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only 4 pillows on my bed. the two sleepers and the two backrests. i thought the showy pillows were for the guest room. Jack Berry

my wife informed me when we moved together that....'a towel has two sides. you dry one on the outsid eand use the inside the next day' okay i'm not that much a guy i can't do that. she has really nice hair towels as she has really nice thick hair. mine is gone so i shave the stubble and then...

i know a guy who works fopr amoco, or is it bp, i their research dept in hinsdale il. he told me once that the best oil to buy for your vehicle was the one on sale. i have not seen him in years but would like to get his opinion on the synth vs reg. debate. Jack Berry

never had a prob going into canada on the bridge in my car in my racing days. u.s. customs a little tuffer but that was the 80's and early 90's. had a v dub camper engine give up on me near lomdon ont. and spent the night. got a greyhound to the det airport the next day with a bunch of brit...

i guess one would expect parrots in fla but outside the terminal, in the coconut trees, in sarasota, is a large noisy family. Jack Berry

ovm, ALL my mb engines are old. the youngest has 170k on it. they are diesel cars. most everyone on the www.mercedesshop.com forum suggests the m 1. some use rotella. i will look for the 5-30 soon. Jack Berry

i have been using 5w-30 mob 1 in my mb engines. i think recently mobil changed the synthetic to 0w-40. Jack Berry

transportation topics is back in the office. from the latest issue, there will be lower energy per gallon of fuel with the sulpher stripped out. volvo says they have seen a 3% decrease in energy from ulsd. celadon says they see a 2% decrease. tony geizler of volvo says a 2% power loss is a...

RE: looking to move my truck to smaller company ne i heard this come up at work today. the airfrt/expedite chick said that p2 had 1250 trucks and picked up another 300+ with the acquisition. she said fecc still has over 4x more trucks but also 4x the price and out of our range. landstar, e1...

common courtesy disappeared with personal resposibility Jack Berry

if it ain't dark it ain't choclate, or beer for that matter. Jack Berry

last week while shutting down i was trying to back up the large ss i was working on to the thumb drive. as i click and dragged to the usb memory stick the words ss write protected came up and the transfer stumbled. huh i thought . i didn't write protect it. so i try to shut down and the image of...

yes to no recaps on steers. everything else is good. i was westbound heading to madison one morning and was being showered by the truck in front of me by small pieces of hot disintegrating rubber. i was about 100 ft behind him trying to decide what to do when the thought of a carcass in front...

thanks. guess that dealer was lucky in the past. Jack Berry

check the archeives, check the archeives, check the archeives. seems there is a hard time getting d-max and sprinter simple maintainence items.....like filters from anywhere except a dealer and then only thru an act of congress. haven't read anything bad about ford parts yet. i am like you...

when i was driving a schoolbus i was told in training.....it doesn't matter how much horn blowing the car behind you does, you are responsible for your safety and the childrens safety. there was a light in town that just does not like to change and i sat there quite a while many times. Jack Berry

sorry i know this is a van and straight truck forum but i don't know where else to ask this question. i am aware of both 9 and 10 ft stepdecks. is there an 11 ft stepdeck? all of the truck comp. brochures we have indicate 9 and 10 as std. is 11 spec equip? once again sorry to post t/t stuff...

i keep seeing this on threads. it is obvious to me that a van, ford, gmc or sprinter is not dock high unless you use an off road lift kit. i'm guesing that dock high is only a ref to straight trucks or do some of you carry ramps to load down to your level? most of the warehouses i have worked...

i keep reading and re reading this thread. ldb had a legit concern about how the two wheels will help with the load carrying not to mention the onroad flat. i have to add that they are also there for stability when cornering, either in the city or on a country road. they may add rolling...

http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID2/1900.html this was explained here. also look for the intro to expediting articles by phil(a team) posted lower down on this page. hey mods wanna make that a sticky in this section? Jack Berry