mercer transportation

Discussion in 'Mercer' started by kw12, Jul 21, 2012.

  1. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    Many of shipping companies who use the ports are planning rerouting the vessels to houston and east coast ports since the Panama canal has been widened for the super freighters...they're sick of the California bs causing delays and higher costs..
     
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  3. radioshark

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    Savannaha is working to triple its capacity.
    They have the deepened the birth’s to take the largest ships and they had 15% increase in containers each of the last 3 years.
     
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  4. thaistick

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    I watched a Netflix on them widening it, then read an article that they are building bigger ships that won't fit LOL.
     
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  5. thaistick

    thaistick Road Train Member

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    Cool... we'd get the app back :p
     
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  6. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    Bought my truck 121,000 miles ago. She needs to be overhauled. Oh well you win some you loose some :p gonna be about $22,000 to overhaul the engine with a new head.
     
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  7. thaistick

    thaistick Road Train Member

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    Why does it need overhauled, how many miles on it?
     
  8. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    Oil usage 1 gallon every 2000 miles. Its got 621k on it..
     
  9. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    How soon after you bought it did you start using that much oil?
     
  10. RStewart

    RStewart Road Train Member

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    I got lucky, my truck had a reman engine put in it right before I bought it.
     
  11. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    That started about 35000 ago. It's a known issue with this year of isx. It tf ruined my dpf system.
     
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