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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by blairandgretchen, Dec 10, 2014.

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  1. May 15, 2020 #3361
    Ringo1

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    Thanks - good to be back. Always enjoyed this thread and have made a great friend too. Truth be told with the truck gone I feel like a bystander again.
     
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  3. May 15, 2020 #3362
    blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    I thought that might happen. The timing was strangely in your favor though.

    You’ve got lots of knowledge to impart, and things have a way of working out as they should.

    Stick around a while.
     
    blairandgretchen, May 15, 2020
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  4. May 15, 2020 #3363
    spindrift

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    AKA...4 States Truck, in Joplin, Missouri?
     
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  5. May 16, 2020 #3364
    blairandgretchen

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    That’s them.
     
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  7. May 16, 2020 #3365
    spindrift

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    In the recent past, I've had good luck with them until recently. I just went to four vendors for a grill insert and a boxed end, 20" bumper. One of the vendors was a local chrome shop who had rediculously expensive prices. Of the three major online retailers, The Big Rig Chrome Shop beat the other two by $275 on the bumper.
     
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  8. May 16, 2020 #3366
    Old Man

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    My new shirt

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  9. May 16, 2020 #3367
    blairandgretchen

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    Nothing like having your truck in a hundred parts . . .

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    CAC tested bad - leaking all over. 5th wheel while we’re at it. Every hose and line while we’re in there.

    Reman the fan clutch - reseal the front cover . . .

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    What better time than now?
     
    blairandgretchen, May 16, 2020
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  10. May 16, 2020 #3368
    fortycalglock

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    Resealing the front cover? Check that bull gear while you’re in there. Looks like your blowing your annual maintenance budget in one month, and it all started with just a bumper, right?
     
    fortycalglock, May 16, 2020
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  11. May 16, 2020 #3369
    blairandgretchen

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    You got it!

    Well - it started with the quick connect flag brackets - quickly escalated from there.

    Front cover is not cracked, that’s good news. Bull gear is fine, replaced at previous owners overhaul.
     
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  12. May 16, 2020 #3370
    spindrift

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    If not now...when?
     
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