Author Topic: Anything to make a buck (Read 495 times)

dmf · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:19:11 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
What I wanna know is
What does tire rotation have to do with potholes?

I was told that when you hit a pothole the front tire could blow out some time later, therefore you should have them rotated to the rear and the rear rotated to the front every 6 months.

I thought for a minute when the tire man told me that, then asked him why would I waste the time since both tires hit the same pothole so the rear tire could blow out as easily as the front tire. He had no comment

eskimo2 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:32:05 PM »

One thing about Alaska driving though, it may the second best state for navigation because there are so few major roads. From Anchorage, you can go North or South. I even remember when the first clover leaf was installed. Most Alaskans have a map in their head of the major roads because there are less real intersections than a typical small town. Lots of mountains rivers lakes and the ocean also make it easy to figure out where you are at.

The best state for navigation (IMO)? Hawaii.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:33:02 PM »

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Originally posted by dmf
I was told that when you hit a pothole the front tire could blow out some time later, therefore you should have them rotated to the rear and the rear rotated to the front every 6 months.

I thought for a minute when the tire man told me that, then asked him why would I waste the time since both tires hit the same pothole so the rear tire could blow out as easily as the front tire. He had no comment

LOL

texasmom · « **Reply #18 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:37:32 PM »

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Originally posted by eskimo2
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=29443

"Overdrive’s Highway Report Card"

LOL ~ Texas, both best & worst of rest & truck stops.

WORST REST STOPS
BEST REST STOPS

WORST TRUCK STOPS
BEST TRUCK STOPS

rpm · « **Reply #19 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:41:40 PM »

I call BS on a couple of those lists:

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WORST ROADS
1. Arkansas
2. Louisiana
3. Michigan
4. Pennsylvania
5. Illinois

What about Ohio??? It has to be in the top 5. I remember watching my ice chest perform a picture perfect Triple Lindy and land back on the doghouse while driving from Cleveland to Youngstown.

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WORST REST STOPS
1. Texas
2. New Jersey
3. California
4. Ohio
5. Arkansas

BEST REST STOPS
1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. Texas
4. Indiana
5. Ohio

How can Texas and Ohio be on both lists?? Texas is also listed as having the best AND worst truckstops. Granted it has been almost 17 years since I ran cross country and things may have changed a lot. But, as a rule of thumb, the further north and east you went, the worse it got.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #20 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:44:10 PM »

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Originally posted by rpm
I call BS on a couple of those lists: I remember watching my ice chest perform a picture perfect Triple Lindy and land back on the doghouse while driving from Cleveland to Youngstown.

Oh chit, my tummy hurts from laughing.

john9001 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:57:07 PM »

$70-80 is a good price for a 4 wheel alignment, the computer alignment machines are very expensive. Half of the techs time is spent setting up the machine to your car, if the car only needs minor adjustment it's good but sometimes things are really bent and take a lot of adjusting, might even have to replace bent parts. Then it's gets expensive.

ASE master tech. retired.

Airscrew · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2007, 06:00:45 PM »

my quote of $70 was for a two wheel alignment, actually was closer to $60. I think the 4 wheel alignment was $130ish? dont remember its been a few months. but thats a lifetime alignment (for the 4 wheel alignment) bring it back anytime and they realign it.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 19, 2007, 06:13:09 PM »

I used to align my old VWs myself; I did a pretty good job too. I recently had the steering rack replaced on my Volvo; my mechanic told me to have it aligned. I wondered why he didn’t do it himself. That weekend I jacked it up and undid the boot. Quite puzzled, I stared at everything for a minute and then determined that I didn’t know what the heck I was doing and I’d better not mess with it. I think I called about 10 alignment shops before I found one equipped to touch it. I guess things have changed a bit since the bug was designed in 1936.

dmf · « **Reply #24 on:** February 19, 2007, 06:13:19 PM »

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Originally posted by eskimo2
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=29443

"Overdrive’s Highway Report Card"

They are looking at a lot more than pot holes and bumps, but here you go:

WORST ROADS
1. Arkansas
2. Louisiana
3. Michigan
4. Pennsylvania
5. Illinois

BEST ROADS
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Georgia
5. Nebraska

LEAST AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT PARKING
1. New Jersey
2. California
3. Virginia
4. New York
5. Illinois

MOST AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT PARKING
1. Texas
2. Pennsylvania
3. Indiana
4. Kentucky
5. Florida

WORST REST STOPS
1. Texas
2. New Jersey
3. California
4. Ohio
5. Arkansas

BEST REST STOPS
1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. Texas
4. Indiana
5. Ohio

WORST TRUCK STOPS
1. New Jersey
2. California
3. Massachusetts
4. New York
5. Texas

BEST TRUCK STOPS
1. Texas
2. Iowa
3. Georgia
4. Ohio
5. Pennsylvania

WORST FOUR-WHEELERS
1. California
2. New York
3. Illinois
4. New Jersey
5. Florida

BEST FOUR-WHEELERS
1. Texas
2. Tennessee
3. California
4. Montana
5. Wyoming

TOUGHEST ON TRUCK INSPECTIONS
1. California
2. Ohio
3. Tennessee
4. Connecticut
5. Pennsylvania

WEAKEST ON TRUCK INSPECTIONS
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Wyoming
5. Illinois

Of course most folks don’t even consider Alaska in these types of things, some don’t even know it’s a state.

I beg to differ with the worst road part of this list, ANYBODY who has ever been in Va Beach can tell where to drive and where not to drive, we have this two little fairy's here, the pothole fairy, and the bump fairy, first one makes a hole, then the other turns it into a big ugly uneven bump, thats on the good roads. Manhole covers range anywhere from level with the road, to a bottomless pit of tread death. Then to top it all off, imagine if you can a pavement road being built on beach sand 75 years ago with no money at all to make improvements in the future, 75 years later some poor person on their way to work is driving down said road bouncing all over both lanes trying to keep control at 25 miles an hour in a 45 mph zone. dodging the oncoming traffic, thats. Don't even get me started on the 100 year old tunnels here that some semi trucks can not go through without getting stuck. and last but certainly not the least, when they cut holes for pipes and other stuff, and say its been repaired, here's what they do, the dump dirt in the hole and pave it over, why bother smoothening it out right? After a while that small 300 foot patch in the road is a maze of small mountains that Osama Bin Laden could hide in forever, with medium valleys that a aircraft carrier could get lost in.

Come to Va Beach and drive a while, then get your $109 alignment, along with the $500 worth of front end parts that are now broken.

A little bitter? Me?............................. .........................Uh HUh

eskimo2 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 19, 2007, 07:29:29 PM »

If driveways are any indication of how bad roads can be check out this old video; this is from the last place I lived in Alaska (we had snow in our driveway 9 months out of the year).

My old Ghia and the driveway from hell

(98 seconds, 6.1 MB)

VooWho · « **Reply #26 on:** February 19, 2007, 07:34:02 PM »

Any thing else for Oklahoma besides Weakest On Truck Inspections?

I'd have to say that Oklahoma probably has the worst bridges in America. There all crumbling away, but they have been fixing them for the past few years. We probably have the best Dams though.