commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Offsetting the Carbon Credits of a 1,000 Priuses. 
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67Monaco
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commando1
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Not for traction, they prevent sharp rocks from cutting up the tire, especially the side walls. Those big tires are worth way too much money so they get first class protection.
70bigblockdodge
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They also keep the tires up off hot, sharp, fresh slag being dug out of the slag pits of a blast furnace.
Remindz me of the "chain up" areaz on both sidez of Donner Pass if you're timing iz bad
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I will guarantee you that there isn't one driver out there now that knows how to chain up
By himself.
At 2:00 AM
In a blizzard.
While stuck IN a ft. of snow.
UPHILL. Both ways.
By himself.
At 2:00 AM
In a blizzard.
While stuck IN a ft. of snow.
UPHILL. Both ways.
I will guarantee you that there isn't one driver out there now that knows how to chain up
By himself.
At 2:00 AM
In a blizzard.
While stuck IN a ft. of snow.
UPHILL. Both ways.
I've done that on all four wheels in all the above - plus it's -35C and the GD wind is blowing up your back. When the last chain goes on, you get in the truck with the heater on full blast and it takes about 15 min before your full body shaking slows enough to let you drive. The only thing worse is after suffering through all that freaking cold, you just get moving and realize you've forgotten to lock the freaking hubs. True story, the next day after getting home I swapped out the manual hubs and replaced them with automatics. Shortly there after I swapped out the diffs and installed Dana POWR-LOk front and rear. The truck was unbelievable in the bush after that, the only slight problem being steering when the front diff locked up. Loved that truck, an 1978 International Scout Traveller.
Fury440. You ever spend the nite in the sleeper and wake up in the morning and have frosty white eyez looking at you across the roof of the sleeper? Or worse, leave the T-Stop and you're on the down hill on ramp comin' out when you split to the 2nd set and your air line to the splitter iz frozen shut 'cuz your dryer iz frozen too? lol That'z cold Man. Or had to change ah fuel filter in that weather and had to fill the filter with ah quart of "SILO"(or the equivalent) and spilled enough that it ran down your arm onto your chest while you're under there screwin' it on? Jer .. lol
Very fortunately, No!! When its that cold you never shut down and you never try to fix anything. At -40C everything freezes, your oil, your fuel and even your tires. Bolts break real easy. Air brakes are especially fun, even more so when the maintenance has been a little slack and moisture doesn't get caught in the drier. Up north lots of trailers with frozen airlines sit waiting for a warm day or for them to be tarped and warmed with a couple of buckets half full of burning BBQ Briquettes. With a grill you can at steak while you wait!
I carried ah quart of indentured alcohol, a 200cc syringe and ah 3/16" open end to disconnect the spliter line from the knob.(it worked) Got caught in Morehead Minn. one time on the way to Regina. Actual temp. waz -.40F and I'd filed a hash mark on my dipstick after a fresh oil and filter change so I could read it at 1500 RPMs without ever shutting it down and know right where I was in the 40 qt. full level. That weekend with a 25-30 MPH wind blowing and they were rationing #1. Do you still have your wind chill chart for that calculation? lol. La Crosse, Wi. hit -.65F actual that weekend and yes I remember it, We'd take turn rolling straight forward for our 25 Gallons and back up in the same hole we just pulled out of and when you cut the 2' deep drifts across the fuel Island, they'd be completely closed by the time you'd got your 25 gallons and payed. Jer
bluefury361
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Just the other day it was bright & sunny & 75 degrees here at the beach. Then the sun set, temp dropped to 45 and I had to go put some long pants on. Hope that dosen't happen again soon........ 
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I gotta say that after this last year I'm about done with being a truck driver/owner, op. They have ****** the system so bad, I have no will to do this anymore. I think this may be my last year. Goddamn shame they have taken my career and made it miserable. It is not a job I can be proud of or even give 2 shitz about.
