Arizona decisions....

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

Peterbilt truck dealership. Parts and new and used truck sales are out the roof.

I'm on for an 80% increase in sales this year and I don't even live in the US.

You sell Peterbilt truck parts too?  Brexit?

Eoin

GATraveller said:

Not claiming he's innocent but all we know for sure, to this point, is Trump made crass remarks about women while in the company of another man 12 years ago. 
Any guy here not living in a glass house with this one?

Normal banter does not extend to boasting about committing sexual assaults and that your fame means you can get away with it. Not here, anyway.

nolaegghead

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

Peterbilt truck dealership. Parts and new and used truck sales are out the roof.

I'm on for an 80% increase in sales this year and I don't even live in the US.

You sell Peterbilt truck parts too?  Brexit?

...because if you sell Peterbilt truck parts and you're not governed by Trump, why did you do so much better than gaygolfer's company?

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

GATraveller said:

Not claiming he's innocent but all we know for sure, to this point, is Trump made crass remarks about women while in the company of another man 12 years ago. 
Any guy here not living in a glass house with this one?

Normal banter does not extend to boasting about committing sexual assaults and that your fame means you can get away with it. Not here, anyway.

The bar has been lowered so much it collectively drove the victims here to rise up and speak out.  Hopefully we'll have less tolerance of this moving forward.

g8golfer

I’m just telling you from experience. You can show all the charts and smarta$$ comments you want. Business is booming. Paccar is having record years and so are dealerships across the country. It might be just timing but it’s funny how on Nov 8 business skyrockets. Energy business is up. Look at the state of WV. Signed an $83 billion dollar shale gas and chemical deal with China. Look what that does for the whole states economy. He’s not perfect but you have to give the man some credit. 

DoubleEgger

nolaegghead said:

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

Peterbilt truck dealership. Parts and new and used truck sales are out the roof.

I'm on for an 80% increase in sales this year and I don't even live in the US.

You sell Peterbilt truck parts too?  Brexit?

...because if you sell Peterbilt truck parts and you're not governed by Trump, why did you do so much better than gaygolfer's company?

Whatever happened to you trying to take the high road Nola? Homophobic slurs are now okay? 

nolaegghead

DoubleEgger said:

nolaegghead said:

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

Peterbilt truck dealership. Parts and new and used truck sales are out the roof.

I'm on for an 80% increase in sales this year and I don't even live in the US.

You sell Peterbilt truck parts too?  Brexit?

...because if you sell Peterbilt truck parts and you're not governed by Trump, why did you do so much better than gaygolfer's company?

Whatever happened to you trying to take the high road Nola? Homophobic slurs are now okay? 

I joked with him about that when we meet at BB.  Not sure you are barking up the right tree.

g8golfer

Let’s take the glider truck business for example. Obama administration said that in 2017 it’s the last year customers can buy glider trucks no matter what company manufacturers them. So trump canceled that and now you can build them once again. Paccar is working 3 shifts around the clock to meet the demand. That is just one of many examples. A glider is a rolling chassis without the engine, trans, and rear end. Ppl buy them and put the engine they want without all the regulations. A lot cheaper and less electronic issues over time. 

DoubleEgger

nolaegghead said:

DoubleEgger said:

nolaegghead said:

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

Peterbilt truck dealership. Parts and new and used truck sales are out the roof.

I'm on for an 80% increase in sales this year and I don't even live in the US.

You sell Peterbilt truck parts too?  Brexit?

...because if you sell Peterbilt truck parts and you're not governed by Trump, why did you do so much better than gaygolfer's company?

Whatever happened to you trying to take the high road Nola? Homophobic slurs are now okay? 

I joked with him about that when we meet at BB.  Not sure you are barking up the right tree.

There can be no joking anymore. Too high a risk of aggravating the perverbial butthurt crowd. 

g8golfer

I promise I take no one on this forum serious. It’s all good fun. I’m excited about meeting John and Nola. Great guys. We don’t see eye to eye on politics but that doesn’t mean I don’t like them. I never see eye to eye with my wife but we have made it 16 years. 

fishlessman

took close to a 50 percent drop in sales the last year of obama, it had to go up

g8golfer

@fishlessman you are correct. 2015-2016 was so bad it had to go up. Might not be Trump but whatever it is I’m a fan. 

DoubleEgger

The DJIA is up nearly 30% this year so it’s not just the trucking biz. The Obama Admin was no friend to industry. It was a long eight years for those of us employed in those sectors. 

fishlessman

g8golfer said:

@fishlessman you are correct. 2015-2016 was so bad it had to go up. Might not be Trump but whatever it is I’m a fan. 

