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  1. OntarioVanMan

    single wheel VS Dually drives

    I don't know what the official name for them is but I was with a guy in orientation, tractor driver and he had on that new configuration of two drive tires instead of four....extra wide tires. Looks cool, he said it saves him about 1 mpg which translates into almost 9,000 bucks a year in fuel...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Panther bashing at truck stops?

    Just goes to show ya.... Nice to see a positive with all the negative around. Congrats on finding your fit.
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Flying J Drops Visa

    I've talked to 3 J managers in the last week and the point the J is making is this ..Visa charges the J. 5 cents a gallon on every transaction and Visa wanted to raise it.. J wants Visa to lower this charge so as they say can pass the savings unto the truckers, But Visa wouldn't talk so the J...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    I'd like to comment but it would be only unquantified material from what I remember reading and hearing...To debate would be futile as I couldn't back myself up.... However I could rant and stomp if you'd like???:)
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Free speech

    former Justice Brennan said that "…if there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable." So by Justice Brennans own interpretation denying the...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Free speech

    Wallytrucker brought up the right to free speech thing... I heard on a radio talk show...When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of flag burning under the First Amendment of free speech...how can an action be free speech if not a word is said? He went on to say that under free speech you can talk...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    NoNo gregg.. that was more a disclaimer because we have some real rednecks in here that have passed along some nasty pm's to me in the past. Some react without thinking, more emotion.
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Thank a Vet

    wallytrucker...right you be sir...the troops are only following the orders of the administration....now them I can critize.
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Trickin' The Sprinter

    RE: Phase II Back to the original thread.... Boy I think me needs to upgrade the sway bar too....PA turnpike at 65-70mph in a wind and all them trucks...What a scary ride!!!!
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Thank a Vet

    On Johns' note I hope you all take time from your festivities to remember our servicemen and women who died and who will die in the defense of your right to critize them. So put down your fishin pole, put down your burger flipper, put down your beer and pause for a small prayer for all those...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    I didn't mean to maybe sound anti American nothing could be further from the truth...Theres alot of stories floating around I am sure of that..But as ya say The victors write history...so theres the British version,Canadian, France and the U.S version of history( I didn't list them all)...Kinda...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    You can almost trace this weakness back to WW2 when the U.S and Hitler were buddy buddy while the rest of the world was at war with him. I lost 2 great uncles while the U.S sold arms to Hitler to kill them in 1939...Yes there was a war before 1942...but most Americans don't know that!! Your...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    WoW... I've already thought about the vacuum you referred to if the coaltion were to leave now..and thought that Iran and Syria would divy up Iraq and do some ethnic cleansing per say...But don't you think we are babysitting the Iraqi's a bit too long? We could sustain a measured pull back and...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Sprinter Engine issues !!

    I had this issue way back in 76" with my Duster...the 318 in almost every other model was on recall for a bad Carberator gasget, and was stalling Dealer said mine was not recalled wrote Dodge a registered letter got a response 2 weeks later and apoligized for the dealer and told ne to go in and...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    Pilgram: The way I understand it Afganistan and Iraq are two different issues. One was to get the Taliban and Bin Laden for 9/11 and the other was to overthrow a dictator. Very much different issues.
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Some take an oath, we all have an obligation

    Am throwing this up here for discussion. Being a newbee in this great country I have no real predisposition on the subject but will learn from whats discussed. Thanks May 23, 2007 by Phil C. Restino, Jr. As President, George W. Bush swore an oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Who said it, when and why is this very important?

    RE: Who said it, when and why is this very importa I see...you mean these farmers aren't investing big bucks into known automation? Instead use near slave labour to maximize thier profits. Kinda like using sheath and sickle instead of a combiner.
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Sprinter Engine issues !!

    I stand corrected...I re-read it...sorry bout that.
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Sprinter Engine issues !!

    Found this interesting Service bulletin from Dodge 2005 Dodge Sprinter Bulletin #: 06001 Sequence #: 10019268 Date: 01/11/2006 Component Name: 110000 electrical system Make: Dodge Model: Sprinter Year: 2005 Summary: Malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illumination due to intake air...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    More about France

    I was reminded of this story about the arrogant French and their interaction with Americans like my father-in-law and his fellow soldiers. A group of elderly Americans recently went to France on a tour. Roy, an old rancher from South Dakota, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he...
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