/her...

Broom, you pretty well covered it for me in your second paragraph. I've been at it for 30 years and still enjoy it. That and the fact that I can steal loads from big trucks.

The root of every problem facing expediters today is the van. Vans steal loads from trucks. Vans criss-cross the country unencumbered by H.O.S. regulations, weight restrictions, truck only speed limits, fuel taxes and unwritten laws of common courtesy. These vans are owned and piloted by...

Yet another alias!

Here is a link to The Next Exit. # 1 American Interstate Highway Travel Exit Guide

Jordan Lake, B.W.C.A.W.

I always ask others how much money they make. Why just this morning I asked my dentist what she makes. I have asked the cashier at Walmart, the nice DOT man inspecting my van, the lot lizard at the truck stop, the loan officer at my credit union and a dispatcher at Panther how much money they...

Being responsible for "their" part of the process should include being able to legally carry the weight and size on record with your particular carrier. I am listed with Panther as being able to haul 2500# and I give them 100" of floor space at 48" high. This means when my van is full of...