Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
CDL, interstate road taxes, insurance, etc. Being an owner-operator is not a terribly profitable job. Dan Sent from my iPad On Nov 9, 2014, at 12:53 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 14:24:12 -0700 G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: It's the GO BIG OR GO HOME section.. haha Definitely the bring money section... many items in the $20,000 plus range.. which seems a bit strange considering Craigslist other sections. I've seen some in the $100k range. Glad I could expand your needs... sorry for the permanent damage it will do to your marriage and bank account... ;)) Thank you for your condolences. It did, however, inspire a wild idea: Purchase a tractor and trailer and use those to move to Indiana. Then I could have another source of income once I got there. I'm sure there are many requirements to this that I don't know. I think such vehicles need to be inspected, but I'm not sure. Beyond that, how hard could it be? :-) Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] U124
Yeah, they have all those Devils spinning around, tearing the place. Must be rough to live in a place like that Dan Sent from my iPad On Nov 8, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Keep in mind this car is in Tassie, which is not like the rest of Oz. http://s247.photobucket.com/user/eri77_/media/IMG_9286_zps0d060ae0.jpg.html Hendrik who has a dual cab ute but alas it ain't a Merc ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: CDL, interstate road taxes, insurance, etc. Being an owner-operator is not a terribly profitable job. A friend of mine would rather rent a forklift for a month than tow one to a job and go through all the DOT bullpuckey just to have a trailer behind a F-350. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] SNOOK LAW rumor: boss is sleeping with the CFO
3. I won't be buying a new Mercedes for a while! Opening the new office is exciting, scary, liberating and fun at the same time. But, my wife has named herself CFO of Snook Law. So, I would guess no new Mercedes for a while! :) I left my previous firm and started my own and I just couldn't keep up with everything. Donald H. Snook SNOOK LAW LLC 5020 E. Central Suite A Wichita, Kansas 67208 Phone: (316) 512-5608 **I love the entrepreneurial spirit. Congratulations on your decision. We'll overlook the fact you're sleeping with the CFOBreak a leg, buddy! DBV, whats good for General Motors is good for America information minister ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:38:43 -0500 Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: CDL, interstate road taxes, insurance, etc. Being an owner-operator is not a terribly profitable job. A friend of mine would rather rent a forklift for a month than tow one to a job and go through all the DOT bullpuckey just to have a trailer behind a F-350. At what size of trailer does one need to have DOT compliance? Or is it commercial versus private? Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] One For Mitch
Here's something to take your mind off cornering the generator market: http://www.enginads.com/classifieds/showproduct.php/product/106025/cat/all Not too far away, either! Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
You guys on the northern tier, particularly in the northern Rocky Mountain states (i.e., Wyoming and the Dakotas), are going to get hit with some cold, courtesy of ex-Super Typhoon Nuri, which has since bombed into a spectacular extratropical storm in the Bering Sea. Craig http://www.drroyspencer.com/ Siberian Express to Bring -30 deg. F to Wyoming November 8th, 2014 Even though it’s still early November, a January-like cold wave just entering Montana and the Dakotas on Sunday will bring 30 below zero temperatures to scattered locations in Montana and Wyoming by Wednesday morning. The cold will fill the nation’s midsection by mid-week, with no let up in sight. The coldest air to arrive in a series of reinforcing surges is still a week away. Temperatures are forecast to run 15 to 30 deg. F below normal for at least 5 days over a large portion of the central U.S. starting late in the coming week (graphic courtesy of Weatherbell.com, click to enlarge): Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. On individual days the temperatures will be as much as 50 deg. F below normal for this time of year, which is quite exceptional. The air mass temperature (850 mb, ~5,000 ft. altitude) will be as much as 4.5 standard deviations below normal, which is less than 1 in 100,000 in probability terms. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
It did, however, inspire a wild idea: Purchase a tractor and trailer and use those to move to Indiana. Then I could have another source of income once I got there. I'm sure there are many requirements to this that I don't know. I think such vehicles need to be inspected, but I'm not sure. Beyond that, how hard could it be? :-) Craig A friend of mine who started with one L1113 MB truck in 1976, and grew the business to maybe 100 trucks and at least 2 depots always said you don't make any money with the tractor. You make money with the trailer Unless you want to commit to a CDL and life bouncing over the road, you could buy a trailer and use it foe moving and storage. A dry van that is roadworthy and has a recent DOT inspection can be had for $2500 to $5000. Residual scrap value is $1200 to $2500. You can hire a tractor and driver. Keep in mind that FTL freight is about $3 to $3.50/mile and for a one way haul, you will probably pay $5 to $7 per mile one way, as you are in reality paying the tractor and driver to bobtail back home from IN. Unless you get really lucky and find someone who has a load going the other way. (bought a new trailer in IL or IN and needs to get it home) Dunno about your state, but here it is $35 a year to license a trailer. Insurance goes with the tractor, unless you want ins for the parked, unhooked trailer. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
