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I use a motorola 350 unit for the phone and for the most part is not too bad. maxed the volume so as to hear over noise in the van but it is better in the st. I'm going to try it on the radio next as it's supposed to work with it as well. I have about 3 headsets which i like better except for...

Everyone is getting r&r right now. We sleep over half the day (rest) and then get up and walk to whereever to releive and stuff our faces and to stretch the muscles and then we get out the lawn chairs and watch traffic on the highway and the four wheeler antics (the other R). Rob

In my case I work on a percentage so the carrier gets a piece of everything charged for, waiting, cancellations, handbomb, etc. Not necessarily the fairest but a lot easier for their bookkeeping. Rob

No they meet at an internet cafe, have a granola bar and an energy drink and challege each other online. No pie near the keyboards, makes them sticky! Rob

Re caterpillar and expedite loads... Cat still offers the 24hr delivery of parts for the machines under warranty. The problem right now is that Cat and Deere and other equipment mfrs have a lack of new sales and the fact that many customers are hardly utilizing the equipment they bought last...

I don't know if it's my imagination or not but over the last few months I've noticed more trucks with graffitti all over them. Most of it is bad but the odd one is done by someone with some talent. I know some of these trucks are parked in industrial areas but no fence or gates to keep out...

Glad ur doing good. I'm with a small carrier as well and prefer it to the larger ones. While it is noticably slower we are still a growing company and so far I've been able to keep rolling. I do admit though having 2 trucks is really helping out. Rob

I got one of those inexpensive electrical crimpers and I also picked up a variety of spade connectors (m/f). The spade connectors are great for splices and better. Crimp a connector on each end and slide together. One other thing I picked up was a few different sizes of heat shrink cover. I...

In response to the header of think before getting into this business in a van.. well right now it is not a good idea unless you know the carrier you're joining has some business and can keep you moving (not likely in the current environment). It is hard out here and every company is feeling...

For those of you with a laptop you can obtain the software to read the scan codes from the ecm and flash it to change the speed limiter settings (well for most vehicles). It only takes a matter of a minute to do. The software, a cable to connect and that's it for many. Cost should be less than...

It appears that at least someone is enterprising enough to take the cal freight from those who don't want to go that far (few of us). The canadian freight reference is another factor as dynamex, adco, k-dac, roaring express etc will gladly haul it across the border for you and make something on...

The man cave by piper... dark dank and always smells freshly oiled! Rob

I used to be ops manager at a couple of sameday rush courier companies. Theindustry norm was an average of 10% of the fleet would be down for sickness, repairs, court dates etc. So normal hiring practice was based on a 10% overage of vehicles to compensate for the down vehicles. But where...

That's the math used by the companies to calculate their share and regular math for our share! Rob

Southern Ontario is where... it's a balmy +3 outside, compared to -30 of earlier in the week that's warm! Shorts time..... Rob

I've noticed on a couple of vehicles it is the spring pressure. These newer blade arms seem to have weaker springs than back in the past. Of course one minor problem with increasing the spring pressure is to not let the blade drop back onto the windshield from max height out as the cheaper...

I looked at getting one but decided on a oil pan heater instead. Sure makes the engine quiet down fast after starting. Would be nice to have a block heater but so far not been a problem. Rob

Yes definitely look at the policy before taking it on. Over several years some brokers here were just asking cursory questions at renewal time and then issuing policies. They would happily announce to you the customer that your rates either stayed the same or went up less than 10%. Wow...

Would it be possible to install a line with an inline electric fuel pump to take fuel from the reffer tank and pump it into the main fuel tanks? Separate switch etc for the pump that you use only when necessary. But would this work? Rob

Yeah we have a lot of taxes so canucks do try to avoid them. I used to have customers come into my store and ask how much for an item for cash and no taxes. But they failed to realize that I still had to report the sales some where and the taxes. I really laugh at some drivers (o/o) I see at...