Outbehindthebarn

On 6/15/2017 at 9:47 AM, kscarbel2 said:

The thing is, it feels as though that event was just yesterday. The entire company, including the factory branches and dealers, was excited because we knew that we about to redefine the industry. The original cool power 300s would run circles around today's 400s. That whistle meant massive torque at your disposal.

Thats what I just don't understand. This horsepower/torque thing; mechanical vs. electric. The torque/horsepower figures are exaggerated.????

3 hours ago, DailyDiesel said:

Your opinion of Giffin at CNN is much higher than mine. 

No, I don't think so. They thought enough of her influence to fire her for pulling that stunt. 

11 hours ago, TeamsterGrrrl said:

A higher percentage of Americans have health insurance thanks to Obamacare. The gap in Obamacare was for folks like you who weren't eligible for any subsidy, weren't part of any group, and live in a state that didn't create their own exchange.

The ACA is a failure. Everyone knows it. Only a fool attempts to defend it. It was good at first, but the loser millennials who loved Obama didn't buy insurance. My premiums have gone up 250% since 2014. I live in a strong market with lots of hospitals. It was a joke, many believe it was designed to fail.

Do you need to be reminded an idiot like Trump won? He WON! We all were stunned. and it was because of Obamacare. .. this was evidenced in the 2010 Congressional "schlacking" the Dems took... who knew it could carryover and put Trump in the White House? If you can't see that Obamacare doesn't work, take a look at who's in the White House.

On June 16, 2017 at 3:59 AM, DailyDiesel said:

Guess we forgot about all those tasteful depictions of President Obama being lynched. Or maybe those polite comments about his wife looking like an ape. Or those delightful personal attacks of his daughters. Remember Ted Nugent and his comments? The exact same crap as what Kathy Griffin pulled except they were playing for the other side.

The point is this. Both "sides" have their fair share of lunatics who really do not represent the group as a whole. Left or Right. Democrat or Republican. Pro gun. Anti gun.

Its not the 'exact' same thing. Griffin is a media figure well-associated with CNN. It gives credence to the notion of liberal-bias news. It was also done in the fashion of DAESH, while possibly not intentional, showed an incredibly horrific level of ignorance. 

The lynched Obamas were disgusting, and as far as I can gather, was limited to fundamentalist rednecks from the hills, not some well-known comedian associated with a major news network.

My only complaint with the cabover was entry.... felt like a window washer scaling a skyscraper getting into my MH.

1 minute ago, 41chevy said:

Tire inflation set up. The Scannia you looked at had the same thing.

Yeah, there on 85% of the trucks there. Roads are pretty rough of the main highways.

In Brazil, 141's are a common sight to this day.

How about this crazy set-up?

On 5/28/2017 at 8:37 AM, TeamsterGrrrl said:

Fortune Worldwide 500, transportation companies: http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?sector=Transportation

Not a single one in the top 100, and not a single trucking only company made the top 500. Even the biggest trucking company has less bargaining power than at least 500 companies, so the trucking industry has little bargaining power in relation to their big corporate customers. And the little guys with one truck or a small fleet? The big corporations have you all fighting with each other for money losing hauls while the CEOs buy million dollar Ferraris while you work hundred hour weeks trying to eke out a living with decades old trucks!

Ah yes, Comrade, soon the revolution will come. We will rise up and crush the bourgeoise .... everyone will drive 55mph, haul precisely 79,999lbs and own a Dacha with corn that grows 16 feet tall. It will be paradise I say! PARADISE! . . . 

Greetings Riccardo. The Euro styling never caught on too strong here.... but I love them.... can't tell you anything about the Ivecos in the USA either.

Ron

The title to this post constitutes "Click Bait"

Looks like a heavy duty deck.

Where do you go to enter the chat room?

And TT racer Guy Martin loves the Scania V8!

10 hours ago, Timmyb said:

Sorta like Pol Pots wood chipper?

15 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

I bunged the pictures up on the Cat forum as I had never heard of this machine and I got some responses it appears no one else has either

Paul

 

~GEEEEEEEEZUS~

Why does it seem to me, a person admittedly ignorant of heavy hauling, that there are not enough axels, tires, brakes under that mega-dozer's transport...?

When I see videos of things like this being moved in Australia, there are five times as many tires on the ground.

I got mine....!

Don't know when... UPS left them on the porch alongside a cardboard box and they didn't get noticed!!!!! Thank God they didn't get wet.

Thanks so much, they are beautiful.

Ron

Still rather have a SCANIA!

That right there is the Ten-year old me's dream truck..... 

How does it compare size-wise to the Komatsu 575?

I'm thinking your in-box is full.

Really puts the compactness of the flathead into prospective, doesn't it?