The weather forecast here in northern Maine is interesting, they're telling us how cold it could be based on Nuri but then mention it'll probably rain by Wednesday. Temps are hovering just around freezing. I'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. Actually we probably got more but it was wet and heavy, the temp hovered right at freezing all day and since the ground isn't frozen very little of it stuck. Interestingly there seems to be a line at the the Aroostook river. As I write this I'm in Presque Isle which is on the south side and theres maybe an inch more snow. I suspect farther south theres even more. The same was true in the last storm, Dimitri and Jon were on the very southern edge, where RT 95 ends in Houlton had the most and the farther north I went from there the less snow there was. Curt Your roving correspondent in a very busy Tim Hortons which has pretty good wifi From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 10:32 AM Subject: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal You guys on the northern tier, particularly in the northern Rocky Mountain states (i.e., Wyoming and the Dakotas), are going to get hit with some cold, courtesy of ex-Super Typhoon Nuri, which has since bombed into a spectacular extratropical storm in the Bering Sea. Craig http://www.drroyspencer.com/ Siberian Express to Bring -30 deg. F to Wyoming November 8th, 2014 Even though it’s still early November, a January-like cold wave just entering Montana and the Dakotas on Sunday will bring 30 below zero temperatures to scattered locations in Montana and Wyoming by Wednesday morning. The cold will fill the nation’s midsection by mid-week, with no let up in sight. The coldest air to arrive in a series of reinforcing surges is still a week away. Temperatures are forecast to run 15 to 30 deg. F below normal for at least 5 days over a large portion of the central U.S. starting late in the coming week (graphic courtesy of Weatherbell.com, click to enlarge): Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. On individual days the temperatures will be as much as 50 deg. F below normal for this time of year, which is quite exceptional. The air mass temperature (850 mb, ~5,000 ft. altitude) will be as much as 4.5 standard deviations below normal, which is less than 1 in 100,000 in probability terms. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
'Sure make my green grass (getting a bit brown in spots) look mighty good. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal The weather forecast here in northern Maine is interesting, they're telling us how cold it could be based on Nuri but then mention it'll probably rain by Wednesday. Temps are hovering just around freezing. I'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. Actually we probably got more but it was wet and heavy, the temp hovered right at freezing all day and since the ground isn't frozen very little of it stuck. Interestingly there seems to be a line at the the Aroostook river. As I write this I'm in Presque Isle which is on the south side and theres maybe an inch more snow. I suspect farther south theres even more. The same was true in the last storm, Dimitri and Jon were on the very southern edge, where RT 95 ends in Houlton had the most and the farther north I went from there the less snow there was. Curt Your roving correspondent in a very busy Tim Hortons which has pretty good wifi From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 10:32 AM Subject: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal You guys on the northern tier, particularly in the northern Rocky Mountain states (i.e., Wyoming and the Dakotas), are going to get hit with some cold, courtesy of ex-Super Typhoon Nuri, which has since bombed into a spectacular extratropical storm in the Bering Sea. Craig http://www.drroyspencer.com/ Siberian Express to Bring -30 deg. F to Wyoming November 8th, 2014 Even though it’s still early November, a January-like cold wave just entering Montana and the Dakotas on Sunday will bring 30 below zero temperatures to scattered locations in Montana and Wyoming by Wednesday morning. The cold will fill the nation’s midsection by mid-week, with no let up in sight. The coldest air to arrive in a series of reinforcing surges is still a week away. Temperatures are forecast to run 15 to 30 deg. F below normal for at least 5 days over a large portion of the central U.S. starting late in the coming week (graphic courtesy of Weatherbell.com, click to enlarge): Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. On individual days the temperatures will be as much as 50 deg. F below normal for this time of year, which is quite exceptional. The air mass temperature (850 mb, ~5,000 ft. altitude) will be as much as 4.5 standard deviations below normal, which is less than 1 in 100,000 in probability terms. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
I'm surprised NPR were not predicting 95F weather all winter --R On 11/9/14 11:43 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: 'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
Craig wrote: It did, however, inspire a wild idea: Purchase a tractor and trailer and use those to move to Indiana. Then I could have another source of income once I got there. I'm sure there are many requirements to this that I don't know. I think such vehicles need to be inspected, but I'm not sure. Beyond that, how hard could it be? :-) If it's not a commercial vehicle, (for hire) then it's a lot simpler. Maybe you could register and license it as an RV. Then you wouldn't need any special license and the rig would be exempt from fuel tax permits, etc. In many states you could even bypass the scales. I'd be sure to have my papers proving it should the scalemaster send anyone after you for missing the scale house. And you'd learn what slow really means. A 240D with an automatic transmission will outrun 'most any big truck in a drag race. -- Philip ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
Craig wrote: I'm sure there are many requirements to this that I don't know. I think such vehicles need to be inspected, but I'm not sure. Beyond that, how hard could it be? :-) Dan wrote: CDL, interstate road taxes, insurance, etc. Being an owner-operator is not a terribly profitable job. Generating income after the move is a different topic than a private haul. -- Philip ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Thank heavens for heated seats in W210s! -MMM- ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
Craig via Mercedes wrote: At what size of trailer does one need to have DOT compliance? Or is it commercial versus private? I think once you put magnetic signs for your business on the doors of the pickup without painting DOT numbers on it you're asking for it. Back in 2002, he could drive a 28' box truck full of materials with a helper driving an F350 towing a couple of fork trucks and a scissors lift, no DOT numbers or weigh stations AFAIK, or maybe he just didn't know any better. By 2005 he'd sold the box truck because it had to stop at weigh stations. Soon after, he'd had problems with the F350 because its GVWR was over 10k and switched to a F250. In recent years the F250 has DOT numbers on it and he gripes a lot. I don't know if it's because it is used for business or because the combined truck/trailer weight is over 10k. I used to read about Hot-Shots hauling freight with F350s and Ram 3500s maybe 10-15 years ago, and that end of the business seemed to be about as regulated as gypsy taxis. Maybe my friend who works on factory conveyor systems just got caught up in a regulatory crackdown on the hotshots. I do know that as a guy who hauls his own tools on the road about 10-20 times a year, he doesn't think he should bear the same regulatory costs as somebody who has a long haul semi on the road 300 days a year. Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
