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    A New Day About to Dawn in Expediting?

    Landstar System, Inc. made over 2 billion last year in sales. They have approximately a sales force of 1,000 and multiple agents just as described and they have had an expediting division for at least 15 years or more. I'm not sure if that is relevant to the original post but it has already...
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    Maximum GVWR

    Can anyone point me to the DOT regulation or publication that states the maximum GVWR of a vehicle that is not subject to hours of service logs?
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    Vans R Gone?

    Wow, that is no joke! I can remeber about 6 years ago when the detroiter truck stop's entire parking lot was full of vans, like 50+ vans Now maybe a dozen or so at most.
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    Cargo van's w/ over 200,000/mi

    #1 Change oil every 5k to 8k with a good quality oil #2 Keep your foot out of the petals(IE fast stops and starts) #3 Keep all fluids changed at recommended intervals #4 Do recommended tune ups and preventative maintenance #5 Keep idling to a minimum(Good sleeping bag and a fan/vent will help)...
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    Chevy 5.7 to a Chevy 6.0

    Hey all. I just recently replaced my 99 5.7L with a new 05 Chevy with the new 6.0L gaser. My question is to those of you who have made the same change, do you notice much differance in performance and maintence cost with the new engine? To me it seems to offer much more power and at the same...
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    Raised roof

    I was wondering if any of you know of a place that will install raised roofs on cargo vans? I just bought a new van and was considering raising the roof if it can be done for a good price. Thanks in advanced.
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    Sprinter / Chev Cost Comparison

    >Here are my particulars: 1 Jan 2001 thru 31 Dec 2004 > >miles driven : 374,751 >Corrective and preventive repair costs : $10,992.65 >Repair cost per mile : $.0293 HI. I am new to the board but not new to expediting. I leased on my first van with Landstar in November of 1998. It was a '99...
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