February Locations and Banter

cheri1122 · Feb 16, 2015

Turtle said:
I'm in Murray, about 70 miles west of Ft Campbell. Down here anything 4 inches or more is considered a "Major Snow Event." And it's mainly because of the lack of snow removal equipment. Everything here in town is shut down, including Murray State University.

In Florence, Y'all, where there's about 3", and all I've been hearing all day is plows & sirens. Heading up to Mi tomorrow, hope the roads are ok.

jjoerger · Feb 16, 2015

Currently near Dayton. The roads were in very poor condition. Did 45 most of the way. WK Parkway had one lane poorly plowed. Louisville was a disaster.

jelliott · Feb 16, 2015

Stay safe! If YOU determine it unsafe shut it down and let ops know right away. Your safety and the others on the road come before a piece of freight. Communication is key.

SWTexas1 · Feb 16, 2015

Spent 4 hours getting up the West Virginia turnpike, I gave up when I got to Ohio, have not seen a plow in hours.

jelliott · Feb 17, 2015

Good morning gang. Hope everyone is safe and as warm as they can be today.

ebsprintin · Feb 17, 2015

First out in Euclid, Ohio. The negative numbers work on my thermometer.

eb

jelliott · Feb 17, 2015

ebsprintin said:
First out in Euclid, Ohio. The negative numbers work on my thermometer.

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EB,

Did you get the response I sent to your message last week? I think it went back to your gmail.

ebsprintin · Feb 17, 2015

jelliott said:
EB,

Did you get the response I sent to your message last week? I think it went back to your gmail.

got it. thanks.

ebsprintin · Feb 17, 2015

set the hook on the fourth nibble in about four hours.

jelliott · Feb 17, 2015

Well as much as I hate all this harsh winter down south..... I am hopeful that it will result in some increased expedite volumes. The supply has had a pretty smooth start to the year. Truckload and specialized volumes bounced right back after the holidays. Expedite needs a "disruption" or two after holiday catch up periods for suppliers.

Well another day......another airplane!

jelliott · Feb 18, 2015

Ok. I landed safely. You can all exhale.

cherokee727 · Feb 18, 2015

jelliott said:
Ok. I landed safely. You can all exhale.

Whew was turning blue... or was that the cold?...

On our way to Georgia I will take 48 over negative

shadow7663 · Feb 18, 2015

I run the D2 Espar units in a few trucks. In my coldest experience it was -20 Temps and the D2 kept the truck very warm and I could have turned it up more but 75 was plenty. That was in a 07 Freightliner Columbia.

I did the ROI back when I bought them a few years ago, I don't remember exactly how long it took but right around 10 weeks give or take.

Also in case anyone isn't aware Espar is being sued for breaking anti-trust laws by the Government. I received some paperwork yesterday in the mail but I need to read it over next time I'm home and report back.

I'm not a big fan of ANY Espar dealer especially those in MI. I always bought my units online and did the installation myself. Very easy to do and easy to maintain.

jelliott · Feb 18, 2015

Seems like a number of people seem to love or dislike the dealers.

ebsprintin · Feb 18, 2015

i have not had problems. espar in michigan has bent over backwards to help me in the past. if espar has antitrust issues, it has to be with webasto? Webasto goes into some pretty big fleets. I'm not sure how espar could corner that market. as a customer, no problems with espar, or espar of michigan.

eb

flattop40 · Feb 18, 2015

flattop40 said:
Truck breaks down loaded. According to dealer it's the clutch went out. In an automatic? Who knew? Not me. Did not know there was a clutch in an automatic in these big trucks. IF all goes well should be back on the road by Wednesday. Estimated cost 3k give or take.

Update. It was not the clutch. Now they think it's the clutch actuator. IF this does not solve the problem next will be the trans ECM. They already warned me they did a preliminary search and they can't find one in stock and if they do need to find one the sticker price will be 4k for the part alone. Starting to wonder if I should have stayed in the sprinter class.

jelliott · Feb 18, 2015

flattop40 said:
Update. It was not the clutch. Now they think it's the clutch actuator. IF this does not solve the problem next will be the trans ECM. They already warned me they did a preliminary search and they can't find one in stock and if they do need to find one the sticker price will be 4k for the part alone. Starting to wonder if I should have stayed in the sprinter class.

Uggggghhhhh. But I would still say...NOOOOO!

Dynamite 1 · Feb 18, 2015

Where did you take it to ?

SWTexas1 · Feb 18, 2015

flattop40 said:
Update. It was not the clutch. Now they think it's the clutch actuator. IF this does not solve the problem next will be the trans ECM. They already warned me they did a preliminary search and they can't find one in stock and if they do need to find one the sticker price will be 4k for the part alone. Starting to wonder if I should have stayed in the sprinter class.

What type is it? I know that when mine went out on my 12 speed ZF automatic it took 4 weeks to get one from Germany. And yea it was about 4500