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Posted: 6/3/2023 12:13:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Oh yeah. Seriously, this is weird: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/IMG_20230602_100813_jpg-2837598.JPG No can do. I don’t have anything against electric cars, no interest in ever owning one, but an EV Mustang just seems wrong. Call it something else, amirite? |
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Posted: 6/5/2023 7:50:54 AM EDT
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Hanging out in the shop. Got a blown airbag on the tractor.
Glad it failed here at the yard and not 100 miles down the road! Should only set me back an hour or so.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/6/2023 3:00:17 PM EDT
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/6/2023 4:09:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/Screenshot_20230606-124959_png-2842267.JPG What is this? Never seen this page in Google Maps…? |
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Posted: 6/6/2023 5:42:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: What is this? Never seen this page in Google Maps ? Google Maps Timeline. That was an E-mail they sent.  Attached FileFrom the Google Maps home screen, click on your face (or avatar), click on "Your Timeline", and you can dive into what Big Brother saw. |
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Posted: 6/6/2023 6:04:07 PM EDT
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I don't use Google
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/6/2023 7:00:44 PM EDT
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Interesting. Thanks. @PhuzzyGnu
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Posted: 6/8/2023 8:53:20 AM EDT
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600 mile Subaru load from Ft. Worth down to the RIo Grande Valley.
 Attached FileTuesday I picked up at Hyundai Montgomery, AL. Delivered those yesterday to the west side of DFW. |
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Posted: 6/9/2023 6:57:08 PM EDT
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 Attached FileHoly Jesus it was hot as balls loading up. I tapped out and went straight to the hotel. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/12/2023 8:54:38 PM EDT
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Got most of my work done in L.A. today.
One stop early in the morning, and then pin it (well, not really, when you’re running 55) and north through the Grapevine. Biggest issue is load weight - I had two single-pallets put in the nose, due to a weird, heavy but small load. Still looks like I’ll be over weight on the drives, so will have to figure that out in the morning. I’ll run over the scale on my way out of the truck stop and see if I can get away with not reworking the load I guess. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 9:04:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: <Snip> Still looks like I'll be over weight on the drives, so will have to figure that out in the morning. I'll run over the scale on my way out of the truck stop and see if I can get away with not reworking the load I guess.  I had to dump all the chains out of my chain locker onto another truck and get down to less than a quarter tank of fuel before hitting the scale at the top of Raton Pass inorder to make weight, made it with 40lbs to spare 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/12/2023 9:20:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seabee_Mech: How much fuel are you going to burn getting over the pass and before a DOT scale? I had to dump all the chains out of my chain locker onto another truck and get down to less than a quarter tank of fuel before hitting the scale at the top of Raton Pass inorder to make weight, made it with 40lbs to spare At half a tank (or so) of fuel now, and reading 67psi on the airbags. Usually I like to keep it around 62. 64 is really pushing it. I expect I’m about 34,500(?) at 67psi. Had a really cool photo I took of one of the trucks heading north over Raton in a snow storm. Ugh. Off to rework this load, instead of taking a nap. Slept from about 2-6pm yesterday. Then awake for about five hours, tried to sleep again, alarm at 3:45am, and been at it since. Long day. I’m tired. And now I get to go play giant tetras. I’d post photos, but need a better way of hosting than what I used for my ad in the EE. That was a royal pain. Any suggestions? Edit: Reworked the load here on the trailer. Got it down to about 62psi, with the trailer tandems in forwardmost position, so I should be good to go, even with full tanks! |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 11:12:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: Had a really cool photo I took of one of the trucks heading north over Raton in a snow storm I'd post photos, but need a better way of hosting than what I used for my ad in the EE. That was a royal pain. Any suggestions? Easiest way to post photos is to upload them to the ArfCom media server. Log out and log back in 
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Posted: 6/13/2023 4:02:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seabee_Mech: @Woodchuck1 Easiest way to post photos is to upload them to the ArfCom media server. Log out and log back in Thank you! |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 4:28:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: Thank you! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: @Woodchuck1 Easiest way to post photos is to upload them to the ArfCom media server. Log out and log back in Thank you! This is why I renew each year. Love this place. |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 6:08:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: OverScoped]
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I'm not even a super nice person. I've been a member for about 13 years.
I've had 2 platinums, 1 gold and at least 4 bronze memberships bought for me, without begging.. including this years.. Some people here are just very giving. |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 10:39:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
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Not recent, but from entertainment tour days.
Ford Field, in Detroit. Don’t have too many photos, and in fact had to snag one from my best friend who still has some photos. The tunnel to get in here was really tight - tandems had to be all the way forward to make the turn off the alley into the tunnel, then slide the tandems all the way to the rear once you were in the tunnel, but before proceeding down it, as you’d hit the roof with the tail of the trailer on the ‘steps’ or steep drops on the floor of the tunnel if the tandems were left forward. I popped the tunnel roof with my trailer tail going in - one of the first trucks in - but didn’t do any damage and didn’t realize what had happened. One of the next guys in had some damage from it, and we finally figured out what was happening when going down across the steep transition section.  |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 11:29:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
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Since I left the tour and have been hauling food, no interesting photos of loads, but I like taking photos of the views or nature.
