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There could have been a greater result if the military effort in Afghanistan was not so restricted. There are documented intelligence of meetings of Taliban insurgents with several village leaders and the military knew of these meetings but held back attacking due to the risk of civilian...

For my gm van I did the foil bubble stuff on the walls and ceiling followed by cut styro sheets fit in between the ribbing. Over that I used a thin styro sheet over the ribs with coreplast sheeting covering all of it (coreplast is corrugated plastic sheets). The core plast is usually white but...

No Piper he sleeps on an angle and gets his feet stuck up the side of the passenger seat and leaves toe prints on the window. Rob

The banning of electronic handheld or otherwise devices while driving is taking hold across both nations. We now have 4 provinces that have a ban in place and another 3 are considering it and looking at laws to ban distracting devices. Several states already have laws so for us it is just...

I know our dispatch turns down runs for too little money. Quite often they don't even offer it to one of us. They do try to compete and I've had lots of calls for under the normal rates it is just one of those situations we face today. It seems some of the competition out there will bid low...

Oh yeah could you even imagine the Obama Trucking Regulation. 5000 pages of legalise crapolla that half of us couldn't understand and the scale guys in each state interpreting in a different manner so we get a ticket for something everywhere. Rob

The Sprinter does have a 4x4 version but it is not imported to north america as yet. Note that many euro 4x4 vehicles are not really meant for offroading but non paved roads or mountain driving. Winter tires checkout Blizzak, Toyo and Nokian. They all make a snow for the 16" rims and should...

That e-mail goes to g-mail login. I was told by several europeans that Hungarian girls are the best looking Rob

Well the speeding part may be a wee bit of a story (except on 60), but the moose and deer actually are not. The deer are bigger than a smart car and the moose are the size of an accord. Hit one of those doing over 100kph and well the damage will have you visiting one of our fine body shops for...

Current: Sprinter has 275,000 area and the flatdeck only has 40,000 miles (seems to only get short hauls, pay good but short). Old and gone: GM van had over 500,000 miles when I retired it. Rob

I'm handling manufacturing for the most part and we've been seeing an increase in activity. Unfortunately we're also seeing an incredible amount of competition as everyone is pushing for a piece of the pie. Most manufacturing is still lagging though as many companies are not upto speed with...

One of the companies I worked for used to charge pretty well. Then for several runs they suddenly had a lower price. We finally figured it out. The customer told them the price was too high so they told the mapping software to route by the shortest route and priced according to that. But we...

The MTO did a series of test inspections back awhile ago and afterwards I haven't seen really anything hinting at a specific check process. I agree with if you're speeding over 110kph then you're likely to get a ticket for speeding and for not having the limiter set. I'll presume they are...

While I agree with ovm saying it is a partnership I've found many companies do not look at things quite that way. I've been through the trucking part, courier part and found expedite to be the best overall. Unfortunately many company owners seem to have forgotten we're working with them and not...

The last year and a half have been slow for the Canadian market. There has been a glut of trucks for the freight available. The last 2 months have definitely improved for most companies as we've been seeing more activity in the industrial sector. The best indicator has been the increase in...

I would think there ought to be a place doing such in the US. There is one in Hillsburgh, Ont that has pickups towing flatbed trailers around (5 units) and his guys before the recession were doing alright. Small company doing basically hotshots but quite often they were doing backhauls as well...

Nice thing about that blue truck is you can change the plugs and the fan belt from inside and not get wet in the rain. Crane loading as well, real nice! Rob

During the last part of 08 sales the market fell apart and of course sales dropped. It appears that there were a lot of unsold 08s and of course 09s are not selling as well or in great demand so fewer around. Here we have the problem of a limited supply as most units go to the US. SO only a...

You do this because you've let those do gooders bend the governments thinking to an open minded way of thinking and doing. So instead of following the rules and making thousands of Americans work in the low paying jobs you've allowed too much flexibility and illegals get the jobs. The US has...

With income as it is my major work plan is a match and a bottle of gas! LOL! Actually just reworking the major work plan as the Sprinter needs some work in the coming weeks. Luckily I've still got the FD running to make money with so I'm not out of business if the Sprinter dies or needs work. Rob