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    L.A. layover

    We will most likely have to lay-over in the L.A. area this weekend. Only been there one other time, just a quick in and out. Could some of you West Coasters give me an idea of good lay-over options? Oh, and the wife want's to know if there is a good place to get close to the beach if we spend...
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    DC

    Will be in D.C. for the first time Friday morning. Where is a good place for a D truck to lay-over? Mike
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    smoke removal

    Getting ready to give the truck a good cleaning ( the temp. is actually above freezing! ). What is the best, and easiest way to remove the diesel exhaust residue from the white cargo box. Many thanks and Merry Christmas to all! Mike
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    C or D ?

    Have a D truck with 22 foot box that is a little heavy to start with, and have added storage boxes, generator,satilite TV, co-driver (wife) and all the stuff she needs, making the 13,000 lb. max payload a "no-go". Have been turning down 12 - 13,000 lb. offers to be safe. Considering changing to...
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    Lease-Purchase

    Called A private owner about a truck he had for sale. He said he wouldn't sell it out-rite but would do a "lease-purchase" arraingement on it, adding that a 80-20 split was the norm. I told him I was looking for an out-rite purchase, but would keep him in mind...
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    Streatching class 8 trucks

    We have pretty much decided when we get started it will be in a "D" unit on a 2-3 year-old streatched class 8 truck. We intend to leave the truck as a tandem. While talking to a Kenworth dealer we were told that in his experience the model we were leaning toward, the T-2000, tended to be too...
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    Hang-outs

    We will be driving to Texas this coming week for a wedding and will be taking I-44 from the St. Louis area to Wichita Falls then west a couple hundred miles. Are there any dealerships along I-44 where we could start to do some looking at trucks and kick some tires? Are there any hang-outs where...
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    Traffic Lanes

    I'm beginning to gather info before taking the plung. Keep reading about the traffic lanes but don't know where they are. Do they vary by carrier? I live in extreme west-central Illinois near Quincy, Illinois, so how far out in " the boonies " am I? Thanks!
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