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Just got assigned a truck. 2009 Cascadia with a DD60 and 539k miles. We're in line for a new Cascadia with a DD15 sometime soon. Coming strictly from Volvo with a Cummins 450, I think I kind of like the Cascadia. A little roomier in the bunk, and the built in fridge is a nice touch. I hate the instrument cluster, and the seat loses air when you pump the brake  . It still has to have a shake down by maintenance before we get turned loose. I really can't wait for the new truck with the DD15 though.Anyone racked up BASIC points on CSA 2010 yet?
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| # ? Jul 28, 2010 19:33 |
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| # ? May 20, 2013 17:35 |
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Bruiser posted:Just got assigned a truck. 2009 Cascadia with a DD60 and 539k miles. We're in line for a new Cascadia with a DD15 sometime soon. Coming strictly from Volvo with a Cummins 450, I think I kind of like the Cascadia. A little roomier in the bunk, and the built in fridge is a nice touch. I hate the instrument cluster, and the seat loses air when you pump the brake CSA 2010 isn't in effect yet
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| # ? Jul 28, 2010 20:03 |
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I thought they were collecting data at least.
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| # ? Jul 28, 2010 21:02 |
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Slung Blade posted:What business? I may have been there. I think it was "Spectrum" something-or-other, it's a warehouse for dry grocery goods, I think.
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| # ? Jul 28, 2010 22:36 |
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I AIN'T SHAVED MAH TOOTIE IN TWO WEEKS
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| # ? Jul 29, 2010 06:30 |
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Bruiser posted:and the seat loses air when you pump the brake If it still has to run through a shop inspection, have them check the seat valve. It probably just isn't sealing when closed, and if you run with the seat air on full, that'd be why you're bouncing while braking.
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| # ? Jul 29, 2010 08:39 |
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Bruiser posted:I thought they were collecting data at least. At this moment in time, your guess is as good as mine.
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| # ? Jul 29, 2010 13:40 |
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So I was at the DMV today getting my hazmat, and there's a duder there who passed the test and filling out his TSA forms who: 1) Can't spell the name of his carrier and had the guy at the counter do it for him 2) Doesn't know the address of where he works. Or a phone number. But don't worry, he got on the horn with Dewayne down there in Mobile and got the zip code. "You better gon' put your crash helmet on there little darlin'. We're gon' break some furniture tonight."
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| # ? Jul 29, 2010 15:44 |
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Do you want an honest review of a brand new Volvo 670 with D13 engine?
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 02:38 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:Do you want an honest review of a brand new Volvo 670 with D13 engine? Be... be gentle. 
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 03:37 |
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JnnyThndrs posted:I think it was "Spectrum" something-or-other, it's a warehouse for dry grocery goods, I think. Supply chain place I guess. If so, never been there.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 04:14 |
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Splizwarf posted:Be... be gentle. Yeah, let me cool down first.. Oh I can't, the AC broke on my 400 mile brand new truck, that's OK, the water from the flash flood rain soaked me so that's kinda cooling... LOL. I will say one thing nice about it, the Volvo D13 is a very quiet, smooth engine.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 04:17 |
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I'm watching Mythbusters: Truck poo poo right now. They said drafting legit does save fuel, so I think I'm going to start reenacting the end of Days of Thunder with every truck I see. Gonna pass on the inside this time, motherfucker.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 05:30 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:Yeah, let me cool down first.. uh oh, AC pressure sensor is out
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 06:43 |
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Brand new Volvo 670, 435HP D13 engine, 9 speed EF. Volvo hasn't seemed to have changed the truck part at all, it's standard fare Volvo, other than getting rid of the pop-out glass windows in the sleeper so you can vent hot air, they replaced them with gently caress, something poo poo-taskic. The tires are new, so the truck has a really greasy feel on the road, and I do not believe they aligned it from the factory as it wanders, bad, like a fat kid in the lunch room. The D13 is wonderfully quiet, like car-like quiet, but I think they stole the engine out of their car line.... and they should have left it there. The engine brake is scary, not only are the controls mounted on the steering column, the engine brake at max burns 310HP in the top grade model or something. It's horribly underpowered for a new engine brake and Volvo should have, years ago, sucked it up, figured out they can't make an engine brake, walked over to Jacob's and said "Yeah, fix our poo poo before we kill someone OK" It's bad enough that I will not drive this truck, or any other Volvo D13 powered