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Feb 27, 2006 | 07:20 PM

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EnviroCon

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From: Milky Way Galaxy

It's really hard to tell if there's any damage with all that dirt on it. Maybe you could wash it and take some more pics. Be able to tell you more then.

Feb 27, 2006 | 07:36 PM

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Oh oh better get Macco. Too bad it wasn't a Ridgeline

Feb 28, 2006 | 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by rebocardo

As for your son, if I see a 190 ton truck coming at me going 3 mph, I think I am going to run the other way. Most trucks do not have that option, or at least not this one

those haul trucks will do 45 mph. and some of the blind spots can be up to 125 feet.

Feb 28, 2006 | 09:23 AM

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The Company I work for, has a small mining operation. We have Haul Trucks that are only 25 and 35 Ton. The Tires on these are only 6'6" tall. The Tires on the 190 Ton I believe are 12' tall.

What is un-believable is the tires we use cost over $4,000 each with our company discount.

Because we have a mine, they send these pictures to us all the time. When I seen this one, I could not help but post is as it was a sad end to a good Ford.

Feb 28, 2006 | 10:31 AM

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I'd say there's two good axles, can anybody say cheap d60s?

Glad to hear nobody got hurt, I bet the driver thought "I don't remember a speed bump there"

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Feb 28, 2006 | 01:12 PM

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tjc transport

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ibeam, them 12 footers are up in the $35,000 each range

Feb 28, 2006 | 03:16 PM

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ibeam, them 12 footers are up in the $35,000 each range

Can we Say OUCH!

I know you watch the Mostor Truck shows, and they say the tires on them cost a bundle, but I have not idea how much.

I know we get a $900 Core back on our tires when we buy new ones. I would not want to run them, but they take them back and re-tread them.

Feb 28, 2006 | 03:40 PM

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yup. the quarries i deal with use recaps untill they fall off the machines. you can recap 5 times for the cost of 1 new tire. they hate it when a tire "chunks" because you can not section anything bigger than like 6 inches square. then they have to buy new sneakers, and the machine they go on gets the kid glove treatment. no workface, no pit, only nice small stone out of the piles after the crusher.