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RE: Is freight slow for cargo vans or is the compa Yep it's July, Ahh... summer... where the kids are agitating my dogs..... where the neighbors are having their BBQs..... when the auto workers are on vacation and bragging about all the money they made.... when you know it is July by all the...

Dave Got to tell you, one night I was parked up where I was supposed to be (accroding to some) and feel asleep. about 5 AM I was dreaming I was back on the farm in PA getting the cows ready for the milk house. About 7 AM I woke up to moos and found that a cattle truck pulled in next to me in the...

>Greg334, I m looking at 2 posts on this thread where you >claim to have done something to other people's trucks, >without their knowlege >as revenge for either parking or idling to your disliking. >Buddy Ill tell you something, one of these days you re going >to be messing around w/...

> To run ones truck makes them "ignorant", " idiot" , Lacking >in "courtisy" "rude". "ruin it for all" but you won't say >what lesson you taught him. Is it me or did everybody wake >up with a little pi$$ and viniger in their system this >morning? Yes I think the stars aligned right that...

To me complication and messes are two different things - but I see your point. I simply mean that adding one more step to get home is not a complication, it is a mess. If they wanted to make it more complicated they would create more forms, require you to use those forms, create more programs...

You know after watching the latest out of Lebanon, I have to say let Israel finish what they started. The latest is that Lebanon rejects what SoS Rice has proposed; cease fire, release of the kidnapped soldiers and no rockets fired into Israel. Rejected! I say no humanitary aid, no money, cut...

Well as everyone says, US is the problem - don't worry about it, many make is more complicated than it should be. Make sure there are no items in the truck that would be considered a weapon, drugs or items that are, well let's say not really allowed here. Make sure the prescriptions are in the...

Thanks Taz, good info.

Well the problem with that is many states (michigan for one) will not reconginize what the truck is registered as but what the sticker says on the door jam or what the upfitter's sticker says. The assumption is that you could register the truck as a 14K truck but only have a 10K GVW. I know...

I had to deal with ignorant drivers a lot. Example; I am sitting at a pilot in Georgia getting my Coffee fixed up and with signs all over the place, no bobtails no straight or box trucks, I get blocked in by an idiot in a 18 foot straight truck. He wedged his truck in the spot between me and...

I guess it is me and my ethics but I find things like making a movie about a tragity and making money off of it is wrong - regaurdless what message it carries. I won't see that movie or Oliver Stone's up and coming movie because it cheapens the memories of the people who died by the very thought...

Thanks Taz, Yes that is bleeding edge close. The 5500lbs (actually 5568lbs for the chassis I had here) includes fuel with a 35 gal tank. Add another 70lbs for the 55 gal tank. Add 1400 lbs for the box. 400 lbs for personal equipment (including driver). Add about 150 lbs for everything...

>3500? Would you even consider a standard rather than an >extended? 3500 159" WB. I would never have a smaller van.

That is my biggest fear. I already had a tire on a '65 olds pass me one day on the freeway - the problem I was driving it. After only 523,000 miles, I would think it has a lot more life left in the truck. I know of two with 750K on them and I had one '96 3500 that had 450K on it when I sold it...

I can see it now.... (cut to dream sequence) two large companies in the expediting business, FedEx and UPS. A lot of smaller companies fighting for the crumbs. What happened to PantherII? had a great IPO kick off, got in trouble over extending itself, stock tanked and they split up and part...

RE: UPS Expedite or Yellow- Roadway Expedite or(?) Talking to an UPS expediter a few months ago, I would bet that they are ramping up a campaign to focus on competing with FedEx as they have in the past. I don't think Panther is a real threat to them as much as it is to FedEx in the bigger...

Yea Phil you hit it on the head, Investment companies are just that. but the thing is when you look at successful mergers and aquistions, many are not done to turn a buck but rather leverage market share. I think that as one person said to me at GM last year says it all; for us it is about the...

Maybe I have been working for too many companies that have been taken over or merged – but my experience and pessimism comes out in threads like this. FedEx, UPS, DHL and other BIG companies are just that BIG companies, Panther can be stepped on like a bug. Each of the companies I mentioned...

Hey Taz Got another question for you if you can find it out for us. What is the weight of the box itself? Say for a 10 foot spartan box, nothing fancy? The reason I ask is that a GMC duramax cutaway chassis (139" WB) comes in a little over 5500lbs leaving a little over 4000lbs for...

Maybe Algore should take up this cause to outlaw tires?