Anybody want to buy a worn 359 with a fairly fresh engine in it. PM me.
Anybody want to buy a worn 359 with a fairly fresh engine in it. PM me.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
No part of those Northern adventures sound like something I'd want to experience...
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I don't know if I am ready to sell it just yet, but I am seriously looking at a career change. I may just change companies first. It is still a losing proposition.Serious???
Why??
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
That was what I realized 40 years ago but enough about me
.So what's going on with you now with your trucking?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
How Walmart has successfully recruited truck drivers amid a labor shortage crisis
For 80 grand a year I'd put up with their boolchit.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
They and other big companies have caused the problems I'm having to deal with. A CSA point system that defies logic or comprehension.
I was rasied Catholic, along with the guilt they lay on you, you also are taught that nobody is perfect except for God himself.
This is not the way the DOT and CSA work. You must be perfect every, and all the time. Anything written on the report is not fightable in court unless it carries a citation. These small infractions add up and over time keep the "points" from falling off, not that there is a reasonable schedule on how they even come off in the first place. That driver shortage is a crock I have been listening to since I started driving one of these things in the early 90s. Thier shortage is only because they can buy more trucks than thier pay package can fill seats. Wal-Mart is probably different as they are not a true common carrier (they haul thier own crap), backhauling customer truck shipments.
That 86k is not hard to hit if you run the road, friend of mine is in that neighborhood and home every weekend not 2 off for 5 worked. He drives a 14 Pete 389 glider with a pre emissions engine in it, and a 17-18 MAC trailer in a fleet of about 10 trucks. The rates have definitely come up in the last couple of years. It's the $$$ revenue stream that all states and municipalities have latched onto from trucks that has broken my will. So you say " make sure your stuff is right and you will be fine" which is true, until one of these DOT assholes gets out of bed in a bad mood and crawls up you *** till they find something. The good ole days of give them something easy and they go away becomes a bad thing with this point system.
Well that's enough of a rant about truckings problems. I am going to learn a new language and make the DOT officer speak into the translator app on my phone to communicate with me, that should f+@& up his approved inspection procedure enough to make him miss any problems.
As a side note.
If you get a DUI it will be gone from your record in 7 years.
Nothing put on a DOT inspection with CSA points ever goes away you get it you wear it for life like a tattoo, you can't fight it in court, yes you can use thier appeal process, go read that boring drivel. The points will go away someday we cannot know when, but someday for sure. Talk about government collection of info, I would say on thier citizens, but that probably the best way to deal with the DOT Gestapo is not to be a US citizen.
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Short story about THAT company's Boolchit My friend. When Gail and I retired the 1st time in '94 and moved down to Austin, Tx. She had a job and went down a month before me in March. I followed her down in Mid April and my promise went into the tank when the Teamsters went on strike April 1st. You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal a job within the borders of Tejas for Months that Spring. In July I finally got a whisper about Wally World hiring some part time drivers almost to San Antonio in their New Braunfels Terminal and I banzai down there. Went thru' all the Application process and was sitting in the drivers room waiting for my face to face with the Head Dispatcher, and this Company Driver comes in with 69 hours logged, 9 for that day (old rules, this iz '94 remember) in his home terminal, And the Dispatcher ordered him to get back in his truck for an hour. He could sleep in the truck for 8 and continue heading for Little Rock. 20 minutes later I get called in to his office and he tells me the app. looks real good and I can start the following Monday. I stood up and looked at that POS and after relating his conversation briefly with the company driver a few minutes ago what chance do I have az ah part timer ever seeing my wife again? He looked at me, said nothing and I U-turned and walked out of his office and went back to Austin. Best decision I ever made. BTW, I used to kid about Mama driving down to Toledo from Ann Arbor, Mi. and walking out on an I-80 overpass when I waz an O.O. and came screamin' thru' she'd raise her dress and point to that little monkey and I knew it waz time to hit the next exit and head north. Still do without bein' told, Jer
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