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What was Kenworth's product name for that proprietary electric deflector? Does anyone recall?

The last time I flew Singapore Airlines to San Francisco, my miles bumped me up to first class at no charge, and there's Mark in first class with no less than three of their legendarily beautiful stewardesses chatting with him. And the subject of milk didn't come up.

Kenworth offered an electrically risen roof deflector for many years that was a sharp set-up. If you could find a used one.............. Airodyne is Paccar's supplier and they sell what you're looking for.........http://www.airodyne.com/fuel_savings.asp

You're very welcome. Please let us all know how it turns out for you.

Scania Group Press Release / August 20, 2018 Core deal with Corebon to enable top-class carbon fibre components Scania Growth Capital has invested SEK 35 million in Corebon AB, a Swedish materials tech start-up that has developed a revolutionary method for producing carbon fibre components. Corebon has invented the world’s fastest production process for carbon fibre reinforced plastic. This has resulted in a new higher standard of composite materials, lower costs and minimal impact on the environment. The patented process is based on induction heating, and it enables Corebon to produce carbon fibre components at significantly higher speed than through existing established methods. The quality of the carbon fibre components produced is also superior, and the energy consumption in production is considerably reduced. 10 times faster production cycle times Tobias Björnhov, founder and CEO, Corebon AB, says: “The Technology results in up to 10 times faster production cycle times, up to 95 per cent energy savings, and the highest fibre-volume fraction composites ever manufactured.” It all began over 10 years ago in the French Alps with a group of friends who had a passion for skiing and an idea for making better skis using carbon fibre. “We had limited financial assets so we needed to find a much faster and cheaper way to develop the skis,” says Björnhov. “We then discovered that we could heat the material they were made of from within instead of adding heat to the outside, using the carbon fibre contained in them as a heat source.” “Thanks to this technology, the heat can be controlled more easily, less plastic needs to be added, and a high fibre volume fraction is achieved”, says Rasmus Olsson, founder and CTO, Corebon AB. Wide range of products This method is applicable to a wide range of products in the automotive, telecommunication, aerospace and robotics industries. “We are in an acceleration phase and we are growing both our production capacity and our organisation. To have Scania Growth Capital as an investor, both with financial resources but also with their skills and experience, is extremely important to us.” Per-Arne Eriksson, Head of Customized Truck Development at Scania, will join the board of directors of Corebon. “The strategy has been to invest in companies that have strategic relevance to the ecosystem in which we operate and Corebon fits very well,” Eriksson says. “In the rapidly changing automotive industry, we see many opportunities to expand the use of carbon fibre composites to more applications as an enabler in product development, including in vehicle electrification.” .

Hold on, I didn't say the USDA was or wasn't accountable for anything. I never mentioned the USDA. That said, a manufacturer is responsible (accountable) for what it sells.

Rudkin-Wiley evolved into Airshield Corporation, which was acquired by Core Molding Technologies in 2001. Give them a call..... (614) 870-5012. Here's another one to call......http://www.spectrumcomposites.com/aerodynamic-deflectors/

I actually attended a party at Mark's Sausalito home. Did I say home? I think it has a larger floor plan than the White House.....couldn't find the front door. His view of the Golden Gate Bridge is breathtaking. Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) lives two doors down. He allowed some scenes of "The Presidio" to be shot there, met Sean Connery and still earns royalties from the picture.

Though not a pedigreed drivetrain, the R754s are a personal favorite.

If Oshkosh did offer them to you Paul, their price would send you running. Why not buy NOS from a military vehicle surplus business? Just a suggestion, call George at White Owl Parts Co. (252-522-2586) in Kinston, North Carolina and see what he says. Super guy, honest and knowledgeable.

Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) / August 20, 2018 Daimler Trucks North America LLC is recalling as many as 9,093 Freightliner Business Class M2 medium-duty trucks from the 2018 and 2019 model years for an incorrectly installed steering shaft assembly, according to federal records. The steering shaft assembly on the trucks may have been installed incorrectly, which can cause a loss of connection between the steering wheel and the front wheels. This increases the likelyhood of a crash. The Business Class line includes the M2 106, M2 112, and eM2 trucks and is available as a class 5-8 chassis cab truck. The M2 was the successor to the FL-Series trucks introduced in the 1990s. DTNA has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the steering assembly installation, repairing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began August 9. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-781. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to Safercar.gov.

Don't listen to him, he wants you to buy an MP8 only because he's a multi-millionaire Volvo stockholder. He bought Volvo shares in 2002 at $2.95 and sold a large stake last January near $21. Five homes, a car and truck collection, he doesn't like to talk about it. Running milk is just something to pass the time.

