6 dollar a gallon fuel !

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  1. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Every easy job is 1 broken bolt away from a nightmare.... I will keep the truck running until i get home.
     
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    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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  4. Jubal Early Times

    Jubal Early Times Road Train Member

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    Sounds like a good excuse.
     
  5. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Lol fuel is much cheaper then breaking something off in the parking lot and needing to get a tow truck to a shop... Now u have a tow bill and a shop bill...both can be avoided by keeping the truck running...

    Maybe electric trucks are more your thing
     
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    I hadn't been keeping track of Nikola since their scandal. It's fascinating that they turned things around, but I see that they did it by going electric and not fuel cell.
     
  7. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Because their fuel cell technology doesnt physically exist .. .their former ceo was a fraud who is going to prison for the rest of his life... They have since replaced him and have many electric trucks on the road driving around
     
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    It was an effective pitch...just goes to show how whackadoodle the market can be when a company that has never produced a vehicle can have a market cap bigger than GM.
     
  9. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    You are right. It is crazy what some of these electric car/truck manufactures are valued at...or the fact that investors keep throwing money at them even know none of them turn a profit and probably wont for a very long time...
     
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    Electric trucks are my thing? That’s an odd comment from the guy that’s afraid to change a starter in the parking lot. I’ve been working on trucks longer than you’ve been alive junior.

    So keep your snide comments to yourself. Us older hands have fixed just about any and everything on the side of the road or a parking lot. But, you’re right. If you can’t fix a wheelbarrow it’s best to leave it alone.
     
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  11. D.Tibbitt

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    Lmao! Im definatly not afraid to fix anything mr senior... i know the risks involved of fixing #### on the side of the road and in parking lots, simply because ive done it before and all it takes is to break something off and now you are in the job for more money than necessary when u can get it home and most likely get cheaper parts at home rather then on the road where they zhove it up ur ### every chance they get... Doesnt seem like a great business decision to me...but you do you mr old hand senior
     
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