DOT inspection is a requirement for both the truck and trailer. Insurance for a commercial truck will shock your socks off. Trailer not so much. License for truck will run in the thousands per year. Trailer license, if done as a permanent tag could run in the $500 range [perhaps, depending on what state you choose to register it in]. To drive said semi tractor, even without a trailer attached, you will be required to hold a commerical license [more $$$, and more DOT physicals, and more regulations..] If you get a ticket in your private vehicle, for example, and hold a commercial license, it could cause loss of license and fine at the commercial level. I presently own two 53 ft trailers. Permanent license tags. It is much cheaper to hire a driver with a semi tractor to move them with contents, when I need to, than to own and maintain a tractor and commercial license. [expect some delay, drivers are in short supply.] Good luck... Grant... On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 14:24:12 -0700 G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: It's the GO BIG OR GO HOME section.. haha Definitely the bring money section... many items in the $20,000 plus range.. which seems a bit strange considering Craigslist other sections. I've seen some in the $100k range. Glad I could expand your needs... sorry for the permanent damage it will do to your marriage and bank account... ;)) Thank you for your condolences. It did, however, inspire a wild idea: Purchase a tractor and trailer and use those to move to Indiana. Then I could have another source of income once I got there. I'm sure there are many requirements to this that I don't know. I think such vehicles need to be inspected, but I'm not sure. Beyond that, how hard could it be? :-) Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT: Hot Shot hauling
Is this accurate? http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/lightweight-vehicles-and-the-dot/ So if you live in a big state with loose state DOT regs, you can haul up to 25,999lb without interacting with USDOT as long as you never cross the state line? Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Strangely, the massive storm has been whipping the tail end of the alutian islands. The weather inland is being much warmer than expected. The temps in Anchorage are at least 10* f higher than normal. The snow keeps getting pushed away and what is here is melting. No moose attacks yet clay On Nov 9, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: You guys on the northern tier, particularly in the northern Rocky Mountain states (i.e., Wyoming and the Dakotas), are going to get hit with some cold, courtesy of ex-Super Typhoon Nuri, which has since bombed into a spectacular extratropical storm in the Bering Sea. Craig http://www.drroyspencer.com/ Siberian Express to Bring -30 deg. F to Wyoming November 8th, 2014 Even though it’s still early November, a January-like cold wave just entering Montana and the Dakotas on Sunday will bring 30 below zero temperatures to scattered locations in Montana and Wyoming by Wednesday morning. The cold will fill the nation’s midsection by mid-week, with no let up in sight. The coldest air to arrive in a series of reinforcing surges is still a week away. Temperatures are forecast to run 15 to 30 deg. F below normal for at least 5 days over a large portion of the central U.S. starting late in the coming week (graphic courtesy of Weatherbell.com, click to enlarge): Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. Forecast temperature departures from normal for the five day period Thursday Nov. 13 to Monday Nov. 18, 2014. On individual days the temperatures will be as much as 50 deg. F below normal for this time of year, which is quite exceptional. The air mass temperature (850 mb, ~5,000 ft. altitude) will be as much as 4.5 standard deviations below normal, which is less than 1 in 100,000 in probability terms. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
My wife worked with a guy who collected cars (he had an S600 he bought cheap, said he had no problems with it, surprising, I would see it parked next to my wife's SD in the parking lot) and told me he had a big tractor/trailer he would drive around to collect them. I asked if that was a problem, licensing and all that. He said he got a CDL and took one of those classes on driving the truck but other than that it wasn't a big deal. I guess since it was a private owner different rules applied? I never pursued the car thing, I should try to do that. He lives around here somewhere on a farm with a big barn he said. --R On 11/9/14 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: DOT inspection is a requirement for both the truck and trailer. Insurance for a commercial truck will shock your socks off. Trailer not so much. License for truck will run in the thousands per year. Trailer license, if done as a permanent tag could run in the $500 range [perhaps, depending on what state you choose to register it in]. To drive said semi tractor, even without a trailer attached, you will be required to hold a commerical license [more $$$, and more DOT physicals, and more regulations..] If you get a ticket in your private vehicle, for example, and hold a commercial license, it could cause loss of license and fine at the commercial level. I presently own two 53 ft trailers. Permanent license tags. It is much cheaper to hire a driver with a semi tractor to move them with contents, when I need to, than to own and maintain a tractor and commercial license. [expect some delay, drivers are in short supply.] Good luck... Grant... ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
