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I heard there was a wild man driving a Peterbuilt thru Woodstock the other day.. guess I know who it was now....

Lucky for me I was on the other end of town safe in my bed then eh?

You were safe- I went to the Toms Brook exit and came south on rt. 11 so it would be easier to back in from the road. A driver who'd been there before advised me to do that. Went back to 81 the same way, so I never got into downtown Woodstock.

Load of Kubota tractors, and a neat little truck. The salesman told me this unit sells for about $15,000. Could be real useful on the farm or a big jobsite but you can get a nice pickup,or several not so nice ones for that kind of money.

Old tractor in Woodstock, Va.

Some older trucks on rt. 13 in Delaware.

I stayed well to the right here.

Annapolis Bay Bridge.

here is the tag of the trans and aux ive never herd of a 6-4.

I've heard of a 6 and 4 but hadn't seen one before. saw this Freightliner with a 7 and 4 and a Peterbilt cap at the show in Colfax last year.

Hi Tom, my name is Rob. You drive, (or make attempt) one of them things???? I hear the engine light in those trucks is to make for easy map reading to the nearest Pete dealer for repairs? I'm also told the newer ones use a talking GPS to tell you how far the next repair shop is, and every two minutes, recite the telephone number!!

Ain't technology great?

Damn, that truck has got to be frustrating.

Rob

it is, it derates itself when the light comes on and it came on just as I got to Woodstock Sunday night,then I had 2 more stops in Md. and De.

Probably came on because I was just telling another driver Friday that I hadn't had any trouble for a long time.

This truck is a 2006 model and this driver that I was talking to was loading Kubotas in Ga. too. He drove for H.H.Moore a long time ago,then got his own truck,leased to Landstar now I think. He was saying Cat had a lot of engine problems in '06 and '07. He must be right.

By the way, I was reading a truck paper a week or so ago and it said 55% of owners reported problems in new engines last year,up from 25% the year before,before the newest emissions laws took effect.Said the engines with the fewest reported problems was Detroit Diesel.

Some nice "brute" trucks there.

There are a couple of reasons for installing Mack rears under a Pete:

1: To extend it's agony on earth as in revenge.

2: To lessen the chance of the driver having to return on foot, or a hook, as tow bills are EXPENSIVE!

Either way, A mistake in my opinion, as one should let sleeping dogs lye.

Rob

Hi,my name is Tom...and...and I...OK, I drive a Peterbilt! It's in the shop right now with the engine light on again.

That is funny on SO many levels.

"...about 5 gallons of orange paint". ...DoubleL? That's a masterpiece!

I was going to edit and say "sent in an e-mail from Old Bill,with a few minor changes". Now it's "from an e-mail from Old Bill with some major changes"...thank you Hatcity.

Two central Illinois rednecks are out hunting, and as they are walking along they come upon a huge hole in the ground. They approach it and are amazed by the size of it.

The first hunter says, "Wow, that's some hole; I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is."

The second hunter says," I don't know, let's throw something down and listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom."

The first hunter says, "There's this old automobile transmission here behind this body shop by the corn field, give me a hand and we'll throw it in and see". So they pick it up and carry it over, and count one, and two and three, and throw it in the hole.

They are standing there listening and looking over the edge and they hear a rustling in the brush behind them. As they turn around they see a goat come crashing through the brush, run up to the hole and with no hesitation, jump in head first.

While they are standing there looking at each other, looking in the hole and trying to figure out what that was all about, an old body shop expert and master antique airport radar technician,as well as being a Mack truck enthusiast walks up. "Say there," says the old expert master enthusiast, "you fellers didn't happen to see my goat around here anywhere, did you?"

The first hunter says, " Funny you should ask, but we were just standing here a minute ago and a goat came running out of the bushes doin' about a hunert miles an hour and jumped headfirst into this hole here!"

The old feller said, "That's impossible. I had him chained to a transmission!"

entirely too much washing and rubbing and tweaking and all at stuff,,kinda pretty though,,randy

indeed!

Dead end narrow blacktop farm roads oughta be banned unless they have 40 acres at the end of them to turn that "sumbitch" around. I scratched Killer B up a lil, ifn I was a waxing person, which I aint, they would wax out, just limb scratches. I scoped that gate out in my pickup before I launched out down it. The landowner asked me if I could make the turn through his gate, the gate wasnt concerning me, it was the giant red oaks on each side of it, hell, I can destroy gates or fenceposts if I have to. I dont think I can drag a red oak down with killer though. Anyways, I studied it and pondered and kicked dirt, knowing if I couldnt make turn, it was a long ways out backwards with dozer on back, if I ever even managed to get straight again. Unloading dozer on blacktop would be a definite no-no. Long story short, I used every available bit of square footage, tortured steering wheel, cussed, hyperventilated, exasperated, agitated, but got through gate with the proverbial c*nt hair to spare. Whoo,,,coming back out wont be a problem since there is a lil room to maneuver inside gate. If I ever have to do that again, think I may just disassemble dozer and hand carry it through one piece at a time,,,,Tired Randy

That's not as bad as Jo hitting a tree in the front yard with the pickup. She was backing up, no trailer involved, and put a big dent right in the rear corner of the cab on the right side. The tree has always been there by the way.