 Oops, wrong country…  A couple days off with a rented motorcycle…  Caught in a storm.  Birds…lots of birds.  Time off again…  Ruins.  Mosque.  Fun in the sun for a day - rented Camaro SS.  A true friend. I got this photo of Craig while we were exploring in L.A. with a down day we had while dealing with a tour related vendor. He passed away less than a year from when I took this photo. A man of impecable character, who made a lasting difference in my life by his actions, rather than a lot of words. 
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Posted: 6/14/2023 7:37:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: Biggest issue is load weight - I had two single-pallets put in the nose, due to a weird, heavy but small load. Still looks like I’ll be over weight on the drives, so will have to figure that out in the morning. I’ll run over the scale on my way out of the truck stop and see if I can get away with not reworking the load I guess. I'm happy not to offer service in the people's republic. Last week a shipper did this. I did slide the tandems back and even it out. 1/2 fuel, and I did have a well balanced breakfast that morning.  Attached FileThis was me at the weigh station 40 miles up the road, and how I know it worked. I got pulled up on the scale behind another guy getting chewed out over the loudspeaker for not following instructions. I creeped across (axle weigh) to a solid green light and no commentary from the booth.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 10:37:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
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@RedForeman
Do you not have a California legal truck, or simply choose not to go? That scale ticket is special. What state let you roll? |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 11:20:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: Do you not have a California legal truck, or simply choose not to go? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: Do you not have a California legal truck, or simply choose not to go? The latter. As a rule, my trucks don't go west of I-35. I have family on the west coast, but there are much better options to get there for a visit than in a commercial truck. Originally Posted By Woodchuck1: That scale ticket is special. What state let you roll? Georgia. With a few exceptions, most of the states I travel the diesel cops won't even look up from their porn videos for anything less than 1,000 lb over axle or gross. 1,120 over gross was risky, but at that point a $200-ish ticket would have been cheaper than wasted fuel and time going back to have one skid pulled off. May have helped that I have clean, late model equipment in good repair and can read and understand direction signs printed in English. Still sticking with the Jedi mind trick story tho. After crossing that scale, there was only one more likely to be open the remaining 800 miles of that trip. From experience, odds were good that one would let me pass as well, especially having burned off another 150 lb of fuel. The rest were 99% sure to be closed at the time I passed thru, or states that don't operate dedicated weigh stations. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 5:50:18 PM EDT
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Another "self checkout" Toyota load. In and out in an hour.
 Attached FileI'm only 73,500lbs or so with these Camrys, but I always get the green light on the Pre-Pass so it doesn't matter. 620 miles back to Houston tomorrow. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 5:58:07 PM EDT
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I never leave PA.
Honestly have no idea what a prepass is. Our scales must suck. I run over them heavy all the time. Never get bothered. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 6:26:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
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 @OverScoped |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 7:36:28 PM EDT
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@Woodchuck1 You got one of those fancy ones. Mine are just the regular old style that look like a toll transponder, but with the red/green lights.
@OverScoped Prepass is a transponder-based weigh station bypass system. Carriers pay a subscription, mine has gone up over the years, but around $16 a month each IIRC. It gives the scale master instant 411 about the truck and carrier, to decide whether to send a bypass signal or bring it in on the real scale, or just for a look. Most have weigh-in-motion out on the highway too. It's not precise, but if you hit it with over 70k gross you get their attention. I think they can set thresholds to automatically send in trucks over a certain weight. If you're getting weighed all the time and never stopped, then whoever is loading your truck is doing it right. If you're actually in PA, then you know the diesel cops will stop you if there's even a whiff of anything amiss. They're usually pretty scarce, but when they're working expect a latex glove treatment if stopped. PA troopers don't fuck around with trucks. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 8:02:31 PM EDT
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No prepass for me
 I'm always too heavy. Even bobtail I'm 15,000 on my steers and I get kicked over to the scale for extra scrutiny. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 8:21:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seabee_Mech: No prepass for me I'm always too heavy. Even bobtail I'm 15,000 on my steers and I get kicked over to the scale for extra scrutiny. ALL OVERSIZED LOADS PROCEED TO SCALE. PREPARE TO BE GREETED WITH BUTTSECKS. EVEN IF YOU’VE DONE EVERYTHING 100% CORRECTLY. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 8:24:32 PM EDT
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I was off today due to rain. Wife went to work to kick a little extra ass while I hung around the house with our boys and did dude stuff.
