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Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes No I'm not. :P Yes, folks, it's a different breed of truck driver out there these days. hehe To do is to be. -Descartes To be is to do. -Voltaire Do be do be do. -Frank Sinatra

My cargo is always empty auto part tubs. If I were in a truck, it would always be paper rolls. ;)

Most carriers, Panther included, will flat out dispatch around a van to keep their straight truck moving, and not think twice about it. Vans are a dime a dozen, but they will protect their straight trucks. And it happens even more frequently when freight is slow. Van drivers who don't understand...

talkinghorse43: Mine is a 2005, so I don't have a copy of the 2006 manual. But I do know that there were essentially no differences of consequence between the 2005 and 2006 models. However, there may very well be a computer programming difference in the 2006 models that let the OQS (Oil Quality...

"I think you mean semantically," he said pedantically

Well, you can stand up for your principles and advance your agenda without being rude and petty about it. If common courtesy and simple Golden Rule manners is "sleeping with the enemy", where's my bunk? Incidentally, munging someone's screen name in an attempt at degrading satire is a lame...

"If you're referring to the Mopar oil PN 04798231AD 15w40 MB spec 228.3 listed on p298 of the '06 owner's manual, I don't think that's Mobil 1 0w40. Looks more like a clone of Shell Rotella T Miltigrade." Yeah, that Mopar part number is, actually, Shell Rotella T Multigrade 15W-40. That's for...

The Ides of March will be performing at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, IL on March 30th. Other upcoming tour dates for the local Chicago boys... 5/18/07 - Elgin, IL - World Stage Event @ Hemmens Cultural Arts Center 5/19/07 - Franklin Park , IL - Railroad Daze 6/9/07 - Elmhurst, IL...

Loaded, loaded, loaded, about $75,000, but that's really loaded, loaded, loaded as in an RV. hehe Loaded, loaded, loaded with the Expediter Package, turn-key, ready to go, complete with bunk, bulkhead and appliances, (Caldwell Dodge, Greigers, etc) about $44,000. Bare-bones, about $36,000...

The Sprinter computer is programmed so that, basically, you can have an accurate odometer and an inaccurate speedometer, or an accurate speedometer and an inaccurate odometer. It all depends on whether your Sprinter's ECM was programmed for 15" or 16" wheels. If you Sprinter has 15" wheels...

Good example. Notice that table has no Curb Weights at all listed. If you look at the standard and maximum weights of the 2500 170-in and EXT versions, they kind of don't make sense, but when you compare those to the curb weights listed in other published tables, they simply don't even add up.

>Turtle, most I feel don't give a rats a$$ if you get it or >not, or, read it or not. most I feel don't? Good example. Thanks. :)

There is nothing particularly extraordinary about the accident, at least insofar as the Panther truck's involvement in it. These were two separate and distinct accidents. If the published account is true, then the Panther truck was following too closely, and caused a rear-end collision of the...

Jes tell em if'n their peabrain gets hot decipher'in, quit reading. Not a big deal... Not a big deal, unless, of course, you want them to understand what you are trying to convey.x(

weel ok greg i guess as long as i no whatim saying then however i tipe it shood be good enuff and ne1 who reeds it shood also no what i mean.no need to make readble or any of that noncents wenits pufecty clear wat im taking about to everboby who reds it.reminds me of whn i has my tires rtate the...

I agree. And this certainly isn't unique to this forum or to truckers. It's an Internet-wide pandemic. Communication is simply imparting information. When it's not received or understood by anyone, it's one-way communication, and when you're trying to get others to understand what you are...

I've never driven for them, so don't take my comments with a grain of salt, take them with the entire salt lick. Landstar seems to keep its drivers moving, according to comments from Landstar drivers. They apparently have a relatively low turnover rate, especially for vans. Once drivers sign...

I dunno. I had three dry run cancels within 90 minutes. Had started to roll on every one of them, too. Easiest deuce and a quarter I ever made. :)

If you don't want to start out driving for a fleet owner first, if you are hellbent on getting your own truck and doing it for yourself, with an $1,100 a month note (yikes!) then don't even turn the key to start the engine unless you have a minimum of 5 grand in the bank. I mean it. There will...

Well, that's the thing. They don't explain how you get to the optional GVW. In previous models years they had tables laid out that showed the relationships between empty weight, payload capacity and GVW, for each length and height, so you could see exactly what you are getting, and it showed...