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You’ll need to know these things 1) how much weight you can legally haul. 2) how long, wide, and tall your cargo area is. 3) how wide and tall your door opening is.

16 foot box. Will it hold 8 pallets ? 4 deep and 2 wide ?

Money, those little green papers you used to have before you met Mrs Rags. I hope we don’t have to repeat all our routines every time a new guy joins.

RT, weighing it only tells us what it weighs. Tells us nothing about ability or legality.

Put Load 1 decals on it, with proper insurance, and roll. Inside joke. Wait for a legit answer.

If that’s in kilograms, you’re good. I’ll let a Transit Owner, who can look at his door plate, take it from here.

GVW is not under 5000 lbs. Look again. If over 10,000 you’d need logbooks and scales. A definite game changer. Which you will not like. Did they tell you how much weight you can load ? Is there one tire, or two, on each side in the back ?

Sounds like you’re ok to take the gamble. You’re in a much better position than most newbies. Now,just to determine if the truck is legal, weight wise. One thing people miss. If you hit $800 three weeks in a row, then take a week at home, you still average $600. Be careful. If the...

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Upfitter probably put it at 9900 lbs. Maybe Steve McNielokovich would now .

Why ? Russian company. Papers ? I don’t need no stinking papers !!!

Mike, the $600 per week, every week is appealing to me. Is it enough ? If not, there’s a reason to take a chance on the OTR. How’s your home situation ? If you get out West, and don’t return home for weeks, how will it affect your home life ? If you get home a week AFTER a birthday? How would...

WOW ! This is all that’s been posted in 20 hours ? Or whatever, as I can never figure out the timing of posts. This place is like sitting in the stands at a NASCAR race. A place to go if you want some alone time.

Nothing to be afraid of. Read the original Nervous newbie thread. Good Luck.

Any passenger must be approved by the carrier in advance. Some will have age limits. Many will require you to buy passenger insurance. And, I believe you’re required to have written authorization from the carrier to show carrier approval to any interested authorities. Know your passenger. If...

When Zorry had his COE rust around the windshield was an issue. Although an aluminum cab, the glass was in a metal frame. The truck was a 2001 and around 2010 Paccar only had one or two new ones available in the US. At $3000 each. He found a Peterbilt body shop that was able to save his.

Yes, if all 1) have proper restraints/seat belts 2) are permitted by the carrier. If you are the carrier, no issues. 3) the person in the jump seat, must log on duty if a loggable driver. I believe there is an allowable 2 hour off duty provision in the latest regulation. I don’t believe any...

I like to pretend to be, but I have a wife to remind me I’m not.

Leave my guns at home ? No way, I worked too hard for them !!!!!

My wife says I used better grammar before I started on EO. I let her think EO is diminishing my skills. I think it’s just that I’m getting old.