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  1. beachbum

    MAY LOCATIONS Mayday Mayday Mayday

    Sitting at my brothers house in the Los Angeles area...No freight in sight with 3 weeks before my next fishing trip.. It seems like it went this way last year also.
  2. beachbum

    ac nightmare in sprinter van

    Here's one, even if I have the heater going the upper vents still blow cold air not even warm air.. I also have the problem of A/C blowing warm air then cold air when I have the A/C going.
  3. beachbum

    Insurance Companies Mandating EOBRs?

    Can you post the insurance companies name that is requiring this....
  4. beachbum

    Insurance Companies Mandating EOBRs?

    No federal mandate right now, it's still a couple of years away.
  5. beachbum

    Cargo Van Freight Volume

    Only 2 loads this month.. but one paid 1600 and change for 1100 miles and the other 2800 and change for 1250 miles.. Just need one or two more loads this month and one load next month before the 12 because I have a fishing trip on the 16th of June in San Diego for 8 days...
  6. beachbum

    MAY LOCATIONS Mayday Mayday Mayday

    Dropped down to the house (McKinney, Tx)from Denver Saturday, now booked load for Bingham Canyon Ut. for Thursday del... Good pay, but going to dead area for LEAM vans.. Might drop to Vegas or LA after delivery..
  7. beachbum

    <10,001 lbs . Does Your Carrier Require A Physical ?

    Only time I follow any FMCSA guideline if I haul a load that I have to placard. All CDL requirements are La d'état rules to lease on with them.
  8. beachbum

    <10,001 lbs . Does Your Carrier Require A Physical ?

    Here at landstar they require a cargo van driver to have class B or A to even lease on to them. How many others carriers require CDL's that require physicals?
  9. beachbum

    See ya

    I drive a cargo van now, I will only make about 20k extra a year instead of doing 60 to 70k. Which means only working a couple of months a year in the spring early summer.
  10. beachbum

    Landstar question

    Land star pays for our inspections as long as we not late in getting them done
  11. beachbum

    Landstar question

    I should add another thing about Landstar, they have no age limit on equipment, it just has to pass a DOT inspection every 120 days.
  12. beachbum

    See ya

    I have just over two years and I'll be semi retiring at 62..I'll work some but not like I do now. I would have taken a local job as an employee right now, but I wouldn't be able to take time off when I wanted and would have been locked into set vacation times, which isn't for me right now.
  13. beachbum

    Landstar question

    I agree with everything you said, but one of the problems at Landstar comes from the fact that they are high on most loads compared to other companies. . There is no such thing as white glove or anything that makes one truck better then another. We're all created equal in the eyes of...
  14. beachbum

    Landstar question

    I've been with Landstar since 1996, I did leave for a year and a half because I didn't want to drive truck anymore. I came back on the Express side 3 years ago. I'm in a superB with Express. I do know that Landstar Express on the straight truck side will have new ELD's in the next couple of...
  15. beachbum

    Landstar question

    You have to understand that the load board is on the carrier group side of things, Express side has no load board and its a different animal within Landstar
  16. beachbum

    ford transit

    Just think of waking up to her when she has no makeup on.
  17. beachbum

    ford transit

    I'm glad I have till December to make up my mind on which one of the 3 I'll be buying. Nothing like someone else doing the testing before I buy
  18. beachbum

    ford transit

    I did that not for the extended, since no other vehicle on the market matches the length of the sprinter and it came out to 46k on the 170 wheelbase. promaster when they get diesel van came in at about 45k loaded....
  19. beachbum

    ford transit

    Just on the Ford website and built one with DSL between 46 and 49K depending on the options. 43500 for gas Should I say ouch.
  20. beachbum

    Conway drivers, how about a big smile for the camera?

    Here. Safety Equipment: Innovations: LTL Freight: Packed with safety technologies: Con-way
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