Yes, thanks for the correction. Not sure what he was thinking tho, turning in front of the truck like that. We have enough 4 wheelers doing stupid...
A Friend of mine passed the scene. The patrol car was smashed to bits, he didn’t even know it was a state trooper car it was so tore up. Good the...
To clarify, I am at 2.09/M before deducting fuel which is costing me about 60 cents/mile so I can claim $1.50/mile to the truck after fuel. Last...
My bank balance goes up every month, not down. That’s what matters.
I am an O/O leased to a small carrier. All drivers self-dispatch using the board or whatever direct freight we can find. It’s totally up to us...
I recently bought a used 2015 579. The first trip I took I realized the lights were absolute junk. I bought these from Raney’s and they make a...
Drivers side fuse box under the dash by driver door. There are 4 larger relays in the center of the box, swap the heated mirror relay with the...
Just my opinion - If you don’t do any type of oil analysis how do you know your oil is bad? People who are afraid that they will ruin an engine if...
So far the 200 amp alternator is holding up just fine. I twice tried to order the 300 amp alt from finditparts.com and both times my order was...
This morning heading North to Topeka [ATTACH]
I haven’t been there since March. Last load I hauled from Niagara was $4.39/mile. I haven’t been back to the Chicago area either. Between the...
The batteries running the AC are an auxiliary setup, separate from the truck batteries. The only connection to the truck batteries is the DC/DC...
Sweet ride! ^^ If a (insert gender neutral person label here) looks hard enough there is still decent loads to be found on the spot board in dry...
^^ Thanks Jed2009 ^^ Here is an update. The 200 amp alternator doesn’t seem to recharge the batteries any faster. Still looking at 7-8 hours. I...
If you don’t mind sharing where you got them/brand/price etc…
Let me say that alternator was VERY warm when I took it off. I should have done more research on the Lithium batteries. I got 2 quotes from...
Well…. That didn’t take long. My alternator went out. That answers the question if a 160 amp will hold up. I found a 200 amp locally and put it in...
At $3400 minimum for just the Lithium batteries I had to pass. I already had $3K into this without batteries so I figured I can always add them...
I was told to consider adding rooftop solar to improve battery charging. The sales guy said it may cut charging time up to 20%. I may still add...
Having a spare alternator on hand is a great idea. I can get a 200 amp from my local truck repair shop for $400. I have heard you can get one over...
