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hatcity

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  1. whats that? how cold the beer glass is?
  2. congrats Rowdy. soon you will have him trailing you in the shop. "Watcha doin' Dad? Why? What does this do? Why?" buy him a grease gun for his third birthday
  3. THAT is what I want. a REAL ladder truck
  4. bad Air compressor bad air governor broken airline broken air dryer
  5. yep. when you dump. However, the system is much better organized now. Most munincipalities have contractors on 5 year plan. Along with the monitoring company.
  6. rates now are by the yard. Truck gets measured for cubic yd. capacity and then marked. At dump site, a man in a tower looks your load over and gives his best estimate of actual load by percent. 50 yd truck at 90% =45 yds. with a running rate of about $5.50/yd, that truck just grossed $247.50. Then deduct 10% holdback (normal for any damage you did not fix) The holdback usually comes about 3 months later AFTER the job is complete Several things-What is the actual rate? in 2004 with all the storms to Florida, rates were up to $8/yd. After Katrina, some guys were about $3. This was a problem as it ended up as those multi-level marketing things. And lots of time to get your pay In 2004, that kind of money was necessary to get trucks as the economy was good. In 2008, after Ike hit texas, economy was not so good so disaster companies offered just enough to get trucks there-$4.50-$5.00/yd Next item is the experience of the guy in the tower. Bring them coffee and water. They can make ya or break ya Self loaders are VERY welcome as they don't need other equipment and don't take up more road than needed. And yes, I have updated with several already Oh yeah-at the 7pm EDT update-CAT 4
  7. no fishing? how can you go out in a boat and NOT!!!!!! fish
  8. used motor oil. You should have plenty of drippings...just put a drain pan underneath
  9. "no, I got this load of....WTF!!!!!! where'd it go?"
  10. that would put some body in jail
  11. is that in Aus. dollars? what about shipping? might have to look into the piston return spring. thinkin' I got a lazy one
  12. Luckily, I have a 2001, so none of that misc. stuff OH YEAH---LIKE!!
  13. I guess you HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mardi Gras then
  14. Welcome aboard need pics of equipment and trucks
  15. prolly was a tanker yanker don't have to be fast. just get there with LOTS of water
  16. have to drop the oil pan due to gasket leaking. Figure while there, why not change the bearings since it open. Question #1-what "should" the set cost? Question #2-torque specs for each? Son is a DD mechanic and can get a 3/4 torque wrench and help Oh yeah...what is the paint code for a 2001 E-tech? Thank you in advance, Ed
  17. https://pensacola.craigslist.org/cto/d/great-strong-antique-fire/6240002820.html
  18. what I found is that with low battery, this will happen. put on charger for a few, or new battery
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