other dog

Rob's favorite kind!

Never saw one this style, but the windshield and grille look like a Diamond T profile.

could be,could be. Might have to make a trip all the way to Roanoke to investigate further. It's a neat looking old truck, whatever it is. Maybe Mark can check it out next time he's in Roanoke on a binness trip. I don't usually go that way to 81,but I was a tad heavy and this brings you out on 81 south of the scales.

Randy and Spot clean up after a hard day digging stuff.

Nice haircut Randy.

Got a picture of this old unit in Roanoke the other day. Been sitting there for years, but I don't know what it is. I couldn't get a good clear picture because it was getting dark. I was on the ramp getting on 581 north off of Orange ave.

I'm thinking early Autocar...crew cab's kind of rare,eh?

I even checked google-earth street view to get a better view but it didn't go up the ramp, which is the only place you can get a clear view of it.

Randy and Spot clean up after a hard day digging stuff.

give it a chance... one of "our very own" is trying to get this show off the ground. I think it will do good if they can keep the public intrested. I do think the guy hosting is a little hyper but he at least has the ability to communicate "our" intrests to the genral public.

Personaly I would like to see more specific details such as a in cab ride of what its like to back into a hard spot in traffic. or what its like to get cought at a red light when you just got cut off by a car. Something that shows how hard it really is to drive a truck. If you can get these shots in a movie truck it just shows what real truckers have to deal with. I did like the comments about how the EPA is killing everthing and how much it has hurt trucking.

just my .02 hope it will continue.

Wonder why they do that stupid shit? They've got to pass a truck if they see one, even if they're getting off at the exit right in front of you. If the light's turning red they pass you and cut in front with inches to spare and then jump on the brakes to stop at the light. And I see more and more 4-wheelers riding around after dark with no lights on-wonder what's up with that?

Anyone who thinks I'm going to shut down 15 miles from home and get a motel room for the night just because some arbitrary rule dreamed up by bureaucrats who have never seen the inside of a truck say I am "out of hours" is out of their flippin' mind.

Amen brother!..(bulldogman)

I've said it before,an i'll say it again! i give you flatbedders all the credit in the world! i would much rather blindside into that 18' wide alley anyday then fool with all those tarps,chains,etc.! but i'm bullheaded like that! LOL!......you give me too much credit! i'm just doing a job like anybody else!LOL! (granted,not too many people WANT to do my job!)........Mark

I would have no interest in trading jobs with you.

Rob, You bring home a very good point here; back in the 1960's & 70's Chrysler had some of the most bulletproof drivetrains you could buy. State Police used there 440 & 383 HIPO motors Taxie's used the 318 & Slant 6 not to mention the 727 Automatic Trans! They were getting 1-2 even 300,000 mi on some of these cars! Butttt!!! the door handles would fall off, an the electric windows wouldn't work, AC units not working, the paint jobs were real shit! an body parts didn't fit right and the list went on & on until nobody but me an my Dad were buyin them!! an only because we new what to expect an just kept up with them! Lets hope Mack is not going in that direction! But you have a lot of good points here and I agree with you

Ernie

Reminds me of a Freightliner I drove. Had a Cat engine,Rockwell transmission,ran pretty good,looked pretty good too. But with the doors shut you could stick your hand through the gap at the lower rear corners of both doors. And it had a kitchen chair for a passenger seat.

Ah,you're too hard on yourself there bud! nobody hates you !(with maybe the exception of that yutz that was on here sometime back),Motorworks300???? LOL! that douche that was offering all the timely mechanical help tips,how to adjust your airhorn bearings etc.....when is Macungie?.....Mark

That's right. We should meet in Rob's back yard in July. I'll bring a grill,and Rob would be assured of having enough fuel to get there.

well shhhhhh-oot! no wonder I couldn't find it,i'm a day late

The ATHS National meeting is in South Bend, IN May 26-28 at the St. Joseph County 4H Fairgrounds. It would be a very great pleasure to meet some of you folks if you are planning to go. Let me know.

Best regards,

John

If I were in the area it could be a possibility. I always wanted to go to a national convention but never have. Baltimore a few years ago was probably the best opportunity i'll ever get and I couldn't make that.

So glad to hear the Mrs. is doing well. Takes a toll on you too.

Drive carefully. There are nuts out on the road.

Here's one that's not,i'm back from Pittsburgh.

I unloaded the 60' beams (tarped ) in Ambridge,then went down to Pittsburgh and loaded 5 coils. Dropped them in Lynchburg a while ago and bobtailed home.

It ain't like blindsiding a 53 off the street into an 18" wide alley in the Bronx,but that's why Vision gets paid the big bucks.

And another

Roger was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmicks. His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change.

One day Roger came home with another one of his unusual purchases. It was a robot that Roger claimed was actually a lie detector . It was about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old son, returned home from school Tommy was over 2 hours late.

"Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?" asked Roger.

"Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit project," said Tommy.

The robot walked around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him completely out of his chair .

"Son," said Roger, "this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you really were after school."

"We went to Bobby's house and watched a movie." said Tommy.

"What did you watch?" asked Marsha.

"The Ten Commandments ." Answered Tommy.

The robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him off his chair.

With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, "I am sorry I lied. We really watched a movie called Sex Queen."

"I am ashamed of you son," said Roger. "When I was your age, I never lied to my parents."

The robot walked around to Roger and delivered a whack that nearly knocked him out of his chair.

Marsha doubled over in laughter, almost in tears and said, "Boy, did you ever ask for that one! You can't be too mad with Tommy. After all, he is your son!"

The robot walked around to Marsha and slapped her out of her chair!

excellent!

