other dog

AAAAHHHHHHH MY EYES MY EYES

sorry about that...of course it's all Mike's fault.

That wasn't a high load, that guy was just a "super trucker" with a big ass CB antenna on his truck.

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oh. I just assumed it was a high load, and you should never assume anything.

Saw this oversize load in Colorado last week. It was the highest load i've ever seen- must have been well over a hundred feet high.

Mike,

If you do use a stripper - make sure you get a good looking one! Do not hire Other Dog - he might claim to be a stripper - but the mental image is unbearable.

Good luck,

Paul Van Scott

I'm sure Mike wouldn't consider me for that job- i'm not from Oklahoma!

you say you are pulling a fontain now, other dog, i would like to know what you like and dislike, i looked at a fontain revolution, lots of new technology, looks realy cool but dont know if it will work,i would rather see someone else brake one in half first. guess thats kind of selfish but i could not afford that right now.

I pull a 48' Fontaine Phantom spread axle. I've had a 48,000+lb. single coil in the middle of it and didn't break it in half. They order all the trailers with the coil package though. I like it fine, haven't had any problems with it.

707 but referred to as 711. I don't know why unless it was because 707 was already taken by some airplane and they didn't want any confusion.

Rob

that's right.

I think it was called a 711 because after the chief engineers had perfected this particular engine they said "hey,let's all go down to the 7-eleven and get a slurpee to celebrate!". While they were standing in the 7-eleven store parking lot enjoying their slurpees one of them said "what are we gonna call this new engine?". They all looked up at the 7-eleven sign...the rest, as they say, is history.

That's just my theory.

I couldn't resist either-when i'm lost flyin' I get the old Rand McNalley out of the floor between the seats and take a look. Hasn't steered me wrong yet.

Oh no- reminds me of a joke I once heard. Two best friends decided to join the air force. When they went to enlist the recruiter asked the first guy "what do you do?". He said "I'm a pulpwood cutter". The recruiter said "sorry,but we just can't use you right now".

Then he asked the second guy "and what do you do?". He said "i'm a pilot". The recruiter said "great! I know we have a place for you-what can you fly?". The man said "fly? I cain't fly nuthin'". "But I thought you were a pilot" said the recruiter. "I'm is" said the man. "He cuts the wood, then I pile it".

I just passed thru Dumas last Friday on rt. two eighty seven. hmmm...nothing works on the top row of the keyboard. Looks like a trip to Wal-Mart tomorrow. 56-= well,5,6,-,and = work. That's all I need.

do you guy's think there is that much difference between a raven and an east?

couldn't say,i've never pulled an East,but I see a lot of them in Ohio and Pa. East,Mac,and Reitenour-?-seem to be most popular in that area.

easier-

another one turned up...

or perhaps the question is "do you feel lucky?..well do 'ya Rob?" (Dirty Harry)

found another picture-

I like Howes in winter when it's real cold. I used to put a quart of ATF in the fuel tanks once in a while too, but don't anymore. The red dye in the ATF is the same as in off road fuel. There's a man in Appomattox ,won't mention any names, that has a truck leased on where I work. He also has a dump truck, bulldozer, backhoe,etc. and does excavation work. He was hauling his dozer from a job back to his shop one time and didn't have much fuel in the truck so he put just a little of his off road fuel in it to get him home-and the DOT stopped him and checked it. He had never done it before, and never had the fuel checked before but they fined him pretty heavy for it.

Find a good Ravens and you'll be close to 30,000. I've owned a couple of them and pulled many other brands, but the Ravens are the best in my opinion. My current trailer is a 45'x 96" spread with duel tool boxes, 15" cross-members, and a lift-axle and weighs in at a feathery 8,300 lbs. Put a 52,000 pound coil in the middle of it and it still had some arch left! Too bad they got bought out by Fontaine who then pissed away all the great design knowledge that Ravens built up over the years.

I agree, I was pulling an aluminum Ravens before Jeff bought the Fontaine i'm pulling now and a Ravens is hard to beat.

She'll understand- she knows you need that truck. I know she knows you couldn't go wrong at that price, especially with the extra parts and the dump body. She's far too intelligent to not think it's a helluva find and a "must have" situation.

The truck had just left the septic sludge pit for the town I live in. Stunk to "High Heaven". People still talk about it.

Rob

oh,sorry-helluva load of doo-doo then.

What a beautiful country we live in-I probably had a similar picture on my great western adventure last year,but here's Pike's Peak again. I probably should have made it smaller,but it's such an impressive looking mountain!

And this old boom truck I couldn't identify-I was going to a jobsite in Broomfield,Co. when I took this picture and never got a look at the front of it. Looks like they lowered the boom on top of the cab at some point.

...tight city spots as that hood hides cars and fire hydrants easy. not as bad as a long hood pete 379... just dont expect a 20 year old engine to out perform a new cat 550

Trent

I haven't run over anything lately-and it'll probably outperform the 550 Cat I drive, because I can't seem to make a trip without the engine light coming on, usually an intake valve actuator fault code. Just like on my last trip...but then it's been almost 3 months since they fixed it the last time-not bad for a Cat.

......Rob has had nobody pickin on him for quiet sometime now. I bet he's been starvin for some attention lately, don't you think?

mike

I'm on it!

That's at the time of trip departure. At arrival from the dead head trip, the Pete weighs bout 2/3rd's starting weight due to fuel burn and parts falling off of it.......

Rob

we have a fleet of pickups that follow us everywhere to pick up all the parts that fall off-there's a pretty big fine for littering these days.

If the drivetrains are original to both units about the real only difference would be the RW series truck, (Superliner) will have a two valve, E-6 series engine, where the R688 will have four valve heads. They are both dependable engines as far as I'm familiar. I'm certain the four valve heads would be a little more efficient in usage, but ...oh-never mind.

nice load of coal there!