tjc transport

in the description he said the bonnet was raised 100mm. why he would raise the hood 4 inches is anyones guess.

here we are only allowed 80,000, and 56,000 on bridges going into nu yawk.

depends on where you are. here in Jersey trucking rate is only around $85 per hour.

for us it was a chevy C-65 chassis with 350 small block, 5 speed trans, and a thomas bus body. the local apple farmer owned all the school buses in town. and they were all the same exact thing.

we were supposed to get around 18 inches. but the storm tracked west along the delaware river and we only ended up with 6 inches. 2 of snow and 4 of sleet and then finished with rain which turned it all to solid ice once the sun went down.

factory fellers must have been drunk when they built them, cause the steering wheels are on the wrong side of the trucks!!!

automatic trannies??

www.car-part.com i use it to find all kinds of odd parts.

lights? what are lights? we used candles or oil lamps. ......when we could afford the oil to put in the lamps.

if the trailer does not have ABS it will work fine. it would be safer to convert to negative ground though

CB's fall under distracted driver rules not cell phone rules.

back in the late 70's Kings supermarkets in Maplewood NJ was across the street from the post office on a narrow street. unloading zone was in an alley between two buildings. to make a delivery you had to run the Mack MR cabover with a 23 foot pup trailer, and run the tractor over the curb, then up the 5 steps in front of the post office to the first landing so you could line up to get in the alley. then once in the alley you had to stop and fold your mirrors in to reach the dock.

here in Joisey it is a $3800 fine for hand held cell phone use in a commercial vehicle. calls or texting. and Bob, as of 1-03-2012 the federal fine is $2,750, not $1500: Drivers who violate the restriction will face federal civil penalties of up to $2,750 for each offense and disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle for multiple offenses. Additionally, states will suspend a driver’s commercial driver’s license (CDL) after two or more serious traffic violations. Commercial truck and bus companies that allow their drivers to use hand-held cell phones while driving will face a maximum penalty of $11,000.

nice score. and it sorta matches the paint on the low boy.

that frameless dump trailer is useless now for anything except running over the scales for scrap metal.

first thing i noticed is he was driving way too fast for traffic conditions, and not paying attention. second thing i noticed is his trailer brakes were not working. if he had working trailer brakes, that probably would not have happened. you can clearly see the tractor brakes locked up and the trailer wheels freewheeling.

i would rather be seen driving this around over that abortion.

the last "deal"we got end up being for 20 year old tires custom bandage found in one of the places they bought. military takeoffs with tubes and boots for $300 each. we did not realize they were garbage until 6 blew out within 4 days of putting them on the truck. they were so old, only 3 of the 12 had dates on them.

werner. what do you expect. he was following the big blue arrow on the side of the truck.

not just the rental outfits. i am totally amazed at asphalt plants where most towns get their "drivers" from after watching said "drivers" trying to back under the plant. it is bad enough with just the truck, but put a "hot box" behind the truck and it can take them 15 minutes to back up 20 feet and put it under the drop shoot.

maybe that is what the fellers with the shovels are doing, digging the pits.

here in Joisey the enacted a new rule for getting a CDL. you have to parallel park the rig. ..and they only give you 15 foot more than your overall length to do it in. 3 tries to do it. if not, you fail. another new rule enacted at the same time is the driver has to be able to open the hood by themselves without any assistance. it is interesting trying to watch some of these 90 lb women trying to flip the hood on a Kenworth or Petercar. in 18 months i have only seen one able to do it, because she knew to lift from the back side of the fender instead of trying to raise the hood from the front. it only takes around 50 lbs pressure from the side instead of 140 lbs or so from the front.

them there pterodactyls are good eatin!!

i have seen this truck in action and all i can say is it is a beast.

i was waiting for someone to say he lost his dignity a long, long time ago.