HeavyGunner

The elogs we use doesn't use any driver input other than signing in at the beginning of the trip and logging off when you're done with your shift. Duty statuses change automatically, the gps knows where you're at, the ecm is tied into it as well. What driver input are you thinking needs to be done on an elog?

Neat article. Still see a few tracked dozers farming around here.

I like the little Timberjack on the cab over lowboy. What's it used for? I noticed there's a funky blade on the back of it.

I'd be worried. Must be the rest of that gem getting ready to scatter and really bungle things up.

All our trucks in MT have wings. Lots a miles of road to plow with very few people and resources.

There is a biodiesel plant in my area and it's a total waste of taxpayer dollars in my opinion. It's not self sustaining, the owners told me as soon as the subsidies run out they will close their doors. So we are wasting farm land to grow a subsidized crop instead of food. So in reality we are subsidizing the biodiesel twice. Like you brought up Paul with out subsidies the price would be astronomical and no one would waste there time if this was a real business.

It's funny how our government always uses foreign oil dependency to push whatever agenda they have. Anyone ever wondered why the oil price tanked this winter? The Saudis didn't like the oil boom in ND and started flooding our market with foreign oil (which our government let them do so) to drive the price down which would make any more drilling uneconomical. Now that most of the outfits have pulled out of ND and no new wells are being drilled the price is slowly creeping back up. Good thing Uncle Sam is watching out for us citizens.

Uh oh, are we going to see reality show in your neck of the woods Vlad?

With all these regulations crippling the US how are we to continue even status quo needed for power when hydroelectric plants, coal plants, nuclear plants and in some cases gas powered plants are all being outlawed?

Same as the irs. If they wrongfully convict you and you lost everything and later prove yourself innocent they are not liable. Heard this second hand from a friend that saw something on tv about it.

In all fairness you never post any facts or links to the facts or news paper articles to your "facts" either. In most if not every post in this thread I made sure to point out that it was my opinion based on what I saw or what made sense to me. The fact still is wind power only works when there's wind. So during the doldrums of summer and the dead of winter when there normally is less wind but the demand is the highest a wind farm doesn't work. To me it's a shame having all these natural resources in the US and we can't use them to help ourselves. Montana has a lot of coal in it as well as Wyoming. Could be cheaper, reliable power but the bunny huggers have more money and time in their hands to stop any progress but it's ok to continue mining the coal and sending it over seas where you know good and damn well they pollute to high heaven with out a care. As for natural gas fired plants, they could be an option but right now the owners of the gas wells are either capping them off until the price goes up or flaring them off rather than give the gas away. So cheap natural gas power isn't likely to happen.

Tell me if I'm wrong David but I thought I remembered hearing that one of e by products of the new clean fired coal power plant they were trying to get built in Highwood was diesel or kerosene. Am I remembering right or just dreaming?

That's a beautiful police car.

I'm guessing a modern coal fired plant like the one the tree huggers stopped from being built in Highwood Montana right in the middle of a natural gas field is light years ahead of a 50 year old plant you speak of. I'm no coal plant expert but I know how fast technology moves so it only makes sense to me that they aren't these archaic dinosaurs you speak of. As for wind being cheap I'm not so sure that it's cheap and you'd have to cover every open spot in the country side with them to make wind a viable alternative and that's only IF the wind blows.

I personally think the big reason we're seeing more and more autos in trucks because there is a bigger demand for drivers and it's easier to find an inexperienced driver to throw behind the wheel so they can try and drive a truck like their Camry. I've drove one auto shift (start and stop with clutch) and absolutely hated it. They figure our company runs off pavement 40%_50% of the time and many of those "roads" are no more than a two track across the prairie which turns to nasty gumbo when it's wet. With the auto we had if you started to spin out it would automatically derate you until it got into second gear and if you were still spinning it would derate you nearly to a stop. That doesn't work well when we need to spin,grab and claw our way out of muddy, snowy messes. I didn't like descending hills because it would upshift on you, using the auto in manual sucked in my opinion because you still weren't in full control of the truck because it would only let you shift when the computer told you so. I'd rather be on the road with drivers who have actually spent some time learning with other drivers how to drive a truck. How it handles differently than a car, shows them the tricks of the trade. Not some fly by night trucker who decides trucking is their last chance ditch effort at a career. I know there are some great applications for autos around town and in vocational trucks but my opinion of them is not very high.

Wind power is very sporadic at best. It can only work because it feeds into the system that is already powered by coal, nuclear or hydro which are 3 main things do gooders have all but abolished.

I'm just being a baby. Long week of herding a train across gumbo roads. I should be happy, we could be like those poor buggers in Ft. mcmurray. Though I do like telling the farmers who never get enough rain and wish for more that I'm sick of it and you don't need one drop of rain to run a pump Jack 😀

Tuesday I saw snow in the Bears Paw mountains. Which should've been an omen for the snow storm I played in today...in the mud.

Believe kscarbel posted a story recently about Detroit Diesel having technicians via wifi or satellite communication to diagnose and work on engines remotely. If it wasn't Kevin than I read it at our shop.

The first pic.

That doesn't look big enough for a queen bed, toilet and microwave like the brochure says. Must be a helluva tight fit.

Not true Paul, Obummer said the economy is much better than when he started. 😆

I just renewed mine and the closest fingerprint station to me is 5hrs away one way. What a crock of bs. Any sheriffs office (who print me for my carry permit) should be able to print me for hazmat/tsa background check. I highly doubt it is any different than the fbi background check every 4 years for my carry permit. Just sanitizer wast of $86.00 and 10hrs of driving.

Ding ding ding we have a winner.

Is that because euro emissions are easier to meet than US emissions?