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I know you were being sarcastic. Advertising isn't cheap these days, so when you have a chance to grab some for nothing...

How many vehicles make that after costs?

Someone forgot got to tell that to our solo straights. in reality, the solos who run smart can make good money. The ones who have a "don't wanna go there" list a mile long or who always hold out for long loads are going to generally make less. There's a lot better rate per mile on those short...

How do you get that much weight in one? I have a 2500 and when I was on the road, with only a modest amount of stuff in it, I was at 8600 with about 2600 lbs. of freight. I'll agree on the mpg. Keep it at 65 and you can get over 20, but drive at 70 or higher and it's down around 18. Of...

The fridge I bought at Lowe's didn't seem to draw a lot of power. The inverter has a digital readout to tell you what it's putting out and once I unplugged everything but the fridge and it was drawing less than 100 watts. It's a 2000 watt inverter and I never came close to maxing it out even...

When I was out in a straight last year I picked up a mini fridge with a freezer at Lowe's and just ran it off an inverter. The thing worked great. I always preferred running things off the inverter to using 12v stuff. I used a 12v cooler up between the seats to keep drinks in that I could...

I have that engine in a 2002 International 4400 that I've had out since May. It has a lot of miles on it, but we did an inframe back in June and it's been going pretty good since then. If we can get another year or two out of it I'll be pretty happy.

I was running a 1000 watt in my Sprinter when I was on the road and that worked pretty well. I had plugged into that thing a laptop, printer, alarm clock, florescent light, LCD TV, PS3, and various phone chargers. Occasionally I would turn off everything else and use a Foreman grill. I never...

Maybe I'm late to this discussion, but here's my two cents. The rates on van freight are down at the moment due to too many of them in service, but I don't think the van is dead. There is always going to be a market for the service a van can provide, especially if the FMCSA knocks the driving...

It was Howes.

I'm having a curious experience with my 07 Sprinter. It seems that every time I put any kind of fuel additive in, the van will go into limp mode for about 400-500 miles and then will go back to normal. I'm thinking the van just doesn't like additives and will go into limp mode until it's out...

I have a pretty good idea what Mike is looking to do, so I will try to clarify a couple things here. Sometimes people say straight truck when talking about those small box trucks like you can rent at Ryder and whatnot that have small boxes on them and aren't always dock high. Some of those...

With a GVW like that, it sounds like it might be ok for courier type stuff, but not any serious expediting, especially the way things are going these days with more smaller loads being combined.

I don't know about older ones, but I have a 2007 and it has the temperature settings on the nob. I have pretty much not moved mine off 72 for about the last year and it seems to do fine. I have noticed that the vents on the top of the dash do blow cooler though. I wonder what's up with that.

I think a lot of times they just don't want to mess with a van even though they can handle it. When I book loads, I'm always sure to specify with the broker if the vehicle is not dock high so they can make sure with the shipper and receiver. I've booked loads that a dock high was requested but...

In my experience the advantage of the Sprinter is the height. I haul a lot of tall stuff that can't go in a smaller van, a lot of good paying c unit stuff.

I have the 170" extended, the long and tall one, and I don't have any trouble with city driving. It really handles like a smaller vehicle. That whole third skid thing is debatable. I have mine set up with 12' for cargo, but since I'm independent I get a lot of unconventional loads that use...

I think the dirty word filter is pretty funny how it will block letters within a word instead of just looking for the word on its own. And it's not like this word is really a cuss word. What about a rooster or something you do with a gun?

I have an '07, 170" wb extended. Before I put in my sleeper I had 15', 6" of cargo space. I measured 12' from the end and built the wall there, leaving me slightly over 40" for the sleeper. I attached a frame along the bulkhead wall and got a small mattress. The bed is 25" wide, which leaves...

Same here. I've had mine a week short of a year and have 112k miles. So far just routine maintenance and a new set of tires. It's been a very good van so far. I drove an E-350 for a year before I got the Sprinter. I had no complaints about it other than it being shorter and I couldn't...