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Musta been on autopilot to not have a driver and reading that kind of roadspeed!!

Rob

I started to change that,Rowdy Rebel's speedometer reading, and thought "nobody will ever notice that anyway"...hmph!

...or maybe he took the picture instead of me...

That was a HELL of a truck! i cant remember all the details,but i believe it was cummins powered,had more levers,switches,buttons etc. then the cockpit of a 747! i'm trying to get in touch with the company that has it now,to see if they can get me some more info on it...........Mark

I just happened to take a picture of the interior last time I was by there.

Name: International Scout II (1971)

Date Added: 12 April 2009 - 01:02 PM

Owner: other dog

Short Description: '71 Scout I mud bogged for several years, I later sold it for several reasons, but mainly because the local track switched from mud racing to sand drags.

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I went to Nashville last week, but I didn't see anything. This week i've been to Ambridge,Pa, Atlanta, Fort Wayne, Bluffton,In. and back to the yard.

Saw a new Freightliner Cascadia with a DD15,10 speed at the shop but I didn't take a picture of it. Nice looking unit though, solid black.

This is a coal pile in Newport News-they hauled this coal here on trains. They're going to load it onto the ships, then they'll be sailing off to central Illinois-don't know why they have such a demand for coal in central Illinois every year around Christmas.

Saw this big twin steer KW pulled by a Peterbilt near Butler,Pa.

This is Mack 2, in warm Cartersville,Ga.

Saw this Mack mixer in Bluffton,In. where I loaded aluminum ingots Thursday. It was cold.

Ford grain truck for sale in In.

The old stove at the shop. They replaced it with the stove from Jamerson Bros. Trucking, which was much prettier until they put the chrome stack on this one.

And a re-run from Mark-because I like it!

Randy:

I've not left yet so please bring back my bear.

Rob

That rascal!

Two days before New Year Day we started getting snow. It snowed for two days straight, but only about 6-8" stuck to the ground. Jan. 1 and 2 the temperatures dropped well below zero, Sunday morning it was -28 with the wind factored in.

Where are you located,if anywhere?

If you smoke that shit you may go from being reletively flat chested to a 54DD cup practically overnite. Fortuneately, I know they sell men's brassieres as I seen a guy climb out of a Peterbilt, (true) at a Hardee's restaurant wearing one. My daughter about fell out of her chair she was laughing so hard. This is also true.

My advice would be to leave that stuff alone.

Rob

I would never smoke something Randy dug out of a pond, might be toxic aztec waste in there. I just didn't want him to think I was unappreciative of his efforts to send the pond scum.

The last dairy lagoon I dredged had a lot of those floating on water, if I do another one this summer I will fill a toesack up and mail it to you, oughta have a lot of protein in it, just hope you dont contract mastitis and have your tits swell up. randyp

It'll be dried up by then,maybe i'll roll it up and smoke it.

I have heard of them before, in fact you talk about them every year about this time. I don't remember seeing them grow before, but I would not be against trying them.

I've been eating them all my life, they're my favorite green. I find it astonishing that no one else has ever had them. We'd go out and fill sacks up with them when I was a kid. Used to find them growing in corn fields a lot in the early spring. Hardest part was washing the dirt out after you got them. We'd pull the leafy part off the ends and cook them and throw the stems away- the cans I bought are full of stems.

I figured they probably grow in Georgia too- they're hard to find because they're so close to the ground, but by summer you can tell where they were because they go to seed and grow up tall then, and they'll have a yellow bloom on them and you see them all over the place.

I've bought the seeds at the hardware store before.

aint never heard of "creeces", never even seen that word before, you not doing acid again are you? randyp

Naw,that was yesterday. This is what the can looks like. The canned is not nearly as good as the ones you find growing around here and pick yourself,it has a lot of stems and stalks in it that are pretty tough.I've sowed them in the garden before,they grow flat on the ground and when they get big enough you take a knife and cut them off even with the ground.

