I'm a watch guy. I've worn a watch since 3rd grade when I got a Timex for .50 and a bunch of Franco American Spaghetti can labels. In high school I converted wrist watches to pocket watches using a loop of leather lace through both pins on the watch with the ends knotted. Then I would thread...
Mid roof Transit is 72" high with a door height of 65". The mid roof isn't available in the extended length, at least it wasn't for the 2015 model year.
There have been a few years where MNDOT used snowplows to clear mayflies from the Wakota Bridge, I-494 over the Mississippi near Stockman's Truck Stop.
Reminds me of the old joke: A Chinaman goes to see the eye doctor. After the exam the doctor said, "I know why you're having trouble." The Chinaman says, "why?" Doctor said, "you have a cataract." Chinaman says, "no, I have a Rincoln Continental.
I guess we kinda hijacked the Load One/Freightliner thread.
Yeah, you could lug the snot out those, 1200 -2100 rpm. What was amazing was the speed range
5th gear provided, 35 mph to the 60s.
My U model experience is limited. The one U this family owned company had was a tandem tractor...
Cold and drafty in the winter and hot in the summer. I used sticks to keep the wing window propped open. Never drove a quadraplex but plenty of duplexes and triplexes in Bs, Fs, Rs and one U model. Eventually I got into an F model with a 5 speed, a whopping 237 HP Maxidyne, and power steering.
Nice lead-in to a piece about the truck driver shortage; a truck getting hit by a train. Add one more driver to the growing number of drivers leaving the industry. Hopefully this was the dude's last load. He obviously can't read signage in English.
Blame Amazon? Why not blame Trump for the uptick in the economy? This article, if you could call it that, never comes close to addressing the "crippling truck driver shortage". It consists mostly of alleged quotes by unnamed sources that appear to have been taken out of context. A fine...
Which one? The guy water skiing or the person driving close enough to video the event. I say both and maybe the truck driver if he is aware of the skier.
Williston to Houston sounds like oilfield stuff needing repair. What was it that needed an open bed that couldn't be loaded or unloaded on a van? Too tall?