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Brocky

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  1. The main reason I went with Wells Fargo was that I inherited a small Prudential stock account when my mother passed away. Wells Fargo had purchased the Prudential system. Also I liked the WF man when I met him a lot better than the Vanguard man who had our 401 acct with our company.
  2. Geoff, I did NOT make myself clear!!! I was talking about tires,, Not cooling systems.
  3. Thanks, I could not read it.. And I am computer illiterate enough so I could not blow it up!!!!! The Diamond REO's were a hodgepaudge of parts from when White was building several brands, DT-REO-White, on the same line, and they did not change much after creating the name Diamond REO!!!!!!
  4. Actually the calcium chloride was to keep the water from freezing.. before perminamate antifreeze.. Most of Australia does not have that problem..
  5. 67R, I cannot make out the grille badge well enough, BUT I do not see the words Diamond REO In large letters down the side of the hood??? All I can see is what looks like the Diamond T emblem near the front???? This may possibly be a 1960 to 1967 (before May 1, 1967) Diamond T with the Autocar cab and White fenders and more than likely Geoff is right on the REO gas engine????????? Being a dump is he local enough to track him down???
  6. 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..
  7. 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..
  8. 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.
  9. Bob, Depending on what brokerage house is handling your IRA, quit worrying about it on a daily basis.. You will get an ulcer!!!!
  10. Paul, Thanks for the clarification.. I had forgot you folks have a lot of "Cross Channel" traffic. Who is left with RHD??? South Africa, India and Japan????
  11. I like your idea of upgrading the pintle hitch area.. Will you need to add air glad hands?? You will probably have to attach your light bar / mud flap hangers to the end of the frame.. That Goose neck ball looks a little far back for good weight distribution???
  12. I just noticed in your update pictures that this truck is Left Hand Drive.. Is Ireland that much different from England??? If not, will you have legal problems operating a LHD vehicle??? I think Australia has some rules about having to change it to RHD or sum such BS???? Maybe Mrs Mack Paul can correct me!!!
  13. Especially on your Outback dirt roads!!!!!!
  14. Round or square??? All the regular parts stores will carry them..
  15. Running unregistered vehicles on the street reminds me of the ATHS National Show in Colorado Springs CO...The host hotel, and meetings, was about 2 blocks from the Arena where the show was held and some of the restaurants were in a strip mall across the street from the hotel.. Golf Carts EVERYWHERE!!!!! I guess the the Police Dept decided it was not worth trying to corral 1000 retired truck drivers on rental golf carts!!!
  16. Geoff, I think(??) I understand that the Constitution was written to protect the rights of people who are American Citizens.. BUT< BUT how does someone who ILLEGALLY entered this country have any rights??????? It seems that there are a group of politicians in our Congress that DO NOT believe in the Constitution and at the very least be voted out of office. I guess that the voting Americans and the courts will eventually decide.. I HOPE!!!!!
  17. I am unable to understand the Demonacrats fighting to keep them here.. The ones who have gone to Salvador to bring them back should be charged with Treason!!! and made to pay back the taxpayer dollars then used to get there....
  18. I have slowed down to 2 or 3 beers before/during supper.. I never did do much of the "Hi Test" stuff!!!!
  19. In about 1970 I had a negative ground AM radio out of something mounted in a wooden box that I could tarp strap to the tool box, in place of a passenger seat, in one of Matlack's positive ground R models.
  20. I sent in my paid reservations for the Friday evening dinner along with my dues to BTPA.. If we do not make the dinner, well it is a fund raiser!!
  21. Hippy, Thank you for the renewed history lesson..
  22. Brockway also used a lot of Farr air cleaners.. They do not have a website anymore, BUT are active on Farcebook!!! Check with them on element availability..
  23. Where are you headed??????
  24. I think "sacrificed" is the right description!!!
  25. If my health and checkbook are willing I would like to go up there again this year..
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