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If you have a microwave in that peterbilt you can have stew through the week. I figured you would have done left out by now.

We got your back buddy...and proof.

by the way,I forgot-for more about me check out www.thedieselgypsy.com-"truckers at work",Tom Blackwell;''How I Got Started in Trucking",Tom Blackwell,and" guest photos",page 5-Tom Blackwell.I also took the truck show pictures on this site from Greensboro,N.C,Troutman,N.C,and Winchester,Va. And it's just a great trucking website.Bill drove for more than 50 years himself,lot of it in a B-model Mack.He has some great stories of his own.I talk to him on Skype about every weekend. catch you later,Tom

Runnin' 20 to birmingham is a rough ride in places the last I heard. A buddy of mine drives a truck and he said it was getting outa shape the last time he run it. I know where cherry street is, but I've not been on it in awhile. Hopefully I'll start driving truck soon and I'll be able to see some more of the country side. Most people say truckin' has wen't down hill, but I love it and it's all i know. When most kids was reading books like "cat in the hat" I was reading Truck Papers. How long have you been trucking? I started riding with my dad back in '98 for the summer and I loved it even more ever since. Just can't wait to get started. See Ya Joe

Never been to Pine Knot. Where did you go to in knoxville?

That stew does sound good. Thanks for the invite, and next time your around knoxville or north of knoxville on interstate 75 we can get together and hang out for awhile. It's always nice to meet another board member.

Wish I was closer I would come up and have some stew with ya'. I would bring you some poke salad to.....lol.

I wish you were too,you'd be more'n welcome.

Hi Paul,was your H-model's picture on oldmacks.com ? they had one listed for sale a while back,but I see it's not on there anymore.Just wondering.Never drove an H-model,but they had right many of them at the antique truck show I went to in Troutman,N.C. in July.There was a trucking company that still ran a lot of H-models up until the early 80's at least,I used to see them all the time,but I can't remember the name.Seems to me it was either Harrisonburg Motor Express or Spotswood Trail Express.

Yeah the shipping's not so expensive,it's that handling part. I've never tried poke salad. Some more of my turnips came up since it rained though,maybe i'll have some turnip salad later.

That's the way it always goes. I always notice stuff like that to so don't feel bad.

Kind of like a knuckleboom-I've seen knucklebooms when I was young that had about 15 levers,plus the pedals,and wondered how anyone could run something like that.I'm not an equipment operator either,and of course people did run them and were good with them,but now they just have 2 joystick controls and the pedals.

Some things never change:

One step forward - Two steps back!

When I took my B67 apart, the only two things that broke were the swivel fittings on the air lines where they come thru the frame at the front axle

Do you still have the copper air lines in your B?

yes,Blue Ridge Wood Preservers-I delivered there twice this week. I posted a picture of that A-40 Mack that's sitting in the field by Marshall Concrete

Hey John-No,it's still the same.The picture stays 'til I shut it off,then it's just a black screen 'til I set another background,then it stays until I shut it off again.I may have changed the setting accidently somewhere along the line,I don't know what I might have done though.Might be the computer-maybe I should get the manual out and read it sometime! Not a major problem,just aggravating. My Skype name is william.thomas.blackwell

I don't know what's going on-usually we're so busy it's hard to get a day off,but it's been slow for 2 weeks now. I blamed it on the holiday last week,haven't decided what to blame this week on yet. Yes,I must agree they're some nice looking shirts!

Not many good places like that to stop at anymore,at least not where I travel.All the big truckstops are the same and I try to stay away from them,except when I have to get fuel. The TA right up here at Troutville,Va. is one of the worst.It's too close to home for me to stop there anyway,but I go by it several times A week usually because I run rt. 220 a lot.It seems like everytime you go by there there's an argument about SOMETHING going on,usually about A parking space or somebody's got the parking lot blocked because there's no parking spaces. I just don't like to have to deal with all that everytime you want to stop somewhere,and look for the smaller places.

