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No Steering Wheel, No Driver, No Problem: Feds Approve First Ever Truly Driverless Vehicle - TruckersReport.com

Truth be told, I think this started a very long time ago. Checked under the cover in 2017 maybe? This is what it looked like after a good soaking with oven cleaner Better, right? :laughing: So, first I cleaned as much crud as possible with a pick, blowing it out with a can of compressed...

Situation: say I have a 33,000 GVWR straight, and the rear axle is 21,000 I add a 20,000 pusher axle I'm at a scale getting a level 1, weighed in at 40,000 lb on rears. (20k on each axle) (Magically the front is 12k on a 12k axle) What happens? Am I legal? With a tandem, am I limited to 34k...

Can't think of a better way to solidify understanding of a gearbox than to build one

Seems like there's enough stations. Build it already. 600 mile range off 30 minute charge

Dipping my toe in the water. I freely admit I know absolutely nothing about anything larger than a van. After lots of google searches, I find talk of large high torque motors + tall gears and direct drive. But those mpg (just under 12) match what I've heard the smallest straights under 26k are...

Or, how GM has made it pointless... I may have posted about this before, but this is a much more in depth article. See why I think this would make everything else outdated Moving More With Less: Why Four-Cylinders Are Coming to Full-Size Trucks

So today, it's announced that the first autonomous freight is moving for customers in Arizona. (They use humans for short haul and robot for long haul) We're all still in denial I think Uber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight customers I just wanna see the dot cop's...

Well, my Sprinter is trucking along nicely, and I still like it, but...i'm completely bored. Nothing interesting is on the horizon for 2018 either. 2019...maybe...but details are sketchy So I ran across something completely different...something interesting...and I decided to share it How...

Along with the pollution control breakdowns that afflict newer Sprinter and others. This hit me sideways, it's from a manufacturer that I made a complete break with, old or new vehicle (a junior tech forgot to fill the antifreeze in our MPV at a recall service, we were phoned to come pick it...

Insulate, that is. Here's the quick version: Decided to use Roxul stone wool in the walls, its good stuff...fill all the cavities and vapour barrier it one piece floor n ceiling too...1/2 slab of poly board under a harder thinner plywood sheet...finish the walls and ceiling with 1" polyiso R6...

So..as an independent what do I do? A quick search states the fmcsa is aware of no standalone units that are not part of a freight system...buy a qualcomm just for me and pay 40 a month?

What are you running and why? I like the prices on the Class 7s but I think a tag axle Class 8 would be more flexible. Looking specifically at a 2004 International with these specs GVW 54000 Hendrickson suspension 14000 front axle air ride 40000 rear axle 256 wheelbase. 26 ft Multivan insulated...

I don't have a straight (yet) but I noticed on the MTO website a few changes... - you now need a medical on a Class G to drive commercial trucks (10001 lb) in US as of Jul 2016 -you now need a medical on Class D as of Jan 2017 to drive in US American drivers will be rolling their eyes and...

Started with a P0204 code, which includes possible injector failure. Here's my current list of fault codes, just in the common rail module P1630-001 not found but internet says its internal ecm error P1630-002 ? P1630-004 P1630-016 immobilizer - control unit WSP immobilizer does not answer...

Somebody stop me from buying a 1990 MCI 40 ft low floor bus and turning it into a man cave!!! Saw locally for $1600, was in service up to last year I'm seeing my own bathroom/shower, heated workshop, and general all around escape the wife and kids utopia! It has a wheelchair lift for...

So I've been wondering if they will go after the vans and make a replacement for us drivers. Here's the answer I'd be more worried as a Fedex or DHL for now...but they are coming

Or at least some insider info on the trend of gas prices against natgas... My natgas van with 36 gallons capacity is taking up space. I have two italian Faber 9.1 GGE tanks expiring 2024, replacement cost $4000 ea, used who knows. Everybodys pushing ahead with the natural gas, even here in...

With all the talk of the webastos and espars, has anyone had experience with the Planar 44d? Its cheaper, Russian, and at least sounds good on paper... I'm not sure that my idea of taking a spare heater core plumbed into the existing Espar is going to heat up the uninsulated cargo area of my...