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I once re-jetted an old Carter AFB carburator for a friend of mine on our kitchen table,used (un-known to me) a "good" dishtowel for a shop rag,Mrs. Vision was not happy! did'nt go good at all for me!................Mark

I know that feeling very well-I used a "good" dish towel to wipe down my cast iron stew pot after I used it and re-seasoned it with crisco one time.

Yup, it takes up to a dozen inputs to get one output. A lot of new "techs" don't know how to break something apart mechanically, or electrically and cannot progress any further so start to replacing parts.

I see it often in my job.

Maybe that's why they keep me around?

Rob

Naw,that has nothing to do with it. They keep you around because they love you for your positive altitude, your smile, and the bright ray of sunshine and optimism you bring to work every day.

Didnt think it was a Hayes, cab is close but hood and fenders are wrong. Mack at 1 time owned Hayes, there is a company(earl paddock transport) up here that uses KW, but every truck has the bear on the hood(im sure 386 you have seen them), the old man owned a hayes dealership here and started trucking after it closed. bobo

Then paccar bought Hayes and shut it down shortly afterwards. They used Peterbilt cabs for a while. Old Bill (the Diesel Gypsy) said Hayes trucks were his favorite of all the trucks he drove. I like the ones with the big "H" made in the hood.

heh heh,,I would say "Imagine dat", but I thinks you already did. You been smoking too much Creeces. randyp

All true Randy,all true.About George that is,not the creeces thing.

Saw this this week- a big ass bike in a little truck. Reminded me of somebody...just can't place who.

And a big ass dog in a car.

A big ass single axle tank trailer.

An old Consolidated Freightways trailer.

Some icy roads in Arkansas,and a stuck truck.

Can't think of the name. Company in Canada, eh

Hayes?

Though sometimes I might engage in humor and nonsense,I do have a serious side. In fact,I was doing some serious research on Wabco.

I learned that in the early 1800's a young fellow by the name of George Westinghouseairbrakecompany moved his family into a well-to-do neighborhood near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. George and his family loved it there as there was both a Wal-Mart and a Home Depot nearby, but the feeling was not mutual with his neighbors. They liked everything to be the same in the 'hood, with houses well kept and the lawns all mowed the same day with all the grass the same height. Young George complied with all this but the problem was that his mail box had to be extra long in order to get his extra long name on it. It just didn't fit in and his neighbors were irate about it.

Things got to the point that his neighbors would stage nightly protests and riot in the street in front of his house. George just ignored them at first, but when the angry mob threw a 11/24.5 B.F.Goodrich truck tire that had been soaked in gasoline on his DirectV dish antenna and burned it one night, George knew he had to do something.

The next morning he called in sick, then went to the courthouse and changed his name to Wabco. Then he went by the Home Depot and bought a new mailbox. He raced home and tore the old mailbox off the post and threw it in the dumpster in the alley. Then he put the new mailbox up and waited.

That night when all his neighbors made their way down the street to his house they saw the brand new standard size mailbox on the post...they mumbled a bit, then threw their torches, pitchforks, and sandwiches down in the street and went home...

and they all lived happily ever after.

The End.

Texans take their state VERY seriously! wanna make one mad,just tell them you heard Texas was the biggest county in Oklahoma!.....Then run!

What's that old saying about the only 2 things Texans are afraid of? Something like a Mexican with a gun and an Okie with a football?

I went to Houston this week. Thought i'd get away from the ice and snow, but it snows everywhere I go.

I noticed they've changed the signs when you come into Texas.

heh heh,,,Mark, I do believe we need to beat Hatcity with a barbed wire wrapped axe handle, then maybe he would "get it". Its brutally cold here, wind chill has it down in the minuses. Im staying inside, cept maybe to step out door for firewood. randyp

What if Texas invades Florida and just takes it over?..remember the Alamo!

Drinking it warm will break you of that nasty habit on short order.

Welcome back. Any new exploits?

Rob

If the tank's on the roof there's little chance of it getting warm any time soon in Wisconsin...or Texas....or Illinois...or...

