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We received a call this week from the man who bought our truck last year. He said that since buying the truck he has replaced some ABS sensors and later had a brake job done. Other than that, it has been normal maintenance and nothing else. The truck now has 940,000 miles on it and it still runs...

Truck design continues to evolve. Story/photos here Note that it will not be long until the driver part of this truck (the cab and sleeper) are made unnecessary because the truck will drive itself. And with that gone, the power train can be placed under the trailer make it not a self-driving...

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A friend (not an expediter) recently bought a used box truck that he intends to vinyl wrap to use as a mobile billboard to promote his retail business. While this has nothing to do with FedEx, I know that a lot of FedEx Custom Critical drivers have gained some experience with vinyl wrap. I am...

We completed our Landstar TVAL qualification in Fort Wayne this morning. Everything is good. Being close, we headed next to our favorite and trusted Volvo dealer to have a transmission quirk checked out. It turned out to be more than a quirk. Diagnosis: clutch. I guess we should not be too...

Diane and I purchased our truck new in June, 2006. Last night, the odometer passed 750,000 miles. We love the truck as much today as when it was first put in service and would change very little if we were able to do the custom build over again. It still happens every now and then that someone...

MAN unveils super-streamlined semi truck. Story here

While at ARI today (ARI Legacy Sleepers, Shipshewana, Ind.), Diane and I saw one of their new high-rise sleepers under construction. They debuted their new design at the Mid-America Trucking Show (Louisville) this year. It has been a long time coming but ARI is now building walk-through sleepers...

From CNBC: Bankrupcy as an Option at Navistar?

Seen parked in in a store lot in Las Vegas.

There was a bit of excitement at the truck stop this morning. A driver tried to force his way into a parking spot and had not a driver in the adjacent spot laid on his air horn, a crash would have happened for sure. The errant driver continued to have problems so the driver of the parked truck...

Diane and I are laid over in winter weather, waiting to pick up on Monday. The temp dropped to +8 degrees overnight, which is not severe but cold enough to start worrying about the water freezing up in the sleeper water tanks, hot water heater, pipes, toilet, etc. This morning I did something...

We bought eight new drive tires yesterday. Once ready to swap eight dual drive tires for four Michelin super singles (Michelin X One), we ended up going once again with dual drives. The reason was simple. Michelin could not deliver the X One tires. We ordered them weeks in advance but no tires...

Reports of generator (APU) issues regularly surrace here. Clocking our 5,000th trouble-free hour on our generator got me to thinking that it might be nice to hear some generator success stories. They would be useful to people considering a generator purchase. Our Onan Quiet Diesel 7500...

Since having a Carrier reefer installed on our new truck in 2006, our reefer dealer of choice has been Crow's Truck Services in Memphis, TN. Crow's remains so today. Their service has been competent, friendly and fairly priced. We know of one driver that says, "No one touches my reefer but...

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We drove across the Mojave desert yesterday afternoon, The outside temp ranged from 105 F to 113 F as we drove. This is the hottest temp we have encountered for an extended period of time since we got into this truck. I was in the sleeper with the curtain closed and unaware of the outside temp...

No special points made here, just thinking out loud. An acquaintance recently told me he replaced the ring gear in one of his trucks to change his rear axle ratio. The change was intended to improve the truck's fuel economy. This was a recent change and he had no new mpg numbers to report. He...

I spotted this truck at a Flying J in Wisconsin the other day. Got a chance for a few quick photos but not to chat with the driver. Whoever thought this one up is an original thinker indeed. I kinda like it.