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    GPS - Mapping Tool?

    Sorry for not thank all of you sooner. Got tied up at LibrePlanet conference in Boston. So far it's Google Maps, and a Rand McNally Nationwide paper book moving me around. My van does not have any windows in the cargo area and I am planning to put some cameras on it to help me out with that...
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    GPS - Mapping Tool?

    Thinking of GPS system for being on the road. Have always used my phone and Google with good level of satisfaction but wondering if it is what the pro's use. Did search on GPS here, not a good thing, to generic, to many, whatever... Thoughts? For benchmarking some category nomenclature...
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    2015 Ford Transit Maintenance Costs

    Moot, thanks for this data. Timing for me is perfect, just bought 2016 HR EL eco and am working the forecast spreadsheet I used to try and get a handle on what expenses might look like, now with ownership, I am looking to be more precise. These numbers are GREAT! BTW, what is "guibo"...
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    Jan..2017 locations & more

    Old post in the current conversation but..... newbie here, just catching up January posting, & learning from you all.... Let's see: Likewise here.... got called at 9.30 pm(c) Central Time Zone (easy folks,I need the ez ones to prop up me ego);) and offered a 275 DH $275 for Dead Heading...
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    Blue Jeans/Oxford White ChicB4Egg?

    Oooops.... thought I knew what I was doing, NOT, and came back to see the update and saw the btw, Jimmy Wales dangling... Meant to be Jimbo, B.D.F.L. provided me the opportunity to get reminded of who Typhoid Mary was, just in case I found it necessary to defend my position of carrier...
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    Blue Jeans/Oxford White ChicB4Egg?

    xiggi, thanks for the vote, been reading your stuff for a while now and value your POV. ...big majority of carriers... is the kinda statement I was fishing for. As a newbie I have heard how the color of vehicle can matter, tied with my own awareness filter driving down the road, I see only the...
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    Blue Jeans/Oxford White ChicB4Egg?

    Chicken before the egg? Carrier before van, van before carrier - newbie stumbling along here.... About to do the purchase of the van, maybe a factory order which would mean maybe March delivery. If I go that route, I really like the Blue Jeans color Ford has for the transit. Now checking the...
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    Truck Speed Limiters Proposed by Feds

    Hmmmm.... are they forgetting the id plate on the vehicle, licensing process, DOT and other regs, and the basic physics that are used by the engineers to design the heat dissipation system within the parameters their trucks are designed around? Lotta time has passed using existing limits so...
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    A LOT of Truckers may fall in these early recommendations for a Sleep Apnea Test

    Very interesting for me, this topic as it combines many of the elements that are attracting me to join in on this Expediter thing not the least of which are the conversations and interesting thoughts that I have been exposed to here in the culture that has been created by all of you, I also am...
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    Buying sprinter vs 10-14k GVWR box truck?

    Here is a video of a rental company that shows a guy with a tape measure and a long, tall, 170" wb. I believe it is 2010 and guessing same, same as 2016 body too?
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