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Stretch sprinter

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Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
Brisco said:
Question I have is......What in the Heck are they putting under the hood of these things to handle the extra weight involved in this customization???

I mean.......all Sprinters come with are itty bitty 5-6 cylinder rubber-banded high maintenance diesel engines that perform well UP TO the limitations the truck was built for. (Under 10K) Now here you add extra steel to the frame and body......extra conveniences on the inside (Fridges - TV's - Seating - Etc).......and then make it a 22 Passenger "Bus"......so to speak. 22 People......AND the Driver......could easily add 3-4,000 pounds alone to that vehicles overall weight when fully loaded.

As with having a Vortec V6 in a Full Size Chevrolet Truck....(an UNDERPOWERED Vehicle).....I would HATE to be the driver of this Sprinter when Fully Loaded trying to climb a small 2 mile 2% Grade trying to get over a Hill somewhere in say Los Angeles. Talk about hitting a top speed of 35MPH at the Summit of that Hill in a 65MPH speed zone!!!

Also..........as poorly as this things are made with the Pepsi-Coke Can thin steel they're all wrapped in...........I would hate to imagine the aftermath if one of these things were ever to roll in an accident fully loaded with passengers and all.

In Other Words..............No Thank You. I would Never own such a stretched Sprinter.........Nor would I ever ride in one either.
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It would be better than the stretch VW Beetle I saw the other day!
 
tknight

tknight

Veteran Expediter
Probably have fun with their books and calculators trying to figure it out or maybe just turn and look away cause its too much work to do! Crap shoot either way.
 
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blizzard2014

Veteran Expediter
Driver
Why do you guys keep on trying to make the cargo van industry standards higher? If you want to haul more than three skids, and 3000 pounds, why don't you just get into a straight truck? You can't have it both ways. You're either a cargo van, sprinter, or straight truck driver. I personally prefer to drive a two skid cargo van. Look at some of the rates that are being offered for sprinter vans.

I recently saw an advertisement where a company was saying that their sprinter van freight is averaging at right around 95 CPM. How can you afford to drive a sprinter van for 95 CPM? I guess these types of debates will continue on for years to come. Once, when I was a driver trainer for Swift, we went over a bump in the road, and the trainee asked me what we ran over. I smiled at him and said, we just ran over a high top sprinter! J/K. I got that from the movie Blackdog.
 
xiggi

xiggi

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
blizzard said:
Why do you guys keep on trying to make the cargo van industry standards higher? If you want to haul more than three skids, and 3000 pounds, why don't you just get into a straight truck? You can't have it both ways. You're either a cargo van, sprinter, or straight truck driver. I personally prefer to drive a two skid cargo van. Look at some of the rates that are being offered for sprinter vans.

I recently saw an advertisement where a company was saying that their sprinter van freight is averaging at right around 95 CPM. How can you afford to drive a sprinter van for 95 CPM? I guess these types of debates will continue on for years to come. Once, when I was a driver trainer for Swift, we went over a bump in the road, and the trainee asked me what we ran over. I smiled at him and said, we just ran over a high top sprinter! J/K. I got that from the movie Blackdog.
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Not sure where you even got that impression from these posts.

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blizzard2014

Veteran Expediter
Driver
xiggi said:
Not sure where you even got that impression from these posts.

Sent from my Fisher Price ABC-123.
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Well, you guys are talking about putting 6 skids in that stretch sprinter and running it round the clock lol. Just makes me think of who is going to buy one and roll it out onto the expedite fronteir.
 
xiggi

xiggi

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
blizzard said:
Well, you guys are talking about putting 6 skids in that stretch sprinter and running it round the clock lol. Just makes me think of who is going to buy one and roll it out onto the expedite fronteir.
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I think their just having fun with it.

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guido4475

guido4475

Not a Member
blizzard said:
Why do you guys keep on trying to make the cargo van industry standards higher? If you want to haul more than three skids, and 3000 pounds, why don't you just get into a straight truck? You can't have it both ways. You're either a cargo van, sprinter, or straight truck driver. I personally prefer to drive a two skid cargo van. Look at some of the rates that are being offered for sprinter vans.

I recently saw an advertisement where a company was saying that their sprinter van freight is averaging at right around 95 CPM. How can you afford to drive a sprinter van for 95 CPM? I guess these types of debates will continue on for years to come. Once, when I was a driver trainer for Swift, we went over a bump in the road, and the trainee asked me what we ran over. I smiled at him and said, we just ran over a high top sprinter! J/K. I got that from the movie Blackdog.
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As off topic as this is, I agree with you 2000%. Why do carriers try to overload these vans, as well as the drivers who drive them? I personally think the carriers are charging straight truck rates on some of them, and trying to load them onto the lower paying van/cube/sprinter.

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xiggi

xiggi

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
blizzard said:
Wouldn't it be a trip though if you actually saw one of those pulling up to the shipper? Especially if it has Express-1 logos on it lol.
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Or painted yellow with no logos.

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Lawrence

Lawrence

Founder
Staff member
BigBusBob said:
Having part in the tour bus and limo world as well as trucking... Sprinters are becoming widely used for "Executive Transportation" as some are calling it. They raise the roofs, put a bunch of leather in the back and basically make them fancy little limo's that can in some cases be able to be stood up inside of. The stretched sprinters are usually not this long however. Sprinters are usually not as long as a stretched limo and therefore a little easier to maneuver, especially with the cab forward design and front axle placement. I've heard mixed reviews on their comfort levels though. Interesting photo none the less. Sure would make for an interesting expediter, even if it was 5 or 10 feet shorter.

BigBusBob
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Good to see BigBusBob kicking it!!!
 
Lawrence

Lawrence

Founder
Staff member
Notanewbie said:
Ok, then in fun I think Lawrence should buy one and shuttle his moderators around to place like Las Vegas and Daytona for spring break .... how's that for fun?
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Daytona?

Okay, I can see it now....

EXPEDITERS GONE WILD! (Be afraid, very afraid!)
 
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blizzard2014

Veteran Expediter
Driver
xiggi said:
Or painted yellow with no logos.

Sent from my Fisher Price ABC-123.
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I used to drive limo in russia, now I come America and build stretch sprinter in garage, I paint it yellow like banana, and I can take six skid from Laredo to Detriot for fiftys cents per mile. America is great! Sometimes load pay fiftytwos cents per mile and I can stop and order dinner from Macdoland's dollar menue. At these times I really love United State Of America.
 
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coalminer

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
I wonder what the turning radius is on that thing.....


Once the Promaster starts showing up on the road, the limo makers will have a vehicle much easier to stretch, since it will be front wheel drive.
 
littlejoe

littlejoe

Veteran Expediter
coalminer said:
I wonder what the turning radius is on that thing.....


Once the Promaster starts showing up on the road, the limo makers will have a vehicle much easier to stretch, since it will be front wheel drive.
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Useless as teats on a boar hog in snow

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