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Amen brother..... It's even more sad when those " Non Truckers", (furniture salesmen, etc.) desperately attempt to validate their existence by repeatedly reiterating their self perceived legitimacy...

The Transit will be built in Kansas City and the Chevy/GMC vans have and will be built in Wentzville, Mo... What are you talking about?

It has always been my understanding that a CDL is required to drive a truck with air brakes, regardless of it being under or over 26,000#. I was looking at a truck this weekend and the guy at the dealer swore up and down that has changed and a CDL is not required for this truck, a smaller...

Is that a directive or just some guy??

There used to be a guy from Arkansas who drove an old short bus.. He was on with Panther 5 or 6 years ago. It was in pretty rough shape when I saw it. I suspect the mileage would not be conducive to turning a profit.

If you coulda seen the bulkhead in my first van you would know why....

Several years ago I used Airtabs on my cutaway van. I realized absolutely no difference in performance or MPG.

I am researching converting a tractor to a class 8 straight truck and I am wondering how big a box can be used before the tractor frame needs to be stretched. Anybody here done this and if so what is an approximate price range for doing it?

I do use the TV rooms at some truck stops if I have to wait. Just about every town has a library. I go that route occasionally. As far as coffee, the water doesn't usually have time to freeze before I fire up the van between runs. I don't carry much food with me. I know a sleeping bag in place...

You can get a polar sleeping bag at Cabela's or Gander Mountain for around $120.00. It doesn't need fuel, ther are no moving parts to break, and it'll keep you plenty warm. I don't need to run my generator at all anymore. If it gets below 10, I just get a room.

It likely is an RV hauler. I did that for a while. Officially you are suposed to log when deadheading back, however most carriers provide magnetic signs that can be removed on the way back, giving the illusion of not being a commercial vehicle.

Go a get weight slip. all trucks are different. If you have a recycling company or feed mill near you or your home, take them there. they hardly charge anything. Most truck stops have scales also for a fee of around $ 9.00.

You could got to a discount store and buy some closeout laminate flooring. That is what I have in my cutaway van.It looks great. The current floor is a year old and still looks good. I've seen it for as little as .78 per sq. foot at Big Lots. Home Depot has deals on it all the time. It takes...

So.....you weren't trying to drum up business for this site, BUT you pasted it as an anchor link AND you created a new identity to do so...nice try.

Me too, it might be Skyraider...

I drive a cutaway van. It is an E 350 with a 12' box, 72" high. It is a single axle, single wheel and has GVW of 9600#, (empty weight of 7400), meaning it does not require logging or scaling. I get about 13 miles per gallon, vs. aproximately 16 mpg in my old van ( standard extended E350). There...

I have airtabs on my cutaway van. I don't really think they affect my gas mileage that much. I do think they they help the van to hold the road a little better in the wind though.

Just carry around a brick, that's what I do...if you have to slow down or stop it's easy enough to just kick it off the pedal...

Iveco's new van looks about the same.... YouTube - First look at new Iveco Daily Eco 2009

Trucks also carry the parts of the Draglines which "torture the timber and strip all the land" If not for the draglines there wouldn't be coal mines...