4 of my top ten customers went up in smoke...poof.   moved over seas, bought out and scrapped, sub parted to france and the czech etc.   @nola long haul trucking and dot is fine, why am i  driving a 1 ton ford welding truck 15 minutes away from the shop with all the dot mandates, its insane

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina

This thread is great for the lulz

DoubleEgger

New Thread  OT- What Really Grinds My Gears?

Eoin

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

Peterbilt truck dealership. Parts and new and used truck sales are out the roof.

I'm on for an 80% increase in sales this year and I don't even live in the US.

You sell Peterbilt truck parts too?  Brexit?

No, other stuff. I'm just grateful that the Trump Effect has spread over here too.

JohnInCarolina

Well at least this dirtbag is finally out:

JRWhitee

g8golfer said:

Let’s take the glider truck business for example. Obama administration said that in 2017 it’s the last year customers can buy glider trucks no matter what company manufacturers them. So trump canceled that and now you can build them once again. Paccar is working 3 shifts around the clock to meet the demand. That is just one of many examples. A glider is a rolling chassis without the engine, trans, and rear end. Ppl buy them and put the engine they want without all the regulations. A lot cheaper and less electronic issues over time. 

I thought they bought them to avoid paying F.E.T.

fishlessman

what happened in 2015 and 2016   atleast things picked up in nov of 2016

g8golfer

@JRWhitee they did but it was mostly the emissions part. New engines are so regulated with emissions they won’t run like an old engine. It’s insane the price of engine parts and only come with a 1 year warranty. Ppl buy reman Cat engines now and put a 4 year warranty with unlimited miles through Cat in the gliders. Cummins doesn’t offer anything like that unless you purchase in a new truck. 

JohnInCarolina

Amazing how that “axis scales matter” lesson just doesn’t quite quite take for so many fifth graders.  

nolaegghead

g8golfer said:

@JRWhitee they did but it was mostly the emissions part. New engines are so regulated with emissions they won’t run like an old engine. It’s insane the price of engine parts and only come with a 1 year warranty. Ppl buy reman Cat engines now and put a 4 year warranty with unlimited miles through Cat in the gliders. Cummins doesn’t offer anything like that unless you purchase in a new truck. 

 A loophole around emissions regulations sounds like a solid plan to make money.  #fucktheenvironment

Eoin

g8golfer said:

@JRWhitee they did but it was mostly the emissions part. New engines are so regulated with emissions they won’t run like an old engine. It’s insane the price of engine parts and only come with a 1 year warranty. Ppl buy reman Cat engines now and put a 4 year warranty with unlimited miles through Cat in the gliders. Cummins doesn’t offer anything like that unless you purchase in a new truck. 

I thought pollution was a big deal in the US, VW emissions scandal and all that. I understand why an individual would want a simpler, cheaper engine, but don't you have the same diesel pollutant problems that we have in terms of NOx and particulates?

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

g8golfer said:

@JRWhitee they did but it was mostly the emissions part. New engines are so regulated with emissions they won’t run like an old engine. It’s insane the price of engine parts and only come with a 1 year warranty. Ppl buy reman Cat engines now and put a 4 year warranty with unlimited miles through Cat in the gliders. Cummins doesn’t offer anything like that unless you purchase in a new truck. 

I thought pollution was a big deal in the US, VW emissions scandal and all that. I understand why an individual would want a simpler, cheaper engine, but don't you have the same diesel pollutant problems that we have in terms of NOx and particulates?

It is to one party here.

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

Amazing how that “axis scales matter” lesson just doesn’t quite quite take for so many fifth graders.  

does when you invest, does when you are in business in the private sector, not so much in the public and teaching sectors

jtcBoynton

DoubleEgger said:

GATraveller said:

Kinda scary.

Interesting. There are no metropolitan areas or cities of any real size in CD 7. 

Only  Birmingham, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. 

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Amazing how that “axis scales matter” lesson just doesn’t quite quite take for so many fifth graders.  

does when you invest, does when you are in business in the private sector, not so much in the public and teaching sectors

This is really true, teachers (especially mathematicians) don’t ever really seem to learn how axes work.  I wonder who even invented axes in the first place.  It was probably someone like the Pope.

g8golfer

California is the biggest supporter of emissions control in the US and is leading state in the US with pollution. Go figure.