Cereal manufacturers have a responsibility to check the quality of the ingredients they buy.........quality control. Every car and truckmaker performs quality checks on what their suppliers provide. It's an essential part of manufacturing.

If you go to the top right corner of the BMT website and type "MP8" into the search box, you'll find a long list of posts related to your question. Also, you can use Google, and enter "MP8 problems".

Cherry

Daniel L. Davis (U.S. Army retired), The National Interest / August 19, 2018 Whether its North Korea, Iran, or even Russia, there are far too many in Washington’s foreign policy establishment who advocate reliance on the military to solve any real or perceived international problems. This overreliance on military instruments poses a dangerous and counterintuitive problem—the more the United States uses it, the greater America’s insecurity. Most Americans agreed that a military response was necessary to seek justice for 9/11. By mid-2002, however, the Taliban and al Qaeda were destroyed in Afghanistan. At that point in time, President George W. Bush should have redeployed U.S. troops, refocused efforts to repair the breach in security exposed by 9/11, and set about building a stronger country. Instead, Washington doubled-down with actions that both extended and expanded American insecurity. In 2003, the U.S. took what had been a strategic nuisance in Saddam Hussein's Iraq and after removing the strongman from power, turned it into a terrorist breeding ground (for there had been no international terror threat coming from Iraq before the regime change). In 2005, a handful of U.S. troops faced a small—but irritating—insurgency in Afghanistan and instead of closing out the mission, expanded it to include 140,000 U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops. In more recent years, Washington has increased the use of lethal military power into places such as Syria, Libya, Yemen, Chad, Niger, and Somalia. America has increasingly used both direct and veiled threats of military force to compel North Korea and Iran to bend to Washington’s will, and every Administration since 9/11 has used (or expanded) the scale of military exercises in Europe to counter Russia and in Asia to counter China. This strategy has cost the blood of tens of thousands of American sons and daughters (6,971 killed; 52,682 wounded in action since 9/11, according to official Department of Defense casualty figures ). How has this strategy protected U.S. national security interests? If the answer is a reduced terror threat, more stable relations with Russia and China, and a strengthened U.S. military, it may well be argued the price was worth it. Instead, for this extraordinary charge in blood and treasure, America has purchased very nearly the opposite. Had the United States left Saddam Hussein in his strategic box in 2003, Iraq would most likely still be contained . Had President Bush withdrawn the military in the summer of 2002 after successfully routing al Qaeda and the Taliban, America would not have spent the next seventeen years there in futile search for a victory. Had America not joined in the attack against Libya in 2011, or the fight in Yemen, or expanded lethal military operations into a dozen states in Africa, those areas might have still descended into chaos, but they would have been purely local challenges that posed no threat to U.S. national security. To end this overreliance on military power and increase America’s chances to prosper as a nation, the United States must make several changes to its grand strategy. First, Washington must recognize that American military power is not going to solve political, ethnic, or religious problems. Second, U.S. leaders must accept that America cannot solve every problem in the world—nor should it try. For the past thirty years, China has been expanding its economy and modernizing its military, but still remains far behind matching U.S. power. Russia is a shell of the military power the Soviet Union was during the Cold War and with its economic, geographical, and demographic limitations, it will remain at most a regional menace. Both states are nuclear powers, but neither can challenge American conventional power and America's advanced nuclear deterrent constrains both. America has blown out of all proportion the threat posed by North Korea and Iran. As the United States has successfully deterred Russia and China for seventy years, it can deter the tiny nuclear arsenal Pyongyang has and the strategically impotent conventional military both Iran and North Korea wield. In short, the actual threat to U.S. security posed by the totality of all potential adversaries is real, but nowhere near as pervasive and offensive as is routinely claimed. The primary purpose of the U.S. government is to keep Americans safe, defend its borders from attack, and ensure its ability to prosper as a nation. Maintenance of a strong military is an important component in accomplishing those objectives, but it is not the only one. True global leadership is led by sustained diplomatic and economic engagement. Through the effective give-and-take of hard-nosed diplomacy, the United States can find mutually beneficial trade relations with its allies around the world to foster continued prosperity for its country. Likewise, America can leverage those favorable relations and its own economic power to positively influence its competitors in ways that constrain behavior antithetical to U.S. interests while limiting the risk of retaliatory measures. Due to America’s powerful nuclear deterrent, globally dominant conventional military, and its position as the world’s most powerful economic engine, America can indefinitely deter Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, or any hostile nation on earth from attacking U.S. soil or U.S. citizens. Should deterrence and diplomacy fail to dissuade any bad actor around the globe from attempting to harm U.S. interests or citizens, the U.S. military will not hesitate to use whatever means necessary to properly defend the homeland. But even here it is critical to distinguish when military force should and shouldn't be applied. Lethal military power should be used sparingly and only when American lives or property have been attacked (or are in imminent danger of being attacked). Failure by America to merely get its way is not a justifiable reason to kill others. Nor is attacking others justified because of what might happen in the future. Adopting such a guiding philosophy is not only moral and right—it is also the best path to a consistently successful outcome at the strategic level. .

