other dog

The only thing I don't like about firefox is that I have to sign in every time, even when I check the "keep me signed in" box, but that's no big thing.

We've had problems with all of them, all in new trucks. New DD15's, PACCARs, and the IH Maxforce engines. And again, I don't blame the engine manufacturers, it's all the gummint/epa no pollution b.s. Saw one of our Freightliners swinging behind a wrecker yesterday, headed to Roanoke. The driver tried to take off from a stoplight and it just acted like it was out of fuel. Nobody could figure out what was wrong with it. Jeff said yesterday we had 6 trucks broke down, including mine. I got to Princeton, W.V. and tried to push the clutch in at a stop light, and it wouldn't move. Had to practically stand on it to push it in to get stopped- it was too late to bump the throttle and get it in neutral. And it never got tight or felt like it was binding before, it was all of a sudden. Jimmy the mechanic said it was probably the bushings under the dash, as they'd had trouble with them before. When I told him it had worked fine up until now, he thought maybe it was broken springs in the clutch. I said "the clutch? this is a new *%^#ing truck, only 86,000 miles on it!" Then Jimmy says " that don't make no difference, we've had to put a clutch in one of them already". That's when I dropped the trailer and bobtailed it back and got the "spare" truck. Jeff said yesterday that Truck Enterprises said the clutch was OK, and it was the bushings. And KW has already replaced one PACCAR engine that blew to smithereens with a new crate motor.

Wonder what became of Tarheel Banana Co? Used to see them all up and down the east coast. Still ran a bunch (get it- bunch? like a bunch of bananas?) of older Autocars in the 80's.

I stayed with IE for a long time, but now I go with Mozilla Firefox to get on BMT- everything just works better, faster too. I don't know what happened to IE, but it has issues that Firefox doesn't.

Here's a few pictures from the first trip, when I took some mats up to a drill rig in Avella, Pa. this is plastic pipe, for water. that device these guys are using joins the pieces of pipe. It heats it and bonds it together some kind of way, and it's strong enough that they could pull all that pipe, about half a mile of it that I could see, from the other end, then they'd add another piece up here. Narrow road to the drill rig. I was on the way out here. Saw this rolloff truck coming into Lynchburg yesterday, dusting everything down. When it crossed this rough bridge you couldn't see behind it. Saw a truck for sale in Lynchburg. Olive needs this truck.He could raise a load of hay up to the barn loft door with it, not to mention the fun the boys could have with it. Just think how funny it would be if his blushing bride came out one morning to go somewhere, and the boys had her car loaded on this truck and raised up about 12 feets in the air- hilarious,eh?

West Virginia...what can I say...

I was gonna post some pictures of all the U-models I saw this week. But now i'm too tired- I got all the way to Bluefield,W.V. with a load of pipes last night when the clutch monkeyed up on the truck, so I went back to Prinecton, W.V. and dropped the trailer behind the Wal-Mart store, bob tailed back to Concord, left the red truck, and bob tailed a yellow truck back to Princeton, got the load of pipes, and went on to Vansant, Va. That's out near Grundy. Way past Possum Hollow Road. Saw some excavating going on on 81 between Roanoke and Christiansburg. And I saw a good looking B-model out around Richlands when I was going to Vansant. Saw another one when I was on the way back. This one was around Richlands too. Looks like a couple of Emeryvilles out back too.(Note the school bus yellow truck in the mirror) Saw a big Mack mixer too. ...and a girl in a car. narrow road going to the pipes unloading place passed by a coal mine ...and a Superliner another Superliner in Narrows,Va. more old Macks in Narrows and it's still too danged hot! got a few more pictures, i'll do it tomorrow.

you're right!!! he spelled border wrong! I'm calling the spelling police! Calling Olivetroad, you're- wait a minute...never mind...head in hands...

Earl Pitts! Actually Gary Burbank from WLW in Cincinnati- one of my favorites, he's retired now.

That's how I could find my truck with the VT903 in the parking lot, just looked for the smoke. Sometimes it would blow smoke rings.

They were a very handy little tool, most of those throttle cables that you pulled out and twisted the knob to lock it in place broke in no time anyway. I used to use a stick- cut a notch in one end with my pocket knife to put under the dash, just kicked the other end further up on the pedal if I needed to speed things up.

E9V8 is right- you put the hook at the top under your dash and the other end on the accelerator pedal to idle your truck up to whatever rpm's you want. That hooked part slides up and down the shaft to adjust the length. You might need one to keep warm in the sleeper on those cold sunny south Florida nights.

Most of you probably know. I haven't seen one for years, used to have one myself. I didn't know you could even get them anymore, but they had plenty of them at Truck World in Hubbard, Ohio for either 99 cents or $1.99 each- so I bought 3, for no good reason except to have them.

I'm just gonna slither on off to Avella, Pa. Might even park on the ramp at exit 7.

Great pictures. I've seen that orange and yeller cabover Pete before, either on rt. 22 or rt. 30 east of Pittsburgh. Got a picture of it at a stoplight.

I see he has an 830 John Deere too- nice looking tractor! Back when they used to have the Stonewall Antique Power Show in Stonewall, Va. they had an antique tractor pull on Sunday afternoon. Tractors had to be 1959 or older I think, no super hot rod types, but they could be modified some. A Super M and an 830 both made a full pull in the heaviest class. Added more weight to the sled,both made another full pull. Added all the weight they had, and both made a full pull. Ended up with about 7 or 8 guys getting into the box on the sled for more weight, and that 830 finally won it. Best tractor pull I ever watched. Funniest thing about it was when the sled came unhooked from the 830 and the man driving it kept on down the track, never looking back. People were hollering and waving, he was waving back, probably thinking "the ol' JD is really gittin' 'er done today!" That thing was so strong the tone of the engine hardly changed anyway, and he was almost to the end when he finally looked back and saw the sled still sitting about 10 feet from the starting line.

yeah- I was a little over the top. From now on i'll save that kind of thing for the usual suspects- rowdy,randy,rob,..and 1958 fwd. No, wait- this is the new "no b.s. other dog". Ain't sayin' nuthin' to nobody.

...and the project supervisor, with the blue hard hat, stands on the back of the trailer to instruct the workers in proper loading and tie down procedures.

I was on the ramp all night- right behind a Cassidy's truck out of Pembroke, Ontario.

I've heard of that, though i've never actually experienced it firsthand.

D'oh!!! I have a can of it in the truck...it's actually pretty good though- could I get a discount on a few more cans, for keeping this a secret?

wtf?..huh- what are you talkin' 'bout?..safety...emissions...jewel- now that's a stretch-oh yes, indeed, I have my anti-b.s. force field around me now at full power.

You should still send them to me, for having to put up with her...oh, that's what she said about me too...never mind.

yes!!! I'm coming clean...no more b.s. out of me- never again. Just gets you in trouble. Yes Mr. Rebel, it is indeed a Kentworth. Nuthin' like the last Kenworth I drove, the W900L with the N-14 525 Cummins, 13 spd, 3.70 rears-now that was a truck!Unlike the p.o.s. I drive now, with the school bus motor, 10 spd, and 3.36 rears. This is the "new" other dog. My motto-"no more b.s, ever!"

Well,..I, uh...greatly exaggerated the getting thrown all about and bouncing off the walls part- it was just a little bump really.