HEATWAVE

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Dave_in_AZ, Jun 3, 2016.

  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    ATTENTION !!!

    ATTENTION PLEASE.

    It's time for the yearly lecture on tire pressures when passing through Arizona.

    Those of you that neglect your tires are gonna be sorry if you pass through Arizona, cause your going to be buying some new ones at the minimum, maybe going down for a felony when one comes off your truck and takes out some guy on a scooter or goes through some ladies windshield.
    Maybe you just get a civil penalty for six figures. Maybe you take out the wrong guy, and his friends come and do unspeakable things to your dog.

    SO,

    Lets avoid all that and check your tire pressures please.

    Several of you are already leaving gators all over the place, and it's only March, but it is in the mid 90's, so the temp on the actual road surface is probably nearer 125.

    Those that are leaving gators already, have done so both on the 10 just before the construction, and on the 17 on the truck route, smack dab in the center lanes.

    Now, the traffic here is already WTF F' up, without somebodies drive tires in the center lanes.

    Thank you for your cooperation.
     
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  3. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    @Dave_in_AZ , Don't know if you are old enough to remember the TV show "Sheriff of Cochise." At the beginning of the show, while the theme song was still on, they showed The Sheriff letting air out of his tires, before taking off on some remote desert road in his station wagon.....
    And we all know that Hollywood is always right, just like the internet...:rolleyes:
     
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  4. Willbrk4Food

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    He probably had a 6 shooter that never ran out of ammo too. I want one of those!
     
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  5. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Not only that, but in a gunfight, he would be the only one of the "good guys" that could hit anything. And of course, that's shooting from the hip. With a revolver.
    He also had a scatter gun attached to the inside of his driver's door.:D
    It's amazing the things we used to think were entertaining!:confused:
     
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  6. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    OK. ADOT has applied sun screen netting to the cactus.
    :eek:
     
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  7. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Was that done by helicopter? I seem to remember a stink raised about a governor or some other high placed AZ politician hunting from a DPS chopper...:rolleyes:
     
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  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Well 100+ everday now. Let's air those tires in the mornings please.

    I idle, therefore I am.
     
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    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Yee Haw let the summer begin! We're in the 90's today, I believe for the first time this year.
     
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  10. Lepton1

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    Last night I ran three loads in Oklahoma. Started out around 70° in the afternoon. By the time we finished it dropped into the 40's. Perfect working weather.
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

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    OK. It's May 5th. Official temperature was 108.

    Got air pressure?
     
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