I have a friend who converted a semi trailer to a motor home, and pulls it with a semi tractor. The whole rig is licensed as a motor home and he drives it with a regular auto license [all legal] since it's not on the books as a commercial vehicle. However, if he hooks on to my semi trailers, it becomes illegal.. [go figure]... and subject to huge fines and driving suspension.. There are provisions for farm use, for example, a farmer owns a truck to take his product to market... but not for hire.. Seems the cut comes when you do it for hire.. but DOT police are about the most unforgiving of the lot, I'm told... Arrest, impound, towing your rig.. etc.. is pretty standard stuff for them.. We are from the government and we are not happy until you are not happy seems to be their creed. FWIW.. know the law before you break it.. ;)) Grant... On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My wife worked with a guy who collected cars (he had an S600 he bought cheap, said he had no problems with it, surprising, I would see it parked next to my wife's SD in the parking lot) and told me he had a big tractor/trailer he would drive around to collect them. I asked if that was a problem, licensing and all that. He said he got a CDL and took one of those classes on driving the truck but other than that it wasn't a big deal. I guess since it was a private owner different rules applied? I never pursued the car thing, I should try to do that. He lives around here somewhere on a farm with a big barn he said. --R On 11/9/14 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: DOT inspection is a requirement for both the truck and trailer. Insurance for a commercial truck will shock your socks off. Trailer not so much. License for truck will run in the thousands per year. Trailer license, if done as a permanent tag could run in the $500 range [perhaps, depending on what state you choose to register it in]. To drive said semi tractor, even without a trailer attached, you will be required to hold a commerical license [more $$$, and more DOT physicals, and more regulations..] If you get a ticket in your private vehicle, for example, and hold a commercial license, it could cause loss of license and fine at the commercial level. I presently own two 53 ft trailers. Permanent license tags. It is much cheaper to hire a driver with a semi tractor to move them with contents, when I need to, than to own and maintain a tractor and commercial license. [expect some delay, drivers are in short supply.] Good luck... Grant... ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
After my Dad passed my Mom worked for a couple of different people over the years just to keep busy and have some pin money. One of the places she worked with was an equipment moving company that hauled stuff all over the US. She answered phones, so she would be the first point of contact when the drivers called in to Dispatch. She said that there were certain states where the drivers knew they would be stopped and scrutinized, and often kept off the road until things were put in order by the state DOT boys. She also said that most of their drivers had multiple driver's licenses, a chosen one which they would present when stopped depending on the state they were in. I worked next to Mayflower's national headquarters in Zionsville, IN when I first started in the generator business. Mayflower recruited drivers big time, providing training, tractors, etc. Many of them came by our place because they were using power units powered by Onan engines for heating the cab and providing electricity. From what most of them told us, they were beholden to Mayflower for pretty much the next decade or so, as it would take that long to pay off the tractor and training expenses that Mayflower fronted them. We also heard stories about new drivers who wanted to stay in motels rather than their sleepers, and how they often ended up in the hole or close to bankruptcy as a result. Expenses were so tight that you pretty much had to live in the truck to make a decent living, or so we were told. Dan On Nov 9, 2014, at 3:14 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I have a friend who converted a semi trailer to a motor home, and pulls it with a semi tractor. The whole rig is licensed as a motor home and he drives it with a regular auto license [all legal] since it's not on the books as a commercial vehicle. However, if he hooks on to my semi trailers, it becomes illegal.. [go figure]... and subject to huge fines and driving suspension.. There are provisions for farm use, for example, a farmer owns a truck to take his product to market... but not for hire.. Seems the cut comes when you do it for hire.. but DOT police are about the most unforgiving of the lot, I'm told... Arrest, impound, towing your rig.. etc.. is pretty standard stuff for them.. We are from the government and we are not happy until you are not happy seems to be their creed. FWIW.. know the law before you break it.. ;)) Grant... On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My wife worked with a guy who collected cars (he had an S600 he bought cheap, said he had no problems with it, surprising, I would see it parked next to my wife's SD in the parking lot) and told me he had a big tractor/trailer he would drive around to collect them. I asked if that was a problem, licensing and all that. He said he got a CDL and took one of those classes on driving the truck but other than that it wasn't a big deal. I guess since it was a private owner different rules applied? I never pursued the car thing, I should try to do that. He lives around here somewhere on a farm with a big barn he said. --R On 11/9/14 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: DOT inspection is a requirement for both the truck and trailer. Insurance for a commercial truck will shock your socks off. Trailer not so much. License for truck will run in the thousands per year. Trailer license, if done as a permanent tag could run in the $500 range [perhaps, depending on what state you choose to register it in]. To drive said semi tractor, even without a trailer attached, you will be required to hold a commerical license [more $$$, and more DOT physicals, and more regulations..] If you get a ticket in your private vehicle, for example, and hold a commercial license, it could cause loss of license and fine at the commercial level. I presently own two 53 ft trailers. Permanent license tags. It is much cheaper to hire a driver with a semi tractor to move them with contents, when I need to, than to own and maintain a tractor and commercial license. [expect some delay, drivers are in short supply.] Good luck... Grant... ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Why would you expect anything honest form newbies propaganda radio? I listen to the irish music and retro rock on the local NPR station sometimes. I'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. Curt Your roving correspondent in a very busy Tim Hortons which has pretty good wifi ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