Also had my DOT physical yesterday. Got another 2 year card! Always a good thing. BP 130/80. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 10:44:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RedForeman: @Woodchuck1 You got one of those fancy ones. Mine are just the regular old style that look like a toll transponder, but with the red/green lights. @OverScoped Prepass is a transponder-based weigh station bypass system. Carriers pay a subscription, mine has gone up over the years, but around $16 a month each IIRC. It gives the scale master instant 411 about the truck and carrier, to decide whether to send a bypass signal or bring it in on the real scale, or just for a look. Most have weigh-in-motion out on the highway too. It's not precise, but if you hit it with over 70k gross you get their attention. I think they can set thresholds to automatically send in trucks over a certain weight. If you're getting weighed all the time and never stopped, then whoever is loading your truck is doing it right. If you're actually in PA, then you know the diesel cops will stop you if there's even a whiff of anything amiss. They're usually pretty scarce, but when they're working expect a latex glove treatment if stopped. PA troopers don't fuck around with trucks. Thx. I am in pa. I go over at least 1 scale a day. Sometimes 3. I have not been yanked in the last 24 months. |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 1:53:21 AM EDT
[#30]
LOAM
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Posted: 6/15/2023 5:16:49 PM EDT
[#31]
Not bad for yesterday and today including loading and unloading.
 Attached FileI'm having a better week than one of my coworkers, anyway.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 6:14:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
[#32]
What started the fire?
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Posted: 6/15/2023 6:28:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Woodchuck1: What started the fire? I don't know the story yet. It's one of our MY 2020 trucks. |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 7:26:03 PM EDT
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Took my granddaughter to an appointment in Sioux Falls and back in my pickup. Lots of construction on I-90 heading East in SD.
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Posted: 6/16/2023 6:27:00 PM EDT
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Loaded and delivered this one:
 Attached FileAnd then headed to Port Freeport (right on the Gulf) to load this one for Monday:  Attached FileOnly 300 or so miles for the day but it was 95 degrees and 83% humidity at the port. Fucking brutal. I elected to lay it down at the Marriot in the background rather than sit through two or more hours of Friday evening rush hour traffic to get to the north side of Houston. I'll just get up at 0400 and roll in. |
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Posted: 6/16/2023 7:23:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Woodchuck1]
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My old work badge:
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Posted: 6/18/2023 5:56:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mojo7: Took my granddaughter to an appointment in Sioux Falls and back in my pickup. Lots of construction on I-90 heading East in SD. No joke. The eastern 1/3 of the state is under construction. Even 29 immediately north of Sioux Falls has some construction ongoing. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 1:38:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 4:16:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 4:51:31 PM EDT
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You ever haul anything else?
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:42:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OverScoped: You ever haul anything else? Just cars. Almost exclusively new OEM contract freight. Majority Toyota, generally import. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:47:42 PM EDT
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I see a lot of car haulers with a classic car on them along with the New cars. .
Do you ever haul classics? |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 10:08:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OverScoped: Do you ever haul classics? Nope. The only used cars are from auction loads for Carvana or CarMax. I've only ever done a handful of these. |
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Posted: 6/29/2023 8:21:56 AM EDT
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Weather has been free of rain all week. Everyone and their mother is pouring concrete. So we’ve been plenty busy.
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Posted: 6/30/2023 11:35:19 AM EDT
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Pulling a relic around for a little while today. 1972 Butler.
This one sits way more than it’s used. Whenever it’s empty and has been sitting for a few days, I have to beat on the brake drums to get the brakes to release. She won’t drag loose lol. Loaded isn’t a problem. It passes inspections routinely though. And it actually unloads pretty well. But I try to only pull this trailer at night, since I would definitely pull me over if I were a DOT cop and saw this fossil rolling down I-20. It’s got algae and moss growing on it.  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/30/2023 2:20:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dan1918A2: Pulling a relic around for a little while today. 1972 Butler. It's been my experience that tankers have extremely long life spans. I'm sure Foxtrot can attest. |
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Posted: 6/30/2023 9:31:26 PM EDT
[#47]
@Dan1918A2
How do you like that extended day cab T8? |
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Posted: 6/30/2023 11:48:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MyRifleMyPonyAndMe: @Dan1918A2 How do you like that extended day cab T8? I like it a lot. While it doesn’t have the classic long hood of a W9, most everything else is the same. Plenty of room inside for comfort and storage space. It’s a glider also, so that’s a huge plus for me. I’ve been in this particular truck for five years now, and have politely turned down 3 or 4 brand new Pete 389s. While we all love that big hood, this T800 has been great to me. So I’ll be hanging onto it as long as I can. The interior is a big part of why it’s nice. Nicer inside than any vehicle I’ve ever bought on my own. |
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Posted: 7/3/2023 5:28:50 PM EDT
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 Attached FileParked early south of Dallas because reasons. This load is going up to Oklahoma and then I'll hang a right and head for Toyota in Georgetown, KY for Thursday morning. I don't mind working the "holiday". My hourly/holiday pay added to my load pay will make tomorrow pretty lucrative. |
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Posted: 7/3/2023 5:52:44 PM EDT
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Not only that but The scales should be closed.
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