Parked Here for the Night

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  1. slim shady

    slim shady Road Train Member

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    Good luck with your new adventure
    What kind of truck you moving into?
     
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  3. TruckDuo

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    Thanks Slim Shady !

    We're using their spare truck till our truck comes in a day or two from Ohio. The spare truck is an older International or Mack sleeper. Looks okay....just hope they at least cleaned the sleeper from the last time we saw it.

    The truck we'll be getting is a 2015 ProStar with a Cummins ? Excited about it because they say it has the Bose trucker seats, a fridge, Sleeper Number bed, invertor and who knows what other goodies. The newer trucks are automatics so fingers crossed. The dogs will love having a window in the sleeper to look out again. We're just happy to make more money. :biggrin_255:
     
  4. FatDaddy

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    So apparently this is Des Moines.
     

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  5. FatDaddy

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    As for me. I could probably go now but this sitting has made me tired and I don't feel like running at night with snow in the forecast through upper Ohio. So nighty night.
     
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  6. PackRatTDI

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    At the SB rest area at mm41 on 81 in Tennessee. Loaded 20 bunches of tin/nickel bricks. I guess for die cast manufacturing. Headed down to Mexico by way of El Paso.

    Loaded 10 in the nose then 10 around the 48' mark. With the tandems at the 41' mark to the rear axle I'm almost even.

    They told me that's how they load them and have never had a truck come back so I told them to do what they do best. :)
     
  7. Dinomite

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    Is that Des Moines In Canada or the North Pole? The one in Iowa has actual roads instead of Dog sled trails.
     
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  8. TallOkie

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    Im going say I made the right call stopping ...lol
     
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  9. Tall Mike

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  10. ncmickey

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    At the Beckley Service Area on I77 in WV. Place was absolutely packed when I pulled in at 9pm. Parked in a no parking area....at least there are plenty others.... hope the Law is busy with more important things tonight.
    Parking is sparse in WV.....
     
  11. Taildragon

    Taildragon Heavy Load Member

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    Congrats on the new digs... One thing good about those R & L wagons. You won't be holding any traffic up, those things run as good as the Chicagoland concrete trucks, you've got to work to keep up with one of them.
     
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