other dog

guess thats all that matters

gg2

That's the main thing...still a bummer though.

What do you guys think of the welded "D" rings recessed into the floor of a trailer? This thing of mine will get a new deck and I'm considering installing 10 down the length of the deck to tie trucks to when hauling. I'm thinking I may bury them under "trap doors" so the deck remains level for sliding loads on the deck. I always used the keyhole slots to anchor to via chains and used the winch to bring up the tension on the rollbacks. Then of course a chain and binder for security during the tow.

Rob

We've never had a trailer that had them,the trailer I pull has short lengths of chain on each side that you can pull up thru a hole and use for tie-downs.Has basically a big washer at each end,one covers the hole when you don't use them,the other is slightly bigger than the hole so the chain doesn't pull all the way through the hole.These are for tie downs if you use a side kit.

Getting back to the question,i've seen many steel haulers use them to tie down coils,so there shouldn't be any problem with load securement,they're easy and convenient to use,I think it's a great ideer.

Wabco used to make a giant loader too, theres one been sitting pretty close to my house, will see if I can get a pic this week,,,been there for years,,randyp

I'm pretty sure some of the giant "unloaders" I've seen were Wabcos too, unloading logs in Emporia.

I believe it's Meritor-Wabco nowadays.

Ahem,,John Henry Rudolph Behr invented aftermarket paint right after the "Behr" wars in 1631 Tom, and since that time, Euclids have had the option of being any color they dam well want to Tom. I trust you have learned something today, think I will go out and paint Spot purple, thanks to Mr. Behr. randyp

I stand by the previous statement-"if it ain't green,it ain't a Euclid"...George Krylon,1832.

"John Henry Rudolph Behr was a dick"...George Krylon III,1908.

"If I owned General Motors,I would make huge off road trucks,call them Euclids,put only Detroit Diesel engines in them,and paint everything lime green"...Sherwin Williams,1763.

See,I know my history too.

I had a picture of a red Euclid I saw in Ohio,but I must have deleted it.Looked odd to see one that wasn't green,as that was the only one i've ever seen that wasn't.

The "Trusty, yet Crusty" Dodge seldom comes home any longer. Usually is inside the shop to prolong it's longevity. Right now it's still up on the center lift as I've not received all the parts to reassemble the front end from the pole interaction last December. I drive a lt. green, (and ugly) Jeep Cherokee since "Double Nuts" died on me due to rust.

Rob

Great! I found the shop,now i'm gonna get on google earth and search rt.116 until I find an ugly ass green Jeep Cherokee in a driveway.

More pictures of the week-

This is a mill roll I brought back to the steel mill in Petersburg from Milton,W.V. I took one up there to be refurbished,and brought this one back. It shined like chrome when I loaded it,looked like this when I stopped by the shop.

They have many mill rolls at the mill.

And they have a Euclid-a green one.

A new KW at the shop-these have the new Paccar engine,the new Freightliners have DD15's. Drivers are already complaining about the lack of power the paccar engines have.

It does have a rather "Euclidian" flair to it, exquisit perception and cerebral interpretation Mark,,,randyp

...huh?

I don't know a lot about these heavy-duty type trucks, but my guess is a EUCLID,especially being in Ohio...my two cents anyway!.................Mark

Couldn't be a Euclid,they're all green.Matter of fact,there was a Euclid parked over to the far side of this truck but I didn't take a picture.

That is the former Hanna City Radar Station. After the military pulled out, FAA took over the radar installation and the state took the balance to make an incarceration facilty. It closed in 2002. I've had my own "private prison" since. The radome, (golf ball) is where I work. I was there most of the day. Depending on the time you pass through there are a couple of decent places to eat in the area.

You would have driven right past my house if on rt. 116, (Farmington Road) as live on that in the middle of Farmington. Give me a call when in the area, (309) 219-2070. It's always on.

Rob

Great! I found the shop,now i'm gonna get on google earth and search rt.116 until I find a rusty,yet trusty,crusty Dodge in a driveway.

My wife does the facebook thingie, looks kinda interesting, she finds lots of long lost friends from school and such. Im thinking I may just sign up on that tonight and give it a go,,,randyp

I...uh...well-OK,I look at facebook too! Ther's a link to it right here on BMT. By the way,Double L is mr. facebook,he's all over it.

I figgered he might have snow to plow. As far as drinking that refrigerated fresh strained and sweetened "piss water" they call Mountain Dew, well that's a new one on me.

I don't do Facebook so haven't heard from him.

Rob

I asked him if he had a pipeline to his house from the mtn. dew plant and he said no,he had a bulk tank of it on his roof.

There's a couple of places in Va.that I know of that pay top dollar for old lumber like that. You probably couldn't get much for it now though.

He, (HK Trucking) hasn't joined us much lately. Wondering if anyone speaks with him on another board? Wondering how he's getting along.

I'll call him if nobody has heard anything.

Rob

He's been plowing snow,eating lots of pizza,plowing snow,drinking lots of mountain dew,and plowing more snow.It's on his facebook page.

Looks sorta like an "Oshkosh" setup with the cab but could be a purpose built truck also of some other vendor.

Rob

Perhaps-there was a name or insignia on it but I couldn't make it out.

Some trucks I saw in Cincinnati. I don't know what the big ugly one is- meaning the one with the dump body.

