Posted on 08/11/2011 4:00:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Buy railroad stocks now. They will not have to market their services, just answer their phones.
Yeah, and it's funny how the OEM puts out an engine that is suppose to get "great" mileage, only to fall flat on it's face!
I.E.- The CAT C-15 twin turbo. Junk as far as fuel mileage is concerned. And a money sucking engine to maintain!
No wonder there are so many convertion kits for these back to single turbo!
It all boils down to the EPA with their heads up their ass, as always!
Macks really ARE horrible "dogs".
E-tech engines are the worst. The MP7 seems to be a little improvement, but they will never be as good as the old E-7's.
What year and and model are you driving?
Guess we can all just turn off our engines when going down hill - coasting silent saves fuel *major sarc*
in the politically incorrect lingo of truckers...
“Mexican overdrive”
Georgia overdrive!
Yes they were. Now with the EPA regs. we can no longer say that.
But hey! We get to spend more money on DEF now! Yippie!
Nothin’ like a little “cow piss” to brighten your day, LOL.
Lol...Yep. And don't forget that the cow-piss freezes at 11 degrees F.
Make sure the DEF tank heaters are working!
Trucking is already taking a hit because people aren’t buying as much. The EPA needs to be dismantled.
Gnip
“President Obama and the EPA promise the upfront costs will more than pay for themselves after a year or two,..”
Which is it? 1 year or 2 years to TARR the investment? The gov’t drones don’t really care or they would be able to answer that question, instead it is once again all about control and only control.
That was some 8 years’ back. They were R tri-axles with 350 hp engines ahead of what most of the drivers called a 13-speed.
They were a bad build, as the rears were too high, (low numerically). Trucks would cut out on high speed (75 mph on most) before high rpm. Way too fast for a tri-axle in the East. Made them a greyhound on the flat but a chiuahua on even a tiny hill. >MW
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