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  1. beachbum

    December Locations

    Still in the Los Angeles Area, good thing I have a brother here where I can stay. When it comes to freight has been slow out here. I have one load offer for today going east, just waiting on the details from the Landstar agent who's in a meeting right now..
  2. beachbum

    Ford Full Size Transit

    It will be built in Mexico
  3. beachbum

    Cargo Van HazMat

    That's funny, since you don't need a hazmat endorsement if it doesn't need a placard on the side of the vehicle.
  4. beachbum

    Warning indianapolis bound drivers

    If going thru Indy on 70, you have no choice but to take the bypass.
  5. beachbum

    Unmarked white cargo van...profiling?

    Never seen one in my 58 years on this Earth.
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    Unmarked white cargo van...profiling?

    Since your not a commercial vehicle the fatigue pull over is surprising to me. What could they do in the first place, personal vehicles almost always drive that way when traveling.
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    Unmarked white cargo van...profiling?

    What were the reasons for the four stops, You did ask them why they pulled you over.
  8. beachbum

    Sprinter Salesmen Worried

    Let me take a couple of points and give you answers that you might like or dislike. 1. Payload will be the same or better in both Ford and Dodge. 2. MPG will be the same or better with the diesel.. 3 Sprinter will still lead the pack when it comes to cargo area length with their 16...
  9. beachbum

    Accidents and Incidents Part 2 - Insurance

    Happens all the time, it's nothing unusual for the soreness to show up the next day. But ten days off work for a side swipe accident is not usual.
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    Trucks Not Moving From Pumps

    Key the trucks that sit there for a half a hour.. NVM bad idea
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    What's Free in Trucking?

    Shower isn't free, since you had to buy 50 gallons of fuel, if you don't buy the fuel then it's 12 bucks up for that free shower
  12. beachbum

    Tandem axle straight truck load limits in Ohio, KY, Indiana

    This is how you do the formula to see the weights you can load per axle. Red the site and you'll understand how its done. Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bridge formula table[edit source | editbeta] Distance in feet between any group of two or...
  13. beachbum

    How Goes the New 34-Hour Restart for You?

    I'm going to ask a stupid question of you... Why didn't you think of stopping let's say at 12 am or even 1230 am and not try and take the time out to the last second? Next question, are you on a EOBR or do you have a QC that would stop you from backing up the log to show you got there at 1 am...
  14. beachbum

    Short haul defined....HOS

    When I worked short haul or local, I got the 30 min lunch (unpaid) but I worked by the hour then. Union drivers get breaks, where as, non-union drivers take it in the shorts from companies.
  15. beachbum

    Ram's new cargo van...

    Just was on the Dodge web site and you can now build the vehicle and they also have a payment calculator after you build the vehicle
  16. beachbum

    OMG I shoulda slept in the van!

    my order of hotel motel chains I stay at Marriott, hilton, the La Quinta (because of Landstar discount).. Heck LaQuinta's are getting just as expensive as Fairfield and Hampton inns...
  17. beachbum

    HOS Upheald

    OOIDA and ATA for one, that said, when the court didn't rule by the end of June the writing was on the wall.
  18. beachbum

    HOS Upheald

    OOIDA posted on their web site. Land Line Magazine: The Business Magazine for Professional Truckers BREAKING NEWS: 'Third time's a charm' for HOS; Court upholds all but one provision By Jami Jones, Land Line managing editor The never-ending warfare over the hours of service may very well...
  19. beachbum

    how many miles have you got on your sprinter

    Got my 05 with 126K on the van, now at 305K
  20. beachbum

    All roads lead to Wilmington.

    Was going to the show but, 1K run for 1900 was a better deal for this sprinter driver
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