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Third day of Shanghai strike threatens China exports | Reuters Seems Chinese drivers have some cahones... Striking over rising fuel prices and diminishing take home pay. This could easily spread under conditions of rising inflation...Who says truck drivers will never take action?

I received a letter from Double Eagle body builders- their last day of production is Friday. Too bad- another victim of the prolonged slump... May be some good bargains available.... "During over 35 years of building the best custom sleepers we could, we have seen many ups and downs in the...

Just passing along some information that might help someone under sub-zero fueling conditions. Spent one night in Iowa last week east of Des Moines. Overnight temps were well below zero for at least three nights. I ran the motor to prevent any problems, and had 40 gallons still unboard when I...

I came across this quite by accident- trying to find some real time information about the decline in truck transport volumes over the fall period (late 3rd qtr. to present). Apparently Express-1 announced this on Nov. 19. "US premium transport service provider Express-1 Expedited is to lose...

For the joke of the day, thought some of you may want to see what B & C units look like in China. Sorry B's & C's, I had to call these two sterling units something...seems that in China, if it has wheels and runs, it can take to the roads. Only decent units I saw were some gravel-haulers and...

Saw this posted and heard a driver talking about it.... subject: Trucks Plan april 1 shutdown attentionof: news comments: see USCATTLEHAULERS for more details firstname: Dan lastname: Little streetaddress: 23396 cr 264 city: carrollton state: mo country: usa zip: 64633 telephone...

Just got back from northern China, Liaoning province to be exact. Transport in this old coal mining and steel area is primitive to say the least. I met a Brit truck driver who was trying to get his wife through British customs snafus. He and I had a great laugh over the trucks: neither of us...

Well, for all you disbelievers and confusionists, you cannot now say you didn't hear it from the "horses mouth". Finally, a little truth in advertising, from Alan Greenspan, of all people. Gates is just doing a lame cover-up for his new boss (and as the song goes, same as the old boss)...

What is the skinny on the Carolinas these days. I have been told even by a Panther team, that it is harder to get out these days. Is it possible that a lot of expediting companies has increased the competition, or is that some more regionally based ones like Nations, et al., have snatched up the...

Anyone have the correct story on passports for Canada- to U.S. border crossings? I believe we need them by Jan 2008, and there is a huge backlog to get them. An archived thread said the Fast card may be sufficient. Anyone know?

The much anticipated sale of Chrysler is a done deal. Reprinted below is the article from AP news/Yahoo. Cerberus is an equity firm that buys up assets, allegedly to make them profitable. I find the quote from the article revealing: "The prospect of a sale to a private equity firm had worried...

Really don't want to beat a dead horse but I saw this outfit on a TV news clip covering a funeral for a soldier in Kenosha yesterday. What I said earlier still stands, a bunch of 50 yr. old former disgruntled VietNam vets showing up at funerals to wave the flag. They think they were slighted, so...

Shouldn't even be thinking about a new truck, but what the Heh, I like the new Pete 384 with the High roof 70" sleeper option, etc. Available with ISM, but no C-9. I called Jon Mosier for kicks, and he says he will no longer build the 9500 with the C-9. Cat is discontinuing the C-9. Jon said...

When does a thread get pulled? This TSES & Panther thread is now so far off field, it almost has no relevance any more.

Prime example of trying to beat the rush hour:+

I made a point of reading the article mentioned in today's headlines. I thought if was a fairly accurate article. There were some factual errors regarding the increase in driving hours. The re-set provision that was long sought by The ATA means that a 70 hr/ 8 day driver could drive actualy 77...

Anyone know where to find a good used lift-axle? Question probably asked previously, but I couldn't find it.

Lions Transport is selling a (or more) Pete 387 tandem straight truck. Truck is a 2005 with about 250K kmh on its odometer. Owing on the truck is a $95,000 Canadian, or payments of $2500. Similar truck owned by McDougal said he gets about 8.5 mpg with a C13 and Meritor automatic. Check their...

Just asking: anyone ever investigated a single axle tractor and a pup trailer? I saw one FECC driver who did this. One can carry more bulk and net weight since it is at least 12/20/20 on the axles, and stay under the Heavy duty vehicle tax by plating 54 gross. You can carry more than a maxxed...

I may sell this as an APU is possibly within my reach. It works extremely well in a D unit, but I think it would move plenty of heat in a van as well. I normally close the curtain halfway so some heat moves into the cab area. It probably uses .1 gal/fuel per night. I don't even notice it in my...