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hatcity

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  1. was a time that they were cutting frame, throw a piece of channel in between to stretch, dump body...good for the road. many were seen buckled in half on the road
  2. most were probably owner/operators I know of a company in need of drivers-tri-axle=$10/hr, trailer=$12 I don't care that you have new trucks I make more driving a tandem But yes, the overall rate is not good
  3. E7 is a million mile engine. There were cam issues earlier, but should have been taken care of at O/H....maybe that's why I ran a 2001 with E7-427...never had to open the motor
  4. yes, but in the first video, he has his safety glasses and driving gloves on surprised he isn't wearing hearing protection too
  5. ice fishing? that's what we call trying to get the last remains of an ice cube from the cooler if a post hole digger is "required" equipment....I'm out
  6. 7-2 is "parking brake switch" Does park lite come on, on dash when applied? also, do the brake lites work with low air. on mine, the brake lites stayed on until about 80 psi
  7. 4-1 is vehicle speed sensor...you replaced and all is good malfunction lite should go out
  8. One of the things that TOTALLY amazes me, the manufacturing of these fine machines without computers, lasers, AND it was all done without AutoCAD
  9. BUT!!!!! you can check yourself out too
  10. oh, that was farther south from me. Eastman is a large hauler around here. he has his own plus brokers out alot yep, 20-22 tons normal..tri-axles can go to 70k legal...if you have steel or aluminum box makes a difference
  11. hatcity

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    I been buying Danners lately-three pairs so far last a long time, waterproof, USA made
  12. a couple items here 1) we can run year round...this way we can budget our monies easier than trying to get as much as we can in 8 months 2) did you talk to the drivers?...no speaka de englis 3) yes, some are fairly new, but many are in need of service 4) the rate they get vs the brokers rate... right now, I have been in and out of the pit they are hauling out of. two loaders to keep them running..the fun is at the scale house What beach was you at?
  13. I have my U.S. government issue passport and a FL CC permit
  14. IF that were mine, yes indeed. Will find out tomorrow as I'm letting him know, I will not drive until fixed There is another, but that is HIS truck, along with a single axle
  15. 17 fatalities..so far. How sad for the families
  16. look on top of transmission for the switch....easy stuff before you tear it up
  17. Haven't heard from him in a while. Maybe the aboriginies(whatever) got him
  18. 2002 tandem dump they are a good RIGID susp. just seems should be fixed sooner...DOT will red ball me
  19. have a large crack on suspension..BOTH sides. boss says will get to it sometime
  20. I worked in an ice cream warehouse. That was kept at -20. then walk out to 85+ in snowmobile suits
  21. get rid of the roof fairing too
  22. its a safety feature. So you can hear some one yell STOP!!!!! cause some nitwit ran behind you oh, and you should have the windows down too
  23. that is very possible. If you got her the point of bat-shit crazy, you never know what can happen
  24. welcome to 2018...and the interweb
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