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  1. other dog
    I know that sound, but I didn't know how to spell it 'til now.
  2. other dog
    It's hard to take a good drive-by picture- you done good! And sorry Vinny- but tits beats a U model every time.
  3. other dog
    That's him. He has a big tattoo on his neck, and used to drive full time before he took over the shop. I was still driving for H.H.Moore then, who was F.L.Moore's daddy, Jeff and Todd's grandfather. I know exactly where that little fuel stop is, there's a sub shop in there too, but it's not a Subway, it's a...uh...something else- Quizno's maybe? I'm the old, gray haired, fat, balding, guy. Oh wait, that description fits most F.L.M. drivers.
  4. other dog
    Great! I went back through all the "Double Clutch" magazines today, and still couldn't find it. I'm just gonna ask Doug- Hey Doug, do you remember the twin 6-71 Euclid story, and which issue it was in?..thank you.
  5. other dog
    Yes, you'd best do some experimenting with that lift axle. I had one on a steerable dolly I used to pull. It had a dial on the dash that you turned to put more or less pressure on it, but I don't remember how much pressure you normally put on it. I just let it barely touch the ground. I do remember my wife's cousin having one on a GMC tandem dump truck, and the first time he used it he blew both tires out- brand new tires- because it was carrying too much load.
  6. other dog
    I couldn't catch the big one that was in the tree- if I had she'd be smoking in the grill now.
  7. other dog
    That's what i'm sayin'- anybody can drive a 10 speed roadranger, but it takes timing and skill to drive a 5 speed Mack!
  8. other dog
    what?!! no camera? I just went to Wal Mart- I mean the Wal Mart store- and had a camera with me. It's OK this time, but let's just hope randyp doesn't hear about this.
  9. other dog
    apparently not. they just got it fixed yesterday too. they're gonna leave it outside the gate so I can pick it up tomorrow. And Jimmy, our chief mechanic, talked like it's been a pretty common problem in these T660's. They said Thursday they had the whole dash out of it , they must have had to take the truck apart to get those bushings in...86,000 miles. I bet that plastic bag of dirty, filthy, wet, sweaty clothes that was in the passenger side floorboard are smelling good about now too!
  10. other dog
    I went to the Wal-Mart store a while ago, rode up 29 north a ways towards Lynchburg first. I was gonna try to get a picture of the big oak tree that fell on a 50-something 2 ton Chevrolet truck, but I didn't see it. Thought it was between here and Yellow Branch, but it must be between Yellow Branch and Foster Fuel. I did take some pictures of some things however, here with gripping descriptions- I saw this here Mack loaded on a trailer hooked to that other Mack. and these 2 blurry cars, and a pole a nice looking blurry Mustang- hey, I was using Jo's camera, she was driving. A "dangling M" R-model water truck at the Wal-Mart store and this creature-
  11. other dog
    Got this link, and the picture, from Micheal Savage- he's right, it does make you think! http://www.naturalne...false_flag.html
  12. other dog
    Same thing the mixer truck does- i'm hoping tires solve the problem.
  13. other dog
    I noticed the date on the pictures is Jan. 2007 too. Let's see, that's...hold on...carry the one...over 5 years ago!
  14. other dog
    They're here- earlier than I expected. Saw this out the kitchen window this morning, so I ran out on the back porch and got a picture.
  15. other dog
    Each tag represents a trip to Carter Cat with a C-15 Acert twin turbo, for broken rockers and mostly the dreaded "intake valve actuator fault". I'm sure I accumulated a few more after I took this picture. But, the last year or so before Jeff traded the Pete was pretty much trouble free. It was a 550 with the heavy haul package, and it ran and pulled while derated with the engine light on about as good as the new paccar does all the time.
  16. other dog
    I don't know what MSW is, but this is one of my favorite "girl in car" pictures. This was taken while I was sitting in traffic on I-85 around Concord, N.C. a few years ago. The best one was taken with my film camera and it was on the wall at the shop for a long time.
  17. other dog
    Since the tank was just used for water, it probably has an open vent of some sort on it somewhere,eh? I was just thinking of a picture I saw of a new stainless steel tanker that the sides had collapsed on because the driver forgot to open the vent when he was unloading.
  18. other dog
    dammit! West Virginia, eh? That means they'll be here by tomorrow afternoon.
  19. other dog
    You're exactly right. I've often said that it takes much more skill to drive a 5 speed Mack than most Roadranger transmissions, you do need a good sense of timing to drive them. Once you get used to them you'll love it. I went from a Transtar International with a VT903 Cummins,13 speed, to an F-model 300 5 speed. The 903 would turn 2,600 rpms, you down shifted at around 1900-2000 rpms. About as far apart as you could get, from a 903 to a Maxidyne! Took a while to get used to the Mack, but once I did, I wouldn't have traded it for anything else we had at the time.
  20. other dog
    oh...I feel so stoopid!
  21. other dog
    I noticed that too. Wonderful, now these creatures that were once found only in Nevada have gained a foothold in central Illinois. In a year or 2 they'll be over here in Virginia. Great...
  22. other dog
    well...they were sorta-kinda in order until I went thru them this morning- I turned every other one backwards to make space, and they're all jumbled up now.p.s. - "If you find anymore let me know!" Yeah, like that's gonna happen! I'd like to find another one for myself!
  23. other dog
    OK, thanks. I didn't look too close at Double Clutch, just a quick look at the covers. i'm pretty sure i've still got it too then.That magazine rack came from a store in Appomattox. They were throwing it out- wish I had another one, this one's almost full to capacity.
  24. other dog
    That's odd- I went through all these antique truck magazines in the rack looking for the Euclid article, since I had nothing else to do. I've never thrown any of them away, but I couldn't find it. I thought it was in one called "Shifting Gears", one I only got 3 or 4 issues of before they stopped publishing it, I guess. I know the Euclid was somewhere around Clearfield, Pa. and i'm pretty sure I didn't dream it.
  25. other dog
    not enough though. she should have had her window down so there wouldn't be a reflection. makes a much better picture.

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