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  1. When I used to haul produce out of beautiful sunny Florida and went to a produce market if you were not standing on the dock watching them unload you. When they got done you would have bad, damaged, and be short on product. The broker took it out of the drivers pay no questions. No matter what I haul I always watch the loading or unloading. Zero Hero needs to pay for some of the damage before putting a boot in his butt and send him down the road.

  2. I had a driver ask me one nite. Said he was 200 lbs over gross and wanted to know if he let the air out of 2 tires would that be enough to make him legal. Being the nice kind considerate professional I said sure that is all you need to do.

    As far as Hilly Rodman she is twice as bad as slick Willie ever dared be. The good ole USA can't stand another 8 years of her.

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  3. How have you been Otherdog? It has been a long time. I have been doing fine. Thanks for asking. If you get a special holder for the log splitter with a 4 way wedge you will be ok. I'm sold out right now. They are 5 for a dime at Almay's.

  4. I would like some information on a 2007 CXN 613 with a 460 motor. 10 speed transmission and air ride.

    I don't know anything about the newer Mack motors. I know a little about the older ones.

    Is this motor better than the 427.

    How does the Mack 10 speed do.

    My boss want to buy me a newer truck to replace the '81 R model I use now.

    Which is the best model to get.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    I need a short Day Cab for what I do. The one orchard is in a tight place.

    Thanks in advance for the help.

  5. Just one more reason working for the RailRoad is better than me trucking full time, Id kill that guy.

    Thats why i'm glad I start my new job on the 22d of july. 6 weeks training in Atlanta then on to my new career.

  6. I haven't supported martins since they sold the gibbles brand to deifenbaigh who shut down the brand. I knew back when they did that it was going to happen, and I think they did also.

    I hadn't heard about this. When did it happen. Gibbles was the best chips around especially when they were cooked in lard. I guess I won't buy them anymore.

  7. I doubt I'd be disconnecting oil or fuel lines from a running truck with a hot engine....spray all of that fuel and oil onto the exhaust manifold and then instead of having a runaway engine, you'd have a krispy truck.

    Instead, I'd take the knife out of my pocket and cut the rubber hose going into the intake manifold from the charge air cooler. Since the engine was being fueled by oil entering the intake at the turbo, that would effectively cut off the fuel supply and starve it. If it didn't quit running right away due to residual oil in the manifold, use the rubber floor mat to block off the air to the intake manifold and suffocate the engine.

    It won't spray fuel when you take the fuel line off I have had to do it before. Just take the line off and hold your thumb over the supply line until it quits running. Its not a big deal better to do that than have a truck blowed up.

  8. This has spilled over to bread. I was fetched up on Stroehmann bread it used to have 16 servings. Two slices per serving. Now it has 12 servings and the bag is the same size as it used to be. I rite them a letter and axed why the decrease in size. All I got was 2 cupons for $1.00 off a loaf of bread. When they quit making honey buns that was a sad day in history. The breakfest of champions was a Stroehmann honey bun and a DR Pepper.


  9. What an idiot. A good driver would have took a hammer or wrench and got the fuel line off the pump then if the turbo was putting oil in the motor take the oil supply line off and it will shut down and not blow the motor up. If that was my truck that idiot steering wheel holder would be looking for a job. Like I always say drivers are a dime a dozen but a good driver is hard to find. Maybe it is just that i'm an owner operator and I pay the bills.

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  10. Just like Jimmy V said don't ever give up don't EVER give up Mike. You can do it again. My girlfriend is working on 5 years cnacer free. Her friend she went to school with is going through the same kind of cancer she had. Her friend almost give up but they had a talk and her chemo is doing its job. Stay positive and you can beat this.

  11. There used to be a little money in the reefer business not any more. A few years ago I was in Pompano FL In the resturant and a broker came in with a load going to Boston. It loaded in Pompano the rate was $900.00 and some young boy jumped right on it. Back in the good ole days a 40' trailer was all that was needed now its a 53' with more freight and lower rates. Thanks to deregulation.

  12. As bad as those wheels are they need sanded first. You should start with a rough grit about 200 then 800. Then use jewelers rouge if sanded you should be able to use green. If you want a good shine that look like new after the green use white. You will need a varible speed grinder with polishing pads for the grinder. Dewalt work the best. It is dirty work but when you are done they look like new.

  13. I grew up on a farm. Up every morning to feed the livestock, off to school, and then tend the livestock in the evening. Our "vacation" was a day trip so we could be back in time to do the evening chores. We had a B&W TV and could only get one station (if the wind was blowing in the right direction). And for "entertainment" the Sears and Robust, Monkey Wards, and Jacque Penney catalogs. Original phone was a party line with a real operator to place the call. Eventually the phone was "upgraded" to a dial tone and rotary dial. I was a senior in college when the first electronic calculator (HP35) was marketed and it was $595. Until then I used a slide rule. If I could turn back the clock it would be to 1970...MUSCLE CARS!!!! A Plymouth Cuda with a real 426ci HEMI was about $4000 loaded (not to mention Road Runner, GTX, Superbird, Charger, Challenger, GTS, Super Bee, R/T, Coronet, Boss 302, Mach I, Z28, SS, etc.). Oh and we had NO air conditioning in the summer. Does anyone remember using an outhouse? Did not have "indoor plumbing" until I was in high school.

    My granddad had running water in the house but no bathroom. If it was late of nite we could use the thunder mug. During the day it was the outhouse. It was cold setting in there in the winter.

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