What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Cascadias give a warning when the radiator is going to pop.

    The surge tank cracks.

    Unless it's the upper inlet. No warning.
     
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    for me it was that upper neck on the radiator. although it was a slow leak. but it was easy to tell since the engine fan blew it all over the motor and turned my detroit into a cummins with the red coolant
     
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    Thats a radiator flush with movement. @JoeyJunk


    It's fun when they put Dawn in the radiator and let the truck get up to temp and rinse and repeat be a few times. Just to get rid of the oil. Then no more 15 gallons of distilled water with dish soap.

    Snow we only got like 1 to 3". 80% is powder which great.
     
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    Yeah, there were those two uber drivers making $100,000 a year that got whiplash and wanted to go trucking.

    Sounded like the same person........
     
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    If you could get a new accord to put a 100k miles on. Then maybe it would be a good bet?
     
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    ive been thinking about doing the instacart and uber stuff just sitting around the house. be better then making no money. have a couple buddies that just deliver food . making like 500 bucks a day. well gross atleast. no idea what their net is, funny how that side of the story never comes out.
     
  7. Dave_in_AZ

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    Oh. Here's an epic Cascadia life moment.

    Blackie has the LED headlights. High beam on driver side is out.

    You have to replace the entire bucket.

    $275.

    @InTooDeep

    The OM is not pleased.
     
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    You get those peeps coming from a country where $5 a day is huge. Living in a car making??? Is probably huge to them. My cousins husband told me villages in India will sponsor people to come to America and they pay back the cost plus 30%. He's a computer programmer, he wasn't in that category.
     
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    The HL 11 is $23 out the door at pilot. Go 2014!!!!
     
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    I was recently very impressed by a young Man. He talked about making big money investing in different bit coin types of currencies. He almost had Me sold, until He said he does Uber on the weekends. Sure, I’m a Mechanical Engineer, I’d just rather spend my time Driving Trucks