I'm confused now by your talk about Monsanto. I said the maker of Cheerios cereal, General Mills, was responsible (for the product they produce, i.e. ensuring it doesn't contain impurities like.....poison). I never mentioned Monsanto. On another note, the formula for Roundup (weed killer) must have been changed because many long-time users have been reporting in recent years that the performance is noticeably down from what it used to be (not the price, just the result). I've observed it myself.

360 Truck / August 18, 2018 Shaanxi Automobile Group (aka. Shaanqi, Shacman), one of two Chinese truckmakers with whom Cummins has engine-building joint ventures, has introduced an all-new 4x4 military tactical truck with a strong resemblance to the legendary Mercedes-Benz Unimog. Like its German benchmark, the Shaanxi Model SX2108S has a fully independent suspension system. Specifications: Cab 2-3 person single row or 4-6 person 4-door crew-cab Wheelbase 3600mm or 3800mm GVW 10,200 kg Curb Weight 5,640 kg Engine Dongfeng-Cummins sourced 180hp 4.5L ISD (Chinese market ISB) .

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UK investigates WW2 shipwreck looting claims BBC World News / August 19, 2018 The UK will investigate allegations that British World War Two wrecks in Asia have been targeted by scavengers, the defence secretary says. Gavin Williamson said he was "very concerned" to hear claims that four shipwrecks off the Malaysian and Indonesian coasts had been looted. The Mail on Sunday said HMS Tien Kwang, HMS Kuala, HMS Banka and SS Loch Ranza were targeted for their metal. They are thought to be the graves of Royal Navy sailors and civilians. It comes after six wrecks, including Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse, were reported to have been damaged or destroyed by thieves. The UK government "absolutely condemns" the unauthorised disturbance of any wreck containing human remains, Mr Williamson said. "I am very concerned to hear any allegations of incidents of Royal Navy wrecks being plundered in the Far East," he said. "We will work closely with the Indonesian and Malaysian governments to investigate these claims." Submarine chaser HMS Tien Kwang and auxiliary patrol vessel HMS Kuala were carrying hundreds of evacuees when they were attacked by Japanese bombers near the Indonesian Riau Islands in February 1942. That same month the cargo ship, the SS Loch Ranza, exploded in a Japanese air raid off the Riau Islands, killing seven men. HMS Banka, a minesweeper, sank after hitting a mine off the coast of Malaysia in December 1941, killing its crew of four British officers and 34 Malay sailors. The HMS Prince of Wales, where Churchill and Roosevelt signed the Atlantic Charter, which defined the Allied aims for the world after the war, and HMS Repulse both sank off the Malaysian coast, on 10 December 1941 and are the last resting places of more than 830 Royal Navy sailors. The ships were found to have been damaged by scavengers in 2014. .

Share this with anyone caring for infants. Dangerous levels of heavy metals in infant/toddler foods. Gerber and other manufacturers did not dispute the test results, rather their own testing confirmed it to be true. Two-thirds of the food contains cadmium, arsenic and/or lead. What a way to start your life. A shocking display of corporate irresponsibility. https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/heavy-metals-in-baby-food/

