Allan Wilson

Retired trucker on the Canadian prairies.

[Allan Wilson @uncleal13]

@Jassmini2 I think Zenith had a remote control on some models back in 1973. It used basically tuning fork sound waves, so no batteries required. Think it only had four buttons. You could only go up or down for changing the channel and the knob on the tv would rotate on command.

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@rugboettcher A truck would have dual wheels on the drive, 1-1/2 ton and up capacity and a work body on it of some sort, like a cube van, dump or deck.
A semi-truck has a fifth wheel and pulls trailers.
A pickup is a mini truck for personal or light duty commercial use.

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@ThrillaRilla369 Meatloaf, Bee Gees, Supertramp, Electric Light Orchestra (before they changed it to ELO), Queen, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Donna Summer

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@1Nicdar My 1st followed by cheapest:
In 1978 $500 for a 1970 Fargo 1/2 ton, drove for 2 yrs
In 1985 $200 for a 1968 Plymouth, drove for 4 yrs
In 1989 $50 for a 1970 Plymouth Fury II with a slant six and three on the tree, drove it for 7 months.
Now any thing under $5k doesn't run.

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@DeanAbbott Change the oil and grease it regularly. Make sure to change the crankshaft damper if you rebuild the engine, they get old and can break the crankshaft.

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@Gunblaze1969 18 and I'm a Canadian.

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@yegwave Canada = NFA , no fun allowed

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@HoCStaffer Grew up in G
Worked for 23 years in I
Now retired in H

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@runaway_vol If you have a vehicle with an internal combustion engine they have hundreds of little explosions in the cylinders every minute.
Under the wrong conditions your car can explode too.

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@MirekM13 @genocidalgirl They've had that many years now in modern trucks. The ecm shows engine rpm, road speed, hours running or parked for the last 24 hrs
When you look at the data on a computer it kinds looks like a drivers logbook for the hours info
I know my 2012 & 20 Freightliners had that info

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@FrankBr05713205 Heathkit H8 computer diy kit. Used base 8 (octal) for programming.
Not me, but one of my highschool classmates built one.

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@Martyupnorth Four years ago it cost me under $3500 to change the clutch on a semi truck

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@Martyupnorth Three times
1970 Polar Bear Express Cochrane to Moosonee - when you flushed the toilet it dumped it directly between the tracks on the rail ties
1984 Montrel to Toronto
1991 Toronto to Edmonton - would have been faster to drive my car, 52 hrs vs 36 hrs

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@AndrewRawson11 My great grand father died at Ypres, I don't know what particular section. He only arrived at the front for two weeks and was killed, his remains where never found due to a direct hit from shelling.

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@therobertbrooks People and companies make mistakes. It's how they respond to the mistake that makes the difference between a crappy and a great business.
Owning up to the mistake to the customer is the sign of a great company.

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@lucyshow11 I had a pickup with this setup.
The round one on the far right is the starter. Looks like an electrical one, mine had an actual pedal that physically moved the solenoid to engage the starter.
Shiny one on the top left is the high beam switch.

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@keithnach69 other times have seen bits of concrete from the floor of the storage building, rubber from the front end loaders they scoop it up with.

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@jenstilmanydots No privately funded enterprise would spend all of that invested capital on a project that can only operate one third of the year due to sea ice, unless the profit was over the top.

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@Barrister79 I said to my sister's, "we ARE the old people now"

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@bickner_b I had a empty Doepker set with the tire air inflation, a fitting snapped off the controller due to corrosion creep and drained the air in the rear trailer locking its brakes. But unlike this guy I noticed it right away, still skidded for 150 feet, but didn't blow the tires