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  1. Brocky
    After typing in your text go to the bottom of the reply box and click on "choose files". Go to your picture library, highlight the photo you want and click on open. After it downloads at the bottom click on insert. It is easy just play with it a little.
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    Jim You are spoiling us with all that fantastic New England pinstriping!!!!
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    I doubt if turning a Maxidine 2100 will hurt it.. The ones I drove for Matlack in the early 70's turned 2100 at 65 MPH and we ran them that way on the NYS Thruway and I-81.. Also Matlack's had the Switzer(sp) double turbo's mounted on the exhaust stack behind the cab to unload pneumatic cement trailers and when you did it was a NO LOAD 2100 for an hour at a time!!
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    Glad you made it home OK!!! I was interesting to follow your adventure as your writing abilities are expert enough to make us feel like we were right with you. As Jim says your learning curve will rise as you explore. Depending on what you are going to use the ladder for, you may be right in selling it to a fire apparatus collector? As far as working on your building have you kept an eye out on auctions of Asplunda and utility companies for an old bucket truck??
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    The heck with Dolly,, those look a more comfortable MILF size!!
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    Jim Does that big one with the winch have an Aussie style turntable under the fifth wheel or what is it???
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    With a 57 to 60 F model Ford behind it. The rear of the front fenders do not look rotten out so maybe it is saveable also???
  8. Brocky
    Been There!!! Done That!!! But I did not find any T shirt..
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    It would pull it OK,, Just Not very Fast!!! But what about stopping it????
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    Mike, these European ones are not as bad looking as some of the Pommy trucks found Down Under.. KC: That big red one (Krupp Titan?) sure looks like they stole some styling ideas from the 38 to 49 Diamond T's..
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    At work

    Brocky replied to B MACK's topic in Other Truck Makes

    Billy Main answer: Clearer air at higher elevations with NO surrounding light to close up your eyes. You can see the stars like that all over the west from US 90 in west Texas to I-90 in Montana.. Pull over in a desolate area (NO even distant lights) where you can safely park with ALL your lights OFF, give your eyes about 3 to 5 minutes to adjust to the dark, then stand between your tractor and trailer then look up.. You will be amazed
  12. Brocky
    I am sorry to hear this.. Our prayers and condolences go out to his family.
  13. Brocky
    Thanks Bob Also if you are in the southern part of the country the ATHS Western North Carolina chapter show is on Saturday the 15th at the WNC Ag Center off I-26 south/east of Ashville NC.
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    Congrats on the find.. Looks sharp!!!!! Picture taken at Peter's Bros??? Was it one of theirs???
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    Trump

    Brocky replied to david wild's topic in Odds and Ends

    But if Obumma makes sure Hiltabrute gets elected, in December he can then indict her for the email security breach and declare himself king for the next one or four years until another election can happen.
  16. Brocky
    Not a big fan of sweet potato, but my grandmother used to make pumpkin rolls and bread for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.. Thanks for the brick kiln pictures.
  17. Brocky
    Yes he does. I think there is a You Tube of him playing in the snow covered field with it.. Also a steel wheeled motorcycle with wood stake body side car, a big Air Force missile carrier KW with a V-12 Cummins in it, and a big barn full of trucks.
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    Our company had a group of Freightliners come in the a switch mounted on the frame just ahead of the drives, with NO quarter fenders.. Don't ask how long they lasted!!!!
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    Paul Also Google Daryl Gushee Heavy Hauling and Rigging for contact info.. He is in New Glouster ME and has a large private collection. A lot of Linn's, the one at ATHS Springfield Mass, and other odd ball stuff.. He bought about 150 boneyard trucks from Erv Bickford's estate. Hosts a Pine Tree chapter meeting once a year. He is a neat guy in his early 50's and would probably be glad to let you look around if you make an appointment??
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    Paul While you are in Maine please take thee time to visit both the Cole's Museum in Bangor and the Erv Bickford Collection in Yarmouth.. One place I did not contact was Daryl Gushee in Glouster. http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/99086/The-Erv-Bickford-Collection?PageIndex=1
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    I enjoyed our trip very much!! Would come back again tomorrow if the checkbook would allow it.. GREAT PEOPLE and a fantastic land!!! Would like to rent a camper(caravan) to do the old Hume Hwy / Snowy River. And if you have passenger rail, do the long hauls on it.. A person cannot see much from 30,000 feet in the air, not to mention that airplanes do not stop at junk yards.. Here is a link to the report of our trip which I posted on Just Old Trucks last year, 9 pages with lots of pictures: http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/84264/Down-Under-Trip?Keywords=Down Under Trip
  22. Brocky
    The song Waltzing (Aussie slang for traveling/touring) Matilda was written in 1891 as a protest song during the sheep shearer's strike and has become the nonofficial Aussie national anthem. Australia's most famous country music singer / song writer was Mr. Slim Dusty (1927-2003), as well as country he also did many trucking songs. After you get used to the Aussie accent and slang there are many hours of his work you can enjoy on You Tube, a lot with truck pictures. Here is a link to get started with:
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    Maybe we need to start an Aussie slang topic???? The Just Old Trucks website had educated me some? Plus my 2 week vacation "Down Under" last year. Just a few: Track=road, tipper=dump body, tray= flatbed, swag was answered above, Matilda was a US depression era hobo's bedroll with all his belongings in it, swagman=hobo or migrant worker, scheme=project, Pommey (from the acronym POME, Prisoner Of Mother England) =Englishman or English made, Yanky=American, billabong= swamp land or zoo, mate=friend, and there are many more.
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    Tom Millard put one on his fathers 361 Brockway.. Check out his resto topic on brockwaytrucks.org website
  25. Brocky
    Jim & Ed Thanks for the pictures.. We did NE, NS & NB this year after Macungie.. Were on all back roads, but never saw or crossed one.

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