Why the long Hoods?

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  1. JPenn

    JPenn Road Train Member

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    I'm not really understanding how my possibly buying more fuel than you constitutes an increase in your profit margin. What, exactly, does any expense of mine have to do with your operation? Que, Dice? :)
     
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  3. Lone Ranger 13

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    I wonder if it has been tested by an independent group like the Society of Automotive Engineers.

    Most of the stuff being sold to improve fuel economy doesn't seem to have been tested by SAE.

    Just the manufacturer making claims.
     
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  4. highside

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    Lol! Not effective enough to justify the cost!
     
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  5. 379exhd

    379exhd Road Train Member

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    Hahaha sad ain't it? He'd #### if he knew what we were averaging under load. Pathetic thing is I just watched a Volvo hooked up to a 53ft silver star roll by. Sad day in my life. If it ain't a W9 or a 379 it don't belong hooked to a pot. With the exception to BHW's hubbys truck. His freightliner looks pretty ######. I'd drive it.
     
  6. truckon

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    Do you know if long hoods have a oily tube sticking out under them... or is that only on the money maker trucks?
     
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  7. thirdreef

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    gee I guess I was lucky. When I learned you had a nose or it was cut completely off. If you hit something. You didn't need to worry about the company.. Because you already had the stuff knocked out of you by the head driver. But then we didn't know what compassion and feelings were. And didnt know what driving schools. Or harassment were either.
     
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  8. thirdreef

    thirdreef Medium Load Member

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    That's part of the chain guard going to the pedals in the cab. I would want to save all of that money if I was making 90 cents a mile plus fuel sur charge. And I guess all of that room.. You need that when you have to live in that truck. The only room I need is room enough to drive that truck .. Remember those 1/2 cabs?or coffin sleepers? A truck is meant to drive not to live in. But that's what happens when you don't have fun
     
  9. GITRDUN45

    GITRDUN45 Heavy Load Member

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    Where you get 4 years?? I have been driving since i was 20 and now almost 45, so do the math there Mr.Perfect Trucker. :) Have been off last 7 tho. But sure trucks still shift from First to second gear and so on, LOL
     
  10. 379exhd

    379exhd Road Train Member

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    Probably from the deal on your profile that says TRUCKER: 4 years. Do I get bonus points for actually reading? Lol
     
  11. truckon

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    Somebody got caught .....
     
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