I used to read about Hot-Shots hauling freight with F350s and Ram 3500s maybe 10-15 years ago, and that end of the business seemed to be about as regulated as gypsy taxis. Maybe my friend who works on factory conveyor systems just got caught up in a regulatory crackdown on the hotshots. I do know that as a guy who hauls his own tools on the road about 10-20 times a year, he doesn't think he should bear the same regulatory costs as somebody who has a long haul semi on the road 300 days a year. Mitch. It is the goobermnt trying to take care of you. Very insightful. http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/current Nov 14 column. He nails the dissonance between wanting to help people and creating dependency to feel good. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Au contraire. NPR exemplifies the best of journalism. Balanced and fair. On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why would you expect anything honest form newbies propaganda radio? I listen to the irish music and retro rock on the local NPR station sometimes. I'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. Curt Your roving correspondent in a very busy Tim Hortons which has pretty good wifi ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hot Shot hauling
If you are over 26k lbs you have to have a cdl and a dot number on the truck. Most hot shot drivers will run over 26k. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2014, at 1:38 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Is this accurate? http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/lightweight-vehicles-and-the-dot/ So if you live in a big state with loose state DOT regs, you can haul up to 25,999lb without interacting with USDOT as long as you never cross the state line? Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
Not sure how long ago you are taking about a person having multiple licenses but that would not work today, all that is on a national database with cdl, Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: After my Dad passed my Mom worked for a couple of different people over the years just to keep busy and have some pin money. One of the places she worked with was an equipment moving company that hauled stuff all over the US. She answered phones, so she would be the first point of contact when the drivers called in to Dispatch. She said that there were certain states where the drivers knew they would be stopped and scrutinized, and often kept off the road until things were put in order by the state DOT boys. She also said that most of their drivers had multiple driver's licenses, a chosen one which they would present when stopped depending on the state they were in. I worked next to Mayflower's national headquarters in Zionsville, IN when I first started in the generator business. Mayflower recruited drivers big time, providing training, tractors, etc. Many of them came by our place because they were using power units powered by Onan engines for heating the cab and providing electricity. From what most of them told us, they were beholden to Mayflower for pretty much the next decade or so, as it would take that long to pay off the tractor and training expenses that Mayflower fronted them. We also heard stories about new drivers who wanted to stay in motels rather than their sleepers, and how they often ended up in the hole or close to bankruptcy as a result. Expenses were so tight that you pretty much had to live in the truck to make a decent living, or so we were told. Dan On Nov 9, 2014, at 3:14 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I have a friend who converted a semi trailer to a motor home, and pulls it with a semi tractor. The whole rig is licensed as a motor home and he drives it with a regular auto license [all legal] since it's not on the books as a commercial vehicle. However, if he hooks on to my semi trailers, it becomes illegal.. [go figure]... and subject to huge fines and driving suspension.. There are provisions for farm use, for example, a farmer owns a truck to take his product to market... but not for hire.. Seems the cut comes when you do it for hire.. but DOT police are about the most unforgiving of the lot, I'm told... Arrest, impound, towing your rig.. etc.. is pretty standard stuff for them.. We are from the government and we are not happy until you are not happy seems to be their creed. FWIW.. know the law before you break it.. ;)) Grant... On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My wife worked with a guy who collected cars (he had an S600 he bought cheap, said he had no problems with it, surprising, I would see it parked next to my wife's SD in the parking lot) and told me he had a big tractor/trailer he would drive around to collect them. I asked if that was a problem, licensing and all that. He said he got a CDL and took one of those classes on driving the truck but other than that it wasn't a big deal. I guess since it was a private owner different rules applied? I never pursued the car thing, I should try to do that. He lives around here somewhere on a farm with a big barn he said. --R On 11/9/14 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: DOT inspection is a requirement for both the truck and trailer. Insurance for a commercial truck will shock your socks off. Trailer not so much. License for truck will run in the thousands per year. Trailer license, if done as a permanent tag could run in the $500 range [perhaps, depending on what state you choose to register it in]. To drive said semi tractor, even without a trailer attached, you will be required to hold a commerical license [more $$$, and more DOT physicals, and more regulations..] If you get a ticket in your private vehicle, for example, and hold a commercial license, it could cause loss of license and fine at the commercial level. I presently own two 53 ft trailers. Permanent license tags. It is much cheaper to hire a driver with a semi tractor to move them with contents, when I need to, than to own and maintain a tractor and commercial license. [expect some delay, drivers are in short supply.] Good luck... Grant... ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Today's CL Crack Smoker
I'm guessing but it was probably in the late 80s, early 90s. On Nov 9, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Not sure how long ago you are taking about a person having multiple licenses but that would not work today, all that is on a national database with cdl, Sent from my iPhone ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Andrew wrote: NPR exemplifies the best of journalism. Balanced and fair. Tell NPR to get some balance. They tend to be waaay too balanced on the progressive end and no contrasting balance from the conservative end except for occasional contrast at how conservative is stupid. Yes, I like the presentation of information rather than the idiocy of conservative (AM) radio where the information is given about 25 minutes each hour with profuse advertisements for services nobody needs, i.e. retirement income management, refi mortgage, and other idiot adv. mao ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