But wait-there's more!

Collards, black eye peas.

LL should be along shortly

Don't forget to stop by KFC.

I like collards,kale,mustard,and turnip greens-some people eat beet tops for greens,nocluejoe talked about polk salad-but still, nobody else ever had creeces?

Hey James,happy birthday and happy new year!

Bet you've heard of creeces,eh? I was just remembering last new years,had black eyed peas and creeces,or creecy greens as some people call them, but nobody else had ever even heard of them.

I got black eyed peas with some smoked hog jowl in the crockpot now and a can of creeces. Not as good as cutting some yourself,but not bad either.

Sorry, lost my head...

Dozer

"You just can't plan for every problem, but a few bits an pieces will make your life easier."

... Maybe one of the best tools ever invented.

You're right about that.

Otherdog,

Nice Video, I really like the B Model- the engine in the B sounds great, is that a 673?

You can always tell it's a Mack from the sound, I love the sound the E6 300, the only problem is it's just a 5 speed!

Firemack

yeah,mine's a 673. Don't know who posted the video, but I was proud to see myself in it!

Got Freightrain and myself on this video-

well its too bad you feel that way.I guess your mom or wife wont let you have a hot rod. why do I want a c-15 with my mack history. I outpull stock 550cats now and get 6.5 mpg

The truck I drive has a 550 Cat,and it's pretty much a pos in my opinion.It's too big for a paperweight but it would make a nice boat anchor.

Found this early black and white picture of Rob's Chevrolet wrecker,circa 1958. Rob had just gotten out of the navy, where he had learned all about body repair. His job was fixing navy tanks when they got bent, so he decided to open a body shop when he got out. A wrecker was a must have so he took his savings and went to the local Chevy dealer and purchased this unit and made a wrecker out of it.

This was his very first wrecker call, pulling a car carrier out of the ditch in the snow. It also started his desire to have a trailer...

Due to the holidays,other dog's pictures are all reruns so special guest poster Marling Perkings has these photos for you...

Before you make the final determination to replace you might have someone sit in the driver's seat while the engine runs at a fast idle. Flash the fields again on the generator and have the person in the seat tell you if the ammeter deflects when you touch the "F" terminal with the battery positive jumper lead like before. If the generator is defective, the needle will not deflect. If the needle moves toward the positive side, you have a defective regulator, or interconnecting wiring between the two units.

Replacing the generator with a modern day alternator is not a bad idea, however there really is nothing wrong with a properly operating generator also.

Rob

A generator is easy to rebuild too, though I haven't done it for years. Can you even get new brushes for them anymore?

I'm going to license the R612 next week and give it a bit of "shakedown" to ensure it's reliable. The truck has not been through a DOT inspection in a couple of years so I'll take it to the state police office and get them to give me a "complimentary" inspection for free. They really are pretty decent people to visit with when they don't catch you alongside the road out of compliance.

Rob

"alongside the road out of compliance"...unfortunately, that's the only time I ever get to meet them.

I must be the only one wondering why there was a volvo grill lying around for him to use . . . . . .

D'oh!!! Good question,good question.

The first question should be- Are they polished now and just look like poop, Or are they "mill" finish?

If they were polished at one time, mothers and some serious elbow grease

mill finish, buffer machine and different grade rouge to get them right

This is true-like hatcity said,if they're clean and polished it's easy to keep them that way,but if they've never been polished or have had acid cleaner on them it's a lot more work.

Most of the guys that I know use a "brick" of jewelers rouge like these and a cloth wheel on a grinder if they're in pretty bad shape.You can do them with the straps on or take them loose to do it easier and completely.This is just an example picture I found, but they sell these at most of the big truckstops. After this process the mothers, or a polish called "Zephyr" and a rag will keep them looking good with little trouble.

I've seen guys make their own polish by melting the jewelers rouge and mixing it with mineral spirits or something and it worked very well,but I don't know the exact formula.