Stuck in NJ, need survival tips

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  1. fisher guy

    fisher guy Road Train Member

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    im good on the wife no rug rats for me not for a while anyway i've told the gf that marriage and kids do not seem like a good financial business move and i cant see myself making much of a profit so i just tell to resubmit her offer in 30-90 days for reconsideration lol
     
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  3. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Glad to hear you're "on the mend", friend! Stay safe!
     
  4. Jseney12078

    Jseney12078 Light Load Member

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    Gosh I remember Wrightstown!!!! The Satelite lounge!!!! What a place, it's closed now but was a great pick me up club in the late 70's. Met my wife in the colonial house in New Egypt while I was in the AF. Listen I'm going to Florence in the morning, be sliding through Petro to get my truck washed at Bbeacon. Had to replace a front seal on foreward rear. Rear of truck kind of gear ole up. Need anything, just let me know. Passing 2 Detroit shops, Lodi and Piscataway. Can pick up gasket if the petro folks can't get u one. I'm guessing you have to deliver to Cosco, Hope that's working out for you.
     
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  5. hatlesstrukr

    hatlesstrukr Light Load Member

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    I got a different parking space, dropped the trailer, and went to the Walmart in Trenton to buy some food. The moment I got there, 3 FEMA box trucks and 2 semis(dry van and flatbet) parked beside me. The setup of this Walmart is weird to me for the reason that the food section is in the middle and very limited. Got what I needed and headed back to the Petro to my trailer.

    On Thursday night heading back to the truck, I found an igloo cooler with missing power cable. Managed to get it running today and it works without issue, which is weird as to how someone would throw it out. I already have one so I purchased a 12v cig adapter and spliced it into the power port of my old cooler until I find a proper cable.

    Just waiting for it to cool enough to transfer those 3 cheesecakes I got free from a reefer driver at the loves on Wednesday. :) ImageUploadedByTapatalk1352086529.792674.jpg

    Can't eat too many pieces, too much sugar for me.

    Edit - the water pump has stopped leaking since I've had the truck running. Found out its a reman pump so the seals are crap if it gets cold. As for my load, the 22.5 tons of kitty litter got offloaded Thursday.
     
  6. EZX1100

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    that was an old style walmart, not the super walmarts that the rest of the country has. NY and NJ are deadset against large walmarts coming into their areas, so they have successfully limited the sizes of walmarts. you wont find a super walmart in the greater NYC area
     
  7. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    if you really told her that you better plan 6 weeks out at a time
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    I call BS on that
    If there isnt a superstore it is because of limited and expensive land possibilities
    in Toms River NJ Walmart has been trying to build a supercenter for years but the greenies keep them out over some rare rat in the woods


    Where would you get the land in NYC to build your not in Butt Crotch Ks TOTO
     
  9. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    Edit - the water pump has stopped leaking since I've had the truck running. Found out its a reman pump so the seals are crap if it gets cold. As for my load, the 22.5 tons of kitty litter got offloaded Thursday.

    so you are going to run back to Texas like that??????????
     
  10. hatlesstrukr

    hatlesstrukr Light Load Member

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    Yep. The water pump only started leaking when I got into the colder northern states. I usually run the southern states on I-10 and I-20 where it's relatively warm most of the time.

    Regarding that Walmart I went to, it was probably a regular Walmart that might have gotten expanded into a bigger "super" version.
     
  11. EZX1100

    EZX1100 Road Train Member

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    its not BS, the supermarkets in the area lobbied hard to stop walmart from putting in a supercenter, it is definitely not about land space, these walmarts are just as large/small as any other, i have seen smaller superwalmarts than what you see in jersey

    but its your choice to call it BS, this is an internet forum, free to post whatever you wish
     
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