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monster truck
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lol Trust me you want nothing to do with that job! It is in the middle of the desert with absolutely nothing around and all you do all day is haul dry powder dirt a few miles back and forth.
Owens lake is a huge dry lake bed in the middle of the desert and apperently a bunch of envromentalists studied the lake bed and realized that when the wind blows it creates dust that blows across the pacific ocean and lands in foriegn countries
ointhead So some engineers decided that the state should pay to build a series of muti mile long berms across the desert to raise the wind up high enough that it wont pickup any dust from the desert floor and carry it overseas to dust out foriegn countries.
And we wonder why there is a budget crisis?
tippatone
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lol Trust me you want nothing to do with that job! It is in the middle of the desert with absolutely nothing around and all you do all day is haul dry powder dirt a few miles back and forth.
Owens lake is a huge dry lake bed in the middle of the desert and apperently a bunch of envromentalists studied the lake bed and realized that when the wind blows it creates dust that blows across the pacific ocean and lands in foriegn countries
So some engineers decided that the state should pay to build a series of muti mile long berms across the desert to raise the wind up high enough that it wont pickup any dust from the desert floor and carry it overseas to dust out foriegn countries.
And we wonder why there is a budget crisis?
Thats my dream job? I love driving dump trucks no matter where or when. You see I am at that new driver stage. You remember when you first got your license and you were content just moving the family car around? Thats how I feel about truck driving right now. I am just ready to rip and run, and you said the middle of nowhere....even better...no traffic.....SWEET!
tonka
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prenn1984@gmail
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damn nice paint job there tonka!
monster truck
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damn nice paint job there tonka!
lol Yeah, who would have thought that you might like that color combo? :drinkup
jimmyjack
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that your hillwick ride?
tonka
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Hillwick yes, mine no...
Noose
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tippatone
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That's a kick ass Mack for real!!!!!
jimmyjack
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tippatone
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I am new to truck driving.....what does it mean when you say 58 rears?
dumptrucker
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PSDF350
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It means the rear end is 58,000#.
tippatone
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Thanks
I apoligize if I asked a silly question, but I am trying to learn as much as I can before I hit the road......maybe one day I can post pics of my dumpmonster truck
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It is the weight rating of the axles. For example, my truck has 46k rears and a 12k front. This means that my truck is rated to handle a gross weight of 58,000 pounds. But due to DOT wheight restriction laws in california I can only gross 46,000 pounds.
tippatone
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So say you have a tri axle dump, with the same weight rating, does that mean 69k on the rear and 12k on the front, that will total 81k gross right? If I got it wrong, i'm so sorry
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monster truck
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Look on the inside of the door frame and it should tell you the capacity of each axle. If you add those together it will give you the gross weight rating of the truck. Every state has different limits for your axle groups though and they are usually far lower than your axle ratings. One thing you have to remember is that you are also limted by your tire capacity. DOT will calculate your capacity by whatever rating is lowest.