Cummins owns CAT... and everyone else?

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  1. ProduceHauler

    ProduceHauler Light Load Member

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    I understand, but we need to keep hobby trucks separate from working trucks unless we are talking first 100,000 miles only :biggrin_25513:
     
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    Ouh, it is not all!

    what about Scania Cummins cooperation? WV owns Scania and.... yep MAN, but MAN makes engine with Navistar Logo (Maxxforce), what about Maibach?
     
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    Ha! There is a victim... There is another little piece of puzzle: When Cummins introduced Signature (later ISX) in 1998 it was DESIGNED from ground up for the FUTURE emissions. They were very well prepared for what is coming.

    Because... that was their idea, maybe? :biggrin_2557:
     
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    I heard disney owns everything....and i also heard they control the weather too.....
     
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    I've heard it too, but so far no confirmation from the big media outlets. Owned by... well... hmmmm ehhhhhh. Who owns the media ? :biggrin_2559:
     
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    After my perfectly good 232,000 mile F250 with 7.3L in it, met an untimely death thanks to a GM driver that didn't think traffic laws applied to him I spent nearly 3 weeks looking for the right replacement truck.
    Of course it has a 7.3L in it. :biggrin_25525:
    At the time 96,500 miles, 2000 F250 6spd for $10,500.
    Every thing else I saw was well over 100k miles.
     
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    That's a good one to have Brickman, and you got it for a good price. Just keep a spare cam sensor with you and you should never be stranded....unless another Gm driver comes along...
     
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    Ahh you guys are all wrong, don't you know its us Freemasons that run everything!
     
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    Superhauler TEACHER OF MEN

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    I don't care who owns who if my motor ain't yellow it ain't in my truck!!:biggrin_25513:
     
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    Not only us but also the Jew.......uh, ah, well some of us are Jews too, so that makes a little more sense.