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    Flat bed straight trucks

    more work, more pay but I have to tell you flatbed work is not easy.on a daily I think I could load flatbed straights like your expedite straights for no less than $2 per mile and some freight would pay well over $4.call try-state they broker out alot of flat freight.I see some flat on panther...
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    Stretched sleeper pick up truck

    What a waiste of time and money.I would much rather use the landstar discount at the ref roof than destroy my pick-up like this.if you are not maken enough to afford a hotel every night then your with the wrong company. as far as the logs and scales go this is not really expedite work for the...
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    IFTA tax ?

    I own a 2006 f-350 pull a 35' trailer the trailer has a gvwr of 22,500 the truck i believe is 13,500 it is a niche market that i do ok in let me put it like this the more weight you can haul the more loads you can put on the trailer.you can try to get by but fuel taxes dont run over 600 per...
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    Help with finding the wight truck

    IMO if I would forget about the custom sleeper thing.if its your first truck I would get me a used tractor 2000 or so with a detroit 60 with the 10 speed at 430-500 hp. stretch it put a 22 or 24 ft box just keep your total truck under 40' remember your need to keep your box age under 10...
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    FL Cascadia Revisited 2011 models

    Does anyone know of a large fleet that runs these.I have always been a big fan of the series 60 and detroit invested something like 1.5 in the dd15 and when you look at the comparison table it looks even better. NEW vs OLD DD15...
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    8.3 cummins white smoking and black when driving

    have you tried to contact any big truck salvage yards? RUSS FISHER TRUCK PARTS 5690 E MARGARET Terre Haute, Indiana, 47803 USA Phone: (812)877-2535 they have alot of truck parts reasonable prices
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    8.3 cummins white smoking and black when driving

    Well if your not leased then you must have your own authority. your insurance should transfer to a rental truck in the event of a breakdown and ryder will rent anyone with a debit card a straight truck. so tell them to fix it and go make some money.
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    Pre-Paid Cell Carriers

    I used altell 70.00 per month 700 minutes free night and weekends.1 favorite number that you can change on the internet as many times a day that you need to.works about anyplace usa. I booked my own loads changed my favorite number after every call and never paid more than $70 also comes...
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    3126 w/10spd Shift Points

    what ever you want to call it it will save you fuel
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    3126 w/10spd Shift Points

    straight from detroit PROGRESSIVE SHIFT The Progressive Shift option offers a high range maximum vehicle speed limit to encourage the use of high (top) gear during cruise operation. Progressive Shift encourages the driver to upshift from a lower to a higher gear prior to reaching...
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    3126 w/10spd Shift Points

    maybe its different with my tractor but I always practice progressive shifting. do an internet search. i shift at 1600-1650 max I have an eaton 10 speed its simple. float the gears rev to 1600 then it should drop right in.you will save fuel just try it and see.
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    can this truck be salvaged

    well so far so good I got it back together and its been running for about a week now.I am sure it will have problems but for now at least its running fine and at least I have some time to make some money before I have to replace the truck part of the rig.
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    can this truck be salvaged

    check out the flood pics and can you imagine president bush has yet to sign so we can get federal assistance.but the county next to us in the state of indiana has been on the list for over a week. Lawrence County Emergency Management Agency
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    can this truck be salvaged

    I live in southern IL and the floods came so fast when the levy broke that I didnt have time to bring in one of my drilling rigs.water was so high it was running in the windows of this f700 ford.everything was full of water fuel tanks,oil,transfer case exhaust just everything. I pulled it in...
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    Autoshift annoyance

    I once had a kw t 2000 sametype of problem it was a 2000 model.it seemed to work fine for me but everytime I put a driver in it I would end up paying tow bills for some reason kept it for about 4 months then went back to volvos
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    coe expediter anyone?

    I never had an argosy but for about 1 year I had a chevy w-4 with 16' box signed on with panther.I really liked it as far as roi it was the best truck I ever had the ride wasnt that bad and I could afford to stay in motels with the money I was saving on fuel but keep in mind that was 1998
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    Class 8 owners how's your mileage?

    KW Express o/o till i die my last quarter ifta said 9.75 mpg I to run alot of the higher speed limit states and my truck has over a million miles and its a 94 volvo I drive 70 most of the time as long as its legal
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    which engines?

    KW Express o/o till i die I aagree luck has a lot to do with it but I have 1.1 million on my detroit 60
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    Life of the Truck

    KW Express o/o till i die I am at 1.1 million with a class 8 volvo of course its a 94 model and its still running strong.I still am running it every day and I still send it into the mountains and she still keeps coming back best money I ever spent was on a used class 8 volvo thats for...
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    D Units on the Highways

    KW Express o/o till i die I dont see nothing wrong with the old trucks myself I run with a unknown carrier that consist of 3 trucks.My truck is a 94 volvo class 8 with a detroit 60 set at 430 hp its a real truck that I paid around 6k for.I wouldnt have it any other way. I run as much or little...
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