I never had any real need for starting aids, ether etc. with a "modern" engine,thing that bothers me the most now is seeing "newbies" fire-up a "cold" engine,and just run it up right away! hammering,banging,bucking! makes me cringe! had i done this to one of Pop's trucks growing up,i prolly woyld'nt be here to relate this story!.....firm believer in a a good "warm-up"....hell,i've seen guys spray an entire can of ether in a truck trying to start it all in one shot!.........Mark

I was at Thurston Metals in Lynchburg one cold morning to unload years ago and the driver of one of their 2 trucks came out and started his truck, an F-model V8 Mack. As soon as it started he had it pretty much wide open and about 3 seconds later there went the oil filter rolling out from under it and across the parking lot.

I'm right there with you on that! i got nothing to prove to nobody! gets bad anymore i shut down too,just not worth it. Most of the time i'm "light" so i dont do real well as far as traction goes. plus i dont see as well as i used to especially at night,i do prefer to drive at night when theres less traffic.but thats not always an option with what i do now,then of course if you're not at a truckstop by 2-3 in the afternoon,chances are you aint gonna find a spot to park anyway! even worse in bad weather...Mark

Yep, I only had about 21,000 on coming back last Thursday. I don't like driving at night when it's slick because it's hard for me to "read" the pavement. I can't tell what's wet,dry,frozen,paved,or dirt,but between that or less traffic on the road I opted for the latter.

THAT is one fine looking red x there Rowdy

It is that! I clicked on the red x, then on show picture,still nothing happened.

I backhauled a load of groceries out of Buffalo,NY to Salisbury,NC (food lion) not too long ago, 22 pallets (all the same product) arrived at midnight before the day of delivery,for a 6am appt.,got backed into a door at 1:00pm, had to use a "lumper" service,cost (to Clark transfer $250.00) restacked onto smaller pallets,1 box short,1 box damaged,ended up leaving at approx 9PM that night! food warehouses are a damn nightmare! and they wonder why you get pissed off!......Mark

Last one I went to was in Salem...think it's Kroger,and they charged $300 for the lumper service.

I unloaded a flatbed load in Cincinnati this morning,reloaded a flatbed load in Aurora,In. both tarped loads,and i've been back home over an hour.

What roads do you drive to get to Hawaii?

I put the long snorkel on and drive across the bottom of the ocean.

That's the best thing about Fox News-they got all hot babes.

But back to the story-yeah,a cell phone can get you in all sorts of trouble. Long story short-A speaker at one of our safety meetings told us about a driver that was involved in an accident and of course he was sued,they subpoenaed (or however you spell it) his cell phone records and proved he had falsified his logs,so he was guilty because he shouldn't have been where he was in the first place.

I could be in Minnesoter,call Rob to chat,but if my logbook says i'm in Hawawii and they go back and see the cell tower was in International Falls at that particular time,i'm screwed.

I've got my phone set where the gps is off except when you dial 911, but they can still tell what tower your signal was bouncing off of anytime you make a call.

i went on one trip with a reffer,it would be a daily struggle to not beat someone to death...

i would rather tarp in a snowstorm, than put up with the people around that industry

You got that right! I've unloaded at grocery warehouses before with a dry van,never a pleasant experience.

I like to use Silicone Spray Lubricant, stead of ether, it makes them spin faster when gets to engine, they will fire with it, and doesnt possess the "lockup" capapbilities that ether does. I will prolly discover a few years down the road that it causes engine cancer in lab rats of something though, hopefully that will only be if your in california. randyp

Never heard of that,that's good to know. I've sprayed wd-40 in a chain saw carb. to get it started.

I think Rob is learning what those of us that drive trucks for a living have already figuered out the hard way! driving a truck on ice/snow sucks! trucks' like a pig on skates in bad weather! dont take much to get one stuck!.......Mark

Yeah, I don't care for it any more. If it starts to get bad,I look for a place to stop,where I used to keep going-they can call me what they want,I don't care. I've had trucks passing me running 60-65 mph on snow many times.It was snowing when I was going through Chicago headed to Wisconsin last week.Some truck driver was on the cb arguing with someone he thought was going too slow.He kept saying it was 34 degrees and the road was not slick,it was just wet. I stopped to pay the toll and took off spinning thru the first few gears,with 46,000 lbs. on. About a mile further up the road a pickup went off the road,through the ditch,and up against the wall.And that other driver was still headed south saying it wasn't slick.

I stopped north of Indianapolis on the way back and waited until midnight to leave.It was still slick all the way back,but at least there's not as much traffic to deal with at that time.

Man o man! i give you flatbedders a lot of credit! i'll be dam if i'd be out puttin on them dam tarps, chains ,straps! believe me,my job aint easy,but no way in hell would i want to "F" with a flatbed! LOL!.............Mark

You'd get used to it It was one below in Orchard Park last week and when I folded my tarp the smallest I could get it was about the size of a mini van.

Usually these beams don't have to be tarped,as they are stored outside in the weather at the mill. Some places want them tarped in winter because they don't want road salt on them-I can kinda understand that. But a few places want them tarped year round and that makes no sense to me.

One of our drivers took a load to Masury,Ohio-they want them tarped year round-took his paper work inside,then came back out and untarped the load in the parking lot. When the guy came out to get him he told him to put the tarps back on,it had to be tarped when he pulled inside,or either he could take it back-and it was a sunny day. He put them back on,but he won't go there anymore,and I don't blame him. Everybody hates going to Masury because they're such a-holes.