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Are you THE Mark Martin?

Nevermind, i think he lives around Charlotte like the rest.

Its a fun place, please post lots of pictures. We love pictures. people like Rhasler will mess with em a little.

Indeed, welcome!

The first truck I ever drove was Daddy's '74 Pete 359. It had a 318 Detroit, 15 speed trans, and 4:11 gears. It was later repowered with a Silver 92 430 Detroit. He called the old truck Sneaky Pete. He used to haul lime out of Jefferson City TN back to the Carolinas and I would go with him on Saturday or when school was out. We would get on I 40 headed east at the 417mm and when he would get it high gear we would swap seats and I would drive until we started approaching the Gorge.

By the time I got my license old Sneaky Pete was gone, replaced by an R model Mack. Best move we ever made!!

Must have been this place?

Now that's cool! Every kids dream(well, okay at least mine anyway). Didn't get much early driving, best I did was start mom's Opel Cadet when I was about 11 yrs old. Got the big run down one day and was showed how to put in neutral(no safety devices back then) and start it(no fuel injection), pump the gas, crank it, etc.

Closest to truck driving was about 10 yrs old and got to ride in this:

Hence the love for ol KW's and twin sticks. That truck is what I've always wanted. Don't remember what power it had, but did have two pearl handled sticks!

Gee, you really haven't changed much over the years.

I couldn't make the link work and couldn't delete the post.

Rob

oh- been there before. I edited the post and changed it to something entirely different so it would appear like I knew what I was doing all along.

zzzzz

I just don't get it...

The threat of the Aztecs ended and the excavator rescued, Spot and crew prepare to leave the lagoon but upon reaching the staging area where Randy had left Killer B parked they meet with another stunning discovery!

Someone has stolen Killer B!

Tune in next week for episode 4 of The New Adventures of Spot the Wonder Dog- "Spot and the Secret of Smuggler's Cove"

If Sherriff Other "lazy buffet rat" Dog dont find killer, ahm a gonna be wringing something else, and it aint gonna be my dern hands! randyp

I told you to calm tha f@#* down- just take it easy. I'm sure chief deputy Rhasler is hard at work on the case as we speak and he'll be assisted by your dog Spot, soon as he's done takin' care of some personal binness. Think they said they were going to central Illinois first to see if they could sniff out any clues.

Meanwhile, think i'll go to the parade then hit the buffet on the way home.

Astecs,ghosts,stolen classic truck? everybody knows when there's this type mystery to be solved theres only one outfit up to the job!...............Mark

Seems that Spot has other things on his mind. Even super heroes need a break sometimes...

Thought i saw one of santa's little helpers hitch-hiking after the sleigh broke down somewhere south of Orchard park,NY.............

I was just up there but I didn't see her- good thing too, i'd have surely jacknifed trying to get stopped!

Good Lord have mercy help me!!!!! Killer B stolen, missing, possibly being ravished and shifted by some filthy handed scumbag? I cant stand the thought! I cant wait till next week! Where in the hell is sherriff other dog, lazy bastard let somebody abduct killer!! somebody hep me, hep me,,,,,randyp

Hey!..calm the f#@* down! Just because i'm sheriff doesn't mean I never have to go to the bathroom-can't be in 2 places at once. You prolly left the keys in it anyway. This is a top priority case so i'll get my men on it right after lunch- unless they're at that "all you can eat" buffet again. If that's the case it'll be in the morning sometime.

Hey, how come sheriff other dog don't get to pack heat like Randy does? He looks pretty stout though, probably don't need to be packing any heat.

Hahaha! I'd like to see what you can do with my truck picture.

I'm sure I could gussy it up like your other one. Oh, I just happen to still have it here...

I coulda'sworn i seen that before somewhere too,just not sure where! man i woulda liked to get that B-75 with the "L" cab,one of my favorites!.....liked the smokin'freightshaker too! my dad had a 1972 white freightliner C.O.E when he was leased with north american van lines 1693 CAT,13 speed,was a pretty good truck from what i can remember.........Mark

Jeff said the owner of Abilene trucking bought a couple of those trucks but I don't know which ones. They sold several old Autocars too,unrestored.

I didn't know that the Peterbilt salesman that comes by the shop a lot was the Abilene owner's brother until Jeff Moore told me. He said they had an antique truck museum in Colonial Heights at exit 52 on 95 too, but I didn't see anything about it on Abilene's website.

Found the website for the museum- looks like mostly tractors, but a few trucks too. I see they have Gary Barr's Diamond T there too. I wondered what happened to it when Gary passed away.

http://www.keystonetractorworks.com/

I believe Rob needs this...

I must agree whole heartedly, that Rob does indeed need this truck. He does.

