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05-14-14, 04:39 PM | #181 | |
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Smart move by the driver though.
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05-14-14, 05:25 PM | #182 |
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As with sailing, some times ya gotta come upwind to dump the sails...in this case the side of the van! Had it almost happen on a rear 'pup' of a set of doubles...ONCE. Good thing it wasn't the open side-usually plastic enclosed face-of a mobile-home half, those lightweight 'airfoils' get blown over all the time even with a road pilot-car. The driver had tremendous cool and serious guts to pull off an immediate 90 degree hard turn at speed w/o panic-tapping his brakes and layin' it down! I 'spec he's an ad for Marlborough right about now! PS: YUP! just noticed on video review that guy had the air deflectors on the trailer under-side, which only increased the 'sail' area-increasing the risk when on a 'broad reach' to the wind.
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05-14-14, 06:21 PM | #183 |
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Well, my 6 days off passed, I returned but the shop did nothing to fix the problem my truck is having, where it pauses 4~8 seconds after up-shifting from 7 > 8, 8 > 9, and 9 > 10.... I went home, when they fix the truck, I'll be ready to roll.
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05-15-14, 05:18 AM | #184 |
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That took skill and nerve...there wasn't anything else he could do really though.
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05-15-14, 05:48 AM | #185 | |
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But seriously, it sounds like an injector timing problem. Don't let the shop manager push you around. I had one tell me that they couldn't fix every problem we had with our trucks. I asked him; "Where do I send you the ticket and do you have enough money to pay the fine?"
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05-21-14, 06:57 PM | #186 |
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Well, they finally got my truck fixed (after 17 days), dropped down to Freeport, TX to my old job at Dow to load some Versene, then off to North Carolina.
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05-21-14, 08:31 PM | #187 | |
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Drive safe.
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05-21-14, 10:36 PM | #188 |
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Keep the bugs off your glass, and the bears off your.....
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05-22-14, 05:08 AM | #189 |
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I just run the bears over. Got me one on I-40 in the smoky mountains.
Oh, wait. You're talking about the ones with the pretty lights on their cars. Never mind. Neal doesn't have to worry about the other bears, His pumpkin truck doesn't go fast enough to attract their attention.
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05-22-14, 09:22 PM | #190 | |
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05-22-14, 11:10 PM | #191 |
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Don't forget to buy several pairs of cheap sunglasses and keep one on the dash, one in the glove compartment, one in your pocket and one on top of your head if you have to.
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05-22-14, 11:17 PM | #192 |
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These days unless it is an owner/operator they top out in the 60~68 MPH range.It costs less on insurance for the big boys also helps keep CSA scores in check.
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05-22-14, 11:47 PM | #193 |
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I always just wear cheap wrap-around dark safety glasses from Home Depot or Lowes; they look cool and if I lose a pair on the boat- no sweat. I always have a pair snapped to a visor clip in each of my cars and beside the lawn mower/weed-whacker gear. They come in dozens.
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05-23-14, 05:30 AM | #194 |
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05-23-14, 03:47 PM | #195 |
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I got to the house this morning after a quickie trip up to New Liskeard, ON with 51,800 lbs in a tank train designed for 101,400 lbs. Talk about slop and slosh, all the way there. This is my last weekend home until October.
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