What's a CDL truck, Rick? On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 1:54 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Rick, > > I’m curious - is there more of a market for the type as just lead scrap or > as type? > > -D > > > > On Jan 29, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon > via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Folks > > > > Last Thursday night I rented a Penske 2015 Freightliner 26 foot straight > truck. I was going to rent the same truck from Enterprise, cheaper I > think, but they wouldn’t take my paypal MasterCard also debit card (or > cash)! So I went to Penske. > > > > So I loaded up my dog, Precious and a bunch of equipment moving crap and > a coffee camp stove and a cot and sleeping bag. > > > > We drove up to Charlotte, NC and got there about 1 am. It was a pretty > nice truck with air brakes and 225k miles which seemed a lot for 5 years > old. It drove like a new truck and was really not all that noisy. The radio > barely worked. > > > > We camped in the 37f and stayed warm with the help of some moving > blankets on top of the sleeping bag. > > > > After our coffee, we loaded about 5 letterpresses and an Elrod machine > and probably 1000 lbs of lead .... $2 a lb for bullets or type. And some > type. I guess we had probably had close to 10k load. > > > > We also stopped at ft mill, SC and looked at some more junk which I will > probably get too. > > > > On the way home to Tybee, Friday night we stopped south of Columbia and > bought a ton of diesel for $1.68/ gal. That freightliner takes about a > gallon every 8 or 9 miles. > > > > I was surprised to get that truck as a non CDL renter. Due to the air > brakes I think it is a CDL truck. I let my CDL lapse years ago when they > started requiring medical etc ... I shouldn’t have. > > > > I only saw one weigh station which was closed. I 95 north of Savannah, > northbound REALLY SUCKS .... it is horribly rough in the right lane ... I > did some left lane riding just to keep some teeth. > > > > If you want to see photos and folly come of my crazy, you can see at > Instagram where I am printerrickthe or on Facebook > > > > Xx rick hawkins > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
