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Old 09-13-2010, 11:44 PM
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I picked up a 46000 lb load of hay in Panaca Nv last week. I went down to Vegas to shower,eat and fuel. The load delievered in Hart Tx. So never running that area before I looked at my map and nav system and decided to run 95 down to 163 over to Kingman Az and pick up 40. Good except one thing, I drive for a small company that leases cheap Frieghtliners with no extras. 79000 lbs, 6% grade for 6 miles and who put that damn redlight there in Laughlin?? Had dry hay on a stepdeck, smokin so bad at the light I had to bail out with the fire extinguisher. Never do that route that heavy with out JAKES again........
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Old 09-14-2010, 01:35 AM
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You've really got to keep it slow and easy when you don't have jakes. When I first started we didn't have jakes on our trucks. We all took it veeerrrry slow down steep grades, especially when we were heavy. The first truck that I purchased didn't have jakes. That is the last truck that I bought without a jake.
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Old 12-04-2010, 05:47 PM
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For a minute, I thought it was going to be the hay catching fire due to a regeneration.
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Old 12-08-2010, 03:43 PM
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Whoa! Good thing you made it out... That route can be tricky with heavy loads.
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may be that road is not good take more weight.
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