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11 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

Can you please share a news link on the 100,000 ventilators ?

Beyond that, I'm not from New York and thus have never paid attention to him. But his performance in these press meetings by any stretch is impressive.

I get the anti-abortion stance of some. I'm not up on Cuomo's stance.....on anything. My thought is, if a couple of teenagers or college kids mistakenly test their equipment without protection, and obviously in cases of rape, an early term abortion is acceptable.

Quarantines preventing inter-state travel by the masses, excluding trucking, could become a necessity.

The reason China was able to kick this is because they could order people to stay home (aside from essential food shopping) with immediate effect, prohibiting intra-city and inter-province travel.

I'm hoping warmer weather, I heard 77 degrees F, has a positive effect. That would buy time for the developments of vaccines and more medicines for treatment, assuming worst case scenario it would return next winter. SARS, for example, for whatever reason, never returned.

Otherwise, as extremely contagious as it appears to be, many states might be 2 or more months away from peaking. There's a limit to how long our national economy can take a beating. Any longer and a recovery will take considerable time.

It's still a human life being taken. 

He is a Duesh bag

50 minutes ago, Maxidyne said:

I'm very impressed with several of the governors who are filling the gap left by federal inaction. And at this point survival is the major issue, while guns are useless against a virus and doctors are too busy to do abortions.

Cuomo won't give masks and materials that abortion clinics  use to the front line. He doesn't want to offend his (FRIENDS)

On 3/23/2020 at 11:37 AM, kscarbel2 said:

Falling oil prices are a double-edged sword. While we all enjoy inexpensive gasoline and diesel fuel, financially sound energy companies are an essential part of a national's overall economy, and national security. As we speak, many in the U.S. are heading towards bankruptcy due to these low prices. Yes, they did need to overhaul their business models, shifting from purely "drill, drill, drill!" to generating adequate free cash flow.......and most have now accomplished that. But at these price levels, it's impossible for far too many to escape bankruptcy.

When oil is low so are are the metal pricing. Scrap price is in  the toilet.   When my dirt business slows up in the summer I reclaim ferrous and non ferrous materials in a scrap  yard. If price is below 100$ per ton it's not feasible for me. I like it when I I reclaim a 1000 ton a year. Helps me thru the winter. Oil is a double edged sword. 

Look up Martin Farm Truck on the net. That's who I bought my trailer from. They have lots of trailers listed

53 minutes ago, Mack Technician said:

Walked in to my local Mennonite Country store and all things were in perfect order. All shelves stocked and orderly, Gospel choir music playing softly over the store speakers, young ladies in beautiful ankle length flower dresses smiling and working busily......and not ONE stinking roll of toilet paper left!!!!! The ridiculous TP hoard made it to my township.

The Mennonite here shun certain earthly luxury. They cut the antennas off each vehicle as a show of solidarity against media mental corruption. They only sell cheap toilet paper which has a softness grade “crocus cloth”. Somewhere out there this morning a Corona-Dork is exfoliating layers of critical soft tissue and I’m happy for them. 

Now that's funny

Think the price may go up if he travels. Lol

Thank you .Guy did both drs and hood for $250. 8 hrs of work

Welcome 

When Doug and u went to south Pa. To pick up my trailer we got just over 8 mpg. Yes we bobtaied down but trailer weighs 17k. Too many sensors in the truck for me.

Rolled under the trailer and checked it out. Cannot believe it is so clean. Ended up having to remove the cylinders on the neck and found the pins froze solid. Spent 7 hrs with porta power and lots of heat and had to lance the center of the pin. Cant wait to start using it.

On 1/25/2020 at 7:32 AM, alex g said:

I see the odd Kohorst truck come through my town. I remember when they had convoys of dumps passing through. I see the odd tanker now. Do they have any of there old R models still around?

Yes they are north of the border at times running oil. The anthem has been local till time to get the trailer.  They still have 2 r model dumps going and 2 single axle r dumps. 2 - 09,10 Pete's. 1 has a ventilated block . 750k on clock.   6 or 8 CL Mack's and 1 more anthem coming.

Plus 2 Titans. 

Not my truck. Friend hauled it for me.

Does someone on this site own a green and black r 700 tractor with 8v92. Its for sale on market place.

2 minutes ago, tjc transport said:

i am not a big fan of ground bearing trailers. had way too many episodes back in "the good old days" of the ground under the lift plate collapsing when trying to hook up. 

Agree.

8 hours ago, Rob said:

They have a seemingly decent ground bearing detach, (Fontaine) I have a growing interest in:

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/162342717/1999-fontaine-tb35

Rob, check with them. Mine was listed for 19,500. Got it for 18,000.

8 hours ago, Rob said:

They have a seemingly decent ground bearing detach, (Fontaine) I have a growing interest in:

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/162342717/1999-fontaine-tb35

Yes I looked at that one too. Looks good other than rust holes in rear bridge. That can be fixed

Just have to mail the check and then we go down in a mack Anthem to pick it up.

Think it's been in Pennsylvania all its life

Thanks. Yes spring assistant is a necessity.  22 ft well. 96 wide wish it was 102 but 96 has done fine for me.