An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

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  1. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    TA as whole is rip off anymore …I personally dont see them being around in 5 yrs.. they took out a $200 million loan in February and leveraged their properties in full for it…
     
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  3. Deadwood

    Deadwood Heavy Load Member

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    That $200 million was for “refurbishing” locations but they sat on the money for seven months, until people were wondering where all the money went to and then, when they started getting questions, they did a big press tour, painted some walls and bought some leather recliners at 20-30 locations but nothing close to justifying $200mm. I still think they’re using it as a slush fund to cover operations.

    The financials for TA are incredibly opaque and people who analyze them or a living don’t like the stock for that very reason.

    The current Price/Earnings ratio of TA stock is 7.16. The current Standard & Poors Price to earnings is 18.54, meaning that if the market liked TA stock only as much as the average stock it would be priced 2.5 times higher. Bottom line: The investing public knows how much TA sucks too.
     
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  4. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I was in western MO, KS and CO(up to Denver). I ran 649 miles in 9:53. Today, thru the rest of CO and UT on 70 I ran 587 miles in 9:45. 1st mildly heavy load thru the rockies and it was a looooong day. This PACCAR engine just doesn't have the nuggets to pull the hills, even with a 13 speed(which I had to make good use of all the top gears most of the day). Too bad they didn't stick a Cummins in these KW's, would make a huge difference.
     
  5. mitrucker

    mitrucker Road Train Member

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    Be careful what you wish for. My company’s Cummins powered trucks have all sorts of DEF issues. Lots of wiring gremlins.
     
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  6. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    Ours have big issues during the winter with the fuel pumps freezing/gelling.
     
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  7. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    I must have one of the good ones. 530k on my X15 and only three sensors and a couple of exhaust leaks.
     
  8. Geekonthestreet

    Geekonthestreet Medium Load Member

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    I’ll just tut right past you in my red crapcadia
     
  9. Winnyf1

    Winnyf1 Road Train Member

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    Yeah mine did as well, anti gel was a must in the winter, I do miss the power and torque though.
     
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  10. Winnyf1

    Winnyf1 Road Train Member

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    Could be worse, at least you don’t run an AMT :).
     
  11. iraqralph43

    iraqralph43 Road Train Member

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    SSB .. do you get extra pay...for the chain and tarping...hope the money is good for it..thats a lot off work
     
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