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Tiz all good Jojo, they all look good to me The Pinnacle is a good looking modern Mack Paul

The City os Salisbury asked some of us to do some community work at a local school. We planted 30 shrubs and spread 3 tandem loads of mulch today. I had the pleasure of piloting the Mack that brought the loader. It was a nice day at work..

and brocky,,,,my wife tells me the same thing,,,,quit looking at it,,,,but im basically just following how much its dropping,not expecting any miracles right now ,,

Joey, You must have a 401 account with the county??? Put in at least the percentage they match.. We put in a higher percentage at times between truck payments.. and actually we only had the 401 and company retirement for less than 15 years.. We are not rich, But comfortable.. and so far just the company retirement and Social Security more than covers our monthly expenses without touching the IRA..

We put our 401's into IRA's with Wells Fargo Advisers in late 2011. I paid off the last $24k on the house, paid about 1/3 of our Alaska trip, paid over 1/2 of our Australian trip, bought the 2014 Dodge Ram 3500 plus the required by law distributions out of the fund and we still have more in it that what we put in.

Tom Homan is a gift from God...

Same here, from the days before CDL, Never took a driving test in a semi, believe it or not. Grandfathered into CDL, Started in smaller trucks and wreckers and just kept moving bigger, Skills needed transfer up, but if you stop learning you are going backwards. I always learned something when I was on the road, decades after being deemed competent to drive by the states standards.

I seem to need to make some adjustments as my front tires don't seem to be wearing out like they used to..... Muncie Dragway this past weekend.

I can't speak a word of French, but never faced any backlash when trucking in Quebec. The language isn't the issue, the actions are the issue, and that goes back to the company. It is easy to point out language it is noticeable, but isn't the problem, I met a "Dumb" (couldn't speak) truckdriver in Canada, he worked for a heavy-haul outfit. He was highly regarded by the customer for his attention to detail. What is the issue is trucking "companies" that flout the regulations and aren't held to account. A quality company will not heir an unqualified driver, those that are willing to cut corners on equipment will also do so on employees.

Geoff, I did NOT make myself clear!!! I was talking about tires,, Not cooling systems.

I’ve got mass mutual MML. They seem to be doing OK. I’ve only been in there a short time and the other pot is through our local credit union which is promising me the world let’s see what happens.bob

You’ve got plenty of time to worry about the investments, but do a lot of research before you move your money because some of these investment firms do not follow your money like you think they should be doing Good luck

This 1990 Mack Valueliner V8, Daycab model, was sold at auction this week by Pickles Auctions, final bid was $AUS 378,000 plus the Pickles auction fee of 10% = $AUS 38,000 approx total of $AUS 416,000 / $US 270,000 on today's exchange rate. It has been restored and motor rebuilt. I am not sure if GST (goods and services tax of 10% was applicable, if the buyer has bought through a business the GST is recovered within a few months). Dan Thomas has the same model that some of you have seen at the truck shows.

KS, you are correct to a point.. If you do not put in the amount the company matches you are taking a pay cut.. BUT beyond that amount IF you have a decent personal financial manager you can often grow better outside a 401.. IF you can force yourself to make that contribution into another account rather than it being taken out before you see it?? Quite often we are all guilty of spending the money instead of saving it..

Well I'm a little late to the party here, well done on getting it all back together Good news about a improvement in the smoke situation as well Paul

Im in 401-K. I have a money market and a share term certificate. Not rich at all.. but i do have a few bucks at work.. including my mason jars.. 👍 i just dont know how it works..

Bob, Depending on what brokerage house is handling your IRA, quit worrying about it on a daily basis.. You will get an ulcer!!!!

Yes.. we need to wait a bit more.. I beleive in his work..

Sorry about all the posts. For me to post pictures, i have to do it this way

I don't put much faith in GWP reporting, but not failing a blood test says the DUI Charges were not valid. None of that has any bearing on the fact that he killed people only that the DUI charge is not valid. There were reports of a Colorado LEO that was charging people with DUI's that were fake to up his number (and ruining the lives of those charged and not convicted) There is no room in this country for these "fly by night" trucking operations. As one who operated my own I know what it takes to do the job right, and these sleezey operations should never even get a DOT number. The DOT is supposed to cross-check new applicants for previous numbers, and an address that pops up again and again in new filings should be a red flag, along with similar names. They should at least flag for further investigation, but doesn't seam that happens, and now with all the jobs cut I suspect it will not improve that fact. How many innocent lives lost, is worth the cuts?

This was the most recent mention of Diamond Reos that I could remember here on the forum so I thought I would post this here. Yesterday this guy was behind me. I saw him coming and he passed by me when I was waiting to pull out going the same direction he was. I eventually caught up to him and got in front of him. I still cant believe he is running this thing in 2025. It was a dump truck and in pretty decent shape. I'm thinking it is a early to mid 70's Apollo 101 model of some sort. At several red lights I was able to see it had a valid inspection sticker on the windshield. It was a gasser of some sort and probably some kind of road ranger transmission. When we would come to a stop at red lights I could hear him shift the transmission range down to low. I believe he was empty at the time but the thing scooted along pretty well for being an old gasser. just thought is was neat to see one of these still working in 2025. It actually boggles my mind lol.

Joe, The car is powered by a 496ci 427 FE, aftermarket block, Trick Flow alum heads, Weiand Cleveland Tunnel ram on a newly repopped adapter that makes Cleveland intakes fit an FE. Has a Liberty Equalizer 5 spd(same trans Pro Stock runs today) A 9" rear with 4.56 gears and 35 spline axles. Mickey Thompson 29.5x10.5 stiff sidewall slicks. Best 10.16@130 mph. 1.34 60ft. I started running it in 1995, with just a 428CJ, tunnel wedge 2x4, toploader and it went 13.0s. That same combo is now back in my 69F100 as it started as my first hot rod.

The part number for 105 is 25115926, any dealer should be able to get that for you EASILY. and if they can't, I would recommend giving their manager a shout and telling him. This is stupid easy to order, they don't even have to look it up! The drag link is 13QC45BP28, it's been obsoleted from Mack, and PAI seems to have given up on it as well. Not sure where else to look other than having one custom made.

I love Tom Homan. He has so much eloquence in his speech with how blunt he is.

I count 4 air filled tires!

Any higher and you'll need to cut a hole in the floor to see where your going! lol .....Hippy

that driver seat definitely has a whole lot more azz time than 25,000 miles on it. new that thing was only around $60,000 fully loaded.

We have outside carriers come to our service center to drop off refused freight from grocery warehouses on a regular basis. They drop the product off to us to be returned to the shipper. This is not an exaggeration... 9 out of 10 of the OTR drivers are not American born. Of the 9 that are not 7 of those 9 have so little comprehension of the English language that they either have an interpreter app on their phone or have to call their company to have someone who speaks English speak to us.

Situation of the same kind is here. Besides of of some crazy taxes you can't import a truck with lower that Euro-5 emission level. Same for cars but 40 y.o. and older ones go as an exception.