And NPR gets its weather from the national weather service or one of the weather channels, just like everyone else. Weather is a chaotic system, prediction is very difficult, especially when it comes to transition zones like the border between wet melting snow and wet accumulating snow. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Only in America would anyone suggest that NPR is biased progressive. My impression is that they bend over backward to accomadate complete drivel from the radical right. In spite of that, they are the very best source for unbiased news around with the possible exception of the BBC, since they are not owned by someone with an agenda. Very much more reliable and far less likely to blast out idiocy masquerading as news. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
my bleeding heart neighbor thinks they are a flock of navel gazing high school newspaper reporters. Whiny voiced, drivel talking ninnies. I can not figure out why he still listens. clay On Nov 9, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: Only in America would anyone suggest that NPR is biased progressive. My impression is that they bend over backward to accomadate complete drivel from the radical right. In spite of that, they are the very best source for unbiased news around with the possible exception of the BBC, since they are not owned by someone with an agenda. Very much more reliable and far less likely to blast out idiocy masquerading as news. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Car delivery jobs?
Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a job badly; unemployed for a year now since the restaurant where he worked closed. Has good driving record; in good health. 'Graduated from Wilson, NC, Com. College heavy equip. program with GPA of 4.0 in '82; honor student in Culinary Arts at Nash Com. College '09-'11. I began to wonder today about jobs delivering cars. Anybody in Raleigh-Durham area (or else where) know anybody at a dealership who may need somebody to deliver cars? Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Only in America would anyone suggest that NPR is biased progressive. My impression is that they bend over backward to accomadate complete drivel from the radical right. In spite of that, they are the very best source for unbiased news around with the possible exception of the BBC, since they are not owned by someone with an agenda. Very much more reliable and far less likely to blast out idiocy masquerading as news. Peter Only in America would anyone suggest that NPR is biased progressive. It is true that most of the rest of the world, people are afraid to speak the truth, that their media is propaganda. Most places, that will get you shot, or you just disappear. they are not owned by someone with an agenda. As andy said, Au contraire NPR is owned and operated by people with an agenda for sure! ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?
Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a job badly; unemployed for a year now since the restaurant where he worked closed. Has good driving record; in good health. 'Graduated from Wilson, NC, Com. College heavy equip. program with GPA of 4.0 in '82; honor student in Culinary Arts at Nash Com. College '09-'11. I began to wonder today about jobs delivering cars. Anybody in Raleigh-Durham area (or else where) know anybody at a dealership who may need somebody to deliver cars? Wilton __ His great sin is being 54. too old to employ under Oh! Bummer-care. Is he open to moving? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?
He needs to go work for Vivian. She seems to have a hard time keeping good help. --R On 11/9/14 6:55 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a job badly; unemployed for a year now since the restaurant where he worked closed. Has good driving record; in good health. 'Graduated from Wilson, NC, Com. College heavy equip. program with GPA of 4.0 in '82; honor student in Culinary Arts at Nash Com. College '09-'11. I began to wonder today about jobs delivering cars. Anybody in Raleigh-Durham area (or else where) know anybody at a dealership who may need somebody to deliver cars? Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
I listen to them through a good part of the day while I am working. What I notice is that you have to be aware of what they DONT tell in a story more than what they DO tell. What they tell is correct and reasonable, but they tend to leave out the parts that don't comport with their progressive agenda. This past week many of the commentators were near tearful in trying to explain the vote disaster, and tried very hard to put a spin on it that avoided the big reasons for the disaster. They just could not bring themselves to say it. They would sorta sidle up to it but then not go there. --R On 11/9/14 6:37 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: Only in America would anyone suggest that NPR is biased progressive. My impression is that they bend over backward to accomadate complete drivel from the radical right. In spite of that, they are the very best source for unbiased news around with the possible exception of the BBC, since they are not owned by someone with an agenda. Very much more reliable and far less likely to blast out idiocy masquerading as news. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: This past week many of the commentators were near tearful in trying to explain the vote disaster, and tried very hard to put a spin on it that avoided the big reasons for the disaster. They just could not bring themselves to say it. They would sorta sidle up to it but then not go there. If it's a disaster or a literal crying shame that one party replaces the other in the leadership of a legislative body, that's the very definition of bias, in this case pro-DNC bias. Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
I always read NPR as NOT per reality. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 15:29:03 -0600 To: curtlud...@yahoo.com; mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Why would you expect anything honest form newbies propaganda radio? I listen to the irish music and retro rock on the local NPR station sometimes. I'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. Curt Your roving correspondent in a very busy Tim Hortons which has pretty good wifi ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?
