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  1. greg334

    international class 8 truck

    Oh... All that have are 7500 which is a Class 7 truck. HT530 is a wet sleeve engine. If it is the $73K truck in their inventory (2004 7500), I would look for a real class 8 and some other way to finance. One other thing, where is the warentee coming from? Alumibunk or international?
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    Gun Control Facts...

    FireGears and Pligrim, It is ironic that we are talking about loners or Anti-social types and being in the very industry with the very profession that we do almost all of our work alone (or in the case, with a team member).
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    Going a little too far?

    Scientist says cremation should meet a timely death SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian scientist called Wednesday for an end to the age-old tradition of cremation, saying the practice contributed to global warming. Professor Roger Short said people could instead choose to help the environment after...
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    international class 8 truck

    It may be a good truck but remember one very important thing; service. The problem is if you are in BFE and the truck breaks down and needs Internation specific parts, where is the nearest dealer? I can't find ht530 anywhere, and their web site has a lot to be desired what a slow painful...
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    Amazing Fact

    Well that is a good question, what makes it high tech? All I know is that over in Japan, they have serious problem with toliets catching on fire because of the defective electronics within the toliet. Go figure that there is a need to have help flushing.
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    Never liked Imus but give me a friggin break

    Oh just a quick note here, the team is not exclusivly black.
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    Amazing Fact

    OK here is something to think about... In Japan in 2002..... Almost half of all private homes in Japan high-tech toilets in them exceeding the number of households with a personal computer.
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    Expedited US mail runs?

    Thanks for the info. I am also looking for the info about contracting with the USPS but I know that they have the same financial requirement that the SDDS has, so I won't go down that road any time soon. Maybe some sub-contracting opertunities could be found but who knows?
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    Free dinners

    Bambam, Last night my wife for some reason was bored and went through the site, like she does not have enough work with her new job. Outside of laughing and later yelling at me for some stupid remark I made, she read this thread and said something about meaningful relationships and the idea...
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    Good/Bad Places to Live for Expediting ?

    Yep Detroit area, south east michigan is the worst area to be in. I am sitting here with a less than 75, did two air expedite runs and still sitting here.
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    We need more gun control

    Actually England had only 48 hand gun related deaths. England led the world on a per capita basis in assualts and stabbings but not murder for years. They have been surpassed by South Africa, which now accroding to a bunch of studies has more unreported crime than any country in history. I...
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    FINALLY good news for the next election

    100,000 a small sample? most polls that is used in the media and government is less than 5000 people.
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    Never liked Imus but give me a friggin break

    “But,unfortunately, one should not be given public airwaves for big bucks to spew filth. These were educated women, black, and most importantly, from a less than wealthy background! That's three strikes against the old walking corpse as someone else said.†OK there it is, making them out as...
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    We need more gun control

    OVM, ahh.... you were always a tax payer the second you came here. ;-) Oh yea.. congrats and thanks for doing it legally. But anyway......
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    Expedited US mail runs?

    I got an email from someone asking about this and wonder; If such a thing actually exist? And Does anyone actually do mail runs or have done mail runs outside of expeditng mail? A long time ago, I worked for a company who did air freight of mail during the holiday seasons with DC3s...
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    What Will You Do If You Get Sick On The Road?

    Well that was the never mind. My wife read it and almost died laughing.
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    What have I done???

    yes the upload worked, but what exactly are you trying to do with it?
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    Degussa considering biodiesel catalyst plant in Al

    RE: Degussa considering biodiesel catalyst plant i Highway, The proper way to convert waste and virgin vegtable oils to diesel is to take the fat out of it, which one way is to use lye and do a water rinse to the fuel. you end up with goupy glycerine and fuel. The stuff these guys will be...
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    We need more gun control

    OVM, Hey I love other points of veiw. But to tell you something, it is the person who leave the weapon out in the open (for example sitting on the floor of the car) that is more dangerous to me than the guy who carries it hidden. There needs to be a respect for the tool in order for no one to...
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    Home Time Didn't Work - DH 2200 miles UT to NC

    Tony, Maybe the problem with sitting is the lack of incentive for the people who actaully plan the loads and the dispatchers themselves. Opps, I am bashing Panther again... Sorry.....
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