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2004 PETERBILT 379 Conventional Truck w/ Sleeper For Sale At TruckPaper.comQuantity 1
Stock Number 6301
Year 2004
Manufacturer PETERBILT
Model 379
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Location Portsmouth, Virginia
Condition Used
Sleeper Size 63"
Engine Specs Caterpillar
Engine Type C-15
Horsepower 475
Transmission 13 Spd
Ratio 3.55
Tires 24.5
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Pray no one in your fleet tries this stunt
pulled from Toronto Sun
July 21,2010
A Kitchener truck driver is facing a careless driving charge but on the bright side, his tooth doesn’t hurt anymore.
Lambton County OPP say they stopped a big rig driver doing some driving dentistry along Hwy. 402 on Wednesday.
Const. John Reurink told the Sun Saturday it’s the first time he’s ever heard of a driver being pulled over performing dental surgery.
“I’ve never heard of this sort of thing occurring before,” Reurink said, adding he has stopped drivers doing their make-up, reading a map or talking on a cellphone. “Somebody doing an amateur tooth pulling? That’s a first.”
Reurink said it all started June 30 when an officer was on Hwy. 402 in Warwick Township, near Sarnia, and a passing driver pointed him to a tractor trailer being driven “all over the road.”
The officer found the eastbound rig and pulled it over.
Cops determined the 58-year-old driver was driving so poorly because he was trying to pull out a tooth while he was driving.
“The driver was very forthright with the officer,” Reurink said.
The amateur dentist of a driver had rigged a string around his hurting tooth and then tied the other end to the roof of the cab, police said.
“One good bump and the tooth should come out,” police explained.
Turns out the “one good bump” likely did come along at some point.
“The evidence of his efforts were nearby,” Reurink said.
When the driver was stopped the officer found a bloody tooth and a string lying next to him.
Strangely, police say the road down that way isn’t that bumpy and was recently resurfaced.
“He may have been better off on a sideroad,” Reurink said.
Police won’t be releasing the driver’s name because he’s charged under the Highway Traffic Act, not the Criminal Code, and they figure he’d be “continuously bombarded” by media trying to talk to him about his stunt - which would likely be more of a headache than a toothache.
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July 21,2010
Lambton County OPP say they stopped a big rig driver doing some driving dentistry along Hwy. 402 on Wednesday.
Const. John Reurink told the Sun Saturday it’s the first time he’s ever heard of a driver being pulled over performing dental surgery.
“I’ve never heard of this sort of thing occurring before,” Reurink said, adding he has stopped drivers doing their make-up, reading a map or talking on a cellphone. “Somebody doing an amateur tooth pulling? That’s a first.”
Reurink said it all started June 30 when an officer was on Hwy. 402 in Warwick Township, near Sarnia, and a passing driver pointed him to a tractor trailer being driven “all over the road.”
The officer found the eastbound rig and pulled it over.
Cops determined the 58-year-old driver was driving so poorly because he was trying to pull out a tooth while he was driving.
“The driver was very forthright with the officer,” Reurink said.
The amateur dentist of a driver had rigged a string around his hurting tooth and then tied the other end to the roof of the cab, police said.
“One good bump and the tooth should come out,” police explained.
Turns out the “one good bump” likely did come along at some point.
“The evidence of his efforts were nearby,” Reurink said.
When the driver was stopped the officer found a bloody tooth and a string lying next to him.
Strangely, police say the road down that way isn’t that bumpy and was recently resurfaced.
“He may have been better off on a sideroad,” Reurink said.
Police won’t be releasing the driver’s name because he’s charged under the Highway Traffic Act, not the Criminal Code, and they figure he’d be “continuously bombarded” by media trying to talk to him about his stunt - which would likely be more of a headache than a toothache.
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Friday, July 9, 2010
DOE Keeps 2010 Diesel Forecast Under $3 a Gallon | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News
Oil Price Outlook Unchanged from May
Diesel’s national retail price will average $2.98 a gallon this year, the Department of Energy said Wednesday, boosting its most recent prediction by 2 cents.
Trucking’s main fuel will rise to an average $3.13 at the pump next year, also 2 cents over last month’s forecast, DOE said in its monthly short-term energy outlook released Wednesday.
DOE said in its weekly report Tuesday that the national average diesel price was $2.924 a gallon — down more than 20 cents from the year’s $3.127 peak, set on May 10.
The price topped $3 a gallon for eight consecutive weeks ending May 24. Diesel averaged $2.46 per gallon last year.
Gasoline, meanwhile, will average $2.77 a gallon this year, DOE said, and average $2.80 during this summer’s driving season, which generally has the highest price due to strong demand.
Both those forecasts are a penny over last month’s outlook, and the summer figure is 36 cents higher than last year, DOE said. Gasoline averaged $2.726 in this week’s national survey and $2.35 last year.
Crude oil prices — which finished June at about $76 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange — will average $79 in the second half of the year before climbing to $83 next year, unchanged from last month’s outlook.
DOE also said that reductions in crude output resulting from the 6-month deepwater drilling moratorium announced by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on May 27 will average 31,000 barrels per day in the fourth quarter.
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Diesel’s national retail price will average $2.98 a gallon this year, the Department of Energy said Wednesday, boosting its most recent prediction by 2 cents.
Trucking’s main fuel will rise to an average $3.13 at the pump next year, also 2 cents over last month’s forecast, DOE said in its monthly short-term energy outlook released Wednesday.
DOE said in its weekly report Tuesday that the national average diesel price was $2.924 a gallon — down more than 20 cents from the year’s $3.127 peak, set on May 10.
The price topped $3 a gallon for eight consecutive weeks ending May 24. Diesel averaged $2.46 per gallon last year.
Gasoline, meanwhile, will average $2.77 a gallon this year, DOE said, and average $2.80 during this summer’s driving season, which generally has the highest price due to strong demand.
Both those forecasts are a penny over last month’s outlook, and the summer figure is 36 cents higher than last year, DOE said. Gasoline averaged $2.726 in this week’s national survey and $2.35 last year.
Crude oil prices — which finished June at about $76 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange — will average $79 in the second half of the year before climbing to $83 next year, unchanged from last month’s outlook.
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