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Hey Tom, you still work for the H.H. Moore don't you? Gotta be a gold watch in your near future.

Naw, I worked there over 25 years, been gone over 6 years. PGT later bought the company, so H.H.Moore Jr. Trucking Co. Inc. no longer exists. Jeff and Todd Moore, whom I work for now-Jeff (and his lovely wife Teresa) owns the Pete I drive-are H.H.'s grandsons so i've been driving for the Moore family for 32 years. Started working for H.H. in June,1979.

Real nice pics other dog, man that F-model is real nice!!!! all of them are sharp... I love that line-up at the end.

Thank you,it's a shame my scanner quit working,some came out pretty blurry but i'm taking pictures of pictures so it's hard to get them but so good,and some aren't too good to start with!

some more old pictures from the album-

inside front cover-i'd just finished washing the black T800 with the 444 Cummins and 18 speed. Notice my T-shirt is soaked with sweat from my hard labor (for that matter,notice I had lots of hair, and it was dark- unlike today!). At this time I was driving the pride of the fleet! My old '64 Scout and my mud bogger's there too,a '71 Scout with Chevy running gear.

Had my cb handle on the door of the F-model

'79 F-model I drove

First KW,1983,350 Cummins

more KWs I drove,'84 and '85 models with 400 Cummins. The '85 was the first truck I drove with an engine brake.

Inside the back cover-I saved these when they were about to be thrown out at H.H. Moore's.

Pretty much the whole fleet. That's the other Transtar Eagle on the end of the back row, and H.H. and his wife Evelyn standing by the pickup. The IH next to it might be another Eagle-I know it had a 400 Cummins-but H.H. bought it from Montague-Betts when they went out of business.

Tom,i sure like seeing these pictures,even if sometimes their not the greatest! my dad liked the IH Transtars,he thought they were good trucks. The one in the picture was also a 903 Cummins (which my grandfather called a "9-0 Nuthin'") he had this one till 1971 when he ordered a brand new White-Freightliner C.O.E which was a 1693 TA caterpillar,13 speed road-ranger he leased on with North American van lines and stayed there for almost 30 years,he always told me the 1693 was one of the best engines he ever had. I always liked the looks of that Transtar Eagle,was a nice truck,the guy wrecked that one was sure lucky,looks bad!..........Mark

Yeah, a 903 wasn't exactly known as a powerhouse. The VT's had a little more power, but they were about the same a driving a 318 Detroit- more famous for that V8 sound than how they pulled!

But, back then it held it's own. Most of the other Transtars had 290's in them with 10 speeds, only a few had 350's.

That was one of only 2 Eagles H.H. had, they were the fancy version. The other one was the pride of the fleet, it had the two tone blue with white stripes paint job, twice pipes, and the only 400 Cummins he had.

After looking at the picture, the good thing is: The driver that wrecked this truck only lives about a mile from me now.

Yeah, he went back to driving after he recovered. He has pins, screws, bolts, nails, staples, gorilla tape, and elmers glue in his ankle but that was actually about all the damage he got. His feet were caught up in there somewhere and it took hours to free him from the truck, but looking at it you wouldn't think he survived.

I looked in my oldest photo album and found these bad pictures of Transtars. That's what H.H. Moore mostly had, with a few KW's and Macks. Later he went to mostly Kenworth K100s. These pictures are old, some are polaroids and they just don't age well at all, and I just couldn't take a decent picture then apparently.

This is the first truck I drove for H.H.Moore,a 1974 Transtar with a VT903 Cummins and 13 speed direct trans. The 13 speeds i'd driven before were overdrives, much more common, and this transmission took a little while to get used to because the splitter worked backwards- direct was in the same place but when you moved the button clockwise it went to underdrive, which was a down shift.

The first picture was taken at the old Ponderosa Truckstop at the bottom of North Mountain, near Clifton Forge, Va. I was either on the way to Covington with a load of chips or was empty and on the way back to Dillwyn.

I drove the International until I got this '77 F-model.

F-model with a chip trailer and my brother's combine.

This was a nice Transtar Eagle with a 350 Cummins and 13 speed. The driver that wrecked this truck only lives about a mile from me now.

Like an unwanted cold blooded serpent, it slithered in on it's belly.

Rob

I did have to look pretty hard to find one. I told Jo "he's got to have one in the background somewhere!"

Had a great time at the show. Met up with tons of people, and the constant rain did not put off the attendance.

Unfortunately the only picture of Rob I got was late Friday night after dinner. I think the few beers hit him a bit harder then he thought they would..............

Got home okay, but not without issues. Seems my NEW hub seals FAILED on the drivers side and it puked it guts out all the way home. I had stopped in Van Wert for fuel to find grease pouring out all over the tire. Ugh. Guess I have to pull that side down again and see what happened. I just returned that 4" socket to my buddy while at SB. Guess I need to run over to Orville and pick it up AGAIN. Geesh..............but at least it made it home(only a little messy).

Now that's just funny right there!

I've been trying to dig up old pics when I get a chance to. This is one of my favorite's of my Dad. He had just pulled in on this summer afternoon with a new Transtar II. Needless to say I was the proudest kid on the Block!!!! I remember it was white with red interior 350 Cummins and 9 speed. I always loved these Transtars, they had such a cool look to them. His last run in this truck was to New Orleans out of Newark N.J. running flatbeds.. a long time ago. Sorry the picture is so worn out.. I've had it on every visor of every truck I drove.

First truck I drove was a 1974 4070A Transtar.

