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I live 45.138N latitude and 93.255W longitude. That puts me just northwest of Minneapolis, MN. Saturday morning it was -6 degrees. We had one other below zero morning this winter. Whenever we had snow it melted within a few days. Currently there is maybe 2 inches of snow cover. Another...

How many straight truck owners have their trucks equipped with either a glad hand outlet or a conventional compressed air fitting for connecting an air hose? This would be used for inflating tires, running pneumatic tools etc.

On my Chevy the center of the E-Track on the walls is at about 28" above the floor. I have modified 2 telescoping load bars, the light duty kind made for pick up trucks. These drop into E-Track sockets. I use this set up for securing drums. I run straps from the floor over the load bars...

I don't think this is meant as a good ol' boys club. Have you ever looked back in your mirrors and had someone hit you with the bright white light? My personal opinion is if you can't turn your headlights off and then quickly on then do nothing. Or use the CB. If you want to make the good...

RLENT: I would also add insulation to the walls. I use styrofoam board with a foil backing and Great Stuff expanding foam in an aerosol can for small cavities.

I would split the difference between the 14" and 26.5" or go above the 26.5 and run a piece of 5/8" x 6" plywood or hard wood. Bolt this to the verticles and screw the E-track into the wood.

Saturday July 22, 2006: 08:00: I was out walking my dog. When I got home my wife said Don Fegtley, V.P. Sales called and I should call him right back, on his cell phone and on a Saturday morning. I thought now what did I do to warrant this call? I called him back and got the news. I then...

Flo and Eddie wrote some of the Turtle's songs, but most were written by others. My favorite is "So Happy Together" the version recorded live when they were with the Mothers. This was not written by Volman and Kaylan.

I believe an E.O. member has a Sprinter with a generator mounted on front to a trailer hitch receiver.

Gerry, excellent advice on reading the D.O.T. bible. Bambam if you read this on the bus you will be prepared to ask specfic questions in orientation that may need further explaining.

If I went nuts I would pay attention to every rumor I hear.

Greg: How do you make a D-10 Caterpillar environmentally safe?

I wish they would hang up on me more often. Last week or the week before I was on hold for 38 minutes before someone talked to me. I turned on the speaker phone and played with computer while the recording played over and over and over. They had been in a meeting and nobody was answering phones.

I'll take a stab at this. NLM is a 3PL or third party logistics company. A shipper will call NLM and then they do the rest as far as contacting carriers, billing, POD etc. My limited experience with them is that their pay rate is toward the lower end. You could have 6 carriers all getting...

RE: How many of us are hauling at reduced rates an Am I hauling at reduced rates? Compared to what? Compared to 1998 when I was paid .97/mi. and more for loads less than 300 miles. YES I AM! Compared to 2002 when I was paid 1.02/mi. and more for loads less than 300 miles. YES I AM...

Graphics and name changes are small potatoes in the grand corporate scheme of things. All Con-Way business units were undergoing the same change. Plus the new name and graphics are still available for future use. They started Con-Way truckload from scratch only to sell it and some years later...

Now that's the spirit of the soapbox forum!!!

Great piece Coco! I to have ditched the heels and hose. As for the doo, I have no doo to do.

RELENT: I didn't realize you owned a dual wheel Sprinter. I agree that raising the floor 12" and thus raising the center of gravity is a major safety issue. Be safe and keep it low. Good luck. Moot p.s. At 6'2" you can't sleep crossways. Might I suggest the MootBed.

I believe that Con-Way Now was up for sale. But that only a few at corporate and nobody at Now knew this. I would not be surprise to see Con-Way re-enter the expedite market in the not so distant future.