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

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  1. cdavis188

    cdavis188 Road Train Member

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    It’s NM…so i highly doubt it. I went down to Albuquerque one time with snow and i didn’t see one plow truck. And when i did eventually see one, it dumped some red dirt on the ground and that was it
     
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  3. Winnyf1

    Winnyf1 Road Train Member

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    You just had to one up me didn’t you SPD :biggrin_255:
     
  4. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    Man I swear I never get a large single lift. It’s always a bunch of small and medium ones.
     
  5. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Me either, I get a couple mini-lifts then a bunch of scissor lifts.
     
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  6. Winnyf1

    Winnyf1 Road Train Member

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    Yeah they had another option that would have included scissor lifts, the first drop was Vegas and the last was somewhere in NJ - I quickly decided on the one drop one item option lol.
     
  7. Winnyf1

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    For us we have rebuilt several of the RGN’s which have thicker frames - for the steps thankfully they are mostly 2018’s so not quite as bad as a 10 year old trailer would be. I look forward to snagging a nice new one when I can, no more drop and hooks then lol.
     
  8. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    True heavy haul companies rebuild older equipment many times along with buying new technology. A million dollar trailer doesn’t make financial sense to only use for a few year then sell it. For example this trailer for Miller Transfer is probably from the 90’s? Maybe earlier. IMG_7421.jpeg
     
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  9. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    But there is a huge difference between a standard RGN(stretch or fixed) and a million dollar mega-load unit. The 10 yr old trailers like we pull have probably paid for themselves 10x over. It would get to a point where buying a new one would be a better value than sinking 2/3 that price rebuilding an old existing one, especially as raggedy as many of ours appear.
     
  10. D.Tibbitt

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    NM road crews actually working?? You are quite the optimist... lol I'm convinced NM doesn't even own 1 plow truck.. place is an absolute foreign planet when it comes to winter road maintenance
     
  11. supersnackbar

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    Considering how torn up I-40 is, I am surprised they even try to plow it. It's gotta be a challenge keeping the blade in contact with the road when there is little smooth pavement left.
     
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