Ive lived here 56 years and we have never gotten this much snow, we are scheduled for more all next week. In addition to being a regular nut, I am also a "bird" nut, and am currently going through bout 20 pounds of bird seed every 2 days, and about the same amount of black oil sunflower seed also. The weather is really taxing the lil fellers here, am bout tired of it, starting to get cabin fever. i have made a few "store" runs for neighbors and checked on a few elderly friends, poked a few fires up for them and toted a lil wood, but, dammit, come on Spring!!! randyp

I passed through Daingerfield Thursday night,but didn't see you or Spot anywhere.

if i remember correctly, 1110 stands for 1100 footpound torque and 10 speed

gg2

that's right, and the rt is direct in high gear, rto would be an overdrive trans.

Welcome aboard. Saw that truck and also knew I'd seen it before. Glad you got a good one and hope you have fun with it.

Been a few years back, Oldmacks.com had a firetruck crew cab for sale. That would be the ticket to throw on your chassis. Usually firetrucks go pretty cheap in the realm of things.

Yup, gotta watch out for some of the "clowns" on here. No picture is safe LOL!!! We do like to have some light hearted fun on here, nothing too serious.

Why, that's- that's just- true that. Here's some extended cab B-models.

And here's the grand daddy of 'em all, Euclid of Alexandria

He's the inventor of Euclids?

This oughta be a Euclid,'cause it's green. It's at least kin to a Euclid because it was made by Terex,owned by General Motors of Canada at the time.

Hmmm...look what I found- a blue Euclid. Randy's right,George Krylon,George Krylon III,Benjamin Moore,Sherman Williams,and myself were all wrong.

I cheated, so I won't give it away, but that's quite a piece of machinery.

Looks like the famous "snow train". I think the same company made the snow train.

From the era when cabovers were made with conventional cabs. Some of them were built in some handyman's backyard before truck manufactures realized the demand and started building cabovers.

AH-HAH! Yes,I can see it now. Couldn't find a Ford cab taken from the right angle so I put this nose on it. Fits like it was made for it.

Heres the one i was talking about,its a "homemade" 1950's Dodge...................Mark

Well my hat's off to that fellow. Took balls to get up in that thing and actually drive it!

I got one for you. I saw this on Hank's Truck Pictures before,had to go back and find it. The caption didn't say what it was but when I saved it the name was "ford ex convoy". Kinda resembles a Sightliner International, but it's nothing i've ever seen before.

What has been seen,CANNOT be un-seen! LOL!.......Mark

And apparently it's true that what's been deleted is not really deleted

I just saw an oldy but goody. A picture of the Chevy truck with a van body,fixed up as a living quarters complete with a chimney,satellite tv antenna,and the back half of the fuel truck on the rear. Said "The Robmobile" on the side.I remember posting that picture here. Don't remember what the occasion was,but it was deleted long ago,and there it was!

One of the first things they will look at is his cell phone records.

Yep. Probably had to take a pee-pee test immediately.

Definitely not a good habit to be in. Don't take much to send you where them wheels are pointing.

I remember that question being on a drivers license test-probably the first one I ever took. Which way should your wheels be turned while waiting to make a left turn,left,right,or straight ahead? I actually picked "to the left" and got it wrong and i've never forgotten it.The right answer is straight ahead of course,just for this reason.

Yup....it could ALWAYS be worse.

Unfortunately in this one, 2 people died, 1 received minor injuries, and the knucklehead who caused the whole thing walked away without a scratch. Road was shut down for 8 hours. Once I realized they had no intention of opening a lane to let us pass anytime soon, I backed up about 3/4 mile and turned around on a gravel road...then went into town and waited it out in the local diner. Had 3 eggs scrambled, hash browns, biscuit & gravy, & bacon...no telling how many refills on the coffee...then when the road opened, I figured I'd been there for 8 hours "off duty". If I left right then, not only would I be fighting through the 100 or so other trucks who were racing to get back on the road but also my 14 hours would be up in only an hour...meaning I'd have to stop for a full 10 hour break. So, I ordered a cheeseburger and fries and decided to wait 2 more hours to get a 10 hour break, then I could roll out to deliver my load and make it home before I'd have to shut down again. Total bill came to $12 + tip. Not too bad, and it was a hell of a lot better sitting inside talking to anybody & everybody (gotta love small town diners). Would have cost me a hell of a lot more than that to detour around the 70 or 100 miles it would have added, not to mention that would have put me over the 14 hours so I'd have to have got a motel for even more money.

Made for a long day, though, because I was getting home just in time to shut my alarm clock off

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