Saw this 3000 White sitting just east of Appomattox on rt. 460 at Wayne Moore's shop. I saw it last Sunday and was going to drive down there today and take some pictures, but it would have been dark by the time I got there, so I just got a drive by picture when I went by on the way back to Concord. Didn't I see this truck on here a while back, or a link to e-bay or something? Seems to me it said the truck was in Appomattox and the seller was in Maryland or somewhere. Know I saw it somewhere before.

Also, I finally remembered to bring the auction brochure from the L&H Trucking sale. Sale was Nov. 18, but here's some bad pictures of some of the antique trucks they sold.

And I should throw this picture in,because it's just a great picture,eh?

From Jay Leno's Garage: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/custom-built/blastolenes-pissd-off-pete/

Wow, that "buzzin' dozen" sounds bitchin!

I'll throw my chains and binders and a few gallons of oil (got a Detroit ya know) in the passenger side floorboard, the rest of my stuff i'll have to carry on the trailer. Gotta get a headache rack on it too, I can store some stuff there.

Can't wait for episode 3, "RandyP and the Ancient Aztec Pyramid".

I hope the DVD will be available by Christmas!

Back to Daingerfield...

My phone rang at 1:00 AM this morning. Even though my alarm was set to go off in only 30 more minutes, I was planning to unload on whoever it was with a nice string of 4-letter words.

Glad I looked at the caller ID first.

It was the night time dispatch guy calling to say don't head in for my load this morning....that I 55, MO 32, US 61....basically every road in/around/through where I was needing to go was shut down because of ice, and they didn't need any MORE trucks in the ditch....that I should go back to bed and call in the morning.

So, I did. Woke up this morning to a friggin' mess. 2 puke piles....2 runny shit messes. Dog was 1 for 4 getting it in a suitable location. One time, he went into the kitchen (tile floor)....the other 3 messes are on the living room carpet . Looks like Dozer is going to be banished to the kitchen for a while now whenever he's in the house....'til he learns that ALL "accidents" need to happen in there. Wouldda been nice if he wouldda barked or at least TRIED to let me know he needed to go out....

Anyway, I called into dispatch, and of course the morning crew didn't have a clue what had happened last night on the roads. "They were all fine this morning...we had no idea you were told to stay home" Load time rescheduled for this afternoon....gonna load & bring it right back home. No point in running it, since all the fuel stops will be closed by the time I'd be heading home and needing fuel....it'll deliver tomorrow.

SHORT DAY!! I volunteered to work Saturday, though.....took Monday off to replace a radiator hose I found had broken during my usual Sunday afternoon pre-pretrip, because of course NOBODY that was open on Sunday had 1" ID radiator hose. Wasn't leaking, but it wasn't under pressure at the moment, either. If I jiggled it a little, it would drip. Worked out for the better, though...because the sun was on it's way down, it was 20 degrees, and the wind was blowing 90 miles an hour on Sunday. Monday was still cold, but the sun was up & the wind wasn't blowing.

I friggin' hate December....never can get a full week of work in. If they don't have anything for me to do on Saturday, it'll be two 3-day work weeks in a row...preceeded by a 4 day work week...and likely a pair of 4 day weeks to finish out the year....unless one (or both) of 'em is shorter

Yeah,that wind was something on Monday around here. Thought it was gonna blow me off the road a couple of times on the way to Orchard Park-with a flatbed! Went through a couple of whiteouts from snow blowing across the road so hard I couldn't tell if I was still on the road or out in a cornfield.

You should tell Dozer to cut back on those late nights at the bar. He might be wearing a disguise, but I know it's him.

Found a picture of Rob's last fender-bender....

I went back to the historical archives down at the courthouse and found a picture of his first one-

Yup. Slid the rusty, crusty, yet trusty Dodge into a pole while trying to make a turn too fast this evening. Funny thing is that I started the turn without issue and midway through when I floored it the truck decided to push straight ahead. The weather was clear and sunny,about 85 degrees. I was coming back from Hooters.

I think this will be the fourth hood panel, bumper and parts, and grille on the truck. This is the only time a deer hasn't been involved.

Oh well, I hate fixing things out of my pocket.

Rob

...hmmmm, haven't played "fix that post" for a while-

Wow,I can see why. Expensive poles in Illinois, must be mahogany or teak.

Left Monday going to Orchard Park,N.Y. Took a few pictures on rt. 219,except the last one was I-79 south of Erie. the R-model was in Monongahela,Pa. where I reloaded.

I'm just waiting for him to do something...

I wanted to stop by and wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

I know I haven't been here for awhile. Been busy with work and school. I should hopefully be taking my test for my CDL not this week but the week after that hopefully.

Here is a picture of my assigned truck.

98 Freightliner FLD120

98 Freightliner FLD120 glider kit with a Big Cam 4 Cummins with a horse shoe shape over drive 10 speed that came out of an 87 Freightliner cab over.

Thanks Larry,and merry Christmas to you.

P.S.- Don't worry,I will not mess with your truck picture.