Ask and ye shall recieve

A blonde heard that baths in milk would make her beautiful. She left a note for her milkman to leave 25 gallons of milk.

When the milkman read the note, he felt there must be a mistake. He thought she probably meant 2.5 gallons. So he knocked on the door to clarify the point.

The blonde came to the door and the milkman said, "I found your note asking me to leave 25 gallons of milk. Did you mean 2.5 gallons?"

The blonde said, "No, I want 25 gallons. I'm going to fill my bathtub up with milk and take a milk bath so I can look young and beautiful again."

The milkman asked, "Do you want it pasteurized?"

The blonde said, "No, just up to my tits. I can splash it on my eyes."

Just what I needed!..ain't even got to the second one

maybe some of this is funny-

Wash/grease boy is at daytona. Somebody has to grease and wash the truck.

Pulled some weeds in the back gardens, mulched the area.

Pick up dog poop in the backyard, mow the lawn.

Just finished watching the race. Take a shower. Coffee break and then a nap.

Taking the Mrs. out to dinner later.

Sorry, not much funny here.

I caught the end of the race too. Never went to a race at Daytona,but I did stop by just to check it out and caught a test session going on one time, back in the 80's or early 90's. My wife and I used to go to every race at Charlotte,Richmond,Martinsville,and Rockingham from the early 80's to mid 90's. Haven't been to one since.

Dog poop...yeah,not much funny there.

After lying awake all night listening to the 50mph wind shaking the entire house....got up and researched impact wrenches...the cheapo Chicago Pnuematic I have had for thirty years doesn't have enough torque to get out of its own way, so it is time to upgrade. Went to Sears and got one that has 750 ftlbs of torque...that oughtta get them lug nuts off after breaking loose! I have a nasty whole truck shake between 39 and 42 mph...gonna swap the wheels around and see if that helps, but it is just too windy to go outside today!

You want something funny eh?

A fish swimming in a lake bumps into a wall, what does he say?

Damn!

That's good-took me a while to get it!..but as they say,i'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

I got up about 7:00 a.m. called my mom to see if she needed anything,washed my pickup truck, carried my dress shirts and pants to the dry cleaners, came home and gutted the passenger door on the Mack. Now it's just a shell, still on the hinges. I bet I climbed in and out of the Mack a thousand times to get it apart. Took pictures of it. Then called the g/f to find she is sick. So i'm at her house on the computer. Put mine and her cloths in the washer and now waiting for it to shut off so I can put them in the dryer and start another load. I'm just thankful i'm not hurting in the back or shoulders today or I would be home laying in the easy chair watching TV or doing what I do most is, looking at my John and Martha King DVD's or my Sporty's DVD's. Rob will probably know what i'm talking about since it has to do with aircraft. I have to stay up on the learning curve so I can keep current with flying.

Tom, what time is supper? i'm getting very hungry thinking about BBQ. I need a reason to us the special sauce. I'm tired of peanut butter and hot sauce. I need something else to put hot sauce on. I saw some road kill coming over to the g/f house but, some buzzards had claimed it first. They were hungrier than I was then so I let them have it. Hmmm....wonder what buzzard would taste like with the special sauce?

mike

Anything's probably good with enough sauce on it. Jo tells me the story (about 3 times a week) about where she used to work(Biscuitville),where one day a week they'd bring something in for lunch just to get away from biscuits. She would usually bring something like green beans and potatoes, or macaroni and cheese, hamburgers,or bread. One day one of her co-workers brought pig ears. Jo said "it doesn't taste like anything". The other woman said "put some hot sauce on it"..."it still doesn't taste like anything"..."well,put some more hot sauce on it".

...eh? Must be why nobody's said anything funny today. I got my running done this morning,got ribs on the grill now. I check in periodically for funny stuff,but apparently Rob,Rhasler,Randy,Mark,and Hat City are also pursuing other endeavors. So much for today's entertainment.

Tom, Is that just one chain run through 2 D rings on that trailer. I'm surprised DOT didn't say something about that when you went through Efland. They were thick as flys on shit there last week looking for anyone running around the scales on 70. Give me a call when you run through this area and I'll buy you a cup of coffee. 919-932-3344. David

Yep,that's one chain. I was gonna put a chain through each one and pull it to the side,but that's the way they said to chain them. They even had a picture they showed you showing how to run the chains, so that's what I did.

Appreciate the offer there too! Don't be surprised if you get a call some night!

Went to Houston again this week. Last time there was snow and ice, this time I had the AC on. Brought these military trailers back from Sealy, Tx. to Butner, N.C. Really nice folks at the National Guard armory in Butner- they helped me unchain the load and brought the chains and binders to me while I hung them on the headache rack.

Then when I got to Petersburg to load I got my window cleaner and a paper towel and started cleaning this trailer-it's a carbon trailer.

I stand by the previous statement-"if it ain't green,it ain't a Euclid"...George Krylon,1832.

"John Henry Rudolph Behr was a dick"...George Krylon III,1908.

"If I owned General Motors,I would make huge off road trucks,call them Euclids,put only Detroit Diesel engines in them,and paint everything lime green"...Sherwin Williams,1763.

See,I know my history too.

I had a picture of a red Euclid I saw in Ohio,but I must have deleted it.Looked odd to see one that wasn't green,as that was the only one i've ever seen that wasn't.

well waddya know- it's old news now, but I found that red Euclid picture.

I was looking around for midget clown porn and found this site purely by accident. Lots of truck pictures and interesting stuff here-

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/

Seems Rob was right,everybody's having a birthday this year. Have a good one Barry!