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    Shredded, Scatterd and Gatorred

    Triple AAA is stating that road temps are over 140 degrees, and tires are being shredded and scattered everywhere, Low Air Pressure is a major cuplrit, but the HEAT is affecting tires more then normal, if your tires look bad it may be time to have them inspected by a tire shop, GATORS are...
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    Security or Invasion of Privacy

    DEA installs license-plate recognition devices near Southwest border | Ars Technica Now if you drive down to the Southwest, Texas, Arizona, Cali, or other border states, youll see these Camera clusters and detectors used to Image your vehicles Plates, possibly YOU and Track and Timestamp your...
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    Heatwave causing Road Buckling

    Heat wave expands, as do signs of the times: buckled roads - U.S. News The Heat and drought is causing Roads to buckle, check out this video of a Auto SUV who obviously was oblivious to the road condition, even though there are obvious markers there, Be careful out there, Its 106 degrees here...
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    Happy 4th Holiday events

    Sitting in Detroit watching the Target fireworks what a fabulous display yall please be safe and God Bless this country
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    Think you got it Bad

    The reason is simple. It’s all about producing goods in the cheapest way and making profits. For instance, the average hourly wage of factory workers in southern China is around $0.80 per hour, $32.00 per week, and $1,664 annually based on a 40-hour week, according to averagesalarysurvey.com...
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    Needing a ride

    Anybody near the St Louis area heading back to Michigan, near Roseville or Clinton Township, Ive got a truck waiting for me and need to get there, trains are sold out till Friday, Buses are a 24 hour journey through the dark continent, Airfare is ridiculous....I live pretty close to the Flying J...
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    Windshield Mounted Devices

    GPS navi on windshield may be illegal in your state Many companies sell gizmos that let you mount your hand-held GPS device or smartphone to your windshield so it's at eye level -- you see them everywhere. But that may actually be illegal in your state -- or in a state you are passing...
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    Roadcheck 2012

    Today I was up and down I 65/75 and I saw quite a few trucks behind the scales, LEOs were standing out by the scale as we rolled across, looking, listening, a truck right in front of me that had the most awful squealing brakes each time he slowed was pulled around back, I did notice that most of...
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    The Future of LNG and Exports

    Why American Natural Gas Will Change The World - Forbes So there going to buildout the LNG Gas revolution, but MOST of the products WILL be exported, huge profits in the asian market while the ability to have under 1 dollar per gallon LNG is capable, they wont do it because the profits are...
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    Dot blitz/brake week/feed the bears

    So if you get pulled in whats the protocol for these fun events, Truck Inspection, Paperwork Inspection, Medical card, License, Load paperwork, Load securement, Tires, Lights, Brakes, what else have you had Inspected, Detected and Rejected... Ive had one Level One inspection in all 13 years...
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    Traffic Hotspots and ROADBLOCKS

    Dodging holiday weekend traffic ticket hot spots | Overdrive - Owner Operators Trucking Magazine
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    Power Inverters

    Whats have you used, whats good, Bad...Ive never used one but Im going to Install a smaller one to Power some small Items such as Laptop/Printer and possibly a small Fridge, Whats been your experience with Inverters and Battery issues, I would definelty want one with the Low Voltage warning.
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    Letter from Bill Graves of the ATA about the Surface Transportation Bill

    http://www.trucking.org/Documents/05%2023%2012%20--%20Letter%20to%202012%20Conferees%20.pdf How do you feel about EOBRs, FOR/AGAINST.... Have you written your congress and expressed your opinion about EOBRS...
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    Best Bluetooth headset, no Blue Parrots here

    The 10 Best Bluetooth Headsets | PCMag.com These are the best of the best Bluetooth Headsets, earpieces with better audio, better range, better then the Blue Parrot everyones buying, I use the Motorola and its a great sounding and easy to use, it has a small piece of software that you can...
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    Insulting Article about Truckers

    Catching reckless truckers on the highway - TODAY'S TMJ4 But chasing down truck drivers is a job too big for Speedbusters alone, so they teamed up with an expert -- Wisconsin State Patrol Inspector, Mark Barlar. And he knows these cowboys of the highway better than anyone. "They want to...
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    Traffic Fatalities at Lowest rate on record

    2011 traffic deaths a record low | Reuters Since the DOT, FMCSA are pushing speed limiters and EOBR Use I wonder if these facts will be taken into account by them. The Sleep Apnea crazies dont seem to be dropping like flies....Lowest amount of fatal accidents since 1949....Gee it couldnt be...
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    GPS and Phone Mounts

    Im looking to mount my Cell phone and GPS on Dash or glass mounts in my truck, Im also looking at several GPS devices the DEZL 560LMT.....when I get my leased truck next week Im gonna get all my gear mounted and tested before I head back out, what mounts work best, etc So where the best place...
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    Baseball Size Hail all around the St Louis Mo area tonight

    Hundreds of Cars, Trucks and Buildings were heavily damaged tonight after a 6 pm Hail storm, First Pea size, then Golfballs, then Baseball size chunks of Ice pounded the area, Building Atriums were damaged, a Large tent at Kilroys Bar were over 200 people were outside celebrating the Cardinals...
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    Hi way Closure In St Louis over weekend of 4-27 thru 4-30

    ST. LOUIS • A short stretch of westbound Highway 40 (Interstate 64) will be closed to traffic most of this weekend while crews begin resurfacing a bridge deck. Missouri Department of Transportation officials said the westbound lanes between Broadway and 21st Street will close at 8 p.m. today...
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    New Medical regulations

    Medscape: Medscape Access After reading this article we might realize why the Sleep Industry and the DOT Regulations are coming, Doctors arent getting as rich as they like, the SPECIALISTS are making the real money, but on tonights news I saw a report on NBC that 50% of all Health care...
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