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    Summertime! Yup, it's July

    So whats the deal with this whole "retooling" thing with the auto places? is that generally considered to be over or no? Ive ran about 1800 miles In the past 2 weeks and this weeks been slow as hell too. Is this how the expediting industry in general has been doing or am I just with the wrong...
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    Best coolers?

    Its stictly going to be for meats milk and veggies so i dont need a big one or anything like that just to keep what needs to stay cold cold. Thanks turtle ill take a look at those
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    Best coolers?

    Ucfd do you know what the model of that one is? And you say about 2 days of ice outside for the coleman about how much would i expect for it being in my van that im usually keeping cool?
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    Best coolers?

    Turtle you know a store that carries that 60 dollar coleman? That sounds perfect and 5 days is plenty long enough for me.
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    Best coolers?

    Besides yeti is there any good non powered coolers that wont break the bank that will keep ice cold for at least a few days? I wanna start eating healthy and hitting the gym as often as possible as unfortuantely taco bell and mcdonalds arent going to help with that.
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    I'm curious about this too. Once I get my own van I'm going to make myself a suitable battery bank turtle, but for the temporary can I do something like moot said?
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    with those lithium ion batteries they seem to only have usb slots is there a way to convert it to a 12v plug for my laptop charger? I believe the charger is 2amps. also my friend loaned me this but its not working, but what about using one of these they are about 800w, get a 1000w inverter that...
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    Yeah the more i went into it the more i saw i need to use deep cycle. But ill save that for down the line when i get my own van. Whats a good estimate of the total cost for a comfortable amount of battery? Ill do the math when its a reality. Right now i just need to look into lithiun ion...
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    Does anyone know of some sort of battery that I can plug into the cigarette outlet to charge while the van runs? since this isn't my van and I don't have a lot of money right now to set it up all professionally.
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    Patiently waiting for turtle to poke his head out of his shell!
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    my fridge is only 65w, international has batteries for 67 bucks, is one semi battery not enough to power say 125w of power overnight? and when I hook them up do I just run the 16 gauge hot and ground cables connecting all batteries in a line with the inverter being at the end and the regular...
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    Aux Batteries Questions

    Okay so I'm looking into getting some auxiliary batteries for my sprinter than I can hook up an inverter too. want to power my phone charger, laptop charger, small fridge, and some fans. So its not a crazy amount of power I'm looking to use. So I'm looking into semi truck batteries, where are...
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    What roads to not go on in nyc in sprinter van

    NYC wasn't that bad although I only drove about 15 miles after the GWB. I would go on record saying Chicago is worse. Pretty much just look at your gps and make sure it doesn't take you on any parkways and if it does theres usually a way to change your route or avoid roads. Big signs for...
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    What roads to not go on in nyc in sprinter van

    I have a 8ft 6 clearence someone told me to stay off of the parkways is there any other major roads to avoid?
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    Question about running small inverter off of ford cargo van battery?

    Well damn thats pretty disappointing lol, time to start looking for auxiliary batteries.
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    Question about running small inverter off of ford cargo van battery?

    Thanks thats disappointing but i needed to hear it
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    Question about running small inverter off of ford cargo van battery?

    So im going to be starting in a extended ford cargo van (im not sure of the year), with no extra auxiliary batteries, so i just have a few quick questions about running power off the of the vans battery. I have a 400 watt inverter, and when the van is not running i plan on running my Coleman...
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    Planet fitness or Anytime fitness better for expediting?

    Dont quote me on that, thats just what someone told me. But even if it was more it would be worth it to have them closer to interstates. It kinda seems like planet fitness is winning this from the little bit of research ive done. Plus those massage beds sound very nice on my back after a 16...
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    Planet fitness or Anytime fitness better for expediting?

    Both are 20 bucks a month, both have showers, both have workout equipment, both have thousands of gyms, thats all i really care about. so it comes down to which one works better for expediting, in other words which ones are more likely to be found near interstates? This is a long shot i know...
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    South Dakota scale houses 8000gwv must enter, do sprinters scale?

    Thanks, good advice, now do you know if there are any other states that have scale houses for less than 10k?
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