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hehe That insulation took five days. Five. Days. And they were really long, deep into the night/morning days. So much for the 3-5 hours I had planned. The deck and e-track is on the floor is one of the easiest things about outfitting a van, yet a lot of people make it really hard. If the...

Standard base GVW of the 2500 is 8550. But the high roof and extended cargo area, they come in differing weights (according to my dealer). So far, I've seen nothing definitive online, including at the official sites. For Curb, Payload and GVW I see things like NA or I see numbers that don't add...

Nothing quite like the satisfaction of a job well done. :)

Depends on the "profile" of the Qualcomm. The "profile" is the instructions that tell the QC how to behave under certain conditions, like when the ignition key is on or off. Most QC's are set with a profile that will have it go into QUIET mode a few minutes after the ignition is turned off. Look...

Well, I would mount them inside the van somewhere, if for no other reason it will keep the batteries at a reasonable temperature. Outside they get too hit, or too cold. Inside is juuuuust right. hehe Also, you want to mount the inverter as close to the batteries as possible, really close. You...

If you haul non-placardable HAZMAT, meaning placardable in amounts greater than 1000 pounds (from a single shipper), but not placardable in lesser amounts, you still have to have a HAZMAT endorsement on your CDL. Cargo van CDL's are Class C with either a HAZMAT or Passenger endorsement. A...

The problem comes from other truck drivers seeing a truck on a lot, then they think it's OK to park there, and soon the lot can turn into a truck stop. That's why they sometimes tell you to park in back, out of sight. When returning the groceries, after the manager made the phone call and got...

I don't think you'd want to have the vent open and the fan running while you are moving. Epsar of Michigan (in Romulus) also sells them. They will install them, too. Get the one with the rain sensor. Worth every penny. It has three speeds, and will draw roughly 1,2 or 4 amps depending on...

Before you jump into an 07, even a 2500, check the GVW. Many of them are greater than 10,001 pounds, which means logs and scales.

You want to keep the main batteries and the auxiliary batteries isolated from each other, so that if you draw down the aux batteries completely, your starting battery(ies) will still start the van. This is the same configuration as having a Starting Battery Bank and a House Battery Bank on a...

Saw a bumper sticker a few years ago: I may be fat, but you're ugly, and I can always go on a diet. My favorite bumper sticker of all time, though, was on the back of a pickup truck, and it can certainly be adapted for any vehicle: I got this truck for my wife. Pretty good trade, huh!

Wow. 5%-8% deadhead in expediting? Is that even possible? Is that All Miles less Loaded Miles = DH Miles, or are your deadhead figures something else? General trucking can vary wildly, but is usually less, but in expediting, 30% is a not a bad figure, about normal. Of course, the higher your...

Mine isn't secured in the bracket at all. I just insert the brackets into the e-track, then drop the load bar in when I need it. It is actually easier, IMHO, to not have the wood attached to the bracket, because of that little lever on there.

Insurance companies take in premiums, and then largely invest it into the stock market. :) Investing in the stock market involves some risk, and some parts of it are more risky than others (options, penny stocks, commodities), but it's not betting on games of chance, which is something very...

You can't. Poker machines, the slots, they are all computer controlled and they (as a group) will pay out x-number of dollars only after they (as a group) have taken in a predefined x-number of dollars. A few years ago a real nasty storm slammed into Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, taking...

"To this day the scariest thing on the earth is a little old lady from Iowa armed only with her auto-mobile." A real close second is an itty bitty Chinese woman driving a great big SUV.

Calm down, Broom. :) I don't think anyone brought up church because of you, but because the most vocal opponents against gambling tend to be the churches. They were just giving their opinions is all. It seems that you don't like casinos much, and that's fine. I'm not sure it's necessary to...

RE: Have you written or faxed your representatives A friend of mine once worked in Washington as an assistant to TN Senator Fred Thompson (the actor). Told me straight up that faxes and e-mails rarely get read, but that typed, computer printed, and legible handwritten letters, anything they had...

I can plug Van :censoredsign:, as well. Around my 3rd oil change I was up in that part of the woods after dropping off a load, and as I drove by I decided to see if they could get me in for a quick oil and filter change, including the fuel filter. They had me in and out in under half an hour. I know I...

It's gonna get real different before it gets better. It's a little dated, and contains a lot of, uhm, forward looking statements, but it's an interesting read. http://www.monthlyreview.org/0206vogel.htm