July Location....and Dollas!!!

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
LOL..how many men can lay claim to wearing their woman out..:p

One for sure! :D

Charging up the little weedeater..gotta finish around the pampas grass, the rock gardens and the front of the house.

Then I've got to clean off the deck again..John put sawdust all over when he planed that door..man he's got some neat tools!

I've also got to make a curtain for that door..finally get to use that material I got so long ago!:)
 

golfournut

Veteran Expediter
Well of course...if ya don't blow your own horn, no one is going to blow it for ya....LOL ...advertizing pays...:p

You at the "yard" now???

10-4 on the advertising!

In Monroe at the moment. The van is still at Espar of Mi. They expect to be done around 6pm. So I should be at the yard tonight.
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
10-4 on the advertising!

In Monroe at the moment. The van is still at Espar of Mi. They expect to be done around 6pm. So I should be at the yard tonight.

Some of the guys park in the lot by Inkster to be close to running water...;)

BUT there is a stream there and it is loaded up with skitters! I usually park over by recruiting less skitters...the shop opens around 7am IF you NEED running water...;)
 

golfournut

Veteran Expediter
Some of the guys park in the lot by Inkster to be close to running water...;)

BUT there is a stream there and it is loaded up with skitters! I usually park over by recruiting less skitters...the shop opens around 7am IF you NEED running water...;)

Thanks, don't need the water or the skitters. But gotta see Angie first thing in the morning. Then qc and signs.
Wombat will be there tonight, need to give him the new tags for the truck and get a couple of blankets from him.

Got a room at the Comfort Inn for the EXPO if anyone needs a shower.
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
Thanks, don't need the water or the skitters. But gotta see Angie first thing in the morning. Then qc and signs.
Wombat will be there tonight, need to give him the new tags for the truck and get a couple of blankets from him.

Got a room at the Comfort Inn for the EXPO if anyone needs a shower.

Thanks...I usually shower in Nicks room...but he looks to be abit crowed...I might take ya up on it....IF I make it there...
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
There is a weird thingee...even as slow as it is...and about 3 more full sized sprinters coming on the fleet.....with the rate we are paid...we can afford more OOS time...hence the fleet of active vans stays roughly the same.....IF we made less per mile..we would tend to stay out longer and have less quality of life....
 

Wolfeman68

Veteran Expediter
Fleet Owner
US Marines
There is a weird thingee...even as slow as it is...and about 3 more full sized sprinters coming on the fleet.....with the rate we are paid...we can afford more OOS time...hence the fleet of active vans stays roughly the same.....IF we made less per mile..we would tend to stay out longer and have less quality of life....

Agreed! The difference here is that there is no question that John will not put on vans/sprinters/straights he can not use effectively. We have better control over our own business. Another weird thingee....When was the last time a CEO knew how long you had been sitting???
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
There is a weird thingee...even as slow as it is...and about 3 more full sized sprinters coming on the fleet.....with the rate we are paid...we can afford more OOS time...hence the fleet of active vans stays roughly the same.....IF we made less per mile..we would tend to stay out longer and have less quality of life....


Keep talking like that m'dear and I'll hand you the checkbook. I hate paying bills anyway..*LOL*


Got the sawdust off the deck..have to power wash it because of the paint that was on the door..sticky stuff..never again will I use a latex paint on a door! Weedeater is on it's second charge. :cool:
 

Jenny

Veteran Expediter
You canstill use our room to shower. i may be a girl but i don't spend hours in the bathroom. Just gotta BYOT
 

guido4475

Not a Member
Dave did you see my new rig? :confused:

Yes I did.Looks very nice.I would love to see the actual empty weight on it, from a cat scale.I know what you said about the door sticker, but strongly think that weight is for the cutaway incomplete vehicle, and not the finished product.Reason I think of this is that my freind had the excact same truck, except a gasser, 10,000 gvw.His empty weight was close to 8,000 with very little in it.Might want to weigh it, full of fuel, with you in it.I think you may be surprised.
 

guido4475

Not a Member
Spent the last 2 days with a freind that is leased to a different carrier installing 2 side windows in the box,2 roof vents,1" think foam insulation in the ceiling, that shiny foil bubble wrap vapor barrier stuff, luan wood covering it all, painted the roof with white rust-oleum to keep it cool.It seemed to make a huge difference already, as far as keeping it cooler inside...It was fun doing all of that, even with as hot as it was outside.We had fun poking fun at each other throughout the day.At a shop now, trying to figure out my never-ending problem of the van pulling to the left, brakes applied and even when they are not...nearly everything has been done to it..They replaced the steering box, saying it has more than comfortable amount of play in it..Now, they are pulling the brakes off, checking the bearings and re-packing them, and checking so that the calipers are not hanging up, as well as the pistons in the calipers..Odd thing is, the drivers side rotor read 40 degrees hotter than the right side..Sounds like a bad bearing or caliper to me...
 

chefdennis

Veteran Expediter
I'd think a caliper hanging up and brake pad friction on the rotor..they should clean them up, lube the mounting pins and slides and makew sure that the pistons or not sticking and that should help...
 
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