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    Heavy truck lift axles

    Over and Out I received e mail from hendrickson suspensions today. They said: Go to Hendrickson-Intl.com Select "aftermarket" Under New Configuration tools, select "lift axles" There is a wizard to help you through specing your lift axle. After answering some questions, the wizard...
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    Licenses

    The county and city in which I am based do not require a business license unless you contract with the county or city. I was advised that tax reporting requires a business license so you may want to check with your tax preparer for local laws on that. Regardz :rolleyes:
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    Heavy truck lift axles

    Thanx I appreciate all of the responses. NOC, thanx for straightening me out about steerable axles. I have contacted Hendrickson and asked to be contacted by one of their sales/ tech guys. If I can scale another 15,000 to 20,000 on the tractor end of my truck, I can haul a significant...
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    Heavy truck lift axles

    Because of the level of confusion I appear to have caused with this question, I will try to fill in enough information so some level of communication may occur. I use three different trucks to move heavy equipment. One is a tandem dump truck/ tag trailer combo of about 50' overall and 20 ton...
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    Heavy truck lift axles

    I confuse me too :bash :slomo Digger seems to share or understand my meaning. There does seem to be some inconsistency in the verbage. This is my understanding of how it works but I am not claiming this the only way it can work. The term tri axle is applied to power units...
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    No Chains!?!

    TOP 10 REASONS TO MOVE EQUIPMENT WITHOUT SECUREMENT: 1. you have no brain 2. you have no understanding of liability 3. you have no understanding of the term, " reckless endangerment." 4. you haven't heard of the DOT, Police or lawyers. 5. you want to go out of business fast 6. you do not...
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    Dump Body Questions

    Super sanitary truck. So clean it looks like you could use it for a roach coach during the winter.
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    3208 cat

    Touching base Here are several thoughts that have come recently. Some of this has nothing to do with your original question but are just random thoughts on a rainey morning............ Cat engines have a different air/ fuel mixture for machines operated above 5,000 ft elevation. Your truck...
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    Frieghtliner FL70

    Compression Brakes Jake brakes, a.k.a. compression brakes were initially distributed and patented by a man named Jacobs. The original design work was done for applications involving cummins engines but the designs were broadened to work with cat and detroit engines. The patents have expired...
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    Heavy truck lift axles

    I would like to hear from anyone with experience concerning lift axle kits vs. buying a tri axle tractor. I looked at some products at Hendrickson~intl.com but like many sites, the products were viewable but no experienced industry feedback was available. :beatsme My trailer has brackets to...
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    Erosion control

    There is no question that erosion control measures will increase. There is agreement that several machines are able to put up silt fence but not type "c". (the stuff with the hog wire fence behind the fabric). Every set of commercial plans or DOT plans require the Type "C". Most plans...
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    Truck spec'ing information help

    Oops! It appears I have used a unit of non-measure above. Gravel weighs about 3000 lbs per cubic yard depending on the size of the rock. I hope my error will not be used as evidence of alien influence.
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    CDL Time!!

    CDL testing There are several standardized tests which make up the CDL test. The state of New Mexico has incorporated these tests into their commercial driver handbook as study guides. If you call the DMV in Albuquerque and tell them you are thinking about moving to NM and getting a CDL...
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    Truck spec'ing information help

    dumptruck tranny If you are hauling gravel in a mountainous area, or out of pits, a 15 or 18 speed tranny [ 4 X 4 or other deep low gear arrangement] will pull out of many places that a 13 speed will be unable to start because their lowest gears are lower than the 13 speed. ( 9 ,10 and 13...
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    Erosion control

    Erosion Control Business The easiest was to get a current price list is to call a provider of silt fence services and ask for them to fax you a price list. Erosion Control Professionals in Dawsonville or All Points Eroision Control in Clermont are two Georgia silt fence vendors who have price...
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    Intersate Equipment

    Interstate equipment I am unsure of the meaning of interstate equipment as you have used it. There is an interstate lorry trailer manufacturer called Kentucky of which I am aware. They make a mid-quality trailer that many operators say, " pulls heavy." Good Luck and G'day.
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    Big machine in small spaces

    Great Pix guys A very helpful rule of thumb is to use, " the largest piece of equipment you can use without using something so big that it gets in its own way." Obviously, if you have a dozen machines it is easier to follow this rule than if you have one machine and its not really the right...
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    Hazardous Materials Question

    Hazardous Haste Times have changed and so have waste disposal regulations. Definitions of hazardous wastes have also changed. The E.P.A. and E.P.D. websites have information about what can be buried and where. The also give suggestions about techniques to employ when burying in legal areas and...
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    French drains

    we don't get french benefits? I once had a customer whose septic system was leaking to the surface because of the moisture already in the drain field area. There was no room on the tiny residential lot for additional drain field. An E-3 suggested piping all of the water from the gutters across...
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    Frozen water lines

    More dollars than cents? There seem to be many reasons for shortsighted building practices and experience, intelligence, budget, backers, inspectors, engineers, and integrety all interact. Many private developments are under budgeted and by the end the developers are trying to finish and...
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