KDog Trucking

What's the hold up Tom, me The Burren and Mack Tech are down to just two beers left and I'm still not banned?

Wake up Barry if you have to.

Can I take the BMT exit survey?

On 12/12/2020 at 6:35 PM, tjc transport said:

so you talked to yourself over there? how did the conversation go? 

  you:  gee, i heard you were banned. 

him:  yup, and if you do not watch yourself, you will be too.

Someone let you out of Marlboro Mental Hospital? Heard there's a lot of people there who talk to themselves. You ain't rite, Tom.

13 hours ago, Brocky said:

KDog, Without going into long and outdated information it was basically MONEY!!!

The ATHS administration removed the control of the discussion forum part of their website from the ATHS members Online Division (Chapter) and replaced them with an outside contractor.

If you want more concise info PM me thru here..

That's a really dumb idea.

1 hour ago, tjc transport said:

so you talked to yourself over there? how did the conversation go? 

  you:  gee, i heard you were banned. 

him:  yup, and if you do not watch yourself, you will be too.

Not exactly. But it's a small world, no doubt. 😄

On 12/10/2020 at 7:06 AM, Brocky said:

JOT was formed/built/started after the ATHS administration "Tanked" the discussion forums on their website in about 2015. JOT has recaptured the sense of community that ATHS had and has grown because of it.  Many of us are still ATHS members for various reasons but enjoy participating on JOT!!

Brocky: What'd they do to tank it? Going through members private messages, banning large groups of good contributors, then not writing banned on their accounts so no one really knows how many are banned and when Mods are banning them? 🤫

Just heard The Burren's (the guy who stirred the hornet's nest by starting this thread) was kicked off BMT. I talked to him over on the ATHS forum. Seems a lot of folks going over there. I get not dragging up the past...I do. Nevertheless, I mourn every banned member! We used to have some good/heated discussions on here. RIP my friends.

Anybody here seen my old friend John (Hancock)?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
You know I just looked around and he's gone

I thought I saw them walkin' up over the hill
With Mack Technician, and The Burren and Ts7.

Thanks for the tip! Was hoping someone would locate the MIA’s. 

2 hours ago, hurstscrambler said:

I liked all the guys that got banned, but they were really laying into Kscarbel2 for some sort of conspiracy theory, it was getting pretty wacky.  Andy

Was told it’s the multiple bans and returns that lit it off. She was being hounded by them. She was also irritating the banned members and KS was decent to her. When he became moderator the membership resented KS for giving her respect instead of the boot. Then accused him of harboring a banned fugitive. Too bad it did get ugly as like TJC points out. Something had to intervene. 

2 hours ago, Vladislav said:

 a term of ban. And this last point is also the last point in my post since I think a member shouldn't be banned forever 

What do the sites do? A ban term? jail sentence instead of a coffin?

And a group of members butt heads with administration and certain moderator about her being back again. Administration won the argument, Barry banned her and all them. 

TJC knows who, but I think JHancock, David Wild, Heavy Gunner, Mack Technician, Dutch Digger and TS7 all got axed. Maybe a few more? 

I’d leave it alone. When He comes back after these spats guaranteed  Teamsterrr/Gear-head grrrl/Maxidyne isn’t far behind. Round 4? 

RIP Mack Tecnician.
You will surely be missed by many on this site. Your practical, useful advice and selfless dedication to helping others solve problems will not soon be forgotten.

Another victim of senseless censorship.

Jamkar, the moderators wiped out the core group of outspoken conservatives. It's the blue wave 2020.

That's insane for a screw! Talk about getting "screwed". 

My guess...$43. Wild shot in the dark. 

Cool video, good stuff. Looks like this stuff was promoted as the original "energy drink", before that was a thing.

Interesting note from their website in the history section:

1885-1899: Moxie Nerve Food invented and patented in 1885.

I find it curious it was originally called 'nerve food'. They also made 'many wild curative claims'. Hair loss? Drink more Moxie. Marital problems? Erectile disfunction? Drink Moxie, and all your problems will be gone.

MackTechnician, when you tried it, did your chosen ailment get better?

Wow! That's awesome (and sad).

The only source of ignition had to have been the battery. Something (the frame of the shack) must have sparked the battery by touching both terminals. Otherwise, how do you explain?

Subsequent explosions came from LP tanks after the shack and battery acid were burning.

Amazing the vehicle wasn't more damaged!

Just fueling the flames 😂😃

I doubt Russia would launch a preemptive strike. 

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russians-will-go-to-heaven-in-event-of-nuclear-war-vladimir-putin-1934172

M.A.D. no longer really applies to urban Russia, they've been fortifying and prepping for a nuclear attack since the cold war. Putin has said they could keep the 3 largest cities in Russia completely intact after a nuclear attack, with enough underground bunker space for the entire city of Moscow to run for 20 years underground. Supposedly, Putin claims the entire population of Moscow has been prepped.

Putin has been preparing for a nuclear showdown and has publicly commented on it in interviews last year. He said something to the effect of "Moscow has bunkers, and food and water for everyone in the city, does New York City? Washington?" He added, I hope we can resolve this peaceably, speaking about the U.S. in Syria, where we are already in a proxy war with Russia, but any attack against Russian forces (in Syria) would result in dire consequences for the U.S. There would be many casualties in a nuclear attack to be sure on both sides, but something tells me Russia is better prepared than the U.S. 

It only makes sense that there would be another "Cuban missile crisis" of our time or similar events, especially given Trumps bold take on things. Russia has been developing the Bomba, or super Nuke, that is about 100 times larger than the Hiroshima bomb. The U.S. air to air missile system (which intercepts missiles) could likely get about 75% of nukes launched at us. That means if Russia sent up 100, 25 would get through. Not exactly an iron dome, unless we have better tech and they're not saying?

Thanks for sharing, love the old rusting heap pictures! Great stuff. 

Neat pics, really like the old vehicles and the Tamale restaurant. 

Nice truck! Would love to see it restored. Thanks for sharing.

Ah yes...it was the Volvo L180H, I recall you mentioned that once. 

Anyone else have any experiences with bad DEF codes (and how you solved the problem?)

Good question, I'm seeing issues all over the board. Midwest Motor Express was the most recent. They run around 350 trucks, have said at any given time 1-2 trucks are down due to DEF issues, including "bad def" sensors. Was curious, I know you had seen this in a Liebehr if i recall. 

What I can gather, here is what a "bad def" light could mean:

1 – Water in the NOx sensor

2 – Ambient temp sensor (mounted in the front bumper) is misreading or faulty

3 – Driving with less than a full tank causes the crystallization that can build up and cause slime to build up in the filter. Habitual offenders will see this frequently.

4 -Does it occur only in rainy or dry weather? Water and humidity can cause DEF sensors to malfunction.

5 – Inaccurate DEF guage (causes yellow lights to come on) that is the gauge is reading half full when the tank is empty. From what I understand these are prone to failure. So it is worth checking if there is in fact DEF in the tank.

6- Contamination such as sand or dirt or diesel fuel.

7 – Actual ‘bad def’. The easiest way to determine whether DEF Fluid has been compromised is through color comparison. DEF Fluid should always remain the same color- and if you notice a different hue in your tank then you have contaminated product.

On most trucks, they have a DEF filter. On the Cascadia, for example, there is a little tiny def fluid filter that is in the def line right where it goes into the one-box. It can get a buildup of white slime that inhibits the amount of def going into the chamber and give these sort of codes. Called a def Doser inlet screen, check this first.

Curious, what did you find out when your bad def sensor tripped on the liebehr?