unit down Donner Pass grossed out. The DEF system doesn't seem to do anything, other than add another gauge to my dash, which is OK because they took out every other gauge until they hit DOT min gauge laws, but for some reason Volvo thought that adding the DEF tank and the large tank to the same side of the tractor was a good idea, so I have a 18G DEF tank, my fat rear end, and 150G fuel tank, 3 batteries and the air tanks one side, and a small fuel tank on the other. VERY NOSE HEAVY now. Which makes no sense, I think they are going to have to start mounting the fifth wheel slider back another 6 inches or more so you can get more movement. Most likely doesn't help that the gearbox is a EF9, this needs, a 13, I mean all trucks "need" more gears, but this engine does not have the powerrange of the ISX and the spread between 7/8 just loving kills it. You have to lug this engine way WAY down, which is odd because it really likes the higher revvs. For the cost of a house, the QC wasn't here on this tractor, and if it was a car, I'd be pissed off, since I'm just moving it, I'm telling them NO, I will not get in, or transfer another unless it's a light load, and a bonus.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 15:06 |
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Seems like Volvo has an engineering team trying to make a truck that is more user friendly to your average 75 year old motor home operator. Also don't forget that all said and done, they look like a goddamn buttplug covered in dog poo poo. Not the trucks interceptor drives though. Those get the ghetto panty dropping pass. That is a good review.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 15:40 |
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PUBLIC TOILETS
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InterceptorV8 posted:Brand new Volvo 670, 435HP D13 engine, 9 speed EF. On the hot side you have 5 extra feet of exhaust piping, a DPF (diesel particulate filter) then 3 more feet of exhaust piping where the DEF gets injected (those aftertreatment guys have a special name for this section of pipe, I forget what it is), then you have the SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) converter (which should be about the same size as the DPF). Add to this the wiring, DEF solenoids, and electronics to run the SCR system. On PACCAR trucks, most of this is in the passenger steps and a few feet back. 2010 has been insane on rail space. There's so much more required for emissions poo poo, that there's nowhere to put anything anymore. So, there's your "but for some reason". 
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 16:15 |
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Hahaha, that is an awesome reviewnutcup posted:Seems like Volvo has an engineering team trying to make a truck that is more user friendly to your average 75 year old motor home operator. Might I interest you in a Volvo iShift transmission?
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 16:18 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:The engine brake is scary, not only are the controls mounted on the steering column All trucks over here in Europe seem to be this way, at least in the Volvos, Mercedes and Ivecos I've ridden in, both engine brake and retarder are on the column.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 16:25 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:VERY NOSE HEAVY now. So are the new Cascadias that our company is rolling out - I'm running around like a maniac relaying loads for guys that can't clear the scales legally...well, that and running to Canada for the same reason - you can only be 12,125 on the steers up there. Also, the loving numbskull that thought it was a good idea to load 45,398 lbs in a three-axle trailer should be taken out and shot. I have no loving idea who they're gonna get to run this load over the scales, maybe a jockey with a ten-gallon fuel tank. I know I sure as poo poo can't do it.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 20:12 |
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RandyF posted:On the hot side you have 5 extra feet of exhaust piping, a DPF (diesel particulate filter) then 3 more feet of exhaust piping where the DEF gets injected (those aftertreatment guys have a special name for this section of pipe, I forget what it is), then you have the SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) converter (which should be about the same size as the DPF). Add to this the wiring, DEF solenoids, and electronics to run the SCR system. On PACCAR trucks, most of this is in the passenger steps and a few feet back. Yeah, true, but on the Volvo all that takes up the same amount as space as the old "popcorn maker" I poo poo you not, there is the rear end end of the DEF/DPF poo poo, 3 feet, and then a small fuel tank. We used to have the smaller tank on the other side, but they switched sides, but didn't take up any more space on the frame rail BACK on a Volvo. Still someone hosed up as I'm reading way more fuel than I can carry. luminalflux posted:All trucks over here in Europe seem to be this way, at least in the Volvos, Mercedes and Ivecos I've ridden in, both engine brake and retarder are on the column. Yeah, it's just not "normal" here. Also I really miss my old foot Jake, that was a sweet set-up. JnnyThndrs posted:So are the new Cascadias that our company is rolling out - I'm running around like a maniac relaying loads for guys that can't clear the scales legally...well, that and running to Canada for the same reason - you can only be 12,125 on the steers up there. I crossed the scales at almost 13K on the steers 34500 drives and 31500 on the tandems. I sucked up as much as I could on the trailer, but gently caress getting reloaded outta Tard HQ (AKA Nestle Flagstaff) gently caress it no scales, I'm gonna run it. Daycabber should be fine right?
