I knew it would hurt
Anticipation grew in my heart
I had heard of people actually bleeding from it
Dangerous it would be,
With many risks involved.
But I didn’t care
This is what I get, listening to my friends
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Part 1 of 3: Birth Of A Plow Truck
Snow removal is a very lucrative business when mother nature allows for it. A garden variety day for a snow removal technician is nothing short of brutal on driver and truck a like. We are going to focus on the truck in this story.
A plow truck begins its life as a general daily driver pickup in a light duty environment. After some years, mileage, dents and dings her job title changes a bit. She may be hauling heaping piles of gravel in the bed, or pulling heavy equipment trailers to job sites. Either way the later part of this trucks life gets harder. If this is sounding familiar to your habits, don’t worry it is the natural way of things.
The year dangles into the fall and meteorologists, almanacs, or wholly worms infer a harsh winter. Snow removal season is upon us in a blink of an eye, and you need to be ready for the first snow, a plow and salt spreader becomes part of this truck.
Stay tuned for Part 2: Life of a Plow Truck, and Part 3: Death of a Plow Truck
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IS Your Used Truck Tuned? NO! How Can You Be Sure?
Joe decides one day to trade in his 2005 Dodge Ram Cummins for a sweet new ride. Joe enjoyed the power and performance gains his tuner gave him for many years. The hardware Joe had put away to tune his truck was lost in his last divorce.
Lets take a ride to the imaginary used car lot for a bit. John the salesman takes the truck in on trade. The dash has no warning lights and the truck runs very well, should have no problem selling it.
Now you are you, and you find a truck that fits your needs perfectly. It has a fair price and you buy the truck.
Some time after, an engine light appears and generates codes that no one can seem to decipher. Any knowledgeable shop would probably see the weird malfunction and recommend a replacement PCM. This will fix the problem when the new PCM has been programmed with stock software. No one will know why it’s fixed, just that it is.
You pick the truck up and feel the truck isn’t right, its now under powered and gets poor fuel mileage. An automatic response to a new symptom occurring after an official repair is to blame the shop for doing something wrong. A return trip will prove nothing out of the ordinary exists and are sent back on your way.
This mysterious dragon syndrome occurs often, and the correct response is to tune over the corrupt tune file, or re-flash the PCM to stock and then tune over the stock file.
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STL Diesel Featured in Parts and People Magazine
Owners Jeff White, Don Harbaugh, and Darrell Miller were interviewed by Dustin Holland a reporter from Parts and People Magazine near the middle of July 2016. The article he authored about the birth, growth and development of STL Diesel exposes our inate ability to passionatly perform repairs and market our brand in a grass roots type of way. Dustin Holland, the author of the article did a great job describing the achievements, goals and ambitions of our entire team. His inspiration for this article was the vast amount of STL Diesel T-shirts, Hoodies, Hats and Decals that he and others have spotted all over the ST Louis area and beyond. When talking about this topic he asked a very interesting and frequently asked question. “Is STL Diesel a company or a club? The answer is Yes to both questions.
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