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If anyone is interested, I will likely be posting my Cargomax for sale within the next couple of weeks. I'll post it here in the EO classifieds. I am in the process of getting hired to haul crude oil in TX. Once housing has been arranged, I won't have any need for the van. Until then, it's...

So, I'm considering a TV for the van soon. I've got a few choices of where to get one...and a few questions. 1. Are the units sold in the truckstops AC or DC powered? If both are available, which do you recommend? (I have a generator and a single aux battery) 2. If I run it off an inverter...

Ok, so I've been beatin up on Sprinters a bit lately. I do not own one, but I do think they are great vans, they are just expensive to work on. I also know that there are ways to save money on some of these repairs. So, hopefully, some of the guys with '07 and newer sprinters will chime in and...

I have a couple of questions for those who have ran relief loads in the past to areas effected by hurricanes like Sandy. Katrina is the only one that comes to mind for me as being one that effected such a large area. Questions: 1. I would think that there is a lot of freight going into the...

Bob Wolf's thread prompted me to start this one and make it a seperate thread for gas engines. What is the best code reader for the gas engines? Will most of them do the same thing? Would a code reader (scan tool?) Enable me to clear codes?

I've searched the old threads, but most of the battery questions seem to be for trucks. So... I need to replace the factory installed starting battery on my CargoMax. I've killed it at least a half dozen times now and it's just not got much left in it. Now that I have an auxillary battery, I...

As of right now, this is not an issue, but at some point it will be. My generator is supposed to charge the auxillary battery that I have connected to it with "a small charge intended to replace the power used while starting the generator". Yeah, that's the best description I could find on it...

I met with some friends today and while we were chatting, I noticed they had some really neat little "hooks" on their phones. Here is the website. My friends told me that the sticky tabs are amazingly strong and hold well. There is a video on the website that explains some of the...

Ok, I'm going to finish out the CargoMax bulkhead this weekend. The way I have it setup now, I'll be able to have 12' 6" for freight when I need 3 skids. I could also set this up in such a way that I would have app. 165" of space when needed. With that, I could carry 4 - 40" x 48" standard skids...

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I saw this posted in the Classifieds. I thought it might get more attention with a forum post. http://www.expeditersonline.com/classifieds/category/212/Trucks-Wanted/listings/12658/STOLEN-STRAIGHT-TRUCK.html

After looking at my company's safety score, a few things stood out to me. 1. Nearly half of the unsafe driving violations were for speeding. A good portion of those were for 1-5 mph over. A good portion of them were also issued in the state of Indiana. From my experience, we don't travel in...

I was told that the Otterbox was the best case for the Bionic but Ive not been able to find one until today....at the Petro in Girard, Oh. Not sure if others have had problems finding them or not but they have them there. I like it. It has a hard case, covered with a soft case and comes with a...

Which app do you use for scanning with your phone? I have been using "scan to pdf" with very mixed results. Lighting seems to be the difference. Does anyone have a better app or suggestions on getting consistent quality? I am using Motorola Droid Bionic. I have made a couple of real impressive...

September 11-17th being National Truck Driver Appreciation Week OVM posted this in the Load-1 forum. I thought I would bring it out here and announce it so that some of you lowly van drivers could get a head start on appreciatin the rest of us :D

So, here I sit in Edinburg, TX (just north of McAllen) at the Loves TS. I'm parked right behind the fuel islands, sitting, waiting, begging for a load, somewhat bored. I notice a couple of young men walking into the parking lot off the street. They both walk across in front of the fuel...

I need to know if I can run a Honda 2000i generator off of the vans fuel supply. Has anyone done this? If you haven't, do you know whether or not it could be done? If I could eliminate the need for an extra fuel can, I could possibly find a suitable mounting location for the generator on the...

Ok, so I've got a van now and I want to add a generator and a/c of some kind. What I like the best is the Honda 2000 and either a portable room a/c or an rv roofmount. My problem with the Honda is that I'm going to need to carry an extra fuel tank. Since these tanks are plastic, is there a...

Has anyone tried an electric fan kit? I searched for it but didn't find anything. I had a buddy that did this to Toyota p/u he had. He claimed some mpg improvement, but I don't remember how much. I think he had to manually turn his fan on and off with a toggle switch, but I'm sure you could...

I saw this in an old thread, thought I would ask about it in a new thread. Can someone explain what all is involved? What would it take to do a standard GM van?