Nice ad hominem, but nope.
Jimmy
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Large trannies like this are unsynchronized...meaning that it is pretty much impossible to shift after the engine revs too high.
Even if every trucker out there played by the rules it still does not take away the suckyness of these regs- Elogs will still suck, 14 hr clock still limits your miles and thus paycheck, emmissions equipment will still break and leave you stranded and with loss of pay, there will still be idiots and new immigrants…
A lot of the competent drivers are getting out because they are getting tired of the regulatory bullcrap...
UPS trucks are governed, at approx 65, speed limit for tractor trailers in CA is 55. FIFTY DAMN FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
Looks to be loaded (tarp is down) but tag axles aren’t.
This is a pretty affluent residential area, there is more than likely a no jake brake rule.
We can go up to 26,000lbs on a regular license.
Actually, rolling back fuel economy standards makes it easier to comply with emissions, as emissions controls typically use fuel.
If gas prices go up, demand for fuel efficient cars goes up, and so does the cost. Meanwhile, demand for his old car goes down, so the cunsumer still pays for it.
If the steel shavings at the surface rust away, then water can start penetrating into the conrete, wich has the potential to destroy it 2 ways- the water expanding in freezing conditions, and by rusting the steel below-rust is less dense than steel and thus will expand and crack the concrete apart.
Some truckers in the United States will keep the stock horn as the city one and add a train air horn as their rural one.
The cheap chinese shit will explode, but a brand name cube that has been lubed and sanded and well used will turn smooth as butter.
Riiight, because the Democrat run Flint government so did not waste money.
Nowhere does this involve disbanding the IIHS...so we do what we were doing and people who are safety minded can pick out safe cars like they have been doing.
At least they sorta though about repairs and parts aviablility and used a Ford + Cat motor...
To be honest, Nox and CH4 are two totally different pollutants. Nox is smog forming, CH4 falls under the global warming theory. Not to mention the “turn a neighborhood into a fireball” category. In addition the mercaptans used to deodorize the natural gas was apparently causing health issues, not to mention the…
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