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very impressive!

Actually, I even told him about all the intake valve actuator faults. He said he'd had the same problem with the 377 he was driving. I think he'll be well pleased with that truck. I was, it was a great truck-looked good,ran good,pulled good, just had the occasional minor malfunctions. I called Jeff last night to tell him the story and his lovely wife Teresa answered the phone. When I told her she said "tell Jeff, if you don't mind repeating it". Then I heard Jeff say "he don't mind repeating it, he loves to hear himself talk". He was pretty impressed that it sold so quickly. The salesman had said he'd probably get fired for giving Jeff as much as he did for the truck, i'm not sure how much, but Jeff said last night "well, I guess ol' Harold won't have to worry about being fired now, because he gave me about ten thousand more than I thought the truck was worth".

I took them off and put my spare key on the ring, but I don't remember what I did with them, probably threw them away- but they might still be around. I even put the Peterbilt emblem off the key ring on my KW key.

He's already bought it, they're prepping it for him now. Said they took the tanks off so they could paint them purple to match the fenders. He went to check out the orange one, but as soon as he saw ol' double nickle that was it, he had to have that one.

I hauled mill rolls to Milton, W.V. first of the week, then when I unloaded in Petersburg Wednesday I had to get a load of beams going to Jacksonville. That's in Florida.Then I picked up coiled rebar in Baldwin, Fl. -48,610 lbs.by the way- and unloaded in King George, Va. today. I pulled out of Gerdau-Ameristeel and pulled over across the road to put my wood away, because Ameristeel won't let you get on your trailer on their property (a-holes!). A fellow driving a green Peterbilt pulling a dump trailer stopped and asked about the company I drive for, how long i'd been there, if they had good trucks, etc. I thought he was interested in a job but it turned out he'd been looking at a truck we recently traded at Truck Enterprises in Lynchburg. It was a burnt orange Peterbilt he said, probably this one- http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=3173891&dlr=1&pcid=2000723038 Then he said he spotted his truck, another former F.LM. unit- a silver Peterbilt with purple fenders,550 Cat engine,3.55 rears, 18 speed trans,drop sun visor. I told him i'd driven that truck since Jeff bought it until a few weeks ago, then spent the next 15-20 minutes telling him what a great truck it was. He asked me for my phone no. so I gave him Rob's, and he left there looking as happy as a dog with 2 dicks.

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All I know is it was a nuclear power plant...don't remember the name, but that's probably the place.

Here's an original Reo... and an original Diamond T... and a Diamond REO... Those Diamond T's were good looking trucks, like a Bighorn Dodge, ahead of their time and would look good today...just my opinion. http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/dt_trucks.htm

I don't know about that, i'm a one finger typer!..then I had to go look at a history book, "Big Rigs of the 1950's" to see if I had my facts straight before I posted.

There used to be REOs and Diamond T's, before they became Diamond Reo. White Motor Co. took over Diamond T in 1958, and bought out REO Motor Truck Co. in 1957. They combined the names to become Diamond REO in 1967.

It's still rough as ever. I called Bill and axed him about that and he said he had intended to fix it, but he spent those funds on a new dress for someone named Monica. Don't know what that's all about...

Thanks David, i'm glad to hear that- I tried to call him today, but got no answer. I was starting to get seriously worried!

Another week and another weekend's already gone. Time sure flies when you get older- I mean, when you're having fun. Bobtailed to Russelville, Arkansas last weekend so even though I had time to unload in Petersburg Friday and reload for Milton for tomorrow I stopped in Concord and called it a week. Besides, Todd was playing golf and Jeff left early to go to some oyster festival, and when the cat's are away- I put my alternator on the mixer. Nothing smoked this time, nothing burned up, and it was showing 14 volts, so all is good so far. I saw a nice International pickup in Nashville. This is the power plant I went to- got lucky again, like in Michigan, the trailer wasn't in the secure area so all I had to do was hook-up and hammer down. Ran out of hours on my 70 in Tn. on the way back though. The new truck-this is called "wfo". Chilly enough to start a fire at the shop!

I didn't see the Mack guys there- I always buy a hat, tee shirt, or something from them.

More pictures here- http://community.webshots.com/album/581767056irUEem?start=0

I took a trip down to the ATHS show in Colfax,N.C. today. Saw Mark (Vision386) there, and David was on the way but I left before he got there. Oh, I saw some trucks too. This might have been my favorite-

I tore a door off a chip trailer once pulling off the dump- came unhooked when it was in the air and when I started pulling off it started to swing out and caught on the side of the dump. Threw it in the trailer and took it to the shop where they took the other door off and put a tail gate in it.

Where's Rob, if anywhere?

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Not really- I stopped and looked at it several years ago and the guys at the concrete plant said the owner pulled it out of the woods and parked it there. Did know his name, but I can't remember it right now. Craghead maybe? It's an A40 with a gas engine.

Not sure of the wheelbase with that set back front axle, but it's as long or longer than the Pete was overall and it had a 275" wheelbase.

I saw Art Reed in Montvale fueling up his R-model yesterday morning. He said this dump truck was a 1966 B-53. Got a 673 with a jake brake, 14 speed. He wants $7500 for it. He said the previous owner had the truck since it was new and had just had the engine overhauled and the jake installed when he had a stroke a couple of years ago, and recently passed.