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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...

Our work was done by the ARI guys in the ARI shop.

If research was done to create a list of top ten topics in the Open Forum, I'm pretty sure pee would be on it.

We found out nothing. Wires were inspected. Connections and grounds were cleaned. Continuity was tested while wiggling the wires in question. The generator ran fine before it went in the shop and is running fine now. The no-start situation cannot be recreated so further diagnosis is not...

Incidents like these, sadly, are not uncommon. If you report that driver to his carrier, the carrier may or may not act on the report. If it does act, the actions may or may not be significant. But even if a carrier terminated the guy and told him why, it may or may not happen that he actually...

How often is the evacuation/refill done?

We're in the ARI service bay now with the generator out of the truck and the panels removed. It has been in the truck for six years and has provided 11,500 hours of nearly trouble-free service (fuel pump warranty replace in first weeks after install, belt replacement done myself, exhaust flex...

Can you clarify the terms? The words "APU" (auxiliary power unit) and "generator" are often used interchangeably.

Truck writers who actually live and work on the road are rare. Welcome aboard, Sandy!

There are several proponents in the Open Forum of using nitrogen in your truck and van tires. The thought came to mind today of buying a small nitrogen generator to put in your truck and then do what the tire dealers do; charge a few bucks to put nitrogen in people's tires. Feasible? Yes or no?

Me too. We're getting truck done in Fort Wayne today and will be at ARI tomorrow. We're going to remove the generator from the truck, open the panels and inspect the wiring and connections. While it is off the truck, we will replace all hoses. While the generator still runs quiet enough for...

Make sure the dealership is documenting everything well. Keep the parts. Get photos if you can. Reconstruct the events while they are fresh in your mind and write them down (events, dates, times, talked to, etc.). Look into small claims court before going with an attorney. Small claims courts...

The customer prepares international shipment paperwork and uses a customs broker (usually). We deal with the brokers directly. If an ACE manifest is needed, we make a phone call to Landstar and one is immediately faxed or e-mailed to the truck (we have in-truck fax and e-mail capability)...

The same can be said of Landstar agents, and Landstar is a large carrier (over 8,000 trucks). Landstar Express America, the expedite part of Landstar has just over 250 trucks but the agents generally operate the same way. Their offices are busiest during normal business hours. Some agencies...

I'm open to all ideas. Why do you suspect the starter? Except for the times the generator would not start and I wiggled the wires, the starter seemed to work fine. I'm suspecting corrosion myself.

It's the weekend and we need to get to ARI now. Most agents do not work on the weekends. Ours is a small truck (16 foot box). That limits directional freight options. If you are willing to wait long enough, you can probably find something but we do not have the luxury of time now. We did...

Diane and I are not fed up and disgusted but today we have our own generator tale of woe to tell. After 11,500 trouble-free hours on our Onan Quiet Diesel 7500 generator, an issue has developed that now has us going out of service and deadheading 550 miles to resolve. This is the first time in...

People from winter states are familiar with head bolt heaters. They keep an engine warm when plugged into an electrical outlet. When we spec'ed our Volvo, it was ordered with a head bolt heater and oil pan heater. When the sleeper was installed, the heaters were wired into the generator. To turn...

I saw the Ty-Gard2000 freight securement system for the first time yesterday at a shipping/receiving dock where Diane and I picked up freight. It is not something expediters would likely use but the demonsration video is interesting just the same. The shipper told me they use this product when...

Re: Progressive Insurance refuses to pay claim and pays lawyer to defend the other dr Your words seem to suggest that I was/am an attorney. In that you were wrong and that's why your remarks made no sense to me. I know nothing about the case mentioned in the original post and have no comments...