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Choosing truck accessory products can be both fun and functional. Many truck owners use their trucks for their jobs, and therefore they often must carry the “tools of their trade” in their trucks. But for some truck owners, a truck accessory must also make a statement about their personality and their lifestyle. Whether your truck is an “oldie but goodie” or a brand new model, you can find an interior or exterior truck accessory that will enhance your ride and your experience as a truck owner and driver.

A Truck Accessory for the Interior

Are you into the latest technology? If so, you may want to install a GPS system in your truck so you never have to ask for directions or maybe a laser or radar detector so you can keep a watchful eye out. If you are a music fan, if you don’t have a CD Stereo System you might want to invest in one, or another popular truck accessory choice-a satellite radio.

The security of your truck is important as well. You can get custom steering wheel locks that match the interior of your truck, or you can get a tracking device or a car alarm or security system to deter thieves.

The final type of interior truck accessory discussed in this article is the not necessarily practical accessory. You can get a custom steering wheel or steering wheel cover, or seat covers in almost any print or fabric or leather or even beads. You can get custom floor mats or dashboard mats and even a cool gear shift handle.

Truck Accessory Choices for the Exterior

You know that having your truck look good on the outside may be more important than the inside, but there are some practical accessories for the interior that you may find useful-and some of them are designed to enhance the looks of your truck as well.

The bed of the truck is an area where many people spend money on accessorizing with a liner or a tonneau cover. You can also get racks or toppers to hold or protect your equipment if you are a professional who carries things like ladders or tools. A tool box is another accessory that can be built right into the bed of the truck to secure the items you need to transport.

Other exterior accessories include things like grilles, chrome rims or wheels, steps to the cab, or mirrors and even decals.

Eriani Doyel writes articles about Trucks. If you would like more information about choosing a truck accessory visit daytruck.com

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Many people who wish to build a truck wash, as it can be a lucrative business indeed. Yet how do you choose a location, where competition is light, traffic is not and weather and terrain benefit you? Well these is a way, now then let me take you thru the decision process of how to choose a good location by showing you an example.

Our company had looked at this particular location and later chose not to build there, but it is a good exercise in thought and location decision making indeed. Read this as a stream of thought, as that way it will give you the most ideas and the over all concept.

We have seen a need for quite sometime in Rufus, OR and/or Biggs, OR where HWY 97 meets the 84 FWY. There is traffic from Kennewick, Pascoe coming into the Dalles and Portland, which is very dirty also coming in from the Boise, Nampa area and up from Winnemuca, Reno or from Salt Lake. Traffic has been increasing over the last few years and Portland cannot handle the train traffic due to the size of the Port and the land available for additional expansion of rail track. Also in the Winter few trucks moving across the country to Seattle or Portland wish to go over the grade at Snoqualmie on 80. Traveling 80 takes you over two treacherous summits often requiring chains, whereas 84 along the river does not. Stanfield catches every direction, but Biggs is a good location too.

The only truck stop of any size is the Pilot at exit 188 and then in the outskirts of Portland on the 84 at exit 17. Leaving nearly 250 miles to 380 miles from any truck wash depending on the direction of over the road travel. Pilot has no truck wash there and the little tiny privately owned truck stops do not either. This is a terrible void and is part of the reason for all the dirty trucks coming into Portland. Portland only has three truck washes.

One on exit 17 is only open 6 am to 6 pm missing nearly all the nighttime traffic, and Blue Beacon is jammed at the Jubitz Truck Stop and JKL Truck wash, next door to Blue Beacon as in 20 feet from building to building, is an automatic rollover RYCO half and half unit, which few would approve of. Blue Beacon uses HF on all trucks and whoops, there are some real OSHA issues and aluminum dulling problems with that. If anyone out there wants to join this team from Kennewick, Biggs, Dalles, Portland, Rufus, Stanfield, Hermiston, Pendleton or Umatilla we would be interested in immediate action.

This should help you in considering all the criteria necessary when choosing a good location for a truck wash. By systematically addressing all these types of issues you should be able to pick an excellent spot for your next truck wash; so consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

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If you are an owner operator with just one truck or if you own a company with one to a thousand trucks, you are out there on the road every day trying to make money. What I am about to show you is that if you are running a Kenworth W900L, a Peterbilt 379-127, an International 9900, a Western Star 4964EX, a Freightliner Classic or any other brand truck with a hood, you are leaving money out on the road rather then in your pocket. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here to tell you that with the rising cost of fuel and the rising cost of maintaining a truck you must get creative with what you drive. In today’s truck market, you can invest in a more aerodynamic truck like a Kenworth T2000, Kenworth T600, Peterbilt 387, Freightliner Century, Freightliner Columbia or any other aerodynamic truck and you can get all of the interior features and sleeper configurations that you can get in a truck with a hood. What you get by switching to a more aerodynamic truck is INCREASED fuel mileage. Take a look at these conservative calculations.

Single Truck Owner Operator - Poor Fuel Mileage
Run one truck that averages 5.0 miles per gallon 100,000 miles per year at $2.50 per gallon.
-20,000 gallons of fuel purchased
-20,000 gallons x $2.50 per gallon = $50,000 yearly fuel cost

Single Truck Owner Operator - Improved Fuel Mileage
Increase your fuel mileage to 6.0 Miles per gallon, running 100,000 miles per year at $2.50 per gallon.
-100,000 miles/6.0 Mpg = 16,667 gallons of fuel purchased
-16,667 gallons x $2.50 per gallon = $41,667 yearly fuel cost.

Single Truck Running Team - Poor Fuel Mileage
Running one truck as a team and average 150,000 miles per year, average 5 miles per gallon at $2.50 per gallon
-30,000 gallons of fuel purchased
-30,000 gallons x $2.50 per gallon = $75,000 yearly fuel cost

Single Truck Running Team - Improved Fuel Mileage
If you increase your fuel mileage by 1 to 6.0 miles per gallon and you run 150,000 miles per year at $2.50 per gallon
-150,000 miles/6.0 Mpg = 25,000 gallons of fuel purchased.
-25,000 gallons x $2.50 per gallon = $62,500 yearly fuel cost.

Total Savings
100,000 miles per year
-5.0 Miles per gallon = $50,000
-6.0 Miles per Gallon = $41,667
-$50,000-$41,667 = $8,333 SAVINGS
150,000 miles per year
-5.0 Miles per gallon = $75,000
-6.0 miles per gallon = $62,500
-$75,000 - $62,500 = $12,500 SAVINGS

Added Benefits
By having increase fuel mileage that means you can go farther on a fuel load, which allows you to go farther for cheaper fuel. What happens if you purchase fuel for $2.48 per gallon or just .02 per gallon under the average.
100,000 miles per year = $41,333 per year for a savings of $8,667 a extra $300 in your pocket.
150,000 miles per year = $62,000 per year for a savings of $13,000, a extra $500 in your pocket.

By increasing your miles per gallon with the purchase of a more aerodynamic truck you can expect to increase your profit margin by $8500 to $15,000 per truck depending on how many miles you run per year. Please note that my example only increase your fuel mileage by 1 miles per gallon. Do the math and you will see that while your competitors are out there running trucks with a hood, you can run a more aerodynamic truck and put more money in your pocket. With the fuel savings alone, you can almost make your truck payment for the year, now wouldn’t that be nice.

To realize these savings, contact Marc Hess at http: http://www.besttruckskc.com

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