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whew!..fortunately I got over it quickly. Uhhh, by the way- ain't that a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black? And, one more thing- I didn't see that in Paul's original post, are you putting words in his mouth? Just be careful, Paul can git mean...real mean (you know-New York...no telling who he might know. Some scary people i'm sure). I'd get a guard dog if I were you. Just pick a breed that doesn't taste good.

yes, like I said, there were many problems with this setup.

We had a couple of jeeps, we called them "joe dogs", and the tractor glad hands connected to the jeep, and the jeep had separate hoses and glad hands to connect to the dolly with shut off valves on them. I think it's for pulling doubles. Before they figured out you could pull one trailer behind another one, they used a pintle hook with a spreader bar to pull two trailers side by side. Thus, 2 sets of glad hands. 3 for pulling triples, obviously. This set-up was only used for a short period of time, as the problems with pulling 2 or 3 trailers side by side were many. And you couldn't see a thing in your mirrors.

I used to put a rubber strap on mine, after the spring broke one time and it ran wide open. Even after I put a new spring on it I left the rubber strap, and always did after that.

I was indeed lucky on the weather. Except for that stretch across Wyoming and part of Montana that is, but the weather was unseasonably warm out west last week.

Just doing the speed limit. Had 500 more rpms to go- I deleted the one where I WAS speeding (incriminating evidence-learnt that from nocluejoe). Jeff threatened to cut me back when he saw 75, most of the trucks are cut back to 73mph. The speed limit was 75 in Nebrasker, Wyoming, Colorader...Montanner too maybe, don't remember.

I'm tempted to say you probably don't, but I don't have enough facts so i'll be quiet

the "chick magnet" in that picture looks about 22 or 23 years old

the original photo...

naw, she looks plenty old enough to have a helper. probably been around the block more times than I have...I don't see the problem.

That's another story- I went through 2 DOT checks, had my log book checked 4 times total on this trip, but I was surprised actually at how nice and friendly the officers were at the scales and ports of entries. Guess i'm just used to Va, Pa, and Ohio where they tend to treat you like a criminal for driving a truck. I like the 11 hours you can drive now and I like the 34 hr. reset rule, without it i'd have been a day later getting in. But I do not like the fact that from whenever you start you'd better be off the road in 14 hrs. If you stop to eat, rest, or take a couple hour nap to wait out rush hour somewhere it counts against your time for the day.

Sure I would, here's a picture of myself when I got back from Puyallup, and one taken just before I left...

is UPS taking applications? I want to be her helper

I think that's you and "Momma" when you were first married, around 1967 or so?

are you saying it could have been caused by exceeding the maximum weight capacity?

the throttle response on them is very sensitive too, at least on the 237s and 300 I drove.

yes, I would certainly like to do it again, I made pretty good money. Only if I do, I hope it's in summer. I'd never been to Wyoming, Idaho, or Washington before. The only states in the lower 48 I haven't been in now are North Dakota and Oregon.

"...yeah,everybody funny -now you funny too "- George Thorogood

it's good for you,relieves stress!

I'm a weak person I forgot to tell the story in my blog about how I almost had "the big one". The right lane on I-25 in Wyoming was solid ice where the snow had been packed. The left lane offered a little more traction on the snow, and I was in the left lane just motoring along when I saw a bull rack coming up behind me. I got in the right lane to let him pass and saw a little blue car ahead of me. Didn't take long to figure out the car was barely moving. I'd look in the mirror, look at the car-look in the mirror,look at the car. It was obvious the truck wouldn't get by in time for me to fall in behind him, and I knew if I touched the brakes there was going to be a helluva crash, involving at least myself, so I hit the shoulder and passed the car on the right, by the guardrail. Shortly afterwards I got the 2 packs of Marlboros.

yeah, it's good to be home.

I agree, it is hard-very hard. I quit once for 10 years and started back, like a dumb ass. I quit last year for 2 months and started back-like a dumb ass! Next time they have one of those quit-smoking hypnotist deals around I might give that a try, I know that's worked for some people. Last week when I was driving in the snow and ice in Wyoming I stopped in Buffalo,Wy. and bought 2 packs of Marlboros, chewed up and swallowed one pack, and smoked the other before I got to Billings,Mt. (job related stress!)

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Indeed, we love ya' Rob- I even sent you a birthday present. It's in my great western adventure gallery, page 2, photo 13.

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