From: Dave Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 09:42:12 PST
I get your point, but if you really want to worry about something, think about all of those farm boys who drive old, poorly maintained farm semi's to the elevators with no CDL, little
driving experience, and a full 80,000 lb rig. I'm amazed that more people don't get killed by heavy trucks. This issue really isn't just about heavy MVs.
I know that climbing into my M51 makes me think. With 23K lbs empy weight and high ground clearance it would simply run over a car if uncontrolled. Even if you don't have a
CDL, the safety checks used as part of the CDL tests are a really good idea.
Dave
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3/18/02 2:03:07 PM, Joe Shannon <fordpart@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I will probably get black balled for this but here is my thinking.
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> It seems to me that the average vehicle weight of this list is
>growing. That is more trucks, less jeeps. We all have our own reasons
>and I'm not going to open that can of worms. Anyway my point is (not
>blowing my own horn but stating facts) I had a CDL and the forerunner to
>that, a chauffeur's license before I started collecting green scrap
>iron, I was also a ASE certified heavy equipment mechanic, and was used
>to handling a vehicle that weighed a lot more than the 34,000 pounds
>that my M-62 weighs. I see a lot of posts from people with good
>intentions that haven't got a clue about the care of a truck.
>
> Please consider that if one of us has a wreck or runs over someone
>in a yugo (this goes for myself too) there is a good chance we will all
>have to give up our pass time and worse than that, they will soon be
>forgotten. This will give demil laws a new head of steam.
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