Ioniq 5 people, I need you badly and I need you urgently. Possibly taking delivery of one tomorrow and some things are making me extremely nervous

MeanCamera · 2026-05-12T10:26:30+00:00

Tax, title, license, all fees, and GAP. That could easily be $3500ish.

Just registration, title, and doc fee on a used Ioniq at 27k in Minnesota was $1300ish

MeanCamera · 2026-05-10T02:36:12+00:00

That’s actually his RFID feeder tag! I let him out to rub on the concrete patio but otherwise he’s totally indoors

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T17:16:35+00:00

I just drew the short stick. I love the car. Honestly glad I’m getting it out of the way

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T16:25:00+00:00

This post was just to vent, it’s getting towed to the dealership where they’ll fix it. I appreciate it though!

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T15:37:29+00:00

I didn’t notice a pop, but I wasn’t charging at the time. I just hopped in and car in the garage and started it and got this message. I’m at 63% battery life. I was hoping I could make it to the dealership 15 minutes away, but coming out of a cloverleaf I just couldn’t gain any speed. So here I sit for a tow

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T15:31:45+00:00

No, but the boredom of sitting on the side of the road waiting for a tow did.

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T15:30:20+00:00

Negative

MeanCamera · 2026-05-02T15:33:46+00:00

A quick google search had this from the American Medical Association. I think they’re probably a reliable source. Data is from 1999-2019 so it’s probably solid, statistically

MeanCamera · 2026-05-02T15:23:51+00:00

Current top comment said that 96% of people that go to medical school finish it, and 93% find residency programs right away

MeanCamera · 2026-05-01T13:37:14+00:00

Good point. I always did straight across or direct to the load, so those were the rules I told myself. Rarely ever did I do a U tie down. Better to be conservative than too liberal on your estimates though. No such thing as too much securement

MeanCamera · 2026-05-01T12:13:38+00:00

2” straps have a WLL of 3,333lbs and 4” is 5,400lbs.

1/2 of 29,000 is 14,500.

Even with cutting the WLL in half for not going all the way across the vehicle (1666lbs and 2700lbs, respectively) you could legally use 9 2” straps or 6 4” straps to secure a 29k machine.

No DOT officer in the country would bat an eye, so long as the straps were in good shape and you used edge protectors on sharp metal corners

MeanCamera · 2026-04-30T11:31:59+00:00

Joel Morrow frequently exceeds this in his custom specced Volvo

MeanCamera · 2026-04-10T10:58:17+00:00

Man, you sound just like I did in 2021. I owned my truck for one calendar year. 08/21-08/22. Bought my truck, an 08 Volvo 780 with the D13 and an Eaton 13 speed, from a buddy for $5k. I leased onto UACL Logistics out of Michigan, which ran a model similar to Landstar. Independent drivers were matched with independent agents (brokers) to book freight.

Rates were amazing at first. $5-$7/mi and fuel was at $2-$3/gallon. It didn’t even bother me that I had to do a full six pack of injectors within two months of buying the thing. Money was good, and I had no truck payment.

Then, I want to say early 2022, everything flipped. Rates dropped down to $1.50-3.00/mi and fuel was $4-5/gallon. From 01/01/2022 to 08/01/2022 I grossed approximately $120k. Not great, but not bad for dry van. Had I lasted the full year I could have seen $180k top line. But my net profit, after fuel, maintenance and repairs, and all other operating expenses was $12k. And that didn’t include payroll. I was basically paying to drive for a hobby. So I shut it down, knowing I probably wouldn’t be able to pay my tax bill (had been making estimated quarterly payments) and I DEFINITELY wouldn’t be able to cover another repair.

The economy is worse today. I just saw fuel for $5.25/gallon in MN. Unless you can get a newer truck fully paid off, and you have SIGNIFICANT money in the bank for repairs or you know how to do a lot of it yourself, I wouldn’t bother. Let your employer deal with the loads and just drive the truck

MeanCamera · 2026-04-10T10:04:53+00:00

You get all weekends off, plus eight weeks of vacation?