Vivian, my daughter, interior designer in Charlotte? Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs? He needs to go work for Vivian. She seems to have a hard time keeping good help. --R On 11/9/14 6:55 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a job badly; unemployed for a year now since the restaurant where he worked closed. Has good driving record; in good health. 'Graduated from Wilson, NC, Com. College heavy equip. program with GPA of 4.0 in '82; honor student in Culinary Arts at Nash Com. College '09-'11. I began to wonder today about jobs delivering cars. Anybody in Raleigh-Durham area (or else where) know anybody at a dealership who may need somebody to deliver cars? Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?
On Sun, 9 Nov 2014 18:55:09 -0500 WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I began to wonder today about jobs delivering cars. Anybody in Raleigh-Durham area (or else where) know anybody at a dealership who may need somebody to deliver cars? I recall reading on http://www.elkharttruth.com/, the website of The Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, Indiana's newspaper, that there was quite a dramatic shortage of drivers to take recreational vehicles to dealers. If he is interested, he should contact the newspaper or one of the manufacturers of RVs (motor homes, trailers, and such). Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Yeah, only 1 in 5 Americans voted - that's the real story. On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I always read NPR as NOT per reality. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 15:29:03 -0600 To: curtlud...@yahoo.com; mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Why would you expect anything honest form newbies propaganda radio? I listen to the irish music and retro rock on the local NPR station sometimes. I'm going to quit listening to the weather on NPR, they predicted it would snow all day Friday which it did but we got maybe 3 total, not the 9-12 they predicted. Curt Your roving correspondent in a very busy Tim Hortons which has pretty good wifi ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: This past week many of the commentators were near tearful in trying to explain the vote disaster, and tried very hard to put a spin on it that avoided the big reasons for the disaster. They just could not bring themselves to say it. They would sorta sidle up to it but then not go there. If it's a disaster or a literal crying shame that one party replaces the other in the leadership of a legislative body, that's the very definition of bias, in this case pro-DNC bias. Mitch. Zackly! They, NPR, and the other major propaganda outlets, abcBS, cBS, cnnBS, nbcBS etc, always whine that Fox news is biased, but in every Fox news broadcast I have heard, there is at least one story or sometimes all of them, that are based on an underlying assumption that is a liberal, progressive, marxist, comunist, or socialist premise, not a premise of the American Republic. And yes, we have a representative Republic, not a mob rule democracy. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] The Brakes that WON'T - 1983 300TD
Some of you will recall my write up of the intermittent loss of power braking on my 1983 300TD, coupled with the loss of engine shut off (won't turn off with key). I fiddled with a rubber connector to the brake booster line, and happily the problem disappeared for nearly a week. The issue then resurfaced, but now the following symptoms occur all the time: 1) Power brakes completely gone - must apply extremely forceful pressure on the brake pedal (or petal, if you prefer). 2) Cannot shut off the engine with key - must be done manually 3) Vacuum door locks completely inoperative, even with the engine running. Otherwise, everything else on the car works fine. Whoever is the first to successfully diagnose this problem, based solely on the symptoms enunciated above, wins a coveted ATTABOY. Good luck. Andrew 1983 300TD No brakes, locks or engine shutoff 1985 300TD CA version ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
I vote that we put an end to this divisive discourse. On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: This past week many of the commentators were near tearful in trying to explain the vote disaster, and tried very hard to put a spin on it that avoided the big reasons for the disaster. They just could not bring themselves to say it. They would sorta sidle up to it but then not go there. If it's a disaster or a literal crying shame that one party replaces the other in the leadership of a legislative body, that's the very definition of bias, in this case pro-DNC bias. Mitch. Zackly! They, NPR, and the other major propaganda outlets, abcBS, cBS, cnnBS, nbcBS etc, always whine that Fox news is biased, but in every Fox news broadcast I have heard, there is at least one story or sometimes all of them, that are based on an underlying assumption that is a liberal, progressive, marxist, comunist, or socialist premise, not a premise of the American Republic. And yes, we have a representative Republic, not a mob rule democracy. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Temperatures as much as 50 deg. F below normal