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| # ? Aug 2, 2010 01:29 |
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Not loving amused right now, panic call from my mother because well, guess what was hijacked in AZ when I was down there...quote:Three convicted murderers are being hunted by police after escaping from a northwest Arizona prison and kidnapping two lorry drivers. Get this poo poo, my Qualcomm died yesterday and I have been without contract from my company for a couple of days now, in the same area as the hijacking happened at... not a single call. I mean I loving scaled out at the same god damned truckstop for gently caress's sake.
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| # ? Aug 2, 2010 08:44 |
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Stuck in Portland, OR overnight because we went faster than the load planners thought we would? I know we're new here, but we said that we run straight through and only stop for fuel. I guess they didn't believe us  Edit: Oh god, I think there's a guy taking a poo poo in the TA parking lot here. Edit 2: Oh god there's a tranny here too. I should give them a hug. Bruiser fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2010 around 22:17 |
| # ? Aug 2, 2010 22:02 |
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Bruiser posted:Stuck in Portland, OR overnight because we went faster than the load planners thought we would? I know we're new here, but we said that we run straight through and only stop for fuel. I guess they didn't believe us Which part of the city are you stuck in? If it's east of 82nd, you're in Gresham. No one better try to argue with me on that fact.
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| # ? Aug 2, 2010 23:32 |
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The A-Team Van posted:Which part of the city are you stuck in? If it's east of 82nd, you're in Gresham. No one better try to argue with me on that fact. Aurora my son.
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 03:31 |
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I'd guess either troutdale or aurora, as those are the two TAs.
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 04:02 |
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Javid posted:I'd guess either troutdale or aurora, as those are the two TAs. Oh I hope it's not Mugdale.
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 04:05 |
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Bruiser posted:Stuck in Portland, OR overnight because we went faster than the load planners thought we would? I know we're new here, but we said that we run straight through and only stop for fuel. I guess they didn't believe us Reminds me off the stories my dad told me about driving truck in the 80s
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 04:06 |
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JackRabbitStorm posted:Reminds me off the stories my dad told me about driving truck in the 80s You should tell us some of those stories. 
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 18:19 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:Brand new Volvo 670, 435HP D13 engine, 9 speed EF. The coaches over here in the UK have gearbox retarders, when they are put on max power its enough to lock the rear wheels up, thats scary. And the D13's here are loud compared to other trucks! warcake fucked around with this message at Aug 3, 2010 around 19:03 |
| # ? Aug 3, 2010 19:00 |
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My box truck has a 7 liter MaxxForce. It has like 600 ft/lbs and 300hp. What the hell. Mated to a 5 speed automatic. gently caress me in the rear end.
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 23:09 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:You should tell us some of those stories. One that I remember off the bat was when he was running Madison-San Diego runs, there was a weigh station just west of Denver that they were never able to get away with being overweight and was ALWAYS open. An exit before the weigh station there was a series of old farming trails that you could take to the next exit. The problem was that to get from one certain trail/dirt road to the next you had to go through a field. I'm not quite sure what the deal they had with the farmer was (it may of been boxes off the back of the truck, possibly), but the farmer would leave a path in the middle of the corn field for the truckers to get from Path A to Path B. That always amazed me, and have asked some of his old buddies that worked at the same company that confirmed this story. One of those guys told me about a time he was going west down said path, and lo and behold there was another truck going down the same path, but east. If you guys like these, I have some more, and can always get more*. Edit: *Just involves getting my dad drunk, and then in passing mention on of the stories from here. "Hey dad, some guy on the internet said something about some Lot Lizard splashing puddle water on her coochie to clean up as she went from truck to truck" -"Oh yeah? That shits nothing. Let me tell you about the time..." JackRabbitStorm fucked around with this message at Aug 3, 2010 around 23:30 |
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JackRabbitStorm posted:If you guys like these, I have some more, and can always get more*. I can't speak for others but I'll take all you can get.
