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I've taken a few drive-by pictures of this truck before, but today I stopped in Appomattox while on the way to Cumberland to see my parents and took a close look at it and took some pictures. Pretty nice looking truck, to be almost as old as I am. Don't know what engine it has, it was hard to see. Thought maybe a 220 Cummins, but it has a turbo on it. I don't know anything about it, who owns it, or what they want for it, just that i'd love to have it. I could drive the mixer in the parade, and Jo could drive the White. If she hit anything she'd certainly be the first one to get there,eh?

Mine's been working pretty good,no problems since I sent Barry my something-or-other number. When my unit was down I only had a signal strength of 15, the hughesnet tech guy,Apu in Indier,said I needed at least 37. Now that i've had a new cable installed it was 71,highest it's ever been,even when it was first installed. Of course I have no idea what any of that really means,but it's working fine as of now.

...you don't take the tires off the wheels. The steer tires were here and I didn't have tire tools to demount them,so I have truck tires laying in the back yard equipped with anti rabbit protectors. I even hit the ones I took off with green spray paint so they match the grass, just so it wouldn't be redneck lookin'. Heck,I might even get rid of that engine i've had swinging from the tree in the front yard since 1997, and the upside down '93 Taurus too, to unredneckify things around here. I'm gonna go cut some delicious broccoli right now, and have a delicious tomater sammich with lots of mayo in a couple of months...then you'll be wishin' you'd planted some tomatoes in a truck wheel-hah!

And now...the rest of the story!

I had these two old steer tires laying around doing nothing, so I decided to put them to use. I filled them with miracle grow potting soil and planted 2 broccoli plants in each one. They're really growing too, got some ready to cut. All the other wheels and tires are at the shop and i've been demounting them when I have time. Did 2 last week and 2 more yesterday while I was waiting for Jo to get there. The first 2 were a bear to get off, it took me, Jeffrey, Tom, the forklift, everything else we could find, and half a day. Yesterday was pretty easy, knocked out 2 by myself, with a little tire hammer help from Terry and lots of PB Blaster. Got tomaters in these two, cucumbers and squash are planned for the next 2.

You're welcome, it's available at www.motorbooks.com, and probably available and cheaper at amazon.com.

Gotta give credit where credit's due,that's a good one!

Amen brother! I was just north of Wooster, Ohio on rt. 250 Thursday morning, sound asleep in a closed restaurant's parking lot and I woke up around 4:15am because the truck was rocking because of the wind like 2 gorillas were on each side of the cab shaking it violently. Kinda scary, I can only imagine what it must have been like at the Petro in Glade Spring.

Here's another picture I found in this Mack book-

And they called these Sightliners.

It's the same all over. Pretty much been that way everywhere i've ever worked,which is not a lot of places. "We ain't got no money,so you've gotta do this,that,and the other...". But taking off to Florida whenever you want and getting a new Cadillac is never a problem. It doesn't really bother me because I realize I work for them,they don't work for me.I've worked for the same family for almost 32 years now,started with the guys' Grandfather that I drive for now, and they've always been very good to me. I don't have to do much of anything I don't want to, and i'm sure that wouldn't be the case with many larger companies,plus i'm sure i'd have to drive a POS truck instead of this nice Peterbilt.

Uhhh...oh...oh yeah,I noticed them immediately,if not sooner,just didn't say anything

I always stop at Big Boy's truckstop in Kenly, but free is good. I like free, but I won't be in the area anyway.

Great! Jo loves bingo,that's what she was doing when the PC quit.

Yeah,everybody wanted the new Titan and they gave it to Bonecrusher because he'd been there a long time. I thought it was the same one they put the new guy in,I don't know what became of Bonecrusher.

I've only seen 1 or 2 Titans,but see right many Lonestars. The more I see them the better I like 'em,sharp looking trucks.

3 dead cylinders? That should take care of it-you'll be blowing those company trucks doors off again

Yeah, I like the 48/102 Fontaine Phantom I pull,it's a great trailer. I whined,cried,and bitched for 3 weeks when they had to send it to Washington with a radioactive load. Just got it back this week. It's got a tool box on it where I keep my beveled wood,coil racks,and rubber mats-that's what I missed the most. Can't have too many tool boxes. We just got 4 new 53' aluminum Fontaines. Good looking trailers,the tail lights are one solid bar with LED's instead of the individual lights.

A Ravens is a mighty fine trailer. Of all the trailers we've got the Dorsey's are the worst. They're combo's though,steel frame rails with aluminum floors. You can load a single coil on them and they bend in the middle like a boomerang when you go around a curve.

Great pictures there! I went down the old crooked road with the switchbacks and across the dam itself years ago. Pulled over at the end to look it over, but I don't think cameras had been invented at that time. Very impressive sight to see anyway.

I drove several N14's,years of trouble free driving. Last truck before the Pete was a W900 with 525 N14, but I believe the best pulling one was a 9400 IH with a 460 N14 and 4.10 rears that was turned up to 500 hp.

I couldn't figure why they gave the new driver a Titan, and one of the big trailers- he wrecked it twice in 2 days. He said the biggest load he had hauled before was 10 1/2 yards of concrete, so I don't know if he'd ever pulled a trailer before, maybe just drove a concrete mixer-not that there's anything wrong with driving a mixer. They probably should have put him in a Western Star that had already been turned over 4 or 5 times and gave him a regular trailer to start out with.

reminds me of the last time they had all that rain in southern Illinois.

I always heard the old single turbo 550's were a lot better,and I haven't seen anything to make me believe otherwise. I have to say, a 550 Cat is an awesome piece of equipment when it's right-that is,engine light's not on- best pulling truck I ever drove.