hatcity

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

THAT is what I want. a REAL  ladder truck

• bad Air compressor
• bad air governor
• broken airline
• broken air dryer

 

Hat City so the truck only gets paid when the load gets to the dump site? During Andrew the trucks were backed up beyond the horizon! From the turnpike above Homestead and Cutler ridge you couldn't see the last truck! At every main intersection there was a tire service truck to repair the tires damaged by nails broken glass and assorted debris! So as I understand it how long you sat waiting to unload determined your income! Sounds like the brokers found a way to maximize their income and screw the o/o as usual! We're you in S Florida  during Andrew? Lots of illegal profiteering! One dude brought in a reefer trailer full of bagged ice,at that time a bag of ice was about 1.50 he was charging 20.00! The cops caught him about half empty, made him give away the rest of the load!😁 All the power was off and people's food and meat was spoiling! People were bringing in 53 ft trailers of those cheap k Mart generators, selling them for up to 500.00 each!

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.

no boobage...(sigh)

 

Any of you own a tandem dump,tri axle, or dump trailer? During Andrew, which was mostly wind, every tandem dump in America suddenly doubled in price!, as long as it ran and dumped! And headed to Miami (no Dot checks during a disaster) were making 50 bucks an hr24 hrs a day! 25 years ago,mostly sitting in line waiting to dump debris! Rates have to be higher today! During Katrina,which was mostly water they needed dumps and wreckers to haul away inoperable vehicles! I talked to a towing contractor who spent several months there with  three wreckers paid by the hr! I believe they contract with Fema or the local municipalities! If Harvey is as bad as it seems to be the local contractors won't be able to handle the volume! Opportunity only knocks once! I kicked myself in the butt during Andrew for owning a flatbed not a tandem dump! I made money hauling roof insulation to Miami but could have made ten times as much with a beat up tandem dump or tri axle!

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

no fishing?   how can you go out in a boat and NOT!!!!!! fish

used motor oil.  You should have plenty of drippings...just put a drain pan underneath

Thank you

1. I do mine at 10,000 miles

"no, I got this load of....WTF!!!!!! where'd it go?"

 

I am waiting to see shots on Little Beaver Blvd.

that would put some body in jail

 

The §wish duz all hiz shoppin right here

Clikity ................................................... ClikClikClik

 

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cya

§wishy

is that in Aus. dollars?  what about shipping?

might have to look into the piston return spring. thinkin' I got a lazy one

 

The switch with the snowflake initiates the truck's magnetoplasmadynamic drive system, in effect releasing plasma from the deuterium fusion reactor to power the magnetic coil.

The switch with the circle-shaped arrow with an X releases inertia from the propellant to prevent time dilation, a possibility in the event of an abrupt system shutdown. 

Check your Mack manual under "Drive Systems - Operation" for more details.

Luckily, I have a 2001, so none of that misc. stuff

OH YEAH---LIKE!!

6 hours ago, 1958 F.W.D. said:

I attend several annual parades every year where participants toss candy to people in the crowd. In fact if you do NOT throw candy to the crowd they get vocal about it. I for one HATE it and REFUSE to do it- ever try to look out over the hood of an F.W.D. Firetruck with a kid in close proximity grabbing a piece of candy that fell from the truck in front of you? It's enough to make your heart stop. 

I guess you HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mardi Gras then

Welcome aboard

need pics of equipment and trucks

prolly was a tanker yanker

don't have to be fast. just get there with LOTS of water

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

https://pensacola.craigslist.org/cto/d/great-strong-antique-fire/6240002820.html

Deepest condolences to you and family

1 hour ago, BillyT said:

I never knew his first name!

Maxwell

what I found is that with low battery, this will happen.

put on charger for a few, or new battery