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Did you ever get another opinion ?

Great theory. Until you run across a tech that needs to be retrained.

Yes he did. 1 Skid Special. 4 cyl. 1600 lb payload.

Pencil and paper.

Saw a guy with a high performance Transit that just did a Ky-Fl-Va and got 29.7 mpg. About 400 lb payload.

The hood painting would have been an I NEED prior to Dave Ramsey.

Money to some, is not suitable money to others. Do you have a business plan ? A Sprinter now, or one lined up ? Access to a good experienced driver, or do you have to find one ? What kind of money do you have to invest and what do you feel is a good ROI ?

NN, how was orientation ?

Why would you want to do this ?

It’s possible. As a hobby, part time. As a business, no. Some guys can’t profit with a Sprinter leased to a carrier.

I would expect the carrier to return the 145 lb crate at his expense, unless the shipper would allow us to deliver somewhere that could benefit some of us involved. Not only would I expect the 145 lbs returned, I’d say apologies were in order. The weird part for me is why you’re loading these...

It’s a catch 22. We want the unscrupulous to be caught, but don’t watch us Honest folks. Kind of similar to the ELD argument. I always ran legal, but can’t function on an ELD.

Every time a shipper or broker gets 3500/4000 into a van, the closer it gets to being the norm. Seriously, how often do people get caught ? They should, they don’t. Right now there’s enough freight for everyone. My fear would be the next slowdown. Who’ll get loaded then ?

I can see brokers selling a straight truck load and trying to get a Sprinter to take it for a few cents extra over a Sprinter rate. Cha Ching !!!! The line between a van and a straight is only blurred by 4-6 pallet Sprinters.

Right before I retired I bought a tool to detect noises. An electronic stethoscope of sorts. You put on headphones wand point it around looking for air leaks, etc. maybe called a Whistler ? Less than $200 at Zoro.com under instruments I believe. I bought it to detect inaudible air leaks. UTube...

Only to Mr 3000 is 450 miles a shorty.

You can put Detroit filters in it. You can even paint it green. It’ll never run like a Detroit.