snoman

You never get of yours

Know you are picking on Aussie's now huh? You must really be insecure.
BTW I took calculus in college in 70's when I was working on my engineering degree.

The amaging part is your total lack of understanding of even the
simplest physics but then what can you expect from a troll?


I did nopt have to stop, I saw them on the road going to dealer when i
was in the area. See people like me were really busy those day being
called out to other clients that had gotten stiffed by diesel owners
that truck died on them and I saw them because i was doing there work.
Yea those boys were saving a lot of money with those oil burners that
day. I have been at this for over 20 years and never had a truck fail
me because of good PM and they are all gas powered and they do not
require trickery and luck to keep them running in cold weather.

Tell you what I can take may gas truck out in any weather and NEVER
worry about them starting 10,20, 30 below and I have seen 50 below in
years past. When I lived in MT they parked there oil burners in
winter. Sure you might get it running at the temp with a extension
cord and a block heater and kerosene for fuel but it is a fine line
keeping it relaible. I remember one year when I was in governement R&D
we had a truck we used that had a oil burner in it. It had gotten to
28 below that night and it would not start and we finally had it towed
into a hanger to thaw out. Ever gas truck we had started. One of the
reason diesel failed when they tried them as aircraft motors long ago
was not only were they heavy but they could not deal with the cold
that aircraft can see at times and would quit. I used yo help my inlaw
farm for many years ago while going to college and he switched over to
a gas tractor for feeding in winter because the diesel was too
troublesome in the cold. I true troll fashion, ego tailors you comments not reality

Your are more experiance at making things up as you go that is for
sure because if you did, it was not really stuck, it just needed a
nudge because no way it would have pulled it out if it was really buried.

You tell me troll!


Not you because you think on the weight on your weakest axle is just great.


Yes your stupidity is but your are troll and it comes with territory.
BTW, I was paying around 1.90 to 2.10 for gas this winter and diesel
was 2.75 to 2.95 so extra dead weight, starting and high option cost
issues aside, how would a gian have one of those boat anchors for what
i need a truck for. My 2000 is getting ready to turn 40K after 8
plowing seasons (it is not a daily driver) so if I was narrow minded
like you I would have lost 1000's of dollars on that truck durring
that time due to higher purchase and operatioing cost with reduced
load capaciy on front axle because of engine weight on had several
hundred dollars in electric bill keeping it warm too. See I think with
bottom line and you just think with hormones as trolls usually do
because that is what makes them trolls.

Yes I do send them for repair under extended warranty work when it is
needed. I have freinds that have oil burners and some want to get rid
of them to and will when they can sell them without loosing their a$$
because they paided more than they are worth. Diesel around here
slowed up a lot in sales when diesel fuel prices soared far above gas
and they never really recovered

COuld it be because I use physics over ego and do the math and
properly ballast truck? that logic likely escapes your troll brain

Tell you what wise a$$ on have a old burb that you pass you at diesel
fillups as it can go over 600 miles on a tank and has down so many
times (40 gallon tank) and th most I have ever put in is 33 gallons
to refill. Even my 2000 K3500 can go well over 300 miles with ease and
would probaly make it over to 500 miles if I ran it dry as it does 16
or better on road with a 32 gallon tank so do the math. Towing a 8500
lbs car hauler it gets 11 to 12 using a/c. You are just stuck with
your troll brain and troll logic.
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spdloader

I found out about the front hubs on my truck by asking the tech to "shake
down the front end" for me while it was up in the air for the transmission
repair I am currently posting about.
So, I received a phone call back that the hubs were dangerously bad, and so
were all the ball joints. All four, and they'd be glad to do the job for a
total of 2200.
I can do that work myself, but I wanted to see it for myself, so I went by
there on my way home, and sure enough, the hubs were bad, but the ball
joints all were very tight and didn't appear to have any problems
whatsoever.
When I asked the service assistant why he told me they needed to be
replaced, he said "well, they're 8 years old, and dry, and we were
suggesting them for that reason. I reminded him of the "dangerous front end"
comment, and his ears, face and neck turned red, but said it's my call.
So I told him I'd do what was necessary after I got it back home.
That was "my call".

Spdloader

roy

WOW!! That's all, just WOW!!

rj

I have a 85 F250 with the 6.9 4X4. Other than changing the tie rod portion
of the suspension, nothing has ever been done to the ball joints. It has
about 550 000 km showing.

aarcuda69062

Kno, I kwas kpicking on kyou.


You must be a dog.

Ah yes, the one that gave you an engineering "background."


Seems that you are the one who doesn't understand simple physics.
(and knock sensors, bolt torque, brake pads, fuel pumps, etc.)


So, what you're saying is that the reason those trucks couldn't
finish their plow jobs is because of missed preventive
maintenance, which has nothing to do with whether or not they had
a diesel engine.


<yawn>

For all we know, this just means that bad luck follows you everywhere.

"reliable" Mr. Engineer.

Again, the common denominator appears to be you.

You never miss a chance to go off on some pointless tangent, do you?

Yo! (or Yao)

You helped your inlaws farm for many years ago?
Obviously they didn't teach sentence structure in college...

You were there?

The answer should be obvious Snoloogie.

Yet millions of OTR trucks are built that way.


Only an imbecile would think that the needs of other truck owners
revolves around what -you- need.

Is that the truck you had someone else do the intake gaskets on?


News flash. You've lost 1000's of dollars on that truck anyway.


And naturally your bottom line thinking applies to everyone else out there.


Why does someone who claims to be such a great mechanic need an
extended warranty to begin with, especially when the bottom line
is so important and what does the bottom line say about the fact
that those gaskets will fail again because they're the same shit
gaskets the truck was built with that have a long well known
history of failure and resultant engine damage?

So you are not alone in your fairy world.

Typical knee jerk reaction. You also probably drive 25 miles so
you can save 10 cents on a gallon of milk.


If a diesel truck owner properly ballasts their truck, what does
that say about -your- ego, -your- logic?


And if my diesel had a 40 gallon tank, it would have easily gone
800 miles. How do you not understand how pointless an apples to
oranges comparison is?


I did do the math. 20 miles per gallon is better than 16 miles
per gallon and the (better) mileage difference easily offsets the
10% difference in fuel prices.

11-12 MPG towing a car hauler... Like I said, it's worth the
entertainment value alone being as I'd be getting 20 MPG under
the same conditions not to mention that I wouldn't have to creep
up any hills at 40 MPH risking getting mowed down by a CTD
because my gas engine doesn't have the balls.

aarcuda69062

He did, along with GPS, electric fuel pumps and "deeper" gear ratios.

They never see him because he also invented stealth technology.

aarcuda69062

Kinda makes you want to strangle someone in the teachers union...

roy

My wife is a teacher. So ya at times I do.<VBG>

matt macchiarolo

Thanks, I had an alignment issue so I asked them to check it, they said bad
balljoints, once they replaced them they said alignment was fine. It was
under warranty so it wasn't out of pocket, I was just inquiring about them
wearing out at 33K miles.

Oh, and thanks you guys providing good experience advice, instead of
hajacking the thread.... :-)