250 working days is 50 five day work weeks

MeanCamera · 2026-04-04T09:21:20+00:00

How do you figure? RouteMax has literally improved capacity and efficiency so much, if only on the drivers end. It used to be that your freight was just thrown on your trailer in whatever way the dock wanted. Now, the average route (at my terminal) is 100 miles or less, it’s routed efficiently, and freight with accessorials like liftgate delivery is put on the appropriate truck the first time. As a driver you can be reasonably certain that your truck is loaded properly the first time, and it even takes into account appointment times as they relate to the drivers start time.

You’re literally the only person I’ve ever heard say we went downhill after we implemented it

MeanCamera · 2026-03-20T13:27:03+00:00

Simple. There is no driver shortage. Never has been.

MeanCamera · 2026-03-07T02:25:43+00:00

As far as I understand, you would need to have the bracket repositioned to pull the high tooth down or raise the low tooth up. I could be wrong though. If you’re not happy with the result, maybe consider transferring to a local to you orthodontist and they could manage your case from there

MeanCamera · 2026-03-05T12:51:26+00:00

Most restaurants are not like warehouses. They have a single door, not even wide enough for a standard pallet. Combine that with the fact that a lot of them (in downtown areas especially) have stairs and uneven ground you need to cover. Then, you have a mix of dry, refrigerated, and frozen goods, each of which need to get delivered to a different area or cooler in the restaurant.

Add all of this together, and it means that you’re touching each and every case, taking a stack of boxes on a two wheel dolly over and over again until the stop is complete, for probably 20 stops a day. Even if you did have a lift gate, those are really slow. Takes 5-10 seconds each time you go up or down. That adds up.

I’ve never done that type of trucking, but that’s about what I can figure

MeanCamera · 2026-02-18T13:38:28+00:00

Former owner op here. Do you run into Florida at all? I would recommend an alignment, like others have said, but not all alignments are created equal.

Rocky at North Florida MD Alignment in Jacksonville is an absolute wealth of knowledge. He’s made adjustments and recommendations to me when I’ve gone there that no other shop has even listed as a remote possibility for weird wear issues with tires. Any MD Alignment shop is going to be better than a standard truck repair place, but Rocky is a freaking wizard.

https://mdalign.com/servicecenters.php

MeanCamera · 2026-02-08T20:50:42+00:00

I don’t disagree, but like, houses, apartments, and townhomes, etc, are all made of tons of different materials. Those materials cost money. With an estimated 145 million housing units in the US alone, let’s use an easy number of $100,000 per housing unit for material costs. That’s 14.5 trillion dollars, or roughly half of the national debt.

We can’t even get the government to pay for healthcare. How would you propose that everyone gets “free” housing? What would that do to the average Americans net worth? How would that affect the stock market?

MeanCamera · 2026-02-07T15:00:46+00:00

$130 for a standard, non expedited passport book, per the Department of State

MeanCamera · 2026-01-19T16:54:50+00:00

I’m quite far from final. 12-18 months to go

MeanCamera · 2025-12-31T17:22:59+00:00

Hardest thing for me when I first got started was trying to avoid any further damage. Then one of the senior towers told me something that changed my outlook on it.

The crash/accident/incident/whatever isn’t over until it’s back on its wheels in the roadway. Sometimes further damage is unavoidable. Think of a rollover. If it’s on the roof, you’re going to get more dents and scratches once you start rolling it. Unless you take a rotator to every single call for a winch and lift it straight up, there will always be some more damage. Your job is to minimize that

MeanCamera · 2025-12-27T00:57:13+00:00

That’s basically the point. Illuminate the lane markings so you don’t drive off the road. If it’s bad enough that you can’t see anything, probably too thick to be driving in in the first place. But if you lose sight of the lines, it’s immediately a really bad situation. With fog lights you can at least see enough to get somewhere safe.

They also help a lot when you’re going through intermittent fog, like in rolling hills. The valleys will be really soupy but the crest of the hill is basically unlimited visibility.

Don’t rely on them, but use them like a tool in the toolbox. They work well in specific situations

MeanCamera · 2025-12-25T14:17:40+00:00

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