From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 17:32:10 PST
A-men
I will probably be proved in a court of law that we are trying to take over the
world or something just as ridiculous
Jim Winne wrote:
> Dave has a valid point. If you drive between Tallahassee and Perry Fla.,in
> the panhandle, you will see log trucks with bent up
> trailers going down the road "crabbing" like a sailboat on the upwind
> leg. They are barely operable and lack adequate brakes and
> lights most of the time. They also do 70 mph plus. The sad part of this
> whole thing is that if one "deuce" got in an accident it would
> be on the nightly news as the next big crusade.
>
> Jim (KB4IVH)
> MVPA #17216
>
> At 12:42 03/18/2002 -0500, Dave Cole wrote:
> >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
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> >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.
> > >
> > > 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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