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Leo: I think your guess is correct until drivers are required to wear electronic ankle bracelets. Then BIG BROTHER will know who is driving and who is in the bunk.

I must add that this is great fun building a van with someone else's money. When you get done please post some pictures. The cool thing about vans is there are as many different van setups as there are expediters. With the exception of Alumabunk and Phoenix conversions we are left to pertty...

RELENT: Another option is composite deck boards. They run an inch or better in thickness and could not be used on a conventional van with a 48" high door opening. But would work on a Sprinter. There are several manufacturers of this and different styles. Some solid and some hollow core. I'm...

RLENT: How much of that 162" floor will be available for cargo? If more than 8' you want to go to a real lumber yard for some longer plywood. Avoid any seams that run perpendicular to the length of the floor in the cargo area. This will prevent pallets from getting snagged when being pulled...

The 2 x 6 in the foreground has E-track on the backside. The 2 x 6 in the back ground has the E-track facing the camera. Of course both 2 x 6's can be flipped but they have E-track on only one side.

I would hope the FAST card would work instead of a passport. This is getting expensive. First the CDRP, then the FAST and now a passport. My hazmat endorsement is due in November. Has anybody tried to get their FAST background check to qualify for the hazmat background check. I would rather...

RLENT I am at about 34" center to center on my E-track. It came out that way so I could catch the raised part of the floor to run the bolts and screws through. For the E-track sockets on the floor I use a 2x6's instead of a 2x4's for a forward stop. the 2x6 has a length of E-track mounted to...

>Is there a carrier that walks on water? When I have two canoes on my roof I can float on water no matter who's signs are on my doors.

Hey Buz: Can you explain your avatar "Mean People Suck". What exactly does that mean? Did you choose it for its deep philosophic statement or was the color scheme way cool? Like I said earlier, you know mean and bitter when you see it. Peace dude!

I am not a Sprinter owner but I do have E-track on the floor and walls of my van. Some don't like E-track on the floor because it tends to collect dirt. An occasional shot of compressed air and a vaccum cleaner will keep it clean. As for securing it to the floor I use wood screws into the...

>From what I heard of Conway drivers is they could not follow >the rules, or keep proper logs, or deal with the system >I've been around several conway drivers and the majority >of them were just mean and bitter...to me it sounds like >they make their own troubles and need someone else to...

>I saw what you have thanks to Cheri, do they cuase a lot of >noise while driving? Only if I roll it! I put a twist in the straps so they don't vibrate with the wind.

Colts Win!

Wow I missed a lot of stuff and that's just the beginning. Soon you will buy things that make the job a little easier and life on the road more comfortable. How could I forget about quarterly taxes since I just kited checks to the State of Minnesota and the U.S.Treasury. Ah, welcome to the...

>Are you the one with the big bug on his van? Who is that in the Edgar suit?

How often do you run Scan disk or a disk clean up program. How about the defrag program? Also is there an advantage to going directly to the control panel and under internet options to delete cookies and files.

3. Thou shall not rip ye fellow expediters except when necessary or as warranted. (Rule number 2 superceedes rule number 3)

But seriously folks.... I enjoy expediting because every day is something different. A different shipper, freight, time, location etc. And this coming from a person who has been accused of having difficulty dealing with change. Oh well! My friends in the "real trucking world" say it must...

That should read oil changes every 5,000 to 7,000 for regular oil.

Looks like you have most of your costs down. The real questionis how accurate are your numbers. When I started expediting I figured $1.50 for a gallon of gas. This was a worst case, never happen in a million years, safe and conservative estimate. Man was I ever wrong! I'm sure you figured...