What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    I know a man that had a mailbox of similar strength... He had a bad time of kids smashing his mailbox with baseball bats as they sped by in cars. So he got fed up with it and built a mailbox out of 1/4" plate steel, and a piece of 8" schedule 80 steel pipe for the post. He made it in such a fashion that the skin of a regular mailbox fit snuggly over the steel plate one.

    With in the first week of putting it up he had the remains of 3 wooden bats and one very badly bent aluminum bat in his garage... I would have loved to be watching from the front porch as those kids discovered what happens when a bat contacts an immovable object at high speed... Lol
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Seen one mounted on an anchor chain lmfao. With links the size of the box.
     
  4. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Yes 12 speed auto. 500K warranty.
     
  5. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    My calculator only goes up to 100,000. What’s a payment on 137k Truck?
     
  6. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Depends on what you put down and how you're credit is.

    There's A LOT of variables they look at. Length of CDL. Time as an O/O. Ever a repo or tax lien?

    Used trucks they can get pretty silly with, but not the new ones.

    They are very leery of fleet expansions. Especially the second one.
     
  7. x1Heavy

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    Now there is a tractor. A little longish but I like it very much.
     
  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    He's starving to death.
     
  9. x1Heavy

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    I remember one who did a similar mail box.

    Teens beating on it ruined their aluminum bats. The door to mail was like 30 pounds pull.

    Fast forward years later. Someone pipebombed it. It stayed intact. But the door came off more or less.
     
  10. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    I think the senior vp of the company I work for has some connection with MHC Kenworth (I think his FIL was an owner). I know my company buys trucks from them exclusively. If you want, I can ask come Monday and get you some contact info. Might be able to get an even better deal off a referral?
     
  11. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    Like literally going broke or he's doing really well and is upgrading?
     
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