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the Dream Van keeps on rolling. Expeditors Dream Van - Expedite Trucking Forums Dream Van - Expedite Trucking Forums Just passed the three quarter million mile mark last week and the engine has over 16,100 hrs on it. Original engine, transmission, and rear end. Engine has always used...

The dream van now has passed the half million mile mark (503,888) and 11,047.5 hours in 41 months. Total cost per mile is $.2874. What is included in that cost per mile figure? Totally paying for the van and everything I added to it, including insulation, bed system and bed, shelves, E track and...

My Dream Van just turned three years old so I thought I would update everyone on how it is doing. Maybe this will be helpful to someone thinking about buying a new van to start their career in expediting or thinking about upgrading their present van. It is strictly for information purposes and...

I was hoping to get 400,000 miles out of the original brakes on the "Dream Van"! ( http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID16/519.html) Unfortunatly I didn't quite make it. I only got 385,957. Not complaining. Another couple thousand miles would have ruined the rotors so went ahead and...

First part of this post will be for van owners but will also give some info for other truck owners also. Was talking with a fellow expeditor the other day and the subject of ball joints came up. Seems he has had to replace them on his Ford about every 100,000 miles. I am on my third van and have...

Someone mentioned, in a thread awhile back, about losing a load while out of the truck and their telephone didn't work. I've had the same problem and especially when in Canada we are afraid to go into a restaurant and sit down to eat because a lot of places up there a phone call won't come...

I've always worried about when I have to have my oil changed out on the road that the guy will either leave the plug loose or strip it out. Some of you have voiced the same fear in a thread on here. I found a oil drain valve and ordered one. Seems to be good quality and simple enough that...