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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 07:21 PM
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Heavy equipment technician is my profession
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:00 PM
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Sweet.
I have a Ford Truck front licence plate for it.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Howdy guys, nice lookin work truck Dean, I will admit I expected the 650 to be a little bigger

Just struggling through my last day of work here and then off for 6-8 weeks, forecast looks awesome so I should be able to find something to do to get me into trouble
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandon D
Howdy guys, nice lookin work truck Dean, I will admit I expected the 650 to be a little bigger

Just struggling through my last day of work here and then off for 6-8 weeks, forecast looks awesome so I should be able to find something to do to get me into trouble
Its a F550. the 650 is a lot bigger
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Fomoko1
Sweet.
I have a Ford Truck front licence plate for it.
Vinny already told me that the volvo plate has to come off and the MAXIES plate goes on
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by djanzen
Its a F550. the 650 is a lot bigger
Sorry that's my mistake and it all makes sense now. We were just BS'ing about the 650's here at work and I had it stuck in my head.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:48 PM
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Dean, I love white trucks, I know it has to be lettered & all, great pics, thanks, Gig
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:53 PM
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When i worked at Kramer they had Three F650 service trucks, the techs hated them because they rode like bale wagons, the C7 is underpowered for the weight of the truck.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by djanzen
Vinny already told me that the volvo plate has to come off and the MAXIES plate goes on
Wonder how long before he`d notice the Ford Truck plate being on it....
How did the volvo plate end up on there, from the dealer?
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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The dealers around here like to put those plastic advertising plate frames on every car & truck they sell
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Fomoko1
How did the volvo plate end up on there, from the dealer?
NOPE I put it there t see how long it took him to notice it, about 3.34 seconds after he walked into the shop.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by djanzen
When i worked at Kramer they had Three F650 service trucks, the techs hated them because they rode like bale wagons, the C7 is underpowered for the weight of the truck.
Who you working for now? We had Kramer fix us up with our 09 cat motors when they broke down with ARD head problem. We dumped CAT and went with Cummins and now are haveing nightmares with the DEF lines.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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Maxies. they are a large construction company with about 100 pieces of cat equipment.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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well guys I am going to sleep now! Four hours just didn't do it last night!! Tomorrow I will get plates on it, and take it for a good boot and see what she's got!
 
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 10:04 PM
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Dean that is a hell of a cool service truck!

When you say you work at maxies, as in maxies excavation?

Brandon, what do you do for work that you get so much time off, oil patch right?
 
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