Dan
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Post by Dan on Jun 1, 2009 12:48:06 GMT -6
check out the shit this guy has on his ride (specifically the rear truck wheels) i LOL'd when I saw it
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Post by Chris on Jun 1, 2009 12:49:34 GMT -6
Crazy as in; he's crazy for thinking that looks good? because it doesn't.
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Post by Dcving on Jun 1, 2009 12:49:49 GMT -6
those arent rims, there hubcaps, cuts down on wind resistance
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 12:54:09 GMT -6
they are ugly as fuk.
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Post by Dcving on Jun 1, 2009 12:56:49 GMT -6
apparantly they save a shitload on fuel
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 12:58:11 GMT -6
as you can se mesilla is tryna cut down on fuel costs anyway they can
ive seen a few schneiders like that too
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Post by Dom on Jun 1, 2009 13:15:48 GMT -6
they are part time astronauts =]
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Post by Dan on Jun 1, 2009 14:20:08 GMT -6
cant be too worried if they dont have susi's on the trailer
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 14:30:51 GMT -6
lol looks like he got them from penske racing's NASCAR hauler
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Post by Chris on Jun 1, 2009 15:33:26 GMT -6
Honestly, you're gonna save jack shit with those. Now all that air that passes around the rims just goes straight underneath that trailer anyways.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 15:56:19 GMT -6
And there on super singles soooo much mpg and its a freakin prostar shouldnt they get 8+mpg?Oh and those rear truck wheels are called tandems fool. ;D
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Post by danny on Jun 1, 2009 19:58:12 GMT -6
EWWWW THAT UCHGCK LOL.........LOL
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Post by PiñaKolata on Jun 1, 2009 20:00:11 GMT -6
All of their trucks have those wheels, along with alot of the newer Schneider trucks, but theirs are black with the Schneider logo on them
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Post by Dan on Jun 1, 2009 22:00:38 GMT -6
those rear truck wheels are called tandems fool. ;D No, that's what you call a truck with 2 rear axles...
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Post by hardtruckisthebest on Jun 1, 2009 22:15:30 GMT -6
14 wheels of steel! Its so easy to tell when a company is desperately trying to scrounge up every last dollar. . . thats when you know that company aint makin' shit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 22:26:06 GMT -6
well that company has to have something to afford trucks like that, my opiniion
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Post by signsmasher on Jun 2, 2009 9:19:49 GMT -6
well that company has to have something to afford trucks like that, my opiniion Wrong. Most are in debt most of the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2009 12:11:48 GMT -6
Honestly, you're gonna save jack shit with those. Now all that air that passes around the rims just goes straight underneath that trailer anyways. That's what the thing under the trailer's for. They've been using them in Europe for a long time. I't been provin that they save. Land Line had a whole section about them in their last issue. Also Chris you'd be surprised what filling in that gap can do. That's why we have tool boxes and step doxes so the air doen't get caught between the tanks and the tandems
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2009 17:54:41 GMT -6
well that company has to have something to afford trucks like that, my opiniion Wrong. Most are in debt most of the time. yea that's true
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Post by Chris on Jun 3, 2009 0:04:34 GMT -6
Honestly, you're gonna save jack shit with those. Now all that air that passes around the rims just goes straight underneath that trailer anyways. That's what the thing under the trailer's for. They've been using them in Europe for a long time. I't been provin that they save. Land Line had a whole section about them in their last issue. Also Chris you'd be surprised what filling in that gap can do. That's why we have tool boxes and step doxes so the air doen't get caught between the tanks and the tandems You mean those cheap pieces of aluminum siding that looked like were cut off from the side of an old trailer? Those ones won't do anything. I know which ones you're talking about though. All those ones ^^^^ do is create more resistance from the side. Oh and those prostars are not any more money than a brand new kenworth.
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Post by Dcving on Jun 3, 2009 5:11:15 GMT -6
i saw a trailer with one of those side things when i went for lunch the other day, its just a piece of aluminum, it was all bent and shit
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Post by Chris on Jun 3, 2009 13:36:18 GMT -6
compare this one to the other one as posted above. Obviously the one in this picture is more efficiently aerodynamic, considering the leading edges have an aerodynamic shape to them, to deflect air properly around the trailer. edit: how about these ones?
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Post by signsmasher on Jun 3, 2009 14:21:08 GMT -6
You've got to be careful with that second one that you can still see the wheels in the mirror though while turning... thinking about it, those stop cars going under and getting caught under the wheels too.
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