I got the mixer running again today. Best I can figure, first time in 6 months! Took a while to get it going, I jumped it with a Ford Ranger pickup. I used silicone spray, and Randy was right, it worked great. I dumped 14,000 gallons of water out of the drum- shoulda stocked it with catfish and left it-then I made 3 or 4 laps around the shop. I was going to take it around the Concord loop, but there's just too much traffic today. Let it run about 30-45 minutes I guess, and i'm not gonna let it go so long again,i'll try to start it every week or so from now on.

I just checked the pictures, they're great. Excellent job taking pictures of things! I liked the orange and black B-model, not fancied up, just looks good. And the big Diamond T,and the Cannonball GMCs.

I just have one question-"I'm not takin' any pitchers of any Petes!"- so what the hell is this?

Hi Terry was also great to meet up with you also. Yeah, once I get to "flappin the trap" nobody gets to speak further. I get my opinion across that way.

Those batteries I purchased earlier in the day went the distance. Many photos were taken with a flash also. In fact the Ray-O-Vac brand rechargables are already in the trash. Won't make that mistake again.

"Momma" really rubbed it in about forcing me to stay in a motel Friday night. By admission it was nice to not sleep in the Jeep again although it wasn't uncomfortable. She is already pestering me to reserve a room for Macungie.

I certainly enjoyed meeting those I was fortunate to see.

Rob

I take lots of pictures of things and i've found the Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries to be the best. I was going to get Duracells for my camera and the camera guy suggested the energizers,said they lasted longer than Duracells. I took well over 300 hundred pictures on the Washington trip a few years ago and never put new batteries in,and they'd been in the camera a while to begin with. Energizer. Lithium. Batteries.

crap...the dreaded double reply! I'll delete this one and write something else-pay no attention to this post.

Saw this in the truck paper, http://www.auctiontime.com/OnlineAuctions/Details.aspx?OHID=1613005&lp=trk&bcatid=27&

Looks like we'll see you all in South Bend.

Jimmy is leaving here with his W900 and trailer loaded with a nice little Emeryville early on Thursday morning, and I am following a little later. About a ten hour drive.

Morgan - we should talk by phone once onsite to arrange dinner. Rob can buy.

Paul VS

Gee...wish I could have gone. Just got home last night, ran 2 loads of lumber to Pa. and one to Ohio this week and loaded steel in Sharon,Pa. back to Lynchburg each time.

Would have got to meet Paul- Rob, take a picture of Paul for us. Paul, take a picture of Rob for us and end the mystery. Some people feel that his profile picture is not actually him.

You guys have a nice weekend,i'll be in Gladys grilling stuff.

fixin' that post-and now,the real story...

I have elected to drive my car to the show rather than the Mack due to a driveline "hop". Tonight I had a friend sit on the freshly greased 5th wheel while I drove around. I have this serious hop that happens just under 70mph, and again at just under 90mph. "Jerry" said the rear axle just about comes off the ground when nearing the 70mph mark. After looking closely under the 5th wheel the torque link is really beat out on both ends on the rear rear. I'm making the assumption this could be a problem??? The truck is perfectly smooth above 90mph. The trunion bushings appear to be sound with no shifting of the crossbar within the rubber. All tires are old recaps I found at the dump, and hold at least 40psi. Some are radials and some are bias ply. All treadwear is uneven. Kinda hard to stay in the seat anyway when i'm jumping around listening to Kool and the Gang in the 8-track!

I put about 40 highway miles on the truck tonight to let everything warm up well. The trans is quite a bit louder when hot than cold. It does not however have any play, or slop that I can tell, and shifts crisp. There is a fresh reman, and a known good RTO-12513 around here so I may just swap it out.

Planning to head for South Bend about 3:00am CST.

Some more of my random thoughts.........

Rob

"Jerry"- you are a very brave man. Or perhaps you were forced to do that against your will,eh? I know of a great attorney in Daingerfield, Texas.

Sounds like a good turn out of Mack fans! I might ride over- haven't decided yet where I'm going on memorial day weekend. I'm currently banned from ATHS's forum for complaining about their $10 entry fee, etc... So I may just pay up my membership and give 'em a piece of my mind at the annual meeting!

I'm an ATHS member and usually get to a couple of shows every year, but I don't even go to the ATHS website anymore-what a bunch of pricks!..i'll just lurk about over here on BMT.

I saw a big Mack manure spreader.

Randy's radial engine B model should really scoot going backward cause the prop rotates to the right looking from the rear of the engine and not as the depiction represents. This is true with both Pratt&Whitney, and Wright Aeronautical engines.

Must be technologically correct you know.

Rob

oh.

must be the pete

Actually I sleep better in that than I do at home. That's why i'm on BMT at 2 or 3 in the morning a lot of times.

Well, I guess this counts as aviational, I have always been completely fascinated by radial engines, the bigger, the better. I wish I could put one in my truck. Sorry, I know im wierd, cant help or explain it. randyp

It's OK Randy, we understand.

I use to run a gallon or Marvel in each tank every few weeks. With the Ulsd. Also run a gallon in the crank case when We did the inframe to help it break in. Been running Marvel in my gen every4th or 5th tank of fuel. Mind you it is mounted on the back of my truck and runs every night and all weekend 24 hours.

This post was started so long ago I just wonder what kind of pictures I might have posted-here's an Oklahoma rerun anyway. Mike always seemed to like it. I like it too, never deleted it,eh?

... the guy that wishes he could get a paycheck for sleeping late?????

Wish I could do that. I just wish I could sleep!

John,to the best of my knowledge,there are 9 volumes in the vanishing trucking pioneer series,they are still available on the ATHS website,just go to the store section..........hope this is of some help, Mark

That is correct Mark. I bought the whole set a few years ago and there was 8 volumes at the time, but I know there's at least one new volume since then.

one more. You can still borrow the book if you want of course.