Posted on 11/08/2011 10:30:17 AM PST by Kaslin
Thank you for adding to my store of Civil War incunabula. Norlyuns still has the aroma of a town where this custom has not entirely disappeared. BTW, Why our SUV's, which are also splendid beasts, are not powered by 2.5liter turbodiesels is completely beyond me. Someone high up in the EPA apparently was frightened in utero by a 1948 Mercedes 190 diesel and is singlehandedly keeping them out of the country. Diesel fuel has also been totally jiggered about to be "sulfur-free" and as a result, instead of being a brown liquid with just the larger dino turds and sticks filtered out, now resembles virgin olive oil, except it is more expensive. I was used to paying about 15 cents per gallon for the aggie version of the crap, which of course we used in everything from our trusty MB 300TD to a lobsterboat and Oliver Tractor.
The Japs run run their Corollas with a really nice 1.8l diesel, @ 55mpg. Here a Corolla is quite needlessly faster off the line than a 1965 Ferrari. Wat's wit dat?
BTW, in my careless youth, I was in Libya, where the oil comes out of the ground just about ready to become diesel fuel. Beautiful stuff!
Not true. And there's nothing wrong with good quality retreads.
VW and Audi are offering turbo diesels right now. VW has a 2 liter and Audi 2 and 3 liters. I’ve been watching for some of the new high performance diesels to arrive here since I learned about them.
” I was used to paying about 15 cents per gallon for the aggie version of the crap, which of course we used in everything from our trusty MB 300TD to a lobsterboat and Oliver Tractor.”
I was reading about the reclaimed fryer oil diesels awhile back. Apparently the newer diesels have injection systems that can’t handle the stuff whereas the older engines like your venerable 300TD don’t miss a beat. Something to do with venturi size and vegetable oil having paraffin.
You’re too predictable. But then you need to make yourself feel superior.
Look for these MexiCommuterSemiPools to be carrying hundreds of illegals each. Delivering them to a needy city near you. In two to three years, the balance of population will shift decidedly.
There is simply NO real excuse for fuel prices at their current level, BTW. That "paraffin" story sounds suspicious. Vegetable oils would be unlikely to have a paraffin base (wax), while many crudes do ... paraffin or ashphalt.
You must be a Class A CDL then???
Tell me where you can by a “good quality” retread in Mexico??? I’d like to know, next time I am down there...
There may not be anything wrong with good quality retreads, but for commercial use, as far as I have known and been told, some state tests (certifications) do talk about this, that retreads are a no-no for apportioned loads...My nieghbor across the street is a CDL independent driver...And I’ll take his word over any about this...So I stand to be corrected, but it has always been somethign I was told that retreads were a no-no for commercial trucking use on tractor trailer loads...
The Mexican “trucking industry” (I use the term loosely) does not strongly regulate the inspection or operation of trucks in their country...You grease the skids the way things usually get greased in those environments...
But if the general convention is that its ok to have our highways littered with retread debris, then fine...
Kinda makes you wonder why the linits for Mexican trucks operating within our borders was only about 50 miles inland for many years...But then again, I may have heard wrong...
I guess you can tell I’ve never been a big fan of NAFTA, or other programs which compramise the safety of Americans on our roads...If you’ve ever driven, or seen how wonderful the driving ettiquite is down south of the border, you’ll understand mine, and a few others concerns we’ve had over the last decade or so...
FYI, I only have a Class B CDL (exemption) to legally allow me to drive and operate Fire Apparatus in my fire district...It mainly covered the weight and vehicles with air brakes that are a part of those organizations...that was where I might have recalled that those departments cannot operate on retreaded tires...
I will gert with my nieghbor tonight, and go back and look at the book(s) to see if the restriction was on our side and not the commercial use of these refurbished tires...
No problem...
Furthermore, on this side of the border, our beloved government has found that road alligators actually are the result of new AND retread tire failure. Here's a useful compendium of retread legal info:
www.goodyear.ca/truck/pdf/radialretserv/Retread_S13_V.pdf
Our amigos to the south are well known as artful regroovers, as well as dicey retreaders. But in this country, retreads for commercial use are a a huge (multi-billion!) industry Say "hi" to all the fellows at the FD.
And you don’t have a response to my (most simple of) observations, as always.
No prob...Thumbs up...hehehe
“And you don’t have a response to my (most simple of) observations, as always.”
It would be rude to puncture your ongoing fantasy, I’d be encroaching on your puerile turf. But it’s easy enough to see what Schlafly meant by “first truck”. Your simplistic reading is what has you confused.
Emotions rule, for you guys.
“But then, you don’t have the cognitive firepower to understand what she’s doing.”
You know rudeboy I don’t think I’ve ever seen another poster compliment you on your intellect.
That’s because you spend too much time on the anti-FReeper sites, with a bunch of old women who have nothing better to do with their time than to sit around and bitch. Give my regards to Willie.
I wouldn’t know where to find an “anti-Freeper” website. Maybe you can share your list, one that includes your friend Willie.
But all the same I find it unfortunate that your cognitive firepower goes unrecognized here.
You shouldn’t have to be the sole champion of your intellectual superiority. It’s too much to expect you to carry that weight all your own, despite your heroic effort in this regard.
Aww . . . is that the best you can do, play stupid? Tell me, do you post under the same name there? If not, why not? Not man enough?
Unbelievable as it is you are mistaken. I bet that doesn’t happen much.
So where is this other site that you speak of? Does the fabled Willie post there as well?
Oh, and thanks for your vote. Are they running “Most Obnoxious FReeper” again this year?
I don’t know. Is that a highly sought after award?
This looks like one for The Bandit, and his buddies, to handle. Breaker 19...Buford T. Justice, where are you good buddy? Got your ears on? Come in.
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