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    Who's killing the rates?

    anybody that is willing to haul cheap freight is killing the rate as they know somebody is looking to make the truck payment and hoping next one will be that great load
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    Covert a class 8 tractor to straight truck

    why do it that way when you can order the truck from dealer and get it from start when i had my western star order it from the dealer with it fit 16' box
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    Sprinter Survey

    2/12/10 i had 9 pallets on tallest one was 66" tall load them just right about 2,500 lbs and if i had a ford or cevy i wouldn't have been able to carried that load also i have extra long van and extra tall van there is one that is still 12" taller than mind i will buy one more before i...
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    Cold weather 2003 sprinter running poorly

    you also may have to get egr cooling system clean out to as i had that done 86,000 should be checked at 20,000 to 40,000 miles using ace's 2 has helped out alot as it make fuel burn better
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    Sprinter Repair Costs

    oil change the last one i had on 2/6/10 was 427.00 what cost most is oil for it at 14.00 a qt and that was at a discounted price and anything mb on is always more, get your wallet out every so often you other things that have to be done egr cooling flush is about 500.00 changing rear out oil...
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    Is a Expediters Hall of Fame over due

    i have try for years to get one stareted seem's like everybody didn't want to do it but i think we need one so we don't forget ones who came before us
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    Sprinter Information

    here in hampton roads area of va tysinger was a dodge dealer and a mb dealer and then lost the dodge dealer ship than when mb took sprinter back will again be sprinter dealer after they build there new show room this will be about june of this year and they have great tech's in va there are...
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    Sprinter Survey

    i run 90 percent local and run 4 pallets alot floor to overhead and sometime only have room to get my hand truck on a sleeping area or sleeper would take up to room for freight if i run out of town will get a hotel room
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    Question

    always being safe first is the only question that has tobe ans when i was with fedex cc i had one load i was hauling customer said , we are closing and we want driver to pull over and wait until it is safe to run again had a customer who didn't care about me only wanted the load there it was...
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    Blizzard Warning

    it snowed and it rain and now back to snow here hampton roads so becareful as they don't know how to drive when it is dry let alone snow or rain
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    DOT/Trooper

    that is why you would get a hotel room and keep the rec as a record of stay in hotel to show you had taken a break
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    DOT/Trooper

    even though i don't have to log it and may run as many hours as i want i still run the way i would have to log it run 10 hours and take 10 hours off on a long trip will not run tired
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    What is a TSA certified driver?

    the company you would for request a background check you fill out a form and than they give it to tsa and they check you out , if everything is ok they give you a letter saying your alright and you carry the letter in your note book with all your forms that you carry to do your job with
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    Sprinter 3500 Deck

    before the 07's came a long you cut 4'' out of each wheel you would have 51'' but with 16'' tires not able to change it also it would be about 1,500 to 3,000 depending on who would do it also would have to be done by authize body shop to cover the warranty to van
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    Advice on a 2003 Sprinter....

    if you can't have maintance report i would pass
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    Would you run for a company if they had this?

    no i wouldn't in a c unit for less than 1.65 mile what i get at ceva is just right for me but won't say what that is
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    Would you run for a company if they had this?

    when i had a c unit on with fedexcc i could carry 13,300 i carry d unit freight and got paid if they wouldn't pay i didn't have to it carry and there was nothing they could hold againest me and same with sprinter i'm able to carry 4 1/2 pallet's and what is required so why should i be...
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    How old are your tires?

    i've seen a couple of truck's that had dry rot on tires and driver and owner didn't see anything wrong and had a bent rim to
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    Would you run for a company if they had this?

    i wouldn't get out of bed for $.80 a mile in a sprinter
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    virginia snow storm

    here in newport news va 7" of snow in front yard
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