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I pulled into the fuel stop in Woodbine,Ga. Tuesday and saw a Dodge Bighorn parked off to the side. I was going to take a picture of it but as soon as I paid for the fuel and got parked it was pulling out. Got one bad picture of it leaving. First one i've seen on the road instead of at an antique truck show in years. First single axle one i've ever seen. Had a big sleeper too,and it was pulling a single axle van trailer. Maybe i'll run across it again.

Yes, but then they come to the realization of how much GOLD could be traded for just one of those cabs and switched to another brand for the sacrifice. Can you guess which red oval truck is in high demand for this operation now?

Rob

hmmmmm...ya' got me,I have no idea.

I taped "Ice Road Truckers" for Old Bill again. Been doing it every year because they can't even get it in Canada,or if they do it's a year behind. Today,or one day,I just got home-I got a package with all this stuff in it. Some pictures, A coffee mug from Hay River,NWT. a beer glass, an Australian Bulldog-Mack 25 year anniversary medallion, an Australian boomerang ash tray,some decals from Australia and a sign. And a couple of Canadian trucking magazines- Pretty neat stuff there,eh?.

That's way better than what the ancient Inca's used to do. They would carry perfectly good R-model cabs to the top of an active volcano and throw them in for a sacrifice.

Here is the fixed link to the B-81

Thank you-also looks great!

I looked around on his site and found the photos of the B-81 that Mike restored for his customer to use for specialized heavy hauling. He also restored a DM-600 and an RM for the same company.

B-81

DM-600 & RM

I couldn't see the B-81 but the DM and RM look great!

Ya mean ya didn't crank up some Pink Floyd and make it an all nighter?!?!

I wish we could have, but it was in Pamplin and we took the back roads home. Only 37 miles I think, but narrow, crooked roads,no lines,Jo was driving,I was hanging on. They did have some Steely Dan going before we left.

Hey Tom, congrats to your son & his new bride!

Hope a good time was had by all!

That sofa can be repaired, hope other dog's insides didn't get plugged up with upholstery!!!!!

Thanks Herb,they said everyone had a great time at the reception,some more so than others! We left kind of early,got to turn in early nowadays. Only had 1 cup of beer from the keg.

Mass 10 used to be called "the dump" with good reason!..there used to be a pretty good place at the RI/CT state line on 95, think it was called the republic grille (or something like that) real good burgers,milkshakes and strawberry-rhubarb pie! thats gone now too,theres a pilot (sort-of) there now,i holed up in there wed.night before i went into the boston area $20.00 bucks a night to park (without fuel at $3.44 gal.) no idiling,no generators,no reefers!........Mark

Yeah, that was the first part of the country that I traveled that had the no-idle law.

Now, aren't you guys ashamed?

Congrats to the family Tom.

What happened to your thumb? Oh yeah thats right.

Legal advise said do not discuss

I can talk about it now, the case is over. The tomater can people hired some big shot city slicker ambulance chasing attorney from New Jersey who now lives in Virginia. He said I didn't have a leg to stand on because the can had a warning label on it just for dumbasses like me. I can not prove it didn't because the can has since been disposed of.

It aint any better now then it ever was,just less places to park,harder to get around, i was 3 days up there last week without a shower!not even a motel with truck parking (not under a $100.00 anyway) theres just no place to go! the old Mass 10 truckstop closed down years ago (which was a shithouse anyway).....i hate going up there,just the price of doing business i guess!............Mark

I remember that truckstop, and their bumper stickers-"where in the hell is the Mass 10?". There was another one where you got on the Mass Pike where you could "spin the wheel" if you got fuel,and I missed getting the big prize-full price of your fuel back-by one peg one time.

Heard you talk about riding a bike on the "dragon" before. just happened to see this when I was looking for a picture of a Swift truck-

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/news_swift.html

My youngest son got married yesterday. I thought they were going to wear the top hat and veil thing with the mickey mouse ears that they wore at the rehearsal, but they didn't.

Check out the suit and tie-that's Jo and I. Lot different from my usual weekend look,eh?

Me and Becky's sister Donna

...one of her other sisters, Kim with the happy and snoozing couple

daughter Karla-I told her I would not have this all over facebook or something today,didn't say anything about BMT though!