Ford produces milestone 500,000 Rangers in South Africa Engineering News / August 14, 2018 Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s (FMCSA’s) Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria, has produced its 500 000th Ford Ranger. “The current Ford Ranger has been a remarkable success story for FMCSA, and we are delighted to have reached the 500 000 mark for this vehicle programme,” Ford Middle East and Africa Operations VP Ockert Berry said on Tuesday. The Ranger has been one of the top-selling vehicles in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment in South Africa, as well as in the overall sales charts. Its highest domestic sales figure of 3,333 units was achieved in July 2017. In terms of export volumes, 8,062 units were shipped from Silverton to customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in April this year. Combined local and export volumes for the month topped out at a record-breaking 10,434 units, making the Ranger the highest volume LCV model produced in South Africa. The half-millionth unit – a Wildtrak 3.2 Double Cab – was painted in the model's distinctive Pride Orange, and signifies the Ranger's legacy since production started in 2011, Berry added. “Early next year, we are set to launch the Ford Ranger Raptor, which will add a new chapter to the Ranger's legacy in South Africa and across the region,” Berry highlighted. Ford invested over R3-billion in its South African operations for the launch of the Ranger in 2011 to cater for the South African market and exports to over 148 markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This was followed with a further R3-billion investment in 2017 to expand production capacity to meet the growing worldwide demand for the Ranger, Berry added. “This reaffirms our role as an integral part of Ford's global manufacturing network with world-class operations at the Silverton assembly plant and at the Struandale engine plant, in Port Elizabeth, which produces the Duratorq TDCi engines for the Ranger.” The Ranger has introduced a range of safety, comfort and convenience features, including three generations of Ford’s SYNC infotainment system, as well as advanced driver assistance technologies, such as Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping System, which are standard on the Ranger Wildtrak. The performance delivered by its 2.2L and 3.2L Duratorq TDCi diesel engines has equally contributed to its popularity, while the introduction of sophisticated automatic transmissions across a range of models and engine capacities has reshaped the buying patterns of customers in the pick-up segment, noted Berry. Traditionally long model-cycles associated with the LCV segment have been reduced with the Ranger, as regular feature and equipment upgrades over the past seven years have ensured that Ford's pick-up range remains up to date. “The Ranger received a comprehensive update in 2015 that saw the debut of more muscular styling, along with technology and feature enhancements that included SYNC3 and the subsequent addition of embedded navigation on high-spec models,” he said. .

The US now buys wheeled armored vehicles from Italy, and Australia from Germany. I can still remember the day Ted when the US built its own, and Oz bought US goods or designed/built in-house.

Australia orders 211 German “Boxer” wheeled armoured vehicles Defense Blog / August 17, 2018 Australia has awarded Rheinmetall an order for 211 Boxer wheeled armoured vehicles worth a total of €2.1 billion (AUD3.3 billion). The contract was signed at Parliament House in Canberra today by the Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull and the Managing Director of Rheinmetall Defence Australia Gary Stewart. Delivery of the advanced 8×8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) will take place between 2019 and 2026. The selection of the Boxer CRV ensures Rheinmetall will play a key role in the comprehensive modernisation of the Australia’s armed forces. Mr Turnbull first announced his government’s intention to order the fleet of Boxer vehicles in March 2018. Rheinmetall AG Chief Executive Armin Papperger said it was a great honour for the company to be chosen as a partner by the Australian Government at such an important time for the ADF. “This demonstrates, in no uncertain terms, the continued successful cooperation between Rheinmetall and the Government and Armed Forces of Australia,” Mr Papperger said. “As a company, we are extremely pleased to have secured one of the biggest orders in the recent history of Rheinmetall.” The Boxer vehicle is already in service with, or being procured by, the armed forces of Germany, the Netherlands and Lithuania. The ADF will introduce several variants of the Boxer with the reconnaissance variant – accounting for 133 of the 211 vehicles – equipped with Rheinmetall’s cutting-edge Lance turret system and armed with a 30mm automatic cannon. The Boxer CRV was selected after rigorous trials conducted by the ADF. Under Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 2 selection process, the Boxer CRV was chosen in 2016 as one of two candidates for Risk Mitigation Activity trials where the 8×8 wheeled armoured vehicle performed convincingly in the categories of survivability, mobility, firepower, and command & control. Rheinmetall is co-operating closely with Australian defence industry, having established a strong, highly effective team in the country. A significant share of the industrial value added during production of the Boxer will take place in country. More than 40 Australian companies will be included in the programme. Head of Rheinmetall’s Vehicle Systems Division Ben Hudson said the Boxer CRV is the most capable, survivable and adaptable field-armoured fighting vehicle available today. “The Boxer CRV is highly protected against both asymmetric threats that have been faced by Australian soldiers in recent operations, while also being highly protected against conventional battlefield threats that our soldiers may face one day in a conventional war-fighting scenario,” Mr Hudson said. “We look forward to building on our successful Land 121 program and extending the trustful partnership we have with the Australian Government and our Australian suppliers and partners into Land 400 to deliver an outstanding combat vehicle to the Australian Army.” Mr Stewart said production of the Boxer vehicles would take place in a dedicated new facility in Queensland in partnership with the Queensland Government. “This will allow us to establish as sovereign military vehicle industry in Australia that will underpin the enduring partnership with the Government to design, manufacture, deliver, support and modernise this world-leading capability,” Mr Stewart said. .

The Autocar appears to have begun life as a 4x2 tractor.