Truck oriented people, especially at our level, are a different kind of people. Most are kind, because they remember the kindness shown to them. Most are generous and quick to help, for the same reasons. These are life lessons learned by personal experience, and not soon forgotten. With these experiences comes the realization, that you just can't be any other way. You absolutely can not afford to. Have you ever heard the saying 'What go's around, comes around"? You can never know for sure whats around that next bend in the road. I learned one of these leasons one Sunday afternoon, while on my way to Syracuse NY. for a Monday morning delivery. I was on that short stretch of 81, in W.VA. I had started down an off ramp in search of something to eat, when I heard a squeaking in the right front wheel. I could see right off, a wheel seal blown and no oil in the hub. After asking permission, I dollied the trailer down at a convenience store. and backed the tractor close enough to reach an electrical outlet. I jacked it up and made short order of pulling the wheel and hub. I found both bearings burned up, and the inside seized to the spindle. I carried a lot of tools in those days. I even had an electric die grinder with a cut off wheel. I split the bearing race laid a chisel in the cut and smacked it hard and it peeled off. As I stood up, a man in a pick up stopped. When I explained what had happened, he said , get in and we'll run out to my shop. On the way, I learned that he owned a local fuel and gas company. At his shop we found two usable bearing races and a used outside bearing. Not to worry he said, Then he called the owner of the local NAPA store, had the man meet us at the store, so that I could buy the seal and bearing that I needed. Then back to my truck. He would not accept payment of any kind, either for the used parts or for hauling me around. Just help someone else, that will be payment enough, he advised. My truck was probably down no more than 3 hours, I was able to make an on time delivery, and I have been helping everyone I could.

Hi Paul,congratulations on your prize package! They are some nice looking T-shirts.Already had A black one so I told Barry I wanted A gray one,and it really looks good with the green trucks.I've never tried to sell anything on e-bay either,but I've been thinking about it for A while.I've got A lot of old NASCAR papers from the mid 80s to about '90.Used to subscribe to it,and saved them all-Grand National Scene and then it was Winston Cup Scene.They might be worth something,might not,but I've got them in two big styrofoam coolers in A spare room and they need to go somewhere!

Tha's A good one.I don't go that far west anymore,never did much,but I like chili with beef (I use hamburger when I make it ),red kidney beans,tomatoes,onions,garlic,chili powder,cumin,maybe a green pepper,and A little more cumin,and...that's about it.

Interesting stuff ? Oh,I didn't notice that part before...well, congratulations Paul!

Yeah Paul,I was saying the same thing the other day when I was commenting on the Diamond Reo I saw on Youtube.When Jobyna was taking me to work I said my old mixer is 42 years old,and in pretty good shape.F.L.Moore and sons have new Petes,Freightliners,KWs,and A few IHs,none over a couple of years old-I asked her "how many of these trucks do you think will still be around in 42 years?". She said "probably none". I agreed.

Yeah Paul,I was saying the same thing the other day when I was commenting on the Diamond Reo I saw on Youtube.When Jobyna was taking me to work I said my old mixer is 42 years old,and in pretty good shape.F.L.Moore and sons have new Petes,Freightliners,KWs,and A few IHs,none over a couple of years old-I asked her "how many of these trucks do you think will still be around in 42 years?". She said "probably none". I agreed.

Once I was on a construction overtime detail. Another officer was on the other end of the construction. The other officer goes over the radio, he has a truck stopped. I go to back him up. Here, he has a company tri-axle dump pulled over. I asked what did the driver do? The officer say's, the driver was exiting the construction site with his tag axle down. He lifted the tag axle to make the turn, bu did'nt put the tag axle down quick enough after making the turn. I said "Are you S@!(*#*& me? The officer then quotes the Federal Motor Carrier Act. I walked up to the driver and apologized for the other officer as he's a anal cavity. The driver was cool and said the company would pay for the ticket. But how about that guy,working 8 hours overtime, paid by the construction company, than you bang one of their drivers for a stupid tag-axle violation.

I must agree with you on that-the anal cavity part that is. I never heard of such!

nobody's ventured A guess yet either.

I'd take a stab at Smith Mfg. for a guess. The company I worked for years ago had all Smith Mfg. and Rex Mfg.

mixer bodies, and both makes look very similar to what you have. It does seem, though, that both of those

builders had their name someplace on the body in cast lettering. Usually up high on the back.

It probably doesn't really matter, as you can have any of the parts duplicated pretty easy, I would imagine.

The critical pieces might be the hydraulic pump, the gearbox and the drum drive assembly.

Drum skins, mixing fins, drum rollers and chutes are all fabricated pretty routinely. If the drum bearing ring

at the back of the body is worn - it can probably be hardplated and remachined in place by a good welder.

It would be nice to have it usable, even if you just delivered clean stone and topsoil etc. - no more concrete,

unless you enjoy climbing inside and jackhammering it out to clean the drum. Been there - done that - no need to repeat it.

Sounds like you stay pretty active - are you driving your own truck & flat trailer?

Paul Van Scott