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Pretty much a continuation of what part 1 said, more spoon fed crap from the ABF PR department. I have neither the interest or ambition to type four QC installments of Panther's ramblings on this subject. It took the Panther guy 41 minutes to send all 4 parts of this message. Either he is a...

Does the Colonel know about this, or is it his?

A CABOVER! Hey, you said blast away, so I did. I remember from your posts long ago that you are a COE guy and I don't image you have piloted many motor coaches with hoods. My personal observation in the past 4 or 5 years is that cabovers are now cool. I see more and more COEs on the road...

In today's 4 part fleet message concerning the sale, installment #1 hit the high points of being owned by ABF. One of these was: "Shedding A Big Debt Load." I don't know who Panther is into for this, but my guess would be the Fenway Boys. I'm also guessing that as part of the deal ABF will...

I agree. I'm thankful Bradley "More Miles" Jacobs didn't buy Panther.

Welcome! It's about time we had someone from the great state of Ohio to join our ranks.;) If you ever come across a white Chevy van with black cats, no ISO number, an E.O. sticker on the left rear door and Minnesota tags, it might be me. As for the coffee; black, straight up and a Danish chaser.

Are you related to JPExp? I noticed a familial resemblance in your avatars. To me, all you simians look alike.

Okay here goes, but first, this is looking great! Especially weight-wise. Questions: Will you be adding a roof mount wind fairing over the cab? The electrical outlet in pic. #6, where is it located and what is its purpose? More questions to follow. Keep up the excellent work and thank you...

Personally I'd stay away from any load bar that expanded mechanically. Even if you position it on the sidewall E-Track to disperse some of the force, something has to give. I use the cheap cheesy made for pickup truck load bars. Hey, they were free. I modified the ends by removing the rubber...

That's exactly why I do use a chain to pull pallets. (Full disclosure: I have never in past nor do I currently use the Power Deck System.)

I have put on a lot of miles running through Wisconsin over the years. The only times I have stopped at their scales was when placarded. I make a distinction between the word truck and van. I have never been chased down for running a badger coop. Until a few years ago Iowa signage stated...

I didn't have E-Track on the walls of my first van. When I built this van I bought new E-Track for the floor and sanded and painted the old E-Track and hung it on the walls. I ripped some 6" wide strips of ⅝" plywood. Using bolts and Tec screws I attached the plywood to the vertical wall...

Can I cyclops out on highway 61?

I agree, but don't see it happening anytime soon. Until the economy picks up and stays steady there won't be enough "real" jobs created to get these desperate people out of cargo vans and back into office buildings and factories where they belong.

I forgot I was a Zombie. That pic won me a $100 T/A gift card. Thank you Lawrence!

I haven't seen a 12% rate increase in the past two years. I haven't seen any rate increase in that past two years. I don't work for FedEx Freight nor am I an employee of any LTL carrier. The third paragraph in your linked article pretty much excludes me from getting a raise: LTL and...

Driver BBQ? I'm a meat eater but I won't cross the line into cannibalism.

I've been around the block more than once in a cargo van and have only been stopped twice. Once for displaying flammable placards and the other time was for only one headlight. What am I doing wrong or right?

I'm one of those that is TOO focused on weight and I'm not even an ex-straight truck driver! My payload weight on record with my carrier is about 200 pounds less than my legal capacity. This is so out of their realm of comprehension that it has caused some problems in the past. I imagine most...

I heard and this is second hand information, that Shane runs 70 psi all around.