mercer transportation

. Now where did i say they call about and every load? I have been there long enough to have earned enough safety jackets to outfit a team and get a mantle clock and maxed out on tag bonus . As i said there is sometimes a reason you get those stupid calls on some loads as you call them, i never said they call about every single load on the board.

 

I wonder how the celadon stock crash might effect everyone with quality leases?? Celadon stock prices lost 65 percent of value after it was discovered they had overstated the value of used trucks under their 19th capital division which operates quality leasing. News stated they were in danger of going belly up? I wonder how that would affect folks with trucks leased? Went arrow went under , guys with. Lease trucks lost them,. If i had a quality lease i would have someone look over the lease and be asking questions

 

Be careful! The company I'm currently leased to added DriveWyze to the Qualcomm due to the number of idiots getting tickets for cruising past coops even though we have Prepass. Its extremely inaccurate especially in states that have temporary CMV inspection sites such as the Great State of Texas and the Gestapo state of New Mexico. It also regularly shows bypass at places that never bypass when open like I-85 in Georgia south of Atlanta. Plus it added a loud, irritating alert tone that goes off at least twice as you're approaching the coop. Other than those small problems it sucks and I'd recommend spending the $11 on beer.

Frank

 

Hmmmm @A21CAV that doesn't sound good . LOL but no one followed us when we bypassed the weigh station. There is a button on the Omnitracs that you can click to show an officer if they stop you for passing to show them that you were given a bypass. I'll let you all know how it goes.

 

Here is an example from our unit when they gave us the bypass:

 

I edited my post probably after your response.

I'm just not at all impressed with DriveWyze and will probably be staying with Prepass when I come over. I believe these systems are things the individual owner needs to be comfortable with.

DriveWyze had a study done that determined going from highway cruise speed to a stop or almost stopped going into a scale and then going back up to speed costs $7.38. I usually run from my home, and home terminal, in Laredo, TX to the southeast states and back to Laredo due to the consistent year round freight. My Prepass bypassed me 10 times in less than a week recently. DriveWyze showed bypass 4 times during the same week.

Frank

 

Uggghh... starter issues again.
Two weeks ago I had starter replaced at a reciever, truck failed to start, just a click sound. They were flipping out because I was back into the dock and they were busy. So, I called a roadside repair out. They load tested the batteries, checked all fuses, connections, grounds, etc.... I had done all that prior anyways. So, we decided to replace the starter. I was a little pissed because the starter on there was only a year old with less than 50k miles, but parts break things happen, it was pricey but whatever, and it fired right up.
Fast forward to yesterday, doing a 34 in TX, went to start the truck and "click" again.... check connections, etc. Volts were reading a little low, about 12v, so went next door to a Goodyear repair shop they sent over a guy, he load tested batts, all good, check connections, beat on starter with hammer etc... still nothing.
He was stumped as was I, he called over his boss. While waiting for him to show, I barred over the engine via the fan and it started right up, turn it off, click, roll the engine over, fires right up.
This morning, click again, spin the fan, and I hear the bendix return, did this over and over for about 20 minutes before it started.
I'm guessing maybe I have bad spots on the ring gear? Or possibly need to shim the starter out some.
@spyder7723 you seem to be the resident mechanic on here what's your thoughts?

 

SORRY for the above novel, lol.
I'm stressed out, I'm planning on idling the truck until I can get out from under my loads which won't be until next Wednesday... smh

 

What truck/engine do you have?

 

06 Century, Series 60 14L, 10 sp Eaton