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Re: [GMCnet] I have a new job! Also, Heavy/medium truck tire age limits? (OT) [message #247541 is a reply to message #247507]

Tue, 15 April 2014 22:53

USAussie

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Robin,

Congratulations on your new job, I assume your new position in the private sector will result in a few more "biccies" in your pay
check plus IIRC Florida doe not have a state income tax.

I'm probably demonstrating an acute grasp on the obvious but in your search for a new home I would try and find a piece of property
large enough where you could keep all your toys and not have a home owner association to battle!

On to the truck, I would suggest Tom P. go check the tires and see what they look like. He's a pedantic bastard like me and I'm sure
he'll provide excellent information on which the rest of the "hive mind' could make informed recommendations. He could take photos
like Bob de Kruyff did of the ones on the GMC that Tony is interested in.

Another point on the truck I would do some research on how to load a 38 foot truck with furniture; I'm SURE there's a right way and
a WRONG way! Bob de Kruyff could possibly provide some help in that area.

Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Hood

Muppet news flash: I have a new job!

I have left the VA and am now working for the law firm of Morgan and Morgan
(for the people!) as a big chunk of their VA Claims department. I am really
excited about helping Veterans from this side of the fence. If anyone has
any VA claims issues, feel free to reach out to me. Also, the firm does
personal injury, car wrecks, medical malpractice, and the usual stuff like
that, and while I don't know anything about those fields, if I bring a case
in the door, I get a nice little bonus if it ever pays out. :) (For
Mississippi Rules of Professional Responsibility purposes, the preceeding
is an annoucement of new affiliation only and is not intended to be lawyer
advertising).

I'm not sure if my disclaimer there protects me from the ire of the State
Bar. Ethics rules regarding advertising are complicated and a PITA.

Anyway, I'll be moving to JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA! Yaaaaaaay!

We have to pack up, sell the house, and move some time in the next six
months. As luck woudl have it, my older sister is also moving out of state,
and my mother wants her house emptied and sold.

That's an awful lot of moving.

Having spent a metric buttload of money with U-haul over the years renting
box trucks, and recognizing the distances and time it will take and the
relative costs involved, I have decided that it makes economic sense to
just buy a box truck. I have located down on the Gulf Coast, not too far
away from my fellow GMC pal Tom P. Hopefully he can let my wife and I base
out of their guest room later this week when I go pick up the truck.

THe truck is a 1986 GMC 7000 Medium Duty truck with a 366 Big Block
gasoline engine (not diesel) and a 5 speed manual with high/low. 166k miles
on it. 38 feet long, the "attic" extends all the way over the front bumper,
with a couple of support columns. It even has a "sleeper." Box is all
aluminum, so no rust or rot worries. Belts were done in 2011. Was a
furniture delivery truck. Will change oil and filters before we bring it
home.

One that that worries me is tires. I'm getting conflicting information
about age of tires, that maybe the compounds used in the big truck tires
aren't as prone to aging out after 7 years like passenger car and light
truck tires (as are found on our RVs). Does anybody have any knowledge in
that area? How old can the tires be on a Medium/heavy truck before they
need replacing, regardless of miles? Commercial truck tires are apparently
designed to be retreaded etc and last for hundreds of thousands of miles,
but I don't know how aging affects them. Advice?

--
Robin

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Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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		[GMCnet] I have a new job! Also, Heavy/medium truck tire age limits? (OT) By: Robin Hood on Tue, 15 April 2014 15:23
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