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Most expedite straight trucks use dolly legs connected together through a shaft, the same as trailer landing gear. I bought 2 used (late model, nice) Holland Forumula 150 legs for $450, and have them installed on my frame rails individually, not connected by the shaft. This will allow me to set...

Thanks for the e-mail Jimmy. I think we all are curious to see what can be done with the 3126 short of a replacement. I think what they are wanting to do is something similar to the Cummins B/ISB engines, that is to sleeve re-useable uncracked blocks. DaveKC will find this funny- had first...

My mom was watching this "Myths Revealed" show the other day. She told me one thing they did on there was to reveal the myth if eating poppy seeds, such as those found on a roll, will cause one to fail a drug screen. The conclusion in their test, which was very scientific, was yes, they will...

That is interesting the things that could be done in the past. Am curious though as to why a block that has liners to begin with would need oversized liners? Is it just that guys wanted to do this to get a little bit bigger bores and more power, or is there something that can happen to the...

When are they going to realize there will never be a computer that can drive a truck? When will they realize the importance of truck driver skills, safety, and legal compliance, and that those skills are not something that can be taught to cheap uneducated labor? When are they going to realize...

Put yourself on there too George. A lot of you old Roberts folks were into this long before I was, and so to say "laid the foundation" for express trucking. Like just about every business except undertaking it has changed a lot, and the Roberts folks who have changed with it and stuck with it...

You seem to know what you are talking about Jimmy, so help me out. What we are dealing with here is fitting sleeves into a CAT 3126, which is a parent bore engine. This is not cleanup reboring for replacement sleeves, it is fitting sleeves into a parent bore for the first time. I don't think...

Not to sound cynical, but that would scare me. Three reasons why- 1: Metal flash removal. Blocks that are bored should be flushed clean. 2: Decking. A block that is bored and sleeved should have its deck resurfaced to be sure it is perfectly flat. This will also be an issue with this...

DaveKC wrote: "I think the new rules were designed around lobbying and state revenues." I think he is exactly right. It looks like the government is pretty set on not allowing these log rules to change at this point. That 14 hour rule is like prohibition- everyone is just going to cheat and...

I just thought of another thing you might want to discuss with the shop. With sleeves in the original bores, the pistons are going to be that additional thickness of the sleeve width away from the water jackets in the block, thus decreasing heat transfer to the cooling system. With a...

The thickness of the sleeve walls X2 will have to come off of the piston diameter, thus decreasing displacement and some power if the original sized bores are sleeved. -Weave-

Last posting I saw was Nov 1st on Truck Talk. -Weave-

If the work you and your wife did in the vans and step vans is verifiable, many of the expedite companies will accept it as commercial experience and may allow you to run a CDL straight truck with them. A fleet owner with trucks leased to other companies does not set those company rules, they...

How many things in trucking happen fast?? You aren't missing much: Into Canada, no problem. Into USA- pain. Same old-same old. -Weave-

Just change that 6 hours of sleeper berth time you "finish up" to 10 hours of sleeper berth time Geo, and you are good to roll another 11 hours of driving without having to log the additional 10 hours off. Just gained you 6 legal hours;-) -Weave-

That is where loose leaf logs or running a computer log book program come in handy, you could have just switched the time at home to sleeper berth to hold the 14 hour clock, who would have known if you were at home or in your sleeper? Then you could have ran the load safely and legally on your...

I am a little confused how they are going to put sleeves into the original bores without switching to undersized pistons? The procedure to use the same sized pistons involves removing and overboring the block to fit the sleeves. Somehow the thickness of the sleeves has to be accounted for. If...

Now we just have to pray that the block will take to having the sleeves in it without any cooling troubles. -Weave-