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    Surprised with a brand new truck,

    Last night I went to sleep with 999850 miles on my truck, while my wife was drivng in the middle of the night, we were given a special blessing. Our truck was reborn and it now has LESS miles on it than when we picked it up from the dealer. As I type my odo reads 000278, a miracle! Sent from...
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    Total Choas at the FED

    Does anybody have an inside track on what's happening at FECC. It seems like the place is like a chicken with its head missing. Nobody answers the phone, hold times 10 min plus, Clink messages go unanswered. This is the worse I've seen in 8 years. I used to be on the old flat rate program, now...
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    Gelled up in Youngetown OH

    I changed a frozen fuel filter, got back rolling and wham frozen again, I limped into the TA bought some de-geller, tried to top off the tanks and couldn't cause all their fuel hoses were frozen solid as well. I guess I'm going home for the winter
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    Leaky Cargo Box

    I have lots of water coming into my box from above, yet I can't see where its coming from, I m assuming that factory roof sealing has finally crapped out. It looks to me the only reliable way to fix it is to cut all the rivets, scrape out the old caulking and reattach the sheet metal. Is this...
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    Maintence Expenses

    I just turned in my 6 mos FECC inspection, part of that is filling out a maintence record sheet. The surprising thing to me was in having spent 17.5k on maintence in the last 6 mos, running around 90k miles. My truck has about 900k miles on it and is a Hino. Any thoughts? High, Low, Par...
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    Miles for new valves

    I have 790k miles on my hino, it has started having overheatin issues. It was actin like a head gasket. To make a lon story short we pulled the head and tye gasket looked fine. They sent the head out to xray for cracks and it is fine. However the head shop said about half the valves failed to...
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    Serpantine splitting

    I have been having recurring problems with my serpantine belt splitting offf a sectction at time, my pulleys all seeem tight and they run true, this is the 3rd belt in as many months, Any ideas?
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    Express 1

    Is express 1 still in bussiness, don't see many comments on them, anymore?
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    5 Cancels in a row.

    The headline sais it all. I thought Barry fixed the economy, where is all the frieght. I'm in Tulsa BTW, delivered on Sat. Oh well. 3 were "cancels" 1 was a wieght typo, 1275lbs vrs 12750 too heavy. 1 was cancelled cause shipper wouldn't stay open another 30 minutes to allow for drive time...
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    Quoting NON Existant DOT Regs

    The DOT is a big enough PAIN , without our carriers adding to the mess with poor reading skills or just plain using the DOT as an excuse fo thir being lazy. 391.27 update driving record at least every 12 mos, not exactly on your hire date or only on the day we tell you because I'm too lazy to...
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    15 cents a mile for maint.

    Is .15 high low or average for maintenance expenses. This includes tires, oil, washs, inspections, wipers, anything that physically goes on the truck or the labor to put it there. The last two years this is how it has worked out. This seems high to me, but I don't know. I have a 2007 Hino 338...
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    TSA Stormtroopers at your home

    FECC sent out a message the other day saying that the TSA will going to our personal residences to do inspections and to verify whatever it is they verify. The message aslo instructed us to comply. Am I the only one who is bothered by this? I think the only thing TSA will verify at my house is...
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    Hurricane Run

    Today I've turned down 2 loads to nc both delivering on sat both on the coast. FECC called wondering why the TDs., I responded "Your not seriously asking me why I turned down a load heading into a cat 4 hurricane are you. . .the best case scenario on the last load is 45mph winds and blinding...
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    J robbed in Houston

    Last night the flying j on the 45 in houston was robbed by two dudes around midnight. My wife was inside doing laundry and managed to miss the thing till it was over. She continued with the laundry as swarms of cops crawled around doing whatever it is cops do when they are late for the action...
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    Hino Shocks

    I have a 2007 Hino 338 with air suspension in the rear. It has been a real ordeal trying to locate NON-OEM shocks for the thing but I have finnally done it. The fronts are Monroe M66624 The rears are Monroe 65483 I have yet to test for ride improvement, but it is nice to know I don't have to...
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    HIno Bug Screen

    I finished making a bug screen for my HINO what a pain. I think it will work though. After spending 4 hours with a specially made radiator cleaning device getting all the bugs out I figured the 4 hours making the screen I a good investment in not having to pull the front end of my tuck apart...
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    Load Checks evry 150 miles?

    FECC sent out a safty mssg saying DOT wants us to check our load in the first 50 miles and then every 150 miles after that. I have never don.e that, except with hasmat. I was under the immpresion that only applied to flat bd trucks. Are they high, or is this reg applied to evry load. This...
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    FECC BAD safety practice

    So yesterday, while sitting in between, loads, I started getting a barrage of ridiculous load offers, they came about 1 every 15 minutes. This lasted until I finally accepted one. I was in Bloomington il. Anyway most of the load offers had at least 100 miles DH, and were B loads so the rates...
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    Donvel Air Ride

    I recently installed the Donvel air bags and air controllers on my truck. The whole kit came to around 1k. I did the installation myself, it took about 10 hours, mainly because I had issues getting some old seized fittings loose. After about a week of using them I can say I wish I had heard...
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    Water Pump Life

    How many miles is typical for a class 7 diesal water pump. I have 480k
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