Where is everyone #2!!

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  1. Cluck Cluck

    Cluck Cluck LTL Wizard

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    Every time I haul a non direct load of steel I remember how good life is.
    I also heard the same investment group that bought EW Wylie is who bought Keen out. I wonder what this will lead to
     
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  3. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    Holy bat crap.. My little detroit and my old setup I could do 2.5 or a little better...
     
  4. Clasix1055

    Clasix1055 Even when I'm wrong I'm right

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    Moose Knuckle ... answers all your questions
     
  5. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    Cluck, The people that own SPD bought out Wylie about 2 years I think it was.
    Unless they changed owners again
     
  6. haulhand

    haulhand Road Train Member

    Yea I've got to do something about it. I think first I'm going to get it tuned and then I'm going to take these rears from 4.33 to 3.73 or maybe 3.90 so I don't lose my startability real bad but gets my cruising RPM's down closer to the sweet spot. Best I've seen out of this truck is 4.1 and that's with a load of sand. Right now I turn 1650 at 65 and 1900 at 75 which is where I like to run. I don't kno if it will work but 13 axle MPG with only 7 on the ground is crap and that only has one night of idling on it.
     
  7. Logan76

    Logan76 Crusty In Training

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    Spent hours moving stuff over to the new truck....amazing how stuff accumulated inside my truck...
     
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    MJ1657 Road Train Member

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    It wasn't anything exciting.

    Burgers and dogs with the typical Midwestern potato salad and baked beans. Lots of hunting talk and Coors Light.
     
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    Logan76 Crusty In Training

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  10. Freightlinerbob

    Freightlinerbob Road Train Member

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    Taking advantage if the beautiful sunshine to work on my truck.
    Redoing my air lines and power cord.
    I bought a set of lines already made up with crimped ends but they are kind of long as seen here:

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    Do you guys think I'm asking for trouble hanging them like this without a spring?
    I always pull the same trailer if that makes a difference.

    Also found that my power plug at the back of the truck had the blue peg corroded right off. That explains the recent ABS issues !
     
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  11. MJ1657

    MJ1657 Road Train Member

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    I can't see your pictures.
     
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