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  1. greg334

    EBay

    Well I heard tonight that Florida has the same provisions for a sweepstakes as a business promotion like michigan. Thank God he isn't in NY. you have to post a bond and your first born to get a permit for anything.
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    Aerodynamics

    Thanks, the more info the better. Talked to a pumpkin driver today and he said he is getting about 9 with his century and a 10spd loaded. He didn’t know what engine he had or didn’t want to answer but he said that he will be getting new pumpkin in a few months and it has an ultrashift...
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    Canada no more canada loads for me!!!

    Bryan, Thanks, It is something I am wondering about.
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    Truck Capacities

    GM 3500 with a gas engine comes in somewhere around 5100 lbs GVW is 9660 lbs 9660 - 5100 = 4560 It is pushing it but .....
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    EBay

    KW, I based the price on the target price on eBay. As for the lottery, I have to say to be legal in some regards, the lottery is going to be the best source for a 3 digit number. Of course this all has to pass his state's laws to prevent a gambling charge but I think it is doable. The...
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    9/11 Conspiracies

    The goverment is answering some of conspiracies. http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm But they did not touch the one that has been floating about the theory that George W. Bush installed giant magnets in the twin towers in order to attract airplanes. OK Magnets attract...
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    2008

    Thanks! I really needed that...................:-(
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    Having an accident with under insured motorist...

    RE: Having an accident with under insured motorist I sound like a tape loop; First thing is Get A Lawyer - reguardless what happens! If you belong to OOIDA, contact them. Second thing that comes to mind is what kind of truck do you have - straight/van/tractor? This matters because the state...
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    Aerodynamics

    Ok i am pretty bore this past week and thinking ways to stimulate some conversaions so here is another questions for all of you straight truck and T/T owners/drivers. What in your opinion and maybe experience is the truck that give the best aerodynamic performance - including drivability and...
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    Canada no more canada loads for me!!!

    Bryan I wonder about this, I mean that I have not heard that FedEx (who is a broker like Livingston and Farrow) has access to information about shipments that other brokers clear for entry into the US and that these comfirmation numbers for clearence and status info is only accessable through...
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    EBay

    KW express said; "would be picked like a random number generator or something." You know that the lottery has great random numbers daily - sometimes twice a day. Sell a greeting card for $7 and have a 1000 to sell, there you go the three digit is 123 and so greeting card 123 is a winner...
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    landstar pulls fedex freight loads

    I read an interesting article fomr a transportation consultant - it was the amount of freight that goes through multiple brokers and each one takes a percentage. examples used up to 5 brokers before a shipment was dispatched. I heard about this before but seeing examples and some of the work...
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    Canada no more canada loads for me!!!

    odd day yesterday. whizzed though canadian customs, had an odd question about if I have ever been in Canada and IF I know where I am going. I guess theyknow I got lost once. But on my trip home, I got to the booth in good time (15 minutes), handed my passport and $5 (note no inward cargo...
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    This week's DOT inspections

    I would.
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    Sprinter comments and question

    Met someone who has a 2003 with 350K on the clock and it still sounds good.
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    Diesel vs. gas price

    You know why is it that truckstops have higher prices than lets say speedway down the street. I paid 2.96 yesterday at a station that thier turnover is a lot less than that of Pilot in Monroe where it is 2.99.
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    Hino Motors Manufacturing Company

    Well Leo I had the opposite experience. I was at the Sterling plant yesterday and I had a small tour of the place. I liked it, it was really cool looking at how they are put together. There was a very odd looking cab being moved that was as wide as a truck seat, liked to see what they were...
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    EBay

    >Just wondering the legalities of running a raffle, would >that be legal? >In my mind it should be legal, the dam-n gov should stay the >hell out of our lives. Although I don't know if the gov >would view a raffle as gambling and you would need a permit. > Maybe online it would bypass any...
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    Why Is The UAW Pension's In Trouble???

    >answer: bad management > >Interesting article to read is from the "Investor's Business >Daily" edition Aug. 3 2006. www.investors.com > >Read article on page A14. title "Motor City Wreckage" >Car Industry: Domestic market share for Detroit's Big Three >automakers hit an all-time low in...
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    Get our soldiers home AND solve the illegals prob?

    RE: Get our soldiers home AND solve the illegals p Great Idea guys but there are two problems; First off the people who come across the border illegaly ussually have little education. Many of them don't care to get an education and for all intent and purpose this is the same thing that the...
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