Democracy: Two wolves and One sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Republic: One well armed sheep inviting Two wolves to eat all the grass they want. Questions? The news media, and I impose the same responsibility on all of them, has failed for about 3 decades to actually report news.. rather, they have focused on opinions, mostly their own. I hold them all in contempt for doing that. It is insulting in many ways, particularly when they only apply the 4D Rule to anything they report. Deceive, Deny, Delay, Deflect. We never get the whole truth, on time, with responsibility given to the party who did the act. The public has responded by simply using the OFF feature, print media sales are lower than any time in history, electronic media watcher count lower percentages as well.. Americans, most at least, want the facts, just the facts.. we will draw our own conclusions. My opinion may not reflect others opinions. Grant... On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: This past week many of the commentators were near tearful in trying to explain the vote disaster, and tried very hard to put a spin on it that avoided the big reasons for the disaster. They just could not bring themselves to say it. They would sorta sidle up to it but then not go there. If it's a disaster or a literal crying shame that one party replaces the other in the leadership of a legislative body, that's the very definition of bias, in this case pro-DNC bias. Mitch. Zackly! They, NPR, and the other major propaganda outlets, abcBS, cBS, cnnBS, nbcBS etc, always whine that Fox news is biased, but in every Fox news broadcast I have heard, there is at least one story or sometimes all of them, that are based on an underlying assumption that is a liberal, progressive, marxist, comunist, or socialist premise, not a premise of the American Republic. And yes, we have a representative Republic, not a mob rule democracy. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] The Brakes that WON'T - 1983 300TD
Failed vacuum pump diaphragm? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2014, at 10:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Some of you will recall my write up of the intermittent loss of power braking on my 1983 300TD, coupled with the loss of engine shut off (won't turn off with key). I fiddled with a rubber connector to the brake booster line, and happily the problem disappeared for nearly a week. The issue then resurfaced, but now the following symptoms occur all the time: 1) Power brakes completely gone - must apply extremely forceful pressure on the brake pedal (or petal, if you prefer). 2) Cannot shut off the engine with key - must be done manually 3) Vacuum door locks completely inoperative, even with the engine running. Otherwise, everything else on the car works fine. Whoever is the first to successfully diagnose this problem, based solely on the symptoms enunciated above, wins a coveted ATTABOY. Good luck. Andrew 1983 300TD No brakes, locks or engine shutoff 1985 300TD CA version ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Today's CL Crack Smoker
what's the deal with the Salvage Title? He seems to gloss over that little tidbit What part of COMPLETE NO DAMAGED ORIGINAL VERY RARE SPORT CAR contains the salvage stuff, I wonder? LarryT 91 300D On 11/8/2014 10:40 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: INTERIOR COMPLETE NO DAMAGED ORIGINAL (except for the trashed seats, carpet, mold, spider webs, and windows) BUT THE ODOMETER DON'T SEEMS TO BE ACCURATED CAR'S COMPLETE NEED A PAINT BASICALLY TO BE A NICE DRIVER --R On 11/8/14 7:01 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Looks like they were smoking in the car…. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-SL-Class-SL-300-1990-mercedes-sl-300-convertible-white-car-as-been-stolen-and-recover-/261653347749?forcerrptr=truehash=item3cebc13da5item=261653347749pt=US_Cars_Trucks ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] The Brakes that WON'T - 1983 300TD
Same as the last time. Read the suggestions posted to you. Vacuum pump is bad or you have a massive vacuum leak. THis was all explained to you before. Some of you will recall my write up of the intermittent loss of power braking on my 1983 300TD, coupled with the loss of engine shut off (won't turn off with key). I fiddled with a rubber connector to the brake booster line, and happily the problem disappeared for nearly a week. The issue then resurfaced, but now the following symptoms occur all the time: 1) Power brakes completely gone - must apply extremely forceful pressure on the brake pedal (or petal, if you prefer). 2) Cannot shut off the engine with key - must be done manually 3) Vacuum door locks completely inoperative, even with the engine running. Otherwise, everything else on the car works fine. Whoever is the first to successfully diagnose this problem, based solely on the symptoms enunciated above, wins a coveted ATTABOY. Good luck. Andrew 1983 300TD No brakes, locks or engine shutoff 1985 300TD CA version ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] The Brakes that WON'T - 1983 300TD
No diaphragm on that car. I vote for busted main vacuum line or a ruptured booster. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] The Brakes that WON'T - 1983 300TD
The fact that messing with the nut made it better for a while leads me to guess the main synthetic tube is broken. No diaphragm on that car. I vote for busted main vacuum line or a ruptured booster. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?
If he can move to North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom. Drive, weld, cook, cut hair, you name it. Even Minnesota has shortages due to the demand for workers in ND. Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] The Brakes that WON'T - 1983 300TD
What's that? On Nov 9, 2014 11:08 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The fact that messing with the nut made it better for a while leads me to guess the main synthetic tube is broken. No diaphragm on that car. I vote for busted main vacuum line or a ruptured booster. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
