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Talk to Muffinpox about the best way to penetrate things, I hear he has some quality tips on that subject.
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Wait, CARB approved TIRES? gently caress California, seriously.
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8ender posted:The other day I stepped outside and remarked to a buddy how warm it was. I unzipped my jacket a bit and took in the warmth. It was 0F instead of the usual -10F that day. I went outside in a tshirt to get something from my car a few weeks ago, came back inside, and happened to mention to a friend on IRC just how nice it was outside today. It was slightly below freezing. That's when I realized I was finally acclimated to winter 
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Feb 7, 2014 17:35
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That looked more like a "yo, what the gently caress is wrong with you, come the gently caress on, you nearly hosed up my life" than a bow.Shampoo posted:So, around Boston is this little access road, Storrow Drive. It goes along the Charles river, has a mostly 10' - 11' clearance and everyone drives on it at 55+ because there are very few places for the police to set up speed traps (plus they seem to give no fucks) Once or twice a month this happens: I can always tell when it's college move-in or move-out season because every drat overhead warning sign on the pike for like 50 miles is blinking RENTAL TRUCK DRIVERS: DO NOT TAKE STORROW DRIVE (NO SERIOUSLY, WE MEAN IT)
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May 5, 2014 05:03
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Apparently there's a Saudi driving trucks somewhere in the states. He's good. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201924907747713
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May 5, 2014 15:15
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The fun part about that is that an officer can still ticket you for it (even in bad faith, knowing it should be thrown out) and then you have to either haul your rear end back to where you got ticketed or hire a lawyer to represent you in court if you want to challenge it. So they still do it because they can get away with it and you probably aren't going to deal with the hassle.
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May 30, 2014 22:07
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IIRC it didn't really toss a con-rod, it tossed all of them, half the block, the heads, and most of the crank in opposite directions. Really pretty impressive. Overspeeding an engine that big has some serious consequences.
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Jun 11, 2014 23:27
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Problem is, this is mostly going to land on the people making diesel tuning equipment and software, which is (as I understand it) mostly the same as the stuff dipshit rednecks use for smoke tunes. AKA haha, hope you didn't want to buy a diesel tuner anytime soon.
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Jul 9, 2014 16:30
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jamal posted:Hasn't altering the emissions system always been illegal? Yes, thus what Powershift just said. The problem is, these stupid fuckers just finally rocked the boat enough that the EPA is actually hitting tuner companies for it. Thus... this is why we can't have nice things.
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Jul 9, 2014 20:16
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Tommychu posted:"one position locked up" is a very common failure mode in the winter (shoes freeze to the drum, frozen air lines too sometimes), to the point where changing skidded tires is basically all tire guys do for the first three months of the year. I've only seen 2 single set skids above freezing temps, one was a seized brake cam (and that's the reason most brake cam bushings are nylon these days) and one was the situation IV8 mentioned. Skidded tires are why I regularly hear tractor trailers driving around with their tires making an incredibly loud whompwhompwhompwhomp sound, right? Because I hear that A LOT.
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Jul 22, 2014 03:10
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I've heard of them requiring that you get all maintenance and tires done at their approved shops, too. Which, well, was it Powershift or Interceptor that was running on loving shoddy rear end trailer tires as drives forever and couldn't get the company to do maint work ON THEIR OWN TRUCK without a million tries and harassing them? Imagine what they'll do when it's you leasing the truck and it's "your fault" if it breaks down.
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Aug 27, 2014 02:54
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look at this loving cowboy, hauling heavy earthmoving equipment without wide load placarding/signs/flags  
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Aug 30, 2014 00:43
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Not my picture - I don't drive wranglers.
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Aug 30, 2014 00:55
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InterceptorV8 posted:poo poo that makes my dick hard. A lot, mostly because the EPA wants you to use R134A, not R124A (I've never heard of an automotive system that uses 124a, though it does exist. Chlorotetrafluoroethane is 124A, regular old tetrafluoroethane is 134A. As a CFC, I believe chlorotetrafluoroethane is not allowed these days. Even R134A is banned in Europe as of the start of the year, they're switching to R1234yf.)
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Sep 3, 2014 16:05
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CharlesM posted:There's a magic A/C wand? I have a car with a leaky A/C right now. http://www.harborfreight.com/electronic-freon-and-halogen-leak-detector-92514.html BEEP BOOP BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEP BOOOOOOOP  (we loved playing with the leak detector at the shop I worked in for a while in highschool. It detected farts if used properly so it may or may not have functioned as intended.)
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Sep 3, 2014 21:58
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The problem is that the firstgens got somewhat crummy getrag g360 manuals and great kingpin 60 front axles, while the second gens got great nv4500hd manuals and the worlds worst balljoint 60 front axle. Get a 92.5-93 with a manual transmission and a cummins (these specific years get you a better front hub lockout system, if you don't care, any firstgen manual cummins is a fine starting point.) Swap an nv4500hd into it. The best truck dodge never made.
