Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[FXJenkins]

Speakin of scrounging...If anyone is Secret Santa shopping for me, ima 9.5

https://www.krsaddleshop.com/produc...MIhoOLzN_uiQMVz5SDCB2YwBLmEAEYASAGEgIJMPD_BwE

 

[chipper1]

That latest ad shows how out of touch they have become. Makes me think they are intentionally trying to Bud Lite themselves.

Makes me wonder if it's a corporate shaming ritual of sorts, happens all the time for individuals, so it doesn't seem far fetched.

Equity ***** Hedge Fund Strategy...

Good ole Billy gates bought 81mil of shares in bud light when it was at its low, wonder what he's made on it. The ufc signed a 100mil contract with bud light during the same time frame, then trump was there like the next week...

 

[farmer steve]

Glad I wasn't in the tree stand when this came down yesterday. Might have been a underwear changing moment.

 

[sean donato]

Saw something I haven’t seen in a long time today . A new gas powered school bus not a short bus mind you but a full sized bus .
My neighbor said the district bought the new ones this time around because they were cheaper and since they don’t keep them for more than 5 years the maintenance was less also ,and gas is much cheaper than diesel . And no more school closures because a few buses won’t start in February

One of my friends works in a shop that does mostly mostly light/medium duty trucks and vans, municipal, police, fire, ems, and refuse. He's said over the past few years there has been a big swing away from the diesels back to gas engines. Cheaper to work on, usually pretty reliable for the length of time they are kept. Said the 8.1L chevy engine and the Ford 7.3L has basically become a mainstay for the truck and van based chassis they work on. Said one of the municipal refuse companies has nearly completely switched to natural gas engine to get away from the emission/ after treatment problems they have with the diesels. It's not so far to believe school busses wouldn't follow suite, makes perfect sense these days.

 

[MustangMike]

One of my friends works in a shop that does mostly mostly light/medium duty trucks and vans, municipal, police, fire, ems, and refuse. He's said over the past few years there has been a big swing away from the diesels back to gas engines. Cheaper to work on, usually pretty reliable for the length of time they are kept. Said the 8.1L chevy engine and the Ford 7.3L has basically become a mainstay for the truck and van based chassis they work on. Said one of the municipal refuse companies has nearly completely switched to natural gas engine to get away from the emission/ after treatment problems they have with the diesels. It's not so far to believe school busses wouldn't follow suite, makes perfect sense these days.

I have been screaming for over a decade that school buses should run on Natural Gas.

Nothing like jogging down the road and have a diesel bus start moving in front of you ... not pleasant!!!

The technology to run on Natural Gas or Propane has been around for a long time. Heck when I worked in a warehouse in the 70s all the forklifts ran on propane. They were considered "safe" to run inside!

 

[MechanicMatt]

One of my friends works in a shop that does mostly mostly light/medium duty trucks and vans, municipal, police, fire, ems, and refuse. He's said over the past few years there has been a big swing away from the diesels back to gas engines. Cheaper to work on, usually pretty reliable for the length of time they are kept. Said the 8.1L chevy engine and the Ford 7.3L has basically become a mainstay for the truck and van based chassis they work on. Said one of the municipal refuse companies has nearly completely switched to natural gas engine to get away from the emission/ after treatment problems they have with the diesels. It's not so far to believe school busses wouldn't follow suite, makes perfect sense these days.

It’s idle time, I have a corrections truck in my shop right now, 8,000 miles. Cam bearing failure

Has enough hours on it that the 33-1 calculation shows it to have over 140,000 miles

Guess how man oil changes it’s had???

 

[sean donato]

It’s idle time, I have a corrections truck in my shop right now, 8,000 miles. Cam bearing failure

Has enough hours on it that the 33-1 calculation shows it to have over 140,000 miles

Guess how man oil changes it’s had???

Zero would be my guess. People don't understand how bad prolonged idling is on an engine, especially a diesel.

 

[GrizG]

I have been screaming for over a decade that school buses should run on Natural Gas.

Nothing like jogging down the road and have a diesel bus start moving in front of you ... not pleasant!!!

The technology to run on Natural Gas or Propane has been around for a long time. Heck when I worked in a warehouse in the 70s all the forklifts ran on propane. They were considered "safe" to run inside!

It would be good but is dependent upon there being natural gas… Much of NY has no service and the state’s efforts to eliminate fossil fuels and related pipelines eliminates the possibility…. The NYSDOT facility near me installed a NG fueling station maybe 10 years ago and removed it maybe 3 years ago….

 

[MustangMike]

We got natural gas here about 20 years ago, and I jumped on it as soon as it was available.

There were "good deals" if you signed up when they first brought it in.

It is so much cheaper, cleaner and less maintenance than oil it is ridiculous.

Plus, no waiting for "deliveries" it just always flows!

The current policies are asinine!