The NT and the open road....

Generally speaking, I believe most states east of the Big Muddy do not allow the triples. We really do need to improve our archaic rail system so most of the big stuff could be shipped by rail, then transferred to trucks outside of the cities. On I-70 across Indiana in either direction, sometimes there are what appear to be almost endless trains of semi-trucks in the slow lane.

As regards Tipi-burners, I would have thought all those construction "cut-offs" and sawdust could be used to make composite wood products such as particle or pressboard? Perhaps there isn't enough money there to make that worthwhile or the lumber industry is against creating competition?
 
DirtFlier said:
Generally speaking, I believe most states east of the Big Muddy do not allow the triples. We really do need to improve our archaic rail system so most of the big stuff could be shipped by rail, then transferred to trucks outside of the cities. On I-70 across Indiana in either direction, sometimes there are what appear to be almost endless trains of semi-trucks in the slow lane.
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I agree with you Tosh. America put all their money on the interstate system and railroads started to go away. There was a railroad near my house which is now a recreational trail. All the freight goes and comes by truck. Trucks can move things quicker and our society wants their stuff NOW. I've always wondered if those recreational trails will ever go back to being railroads as our highways become more crowded.
 
Coyote Chris said:
They must have detach points right off the interstate cause there is no way in Chicago you could make a turn in a town.
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I saw one on my way to work this morning, smack in the middle of town. The first trailer is full sized, 53' and the next two are generally shorter. Still, my trucker friend says its the number articulation points that cause the problems with control.
 
DirtFlier said:
On I-70 across Indiana in either direction, sometimes there are what appear to be almost endless trains of semi-trucks in the slow lane.
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Across Nebraska on I-80, there are almost endless trains of semi-trucks doing 80+mph! There's a pretty steady stream of semis on 80 across Wyoming and Utah on their way to and from California.
 
DirtFlier said:
Generally speaking, I believe most states east of the Big Muddy do not allow the triples. We really do need to improve our archaic rail system so most of the big stuff could be shipped by rail, then transferred to trucks outside of the cities. On I-70 across Indiana in either direction, sometimes there are what appear to be almost endless trains of semi-trucks in the slow lane.

As regards Tipi-burners, I would have thought all those construction "cut-offs" and sawdust could be used to make composite wood products such as particle or pressboard? Perhaps there isn't enough money there to make that worthwhile or the lumber industry is against creating competition?
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I think now there are products like "pellets" for pellet stoves......
 
Phil Tarman said:
Across Nebraska on I-80, there are almost endless trains of semi-trucks doing 80+mph! There's a pretty steady stream of semis on 80 across Wyoming and Utah on their way to and from California.
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The effect is predictable and sad. Take a country of a fixed size. Now put in an infrastructure for 1960 America. 180 million people. Now increase the people to 360 million and increase all the trash they need to have. Even putting trailers on a train and hauling them across country...even with the container system...even with all the truck drivers....its not enough. The state DOTs have a saying..."You cant build your way out of congestion" It only makes more. The Federal Gas tax is 18.4 cents a gallon. Hasnt changed since 1993 for inflation, for instance. The infrastructure is crumbling.... So what we see is an antiquated under funded transportation system clogged with trucks carrying junk. And billions and billons of dollars lost to inflation of the gas tax. Save the two lane highways for me......
 
About 20 years ago, a friend who'd live in CO for many years raved about the marvels and convenience of pellet stoves. I have no reason to doubt him but it seems the pellet stove is still something mostly popular west of the Big Muddy. And more and more of the construction cutoffs are being reconstituted into "all-wood products" of various sorts, such as in furniture, cabinets, etc.
 
Chris, in Oz we pay US$1.17 tax per gallon. (AU$0.432/litre).
In my area, ATM, the price for minimum octane (91, which I think you call 86) is AU$1.15/litre or US$3.14 per US gallon.

Macka
 
DC6079 said:
Oh and my garage truly is small and cluttered. Every time I try to clear out I can’t throw stuff away because I still need it.
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Cluttered garage, eh? Show him yer pix, Chuck 😆

Mike
 
Thanks! Now DC6709 will now see himself as an abject failure like the rest of us do. Don't feel bad DC the rest of us are garage slobs too.
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Mike
 
There are not words to describe a garage like Chuck's.
It shouldn't bother me but pretty sure it is cleaner than my kitchen.

Brad
 
We are lucky/blessed here in Colorado to have the roads we do. But our state has several big forest fires burning now. Today is the first day in Greeley that our visibility has let us see the mountains 30 miles west of us.
 
Macka said:
Chris, in Oz we pay US$1.17 tax per gallon. (AU$0.432/litre).
In my area, ATM, the price for minimum octane (91, which I think you call 86) is AU$1.15/litre or US$3.14 per US gallon.

Macka
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I am not very popular on this forum. I am all for high gas taxes. The gas tax here was upped to 19 cents a gallon federal in 1993. No one has raised it since. That's 27 years of inflation down the drain. People are dying here cause our infrastructure is falling apart. On top of federal, each state has its own gas tax. Washington state's is 50 cents a gallon. Gas costs roughly $2.50 cents a gallon here. That doesnt refect the true social cost of gas. You need roads built and maintained and patroled by police. You need ambulances, medical crews, hospital space, etc to deal with the carnage as well as crow bar hotels to put the bad drivers in. And when daddy gets killed, society has to take care of the family which is all good and right. But all of that takes money. You wont believe me and I barely believe this myself, but some states have sold their toll roads to Australia because they are so desparate for cash. Ask not what your country can do for you...ask what you an do for your country. Raise the gas tax and get rid of the toll roads and fix the 230,000 bridges that need repairs.
 
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