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A fine looking fleet.

...and you drive the red one?

Jamerson Brothers Trucking later had KW's and Freightliners, but were all Mack at first.

H.H.Moore Jr. Trucking Co. fleet, 1984. That's H.H. and Evelyn standing by the pickup. I drove two of the three F models on the back row, the one at the end of the line, and the one third from left. I was driving one of the K100's when this was taken, the one that has the stack turned straight to the side instead of angled to the rear.

Saw some Macks, and an IH. Saw a steel mill... and lots of mill rolls. Saw Engines Inc. in Milton, W.V. too.

They were just getting that accident in Beckley cleaned up yesterday afternoon.

Happy birthday Vinny!

Saw a few of them yesterday.

Thanks Joe, i'd love to have a picture. I can send it back to you if you want. It's been one of my favorites since I was a kid. I remember several of them running around the area. The one in the picture used to be a wrecker, it had a 6-71 too, with a 5 speed and 2 speed rear. Then it was sold and used as a grain truck for years, then sold to this guy where I saw it and took the picture.He said he was going to make a rollback out of it, now it's gone from there and I have no idea where it is now.

Burns, out of Marlinton, West Virginia is still going strong. I've seen an IH or two over the years, but mostly all Mack.

I think they were Vermeers, another truck came in with him with a load of Vermeer balers. I thought hay equipment was about all Vermeer made.These machines had a little blade on the front too.

Since it's Wednesday, might as well start a new pictures. I snapped the snout off my strap bar the other day...don't know my own strength- that, or it was already cracked a third of the way through. Stopped by Lee-Hi and got another one, it's already bent in two places. Saw these machines and a duck while I was there. Then I went by the old Ponderosa Truckstop site at Longdale Furnace. This was the restaurant. It's about all that's left there and you'd never know it was a truckstop. Saw the old smoke stacks... http://www.firmstonemanor.com/history/ The North Mountain Motel, and this place. I don't remember if it was a store, or service station, or what. It was already closed in '79, but you could still get in the overgrown lot in front, and on the other side of this sign you could still read "six hotdogs- $1". Rt. 269 now, but it's old rt. 60. Heading west to get back on I-64 at the next exit. Snow blower in West Virginia. Yesterday in Petersburg,Va- woo-hoo!

Even more rare in the east apparently, i've never seen one. Always thought they were neat looking trucks.

You don't even need a helmet here, a tinfoil hat works fine.

Stopped- well, I was going to stop, but the lot was still snow covered- at the old Ponderosa Truckstop yesterday. This is the old restaurant, but it looks like it's now a home. Good thing I didn't pull in, looks like some shrubs growing in what used to be the parking lot...probably grass under there too. I took a drive-by picture though. The fuel desk was to the right of the restaurant in a separate building, and there was a shower room in between, towards the back, also in a separate building.

I don't know Bob- but it sure looks real!..wish I could do that...

I saw that last night on the way to Milton. Nocluejoe66 saw it night before last when he was getting on 19 there, and called me yesterday. Told me to get my camera ready when I went up through there, but it was too dark for a picture when I went by. Great picture!

Saw this snow removal unit sitting on top of the mountain on rt. 60 just west of Rainelle, W.V. last night.

Paul Van Scott had a similar idea a few years ago, buying R models and refurbishing them to resell. It's a wonder some truck makers didn't go with a retro look cab, like the PT Cruiser, Mustangs, Challengers, Camaros, or that Chevrolet that looks like a 50's model panel truck. For instance a new B model cab, but bigger than the original, would look pretty awesome today and be very aerodynamic too. Or maybe a Cannonball GMC, or Ford Super Duty? Or for me, how about a modern cab that looked like this?..bitchin'!

I think they're still around, I used to see them on I-79 a lot. Haven't noticed any lately, but i've seen them in the last year I know.

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Oh, there it is- wow!

yes.

Yes, there is, but they're exempt when they're blowing my doors off.

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