The only brand new truck I've ever owned was a 2012 Freightliner Coronado with ISX Cummins that dropped a liner at 60,000 miles. Cummins would not...
Last July, I was 6'5", 247 pounds, 20 plus % body fat. I felt and looked terrible. Bought a Fitbit, started tracking my calories and macro ratios...
ELD's are just the symptom. Bad HOS regs are the actual disease.
I've heard one independent owner operator at one of these places talking to the guy in the window about lumpers. He said something to the effect...
I'm having a similar issue with a DDEC-V 14 liter Series 60. It only has the Davco for fuel filtration. Back in July put a set of injectors in it...
My '06 4900EX Lowmax is pretty light. 244" WB, 14L Detroit, 13 speed, 40K rears, 68" Stratosphere bunk, 250 gallons of fuel, 11R 22.5 rubber,...
I dumped my '08 Volvo 730 due to ridiculous emissions system problems and picked up a 2006 Western Star 4900 EX Lowmax. Yes, I know, the 14 liter...
If you run US and Canada and never want to stop, you just average 8.75 hrs/day total on duty time and you'll never have to stop. If you stay on...
With all this talk about the "Captain of the Ship" I thought I was being paged, so I'll chime in. While there are apparent privacy concerns...
I have a 2006 Western Star with 515 DDEC V. Inframe a year ago, along with new turbo. Injectors replaced two weeks ago. A few days ago my VNT...
Longest single haul one way? Surrey, British Columbia to Hartland New Brunswick. 3354 miles. Close second: Bernierville Quebec to Miramar...
Brain fart on my part. I meant Grand Forks. I haven't run the northern midwest states in a pretty long time.
I do oil changes, grease jobs, have replaced water pumps, alternators, air compressors, etc right in my driveway. Anything that requires tearing...
I wouldn't call it my favorite by any stretch of the imagination, but about 10 years ago I was running SB on I-29 in ND just north of Grand Forks...
While there is a fair amount of useful info on his show, especially on the weekend shows, I got kinda tired of the whole "if you'd like to learn...
I agree that paying $11K for a new Tripac is beyond the reach of many, but has anyone asked their local ThermoKing dealer about reman or off lease...
I've seen all kinds of stuff about Evans causing huge problems. I guess it's possible that this was the root cause of all of the problems with...
With all due respect to the fellow who asked this question, in our most populated province, Ontario, there have been problems with truck drivers...
Wow, I'm on a per mile contract hauling dry vans and my last 6 months came out to $1.45. That's all miles including deadhead. Yeah, that's in...
The easiest way to wind up with a small fortune owning and operating a truck is to start with a large fortune. That being said, at this moment I...