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| # ? Aug 3, 2010 23:42 |
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ijustam posted:My box truck has a 7 liter MaxxForce. So it's alot like the D13 :P
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| # ? Aug 4, 2010 00:57 |
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warcake posted:The coaches over here in the UK have gearbox retarders, when they are put on max power its enough to lock the rear wheels up, thats scary. Yeah, see I think that's half the loving problem. Euro trucks are completely different than CanAm trucks. Eaton Fuller doesn't have gearbox retarders on the crashboxes that I've ever used, but the PNW Heavyhaul guys use a "brake saver" system that adds drag on the engine via magic and something else....but it uses the engine oil somehow I believe... I've been kicking around an idea with a drop axle and some, well, I really don't wanna say because I gotta patent the idea first.
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| # ? Aug 4, 2010 01:03 |
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Here's another one that mixes Trucking with what I beleive to be some AI-ness. It was 1988, as I was one year old. My dad was laid over in Reno, and one of his buddies, Ray, got arrested in Vegas. The problem was that Ray was getting married in 4 days. In Seattle. The bail for Ray's fun drunken fight fest bachelor party in a casino was $3000.00. Now my dad, being the trusting guy he is, wouldn't just fork over that kind of money. He needed collaterol. So the deal that my dad worked out with the best man, who was also Ray's brother, is that my dad would drive up to Vegas and bail Ray out. But, before the 3000.00 was handed over, my dad had to have Ray sign a title for a vehicle my dad was going to hold as collaterol until the money was paid back. It was a 1975 Mercedes 240D sedan. Beautiful blue, leather seats, power windows which was a huge thing then. So Ray signs the title, my dad pays his bail, and they write up a contract stating that once Ray paid the money back in full, that the title would be signed back. My dad never heard from Ray again after that day. The bad news is that the timing belt went in the mid 90's sometime. It was kept in the garage until about '98 or so when it got demoted to lawn ornament. It sat outside uncovered and rotting from around '98 to 2006 when he told me if I wanted it, I had two weeks to come and get it. I tried. I tried oh, so hard to tow that heavy as gently caress with dry rotted tires, 70's sedan from its resting spot. I could not get it to budge with a CRV I had access to. That CRV was the biggest vehicle I had access to. I couldn't afford a tow truck. My dad junked it. Edited to fix year and model after conferring with Dad. JackRabbitStorm fucked around with this message at Aug 4, 2010 around 01:47 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:PNW Heavyhaul guys use a "brake saver" system that adds drag on the engine via magic and something else....but it uses the engine oil somehow I believe... Brake Savers, yes, are magic. We refer to them as "driveline retarders", and well, since we (edit: nobody does, since they got out of trucking) don't sell CAT anymore, it is kind of a moot point. clicky quote:Hydraulic Retarders Still available in a limited number of applications, hydraulic retarders function in a manner similar to the torque converters on automatic transmissions. Caterpillar’s Brake Saver retarder uses engine oil, forced through a diminishing clearance between adjustable vanes in the of the ‘torque converter’ unit to supply resistance to the driveline. In Europe, Volvo uses a transmission-mounted hydraulic retarder and is looking at bringing it to North America. Allison has a transmission retarder as well, I think it's like a hydraulic driveline retarder, but I really don't know anything more about it (other than the 2" gauge on the dash goes to 360*F instead of 300*F). I don't think PACCAR offers it any more, I'm not sure if that is a PACCAR decision or a Allison decision. All I know is that it is one more drat gauge that I don't have to test. RandyF fucked around with this message at Aug 4, 2010 around 01:55 |
| # ? Aug 4, 2010 01:52 |
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Javid posted:I'd guess either troutdale or aurora, as those are the two TAs. Yeah, and they both are complete shitholes. I'm so loving glad we have a terminal in Clackamas so I don't have to try to find a spot at either of those dumps. Every time I have to fuel at Troutdale, I get panhandled at the fuel island.
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| # ? Aug 5, 2010 02:25 |
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JnnyThndrs posted:Yeah, and they both are complete shitholes. I'm so loving glad we have a terminal in Clackamas so I don't have to try to find a spot at either of those dumps. Every time I have to fuel at Troutdale, I get panhandled at the fuel island. Our terminal in the area is worse than the TA's. God my company has gone to poo poo.
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I have never had an issue at that TA, other than people being dipshits which can happen anywhere. Like a group of 14 Mexicans coming into the Subway, then electing the one with the best English to order 14 sandwiches, one at a time.
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