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  1. tknight

    Oh crap!!!

    That chrome trim strip is about 190 dollars and get this the clips 16 of them to hold it down are 10.00each ya gotta love dealer parts......not I was floored when I went to get parts for my right eye!
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    Send your thoughts on the Proposed 34-Hour Restart

    OK what confused me is the limit of 1 restart per 7 days, what happens to us that sometimes sit for 34-48 hrs and don't drive, do we have to circle the walmart or ta for a few hrs to rack up time driving? tk
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    My tax dollars hard at work. M.V.A. Reports

    Who said the keys were in it ?it was parked in the lot where I had my business back when din assures roamed the planet ford had been on strike and vans were scarce I hadn't even got the payment book yet only thing they asked in the phone was it repossessed?
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    For the girls ( E Lady )

    That hurts to watch
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    My tax dollars hard at work. M.V.A. Reports

    In Cleveland Ohio you have to take a taxi or bum a ride to the cop house to report a stolen car! My new van 6 weeks old ,I saw it driving away from a building I was working in out the window called cops and they point blank told me to come in and make a report.
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    Mustang Sally

    There a great video on how to install tire chains too if I can figure out how to post it from my phone
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    January 2013 locations

    Nashvegas watching episode 210 law and order
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    Perpetual Motion

    Turtle,thanks for the education and tips I'll let ya know how it all works out Tk
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    Perpetual Motion

    Turtle 12 hrs of use, I never said it ran out of juice, Ive never really set off my low voltage alarm built into the inverter, so I;m just using the 12 hr figure as a reference number, my inverter is set to shut off at 11.3 volts, the deep cycle batts, I have hold very steady on my digital meter...
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    Perpetual Motion

    xiggi, You should never use a gel cell battery for engine starting, so this would not be an alternative. If I had used wet cell, this would be an alternative way and I could always jump it if needed, but I chose the no need to vent acid from a charging wet cell battery bank which lives under my...
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    Perpetual Motion

    Turtle, thanks for the reply, I do not use gel batteries for my start system, now would I ever, the batteries I have are gel, and they are deep deep cycle units, made of aps systems in large computer rooms, i'm using then cause well, almost free is almost free, they are now 2 seasons old with...
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    Perpetual Motion

    zorry, wanna give me about 8 grand? i'm fine without the apu!
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    Perpetual Motion

    drawing down the house is no big deal they are both 250 amp hr batteries tied in parallel , they will recharge when the motor is running, as I live way out in the country and have to park at the end of my drive by the road there is no electric to plug in the truck on those really cold days, my...
  14. tknight

    Perpetual Motion

    The cold nights always make for a harder to start truck thick oil and all better safe than a 100 dolla jump!
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    Perpetual Motion

    Last winter I tried plugging in my block heater to the 2 house batts didn't seem like it did anything except drain em off faster than I liked
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    Perpetual Motion

    Right I thought that was clear!!
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    Perpetual Motion

    Ok, heres my idea, battery gurus please feel free to chime in on this one........ I have in my st8 truck freightliner m2 starting batteries, 2 of them about 2 years old now, I also have 2 gel cell 250 ah "house batteries" these are hooked up to an automatic relay that connects the house to the...
  18. tknight

    December locations... Ho Ho Ho powered...

    An awful lot of load boards say van but they really mean 48' or 53 ' dry vans ,it's misleading to think these loads are for your 9.5' van .ive seen recruiters who will show you a load board and quickly close the page so you can't really see any details " here look see,it shows all these van...
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    Baby needs new shoes!

    i actually have 210 on them, not worn out totally yet, just beginning the ordeal of changing them out, i checked when they went on.
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    Baby needs new shoes!

    It's time, after many miles it's time to put on new drives, as I travel around, where would be the best and most honest place to get new drives, I have 1st time retreads on now, with over 175k on them and winter is fast coming down now, like 8" so I want to get a good bite on the road...
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