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Sep 7, 2014 05:40
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It's in the article but they also realized it'd be frozen to the floor then. My solution would involve having a trailer shaped hole dug at the dump, refreezing it, and simply backing it into the hole. Maybe take the wheels/tires/brakes/axles/reefer unit off. gently caress it, you guys want the trailer? All yours.
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Sep 25, 2014 18:28
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So you're saying back the trailer down a long launch ramp at low tide, and let the fish clean it?
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Sep 25, 2014 18:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRg6qZzUXaM
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Oct 5, 2014 04:17
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Brakleen with toluene/xylene/ethylbenzene in it should take that off pretty quick. I hate the poo poo because it is full of nasty chemicals but it does work great on grease pencil. It may also take off the clearcoat, paint, and several layers of plastic under the grease pencil however.
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Oct 12, 2014 13:04
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So that's why he hasn't been around for a while. 
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Oct 22, 2014 22:48
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The benefit of 4x4 (or 6x6, or 8x8, or 10x10, or HEMTTxHEMTT, or whatever) is that you can get buried up to the axles on both ends instead of only the rears.
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Oct 27, 2014 18:04
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CannonFodder posted:Alabama National Guard had one of those rolling around during the ice storm last year that shut down Birmingham. Rolling, or sliding? The tires on those things aren't worth a gently caress of a lot on ice. Unless they have the worlds largest set of tire chains. (Those tires are only like 46" or 53" diameter, so not truly the largest set of chains)
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Oct 27, 2014 20:24
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jonathan posted:I've made 2 trips from GP down Hwy 40 to the Husky Energy road in 2 days. 85km south of town roughly... I've toasted 2 sets of triples and 2 singles. Pure ice highway with patches of dry. Coming back this morning I had all but 1 crosslink break on a set. Jammed up nice and good in the brake drum and axle. And we buy those Trygg chains by the pallet, at $250 per set. I'm shocked you guys don't run studded tires.
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Nov 11, 2014 20:30
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BMI is bullshit. Mine is 25.5, overweight. Everyone thinks I'm skinny. drat tall-people tax.
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Nov 21, 2014 23:41
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InterceptorV8 posted:Also, I don't know how you oversized bastards don't knock yourselves silly getting in these small pick-ups and poo poo. Part of why I like the trucks I like is that they fit me like a loving racecar everything is exactly where it should be. Any other vehicle just feels... wrong.
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Nov 23, 2014 08:02
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9axle posted:Always the right hooks in the right holes all the right hooks in all the right places so yeah, they're tied down they've got all the right logs and all the right weightses oh yeah, we're clearing town
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Nov 25, 2014 00:25
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Totally TWISTED posted:I thought it was this one for a second: http://www.knighttrans.com/ I just hope no one white knights them here (yeah, that pun was entirely intentional) because seriously, what the gently caress.
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Dec 31, 2014 01:59
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InterceptorV8 posted:That and the fact nobody will give me a straight loving answer about pay. This sounds like trucking in a nutshell. I've never seen pay rates and job responsibilities so widely falsified*, stretched, spindled, folded, and mutilated before. * in completely non binding marketing/recruiting copy, naturally.
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CannonFodder posted:"Earn up to $$$$$" * our best driver with 19 million miles and no accidents makes this much * on runs entirely consisting of "driver unloads" bulk grocery and livestock * in the inner city * overnight runs and weekends only * pay rate is per team, after 1 year service anniversary * 3 drivers per team
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Jan 7, 2015 02:53
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Then there's "cost-plussing" or "jacking the discount" like Pilot got in deep poo poo over a year or two ago.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:57
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Splizwarf posted:At a hotel if you're not on public sewer, because diesel can't be great for a septic system either. And Purple Power definately isn't. I usually start with gasoline to strip all the heavy crap off and then post-clean with acetone if it's a part I need to apply any RTV or paint to or weld on.
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May 23, 2015 00:18
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Yeah, you were in the right. Even as a self described person who speeds like a mad oval office, I have no problem with what you did. One lane construction zones just suck and you were following the law, no problems here.
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Yep. Anything with a seal that isn't pressure rated needs to be changed out. Shaft seals and the like can usually only handle a few psi before leaking, so even if it has a breather raised pretty high, it doesn't take much water depth to overcome it...
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May 13, 2016 20:33
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I'm not sure what to tell you if you don't realize that what you said is a well known derogatory term for pakistanis. (no, I didn't report you. I saw the post and probation and was like "why did he think that was alright")
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May 31, 2016 23:21
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It's getting drawn in through a hole in the bottom of the exhaust pipe (put there to prevent filling the exhaust and motor with water if you leave your stacks uncovered during a storm) and spat out the stack, not going through the motor.
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I'm not a fan of 1984 style cameras everywhere and thoughtcrime police, but I sure as gently caress run a dashcam for my own protection. "several light cycles and never moved" my rear end. 
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