What if it Snows?

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

  1. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Waffle Haus has fallen down several nothches on my preffered places to eat. Why you ask? Because they insist on keeping the temperature unbearably cold. Ate at a couple different ones on our trip last year. All freezing. Ate at a IFLOP in Colorado. Freezing. F em -
     
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  3. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    I agree. Just don't really have that type of money right now
     
  4. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Agreed... "Roadside" and "Briarpatch" do not equate with "Silk Stocking" and "Top Drawer " stuff...
    Then I
    Probably a day or so before the Health Department was due to check the kitchen. Cooling the petri dish so to speak...
     
  5. InTooDeep

    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    Why have you been wasting money
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  6. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Just life as a truck owner.. This business is bleeding my bank account dry. Seems like I spend more time playing mechanic than I do making money
     
  7. InTooDeep

    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    Mr. Tibbs hope ya know I was yanking your chain. Brother you just bought a truck, that always puts a hurt on the ol wallet
     
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  8. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Same with the sexy dressed one 's dancing on the bartop at a club next door to the Anna Lane Hotel in Frisco in 57.
    Grady Nash; first time out there with us, selected him one to sit at a table. Tables had a RESERVED sign on them (one side)
    and the back you could see after you sat down said ("Minimum drink- $10). Grady handled it real well till it shifted in its chair and stroked his thigh. He reciprocated and later said: "It felt bigger than mine...".
     
  9. austinmike

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    Caught up - cold and tainy tomorrow. might make some chili
     
  10. Rontonio

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    everyone I know that had them done went there. That being said - it is worth a call. The hitch is the available holes in the rear of the frame for bolting them on.

    just load a crane on/off load to Sacramento and then bounce down. Getting an appointment may be an issue.

    you could try and catch one of the empire cat guys in Mesa or Eloy and try to get a sketch real quick - their trucks all have them. The you could get a local fan shop - but I still think you are in $2k

    you could call precision heavy haul (phh) in Phoenix - I know they do some outside work but they are probably booked for the next 11 years

    getting the angles and length right makes a huge difference on the ramps. Makes picking up and dropping the trailer a breeze on the driveline.

    you could also try dropping the trailer on 2 hard wood blocks to make up the height difference in the very short term. Otherwise, if you go with no ramps- the rollers will tear up your frame and the shock will hurt the driveline

    hope this helps
     
  11. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Thanks Ron. Always appreciated. It seems like this new truck, the fifth wheel sits a mile high off the frame. Airbags only dump like 2 inches, from ride height. I have my trailer sitting on a 4x4 and still can't get under it even with these ramps on the frame.. they worked for what they are, on my other truck... I guess I will just have to suck it up and spend more money like always
     
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