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Recent content by Old Doug

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    Overload of the Day

    I was thinking if you had a single drive axle and it was slick or a ruff parking lot someone that know what they were doing could put more weight on the drive and get the job done but if it was computer controled when the drives lost traction it would start adjusting air bags till every thing...
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    School vs. Job

    I am not saying this to try to get the last word in . Welding has changed alot at one time every one that welded for a living was highly skilled . Now someone can be trained in a matter of hours to weld a part together for assmblyline work i know this because i trained several . The thing that i...
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    Overload of the Day

    I dont under stand why there isnt more single drive tag axle trucks here. Now with computers and air bags the truck could regulate the weight on the drive axle for better traction.
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    Overload of the Day

    Nige not saying these trucks are this but how much weight do they haul with a tractor with 1 drive and 1 tag or pusher? Also how much fuel is saved by not running a twin screw?
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    School vs. Job

    I about did the opposite of what Avery is thinking about. I got to go to votec auto mechanics my last 2 years of high school. Then i want to go back after high school and take welding. It would have been a deal for me to do because it was 24 miles away and we were poor. I didnt have a good...
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    School vs. Job

    Nothing against Avery but could he be made into a mechanic? If he has what it takes to be a good welder i would stick to that.
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    Falling Scrap Iron prices

    I hauled a load of non ferrous stuff yesterday. I had the trailer already load so i loaded a pallet of electric motors on the pickup and topped it off with some ACSR. I was very happy with what i got about 2 weeks pay at a regular job. I wasnt going to use this old pickup like i have been. I...
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    I Need to put new wood on this trailer deck. Advice please.

    I refloored my trailer in the early 90s with oak. Treated it with the best used oil i could get. This week the magnet at the scrap yard quit and they had to unload me with a trackhoe i now have a big hole in the floor.
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    Cost of new pickups

    What gets me is i made more money per hour at my last job than most made . I dont owe any one or have any payments other than monthly stuff i was able to save a little every month. There is no way i could buy a new pickup. At half what they want it would steal be high.
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    Cost of new pickups

    Some one is way off.
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    Falling Scrap Iron prices

    I hope it holds through next month why did it go up when its so muddy? If i could get out 15 more tons i would fill alot better but unless it just gos to nothing i will steal be cleaning up. I may have to chain up my skid steer.
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    Memories for us old truckers

    It may have been some kind of velvet ride but it seems like it looked alot different.
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    Cost of new pickups

    I try but cant under stand how you can ever calculator what a dollar was worth at one time ? My Dad bought the cheapest GMC there was in 1979 i think he gave $4000.00 . He wasnt ever able to buy another new one after that. At one time 75% or more of the people i know would buy new to replace old...
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    Memories for us old truckers

    This was on a Acar . The rubber was out in the open. I drove it across a field there was no way to keep a steady foot on the go peddle in low gear.
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    Memories for us old truckers

    What was that suspension called were it had a big rubber donut between the axles ?
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