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4 hours ago, Maxidyne said:

It'd help the rates if Florida got some of those cobbled together dump trucks off the road... There's an outfit around Naples that take old KW anteaters, puts on super singles on the front and a pusher axle so they look like a dump truck, then loads them to at least the legal limit of 73,280 on a chassis only designed for 46,000 pounds!

was a time that they were cutting frame, throw a piece of channel in between to stretch, dump body...good for the road.

many were seen buckled in half on the road

• 4 hours ago, Ezrider said:

  i don't care if your running 13 months a year 50 bucks an hour isn't enough, i imagine a tri axle isn't quite as expensive to run as a tractor trailer but even being generous on on operating cost difference driver makes what 10 bucks an hour owner makes 5? id go flip burgers before i ran my truck that cheap. 

  most were probably owner/operators

• I know of a company in need of drivers-tri-axle=$10/hr, trailer=$12

• I don't care that you have new trucks

• I make more driving a tandem

• But yes, the overall rate is not good

E7 is a million mile engine. There were cam issues earlier, but should have been taken care of at O/H....maybe that's why

I ran a 2001 with E7-427...never had to open the motor

ice fishing? that's what we call trying to get the last remains of an ice cube from the cooler

if a post hole digger is "required" equipment....I'm out

7-2 is "parking brake switch"

Does park lite come on, on dash when applied?

also, do the brake lites work with low air.

on mine, the brake lites stayed on until about 80 psi

4-1 is vehicle speed sensor...you replaced and all is good

malfunction lite should go out

11 minutes ago, BillyT said:

L Mack Cruz was a crystal clear candidate for the Baker act! All you have to be is a danger to yourself or society!

BUT!!!!!  you can check yourself out too

oh, that was farther south from me.

Eastman is a large hauler around here. he has his own plus brokers out alot

yep, 20-22 tons normal..tri-axles can go to 70k legal...if you have steel or aluminum box makes a difference

I been buying Danners lately-three pairs so far

last a long time, waterproof, USA made

a couple items here

1) we can run year round...this way we can budget our monies easier than trying to get as much as we can in 8 months

2) did you talk to the drivers?...no speaka de englis

3) yes, some are fairly new, but many are in need of service

4) the rate they get vs the brokers rate...

right now, I have been in and out of the pit they are hauling out of. two loaders to keep them running..the fun is at the scale house

What beach was you at?

I have my U.S. government issue passport

and a FL CC permit

1 hour ago, 85snowdog said:

I'm pretty sure if you owned the truck, it would be fixed already. 

That's the hardest part of working for someone else. Sometimes the owners priorities are different than what we think is important.  I'm not saying this is the case.   But I know of people that think its more important to go to Vegas or buy a fancy new  pickup , than fix their trucks. 

IF that were mine, yes indeed.

Will find out tomorrow as I'm letting him know, I will not drive until fixed

There is another, but that is HIS truck, along with a single axle

17 fatalities..so far.  How sad for the families

look on top of transmission for the switch....easy stuff before you tear it up

Haven't heard from him in a while. Maybe the aboriginies(whatever) got him

20 minutes ago, Red Horse said:

2 pounds of "JB"!    How many miles-? Application? Tractor ? Triaxle dump?  Chalmers does have a good rep right?

2002 tandem dump    they are a good RIGID susp.   just seems should be fixed sooner...DOT will red ball me

have a large crack on suspension..BOTH sides. boss says will get to it sometime

I worked in an ice cream warehouse. That was kept at -20. then walk out to 85+ in snowmobile suits

its a safety feature. So you can hear some one yell STOP!!!!! cause some nitwit ran behind you

oh, and you should have the windows down too

29 minutes ago, RowdyRebel said:

that is very possible. If you got her the point of bat-shit crazy, you never know what can happen

welcome to 2018...and the interweb

welcome aboard