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.
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.
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…
Fast, cheap, or good, pick 2.
Cart is a 35 gallon Rehrig “huskylite” which is 20.2 in wide.
Linear actuator or servo. Problem solved.
Many parts places will take it free, some have oil burning furnaces.
NOPE.