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the Dream Van keeps on rolling. Expeditors Dream Van - Expedite Trucking Forums Dream Van - Expedite Trucking Forums Just passed the three quarter million mile mark last week and the engine has over 16,100 hrs on it. Original engine, transmission, and rear end. Engine has always used...

My Sirius radio has been going off and on for weeks now. Like this morning it wouldn't work ( aquiring signal) for several hours then worked for a few hours and now is not working. Is anyone else having the problem or is my radio going bad? I know this should be in teck forum but there are more...

The dream van now has passed the half million mile mark (503,888) and 11,047.5 hours in 41 months. Total cost per mile is $.2874. What is included in that cost per mile figure? Totally paying for the van and everything I added to it, including insulation, bed system and bed, shelves, E track and...

My Dream Van just turned three years old so I thought I would update everyone on how it is doing. Maybe this will be helpful to someone thinking about buying a new van to start their career in expediting or thinking about upgrading their present van. It is strictly for information purposes and...

There is a thread on here called "Victims of our Own Success". In it there was some reference to what would move freight in the future. It reminded me of a piece I wrote in 2003 to the Virginia DOT when they first started talking of building toll only truck lanes to relieve congestion on I-81...

I was hoping to get 400,000 miles out of the original brakes on the "Dream Van"! ( http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID16/519.html) Unfortunatly I didn't quite make it. I only got 385,957. Not complaining. Another couple thousand miles would have ruined the rotors so went ahead and...

My cell phone service is very expensive to use in Canada but I have to call brokers and such to get PAPS clearance so I found this phone service that works real well for making these calls. If you use a pay phone there is a $.55 per call charge plus the per minute rate but is still cheaper than...

First part of this post will be for van owners but will also give some info for other truck owners also. Was talking with a fellow expeditor the other day and the subject of ball joints came up. Seems he has had to replace them on his Ford about every 100,000 miles. I am on my third van and have...

This website is written for RV's but I found a lot of good information I can use in expediting. http://www.rverscomputerhelp.com/index.html Dieseldoctor

Someone mentioned, in a thread awhile back, about losing a load while out of the truck and their telephone didn't work. I've had the same problem and especially when in Canada we are afraid to go into a restaurant and sit down to eat because a lot of places up there a phone call won't come...

There has been a lot of discussion about making a living with a van in the expedite business. A lot of people on this forum and that I have talked to in my travels has decided that it is very hard to make money with a van. In one post on this forum it was stated that you should never expect to...

I've always worried about when I have to have my oil changed out on the road that the guy will either leave the plug loose or strip it out. Some of you have voiced the same fear in a thread on here. I found a oil drain valve and ordered one. Seems to be good quality and simple enough that...

Have any of you guys that use Delorme Street Atlas with GPS had a problem with the GPS losing signal and stopping every once and awhile. Mine has really given me a problem. It started with 2003. Was worse with 2004. And is almost unuseable with 2005. I have tried it on three different laptops...