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    Mercedes 6-speed auto shift

    A bit of down time? Rumor has it your son had to Evict the other Tennant since youve been around the house for so long. Now thats a long time......
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    Question/Tip

    [Not all tracks are smooth right? Now if you hit a pot hole before crossing over one of the tracks and you applied to much brake your stopping right? Just another chance of being hooked on a track like one said earlier coast accross quickly and safley as possible do not shift and do not brake...
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    Health Insurance

    Moose, I hope your back doing what it is you like. Moose is the perfect example of what I wrote about. The medical is paid first, I hate it (paying it) but the alternative is loosing everything I have worked for or better yet destroying ones future and hopes? Hope is what keeps us going...
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    to lease or buy?

    [Before ever getting yourself into a Lease have a Lawyer look it over FIRST. I doubt you will be able to get one on Contigent, so your most likely gona have to pay for a good one. But one member on here says that there are some Lawyers who for building a reputation will do things on...
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    Hello Everyone....

    One cute car Ford made, with those front fenders like arrows. Good luck on Restoration of one, I to love that Era of cars. 69 Firebird Convertable is what I adore and the lady who drives it (my Bride). I only get to wax it anymore.
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    Why do you do this?

    Passion? What would make someone want to spend weeks at a time away from loved ones and family, dealing with smell in truck stops, lousey food, not knowing how much your gona make? Now the positive side, the love of the highway? Travel, new people to meet, help others out in the...
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    Driving Music

    Bob who? On the Road Again, and what Leo said.
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    New annoying ads

    Not to change the subject how about paying for Satelite Radio and Those ADS? I love the ONE, what would you do different other than to END UP HERE IN JAIL cause you commited a Gun Crime? Or the other new one where the mother is in Panic cause she cannot find her little boy in a house that...
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    Five Fantastic Years!

    (Note to newbies: Do not take this as a recommendation to buy a truck starting out. I continue to maintain that starting in a fleet owner's truck is the better way.) Dissagree, if you have the $ to buy ones own truck than NEVER WORK FOR ANYONE, solid busines plan, to give 40% is just to much...
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    Never would've thought of doing this

    This is suppost to be cute, Da or DAT Watca tinkin da da da da da?
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    Hino Service Issues With Hino Reps

    Garmin, I came on here offering you advice and you take it as blasting. Now someone elses advice I read as blastiing. But Garmin you dissagreed with others comments on how they felt about Hinos and the risk you were exposing yourself more than a year ago? My suggestion is as I already said...
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    "Y" Max Membership

    Why looky there Col. another member does the same. Let me see 3 to 1 in favor. And you wonder why you cannot find DRIVERS. Cause maybee in Laredo you want them to find a bush to sit under in July instead of running the AC, go figure. Business, Business, Business, yes most of us are out here...
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    Ratios... 3.58 vs. 3.75

    A agree with everyone above Refer Hauler, LBD, and even the advice about ATBS. But let me tell ya what they are also gona tell you. Your picture posted I believe a 379 Pete? Dual Exhaust thats .05 mpg lost, add in those trumpets lights and chrome air intakes and there goes a total of 1.5...
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    Combination washer/dryer in sleeper

    Just a suggestion. I saw a guy do this in the summer. Instead of Overalls (to hot) this guy had a old pair of OVERALLS and a T-shirt when he tarped his load. 10 minutes later he was back in shorts and a clean T-shirt. Pretty inventive ole guy. Lot cheaper than a Washer and Dryer in the...
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    Frigette Generator ??

    Spud is right. The Engines on these Diesel Generators are very rarely in need of any rebuild or maint. other than oil changes. Its the design of everything else that is the problem. I know of a guy who has over 25,000 hours on his engine. To bad everything else has not held up this well.
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    truck value

    OOIDA can help you if your a member
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    Health Insurance

    If you do not have any I suggest you to please read this. Right now someone somewhere has found out today that they have some very expsensive medical bills that are either facing them or are gona. If you have any net worth or ever dream of having any if your going without health insurance...
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    Insurance

    You can probably get better coverage than what OOIDA has thru your local Chamber of Commerece just joint maybee $50.00 a year and probably some great contacts as well to help inhance your business (MECHANIC) comes to mind. OOIDA's is just bare bones coverage with low limits. As for payments...
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    anyone know of orare with a company that will allow a 28,32 or 40ft unit.

    At a loss, not wanting to dissagree or cut one down. But this is trucking is it not? Some people on here have GREAT nitche's in the industry and do very well cause of them.... Study my poster, it will not come in one refrence but over time. In the mean time I ask what is wrong with a...
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    Think before you leap!

    Great Points, I will admitt any Govt facility or any place in the 48 I have never had a problem with thiings not put back or asked me about in there search. Once I was told no lap top, no cameras no tape recorder. So when I asked before handing these over for a recipet, I was told just...
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