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  1. chefdennis

    Have You Looked At Herman Cain's 999 Plan??

    vI have heard Herman on this plan everal times and the last time was with the Lib, alan colmes...as you cna imagine, the libs are against it because it is unfair for the poor to have to pay the same 9% on purchases and a 9% flat tax a the rich do...its the same old lib left whine, the rich...
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    Van brakes

    Reassonable mileage out of brakes will largely be determined by the driver, each will be different. As for the vibration, it is a rotor and it will get worse and is fairly common on Chevys and gmcs...the rotors are thick and you can have them machined, but i can tell you from experience with...
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    More value than just a truck…

    Ahh 2005 GMC 3500 with a half a million miles has no resale value. I cannot sell MY lease that I have with Load 1...it doesn't belong to me and i am leased to them at their pleasure, and I do not have any of my own customers...so it has no retail value...yes if i left the business tomorrow, the...
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    More value than just a truck…

    Ok, yes i own 2 vans and "rent" one of them to a Driver...as Phil said, my business plan does not consider a "salable" Busines when I leave...Yes my business is setup as a Company, but that is strictly for Tax purposes.... As the the Van's being a "asset", yea a "depreciating one", they...
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    Van shocks

    I got 200,000 on the 05 CV...the new 1, 58,600 ant the rt ft is bad...ill be replacing both this week...oh I'll be putting Monroes on, old habits are hard to break...
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    More value than just a truck…

    I have been on vacation for almost 5 yrs now....why would i want to own a trucking company!?!? :rolleyes:
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    Inverter / watts question

    A well equipped CV and hauling 2 52x48x48 skid and up to 3000 lbs is not out of the question at all. I own 2 CV's, 1 is a 2005 GMC 9600 gvw extened 3500. It is equppied with a 1.7 cu ft frig, a microwave a 22" tv/dvd player and a twin sized bed, it also a 12,000 btu single room roll around ac...
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    Inverter / watts question

    mjm wrote: But in this post, your point wasn't about YOU or YOUR needs, it was to make the point that in a Van after we upfit them,where were we going to have room for paying freight..and that it would requirer wiring that probably was beyond most here... So since you were shown that...
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    Cube Van MPG

    I mentioned reflashing the ecm because f what greg said...the engine efficency is set with the ecm and changing the axle ratio allone while letting the rear axle run slower, the engine will nit be running at in its best range as set by the ecm... I the company that i mentioned that...
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    Need help with rear end issue.

    What bearings were replaced??? You said in your 1st post ALL bearings...then asked about the carrier bearings..so did you have ALL of them replaces, axle, carrier and pinion? As was said, if the pinion bearing was replaced , the preload could be off probably off and yes when tarved for oil, the...
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    Delivery to railcar plant in north ala

    Been to both of them...
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    Need help with rear end issue.

    dose that differential have full floating axles or retainer clip type axles with press on bearings? Did they change axle bearings? carrier and pinion bearings? Since the noise was there before the work, and depending on which axles it has, id agree with purgoose...axle bearings will devolop...
  13. chefdennis

    1st Dancing with the Stars, Now the US Military??

    LOL...what can you say... After demise of ‘don’t ask,’ activists call for end to military ban on transgenders By Rowan Scarborough -The Washington Times Wednesday, September 28, 2011 After demise of 'don't ask,' activists call for end to military ban on transgenders - Washington Times
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    September Banter & Location

    Empty in Louisville and headin home....
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    Cube Van MPG

    NO OD???? Is it a 3 spd auto?? What motor??? I could be wrong, (it wouldn't be the 1st time, just ask any of my ex and current wives) but i am thinkin that the trans is a 4 spd and that 4th gear should be a OD....
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    Cube Van MPG

    yes the axle ratio can be changed...355 is too high and the motor will accelerate terrible at highway speeds...the 373 is good...you can also have the ecm "flashed" for a few hundred bucks which you should do anyhow when you change the axle ratio. There is a company in San Antonio TX that will...
  17. chefdennis

    Say it ain't so....

    How does the old adage go, "surround yorself with "like thinking people"....barry does that real well....too bad none of them including him understand the function of our goverment...:rolleyes: Obama’s Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett: The Point of Government Is to Give People a Livelihood so...
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    September Banter & Location

    Thats a "Vacation" wheel holder"....:D Xiggi, I have done well with Load 1 out of there...
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    September Banter & Location

    OVM wrote: just like a diaper...usually full of crap and on my butt....:D
  20. chefdennis

    September Banter & Location

    So much for OOS...dropped in Wayne Mich at 6 am....picked up 2 miles down the road with a realllyyyy heavy load (2 55x48x34 steel racks of driveshafts) headed to Louisville Ky..
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