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    D Units on the Highways

    with the way freight is being done online, the massive percentages the major players are taking, and the expensive cost of doing business I am thinking that a lot of people are going to get their own athority, first why pay an agent to sit in front of a screen and make 15 percent or so for 10...
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    Ladyshooters dilema?

    are you talking about a bypass filter or a replacement of the original filters,if that is the case, what is the brand name,where can you get them and what is the price difference from the original, thanks
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    XM radio - now what?

    while I do own xm and enjoy it a lot the real excitement for me is the fact that I bought 2000 shares of xm stock at around 5 bucks a share and sold it for around 25 a share now that was exciting
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    Lasik Eye Surgery

    one word of caution, make sure that the Dr. doing the surgery knows that you are driving for a living, most people have one eye done for distance and one for reading, that is mono vision and will disqualify you from driving, both have to be done for distance, and as above you will need glasses...
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    Lasik Eye Surgery

    I actually had prk surgery about a year and a half ago and am really happy with it it is more expensive than lastic but much safer as there is no cutting done, the healing time is a bit longer [about two weeks] also this is the type of surgery that is done in the navy if a pilot needs something...
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    Beef vs the Chinese

    why is the price of beef or any meat for that matter going thru the roof hmmmmmmmm, could it be that we are now using our food stocks to make fuel with,go figure!!!!!!!
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    Reefer Choice & Why

    one other thing about the uts model, it has a scroll compressor where as the carrier uses piston compressors, the difference being the scroll compressor only has 3 moving parts, a lot less parts to wear out. the uts capasity is 31,000 btu/hr @ 35 degrees and 12,000 btu/hr at 20 below so it will...
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    Reefer Choice & Why

    I just replaced a carrier 722 2ith a thermoking uds model 6 months ago the carrier had a lot of corrosion problems and after talking to a lot of people found out that carier had taken a trailer mounted unit and basically made an undermount unit out of it without taking into account that with it...
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    August 13th Offical SouthPaw day

    actually all left handed people are ambidextrous to a lesser or greater degree, you have to be if you are gonna survive in a right handed world,also it has been proved that lefties are more creative than people that use the "wrong" hand to do things
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    Insulating FL80. Any tips?

    check out tiger foam, you can use it on the underside, it can be a diy project and the stuff is easy to use.
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    inverter question

    750 watt inverter should be able to handle a 1500 watt surge, however a 750 watt inverter is awful small, I run a 3000 watt unit that works well. The smallest I ever had was 1500 and it didn't last long until it stopped working, my way of thinking is in this instance bigger IS better
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    3126 Engine Life

    well again reman 3126 15000.00 plus piece of sh** to start with since you already are going to spend 18000.00 on a truck might as well put the extra 15000.00 with it and buy a truck that will last a while
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    3126 Engine Life

    stay far away from the 3126 the cummins motor seems to last much longer but that cat motor has let a lot of people sitting along side of the road I know of 6 engines personally that have died two of them mine,and its always the same problem,dropped valves.
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    C/P from another site and it ain't good news

    According to an article dated 7-24-07 in The Trucker News Services. Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its decision on Hours of Service choosing to vacate the 11-hour daily driving time and the 34-hour restart provisions of the regulations issued in August 2005...
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    Brokering out loads

    Get used to it folks a large majority of loads are directly hitting the broker boards tand lowest bid wins its a win for the customer,its a win for the company its cheap freight or no freight for you unless your company is the lowest bidder. the only loser id the person actually out here doing...
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    10 simple rules for dating my daughter

    Actually with my two daughters, boyfriends I didn't say a word,just opened up the gun safe and showed them my collection which includes 4 nice shotguns, an ak47, ar15,mini 14,assorted rifles and handguns ranging from .17 cal to a dessert eagle, then I enthusiastically let them know how much I...
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    whats the answer

    A backhaul is defined as a load picking up from your delivery point going back to at least the area you started from, cheap freight is just that cheap freight, the agents know when the have you in a tight spot and they use that to put even more money into their pockets, it ain't fair but thats...
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    Terrorist will win

    I second that Gred VERY WELL SAID
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    The “immigration problemâ€

    >What I got from Greg's remark is that ignorant rich people >shouldn't have any lobbying power when it comes to national >security. > >-Vampire Super Slooth Trucker!!! ignorant people shouldn't have any lobbing power over anything, it just ain't national security, a good example is the hours...
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    Need some advise

    a guy in a van just bought the upper bunk out of my ,I installed cabinets, and mounted it in his van I thought he had a real good idea it folds up easily and was easy to mount
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