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Sooner or later US Manufacturing will not exist except for possibly areospace/military type MFG. My folks own some apartment complexes that used to be fully rented in Marlette Michigan, mostly to GM workers now they are only 30 percent rented. Its a Ghost town. Wasn't it Delphi? thats moving...

Barn doors are pretty easily torn off by those tired drivers that back into tight docks next to you. I can tell you that they are very heavy to lift up and put new pins in/hinges on Just a thought

This is something that might help the cargo van drivers, a while back we had a E350 ford that had a shake in it from the day it was new and eventually it turned out to be the wheels that werent straight. So we ordered new wheels and put them on a balancer without tires, they were also bent and...

OOIDA just did an article maybe last month about which states dont like the auto chains, I want to say one of them was on the east coast like Vermont? or Taxachussets. They're just mad cause they want to see you guys slinging that iron up in Baker Oregon. Look at that driver!..Auto chains? Back...

What about Jeb Bush? he's not running for governer next year...you might get a deal on him Ha! dukesadog

Nitrogen not to be confused with Nitrious-oxide..(laughing gas) is very dry and does not heat up in tires like regular air, does not respond to changes in atmospheric lows and highs all of the huge mining operations use it in their loader/off road dump truck tires to extend the life of the...

I had a Kamikaze deer (10 point) charge me in a new International while I was going to Jackson Michigan ( delphi) the truck had like 300 miles on it at the time and had a deer guard on it but the deer ran into the Passenger right front fender and door, Broke the fender upper and lower, Bent the...

RE: Got Ripped off and do not want the same to hap New Orleans? I have some choice words for New Orleans, Canadians probably wouldnt allow the intense corruption that exists there to exist at all. In 1996 my wife and I were in New Orleans on a Cruise, as part of the deal we had to go sit...

RE: Got Ripped off and do not want the same to hap Canada's a great place, so what there's a high sales tax but there's no income tax, I bought a 158 year old farmhouse on the ocean in Prince Edward Island for 66,000 dollars with no neighbors but government subsidized potato farms. There's no...

Most Mining operations use Nitrogen in their off road equipment tires, especially where its hot, like Florida etc. All of the Chaulk mining operations in Georgia use Nitrogen in their equipment tires. I know one thing, at 10 grand a tire for some of that equipment...you want them to last...

I've seen several posts regarding protecting truck floors, something you might want to try is a material that has basically no weight, 1/8 - 1/4 inch plastic liners ( pullet liners) Its a material( semi soft white plastic) that is used all over Michigan on the floors of chicken houses, its...

RE: Sleepers Okay thanks guys, I noticed that it said they were in business since 93 but didnt have a web site....must have been the Amish influence around the shop..Ha. sounds nice to me. We are going to the Truck Show at the end of the month so I'm sure we can make a choice after our feet...

I've Been on Google and found an email address for Bentz transportation products but no actual web address? I'm interested in knowing what that 96" X 102" sleeper looks like Thanks Dukesadog

Yeah, We havent purchased a truck yet, although we are friends with Hank Graff in Flint Michigan but of course he doesnt deal with expediter trucks. We have had some bizarre experiences so far with a couple companies ( dealers) saying we will finance you at this rate but you cant go with this...

Thanks Glen, I hope the yelling will be left behind...shes a former sales executive type for radio and TV ads.. yelling will be replaced by Hey! your at the wrong Dock! Ha Dukesadog

RE: Wannabe's You can head over to ICT they'll stretch anything you want over there, we had our W900 done there with a 150 inch sleeper but it started out as a day cab with a huge CTA ( cab to axle) length and it was cheaper to buy that way. I'm not sure about stability issues with a straight...

Hi, I've been a professional driver, mainly in TT hauling HHGs/Electronics since like 1984 and of course those trucks were always manual. My wife and I are considering running team in a straight truck and I wanted to know ( and I know this sounds rediculous)( where the heck is the shifter!!)...

yeah but look at the age and mileage, 97-99 ish dont you have to have a truck thats fairly new to expedite, probably trade ins there is still room for a 5 foot box on that GMC room for two pallets turned sideways, 4 if you can stack em. Ha! dukesadog

Hi, I dont know if this will help but you can try det.com (diesel engine trader.com) it has links etc and a really good forum {like this site} just about anything you might want to know about trucks etc. dukesadog

Hi If you need anything made of rubber you might want to try Hecht Rubber in Jacksonville Florida, they have a web page and stock like 50,000 items the sign says "everything in rubber", they have like 5 pages of nothing but truck bumper pads. these are the guys that stock most suppliers, they...