other dog

I've never been around any of them. Always remember that Western Star was a "hand built" Canadian truck of good quality. I remember this series when new and the styling always kinda stuck with me. It is the same thing when I first seen the first Superliners in the 70's.

Rob

These are the best looking Western Stars. I don't like the newer ones where the cabs look like they've been over inflated. Todd had a couple of Low-Maxxes, I think they were called, and they were butt-ugly.

It's amazing what can be purchased through the internet; you just need to know what you are after.

Rob

Have to agree about the internet-like the grill I just bought, and digital cameras, I always google things before I buy to see other people's reviews and comments, and just to learn more about it, even if I go to Wal-Mart or somewhere and get it.

heh heh,,,Mark, here in Texas, "unit" implies new truck or "pecker". I didnt really care to hear it if he got a new "pecker", but I was ready to congratulate him on a new truck. Dern silly ass truck driving Gladys Virginians call a grill a "unit". Well, aint never heard such butchering of the queens english! randyp

This might be better than a Peterbilt, not sure about the pecker thing-there's a pony just up the road here that I do envy a bit.

I say we all forgive him, but only if we're invited to the inaugural Boston Butt grilling with the new "unit".

That offset firebox is what sold me on this grill, should work great for boston butts, and ribs. I'll have to season the grates before I use it, and they even reccomend coating the entire grill with oil so i'll probably do that too. I never had a nice big "store bought" grill before, except for the little small ones so i'll try to take good care of it.

In fact, I might not even ever use it. I told Jo I was gonna throw the coffee table out and keep it in the living room.

a hunertn fifty bucks-for that-PT Barnum said it best-there's a sucker born every minute

Perhaps I just assembled it wrong-i'll look at the picture again. Besides, it was not $150- it was $149.99

I went back and read the instructions, came out a little different this time...

easy assembly? my ass!

there was 9,000 parts to this thing!

had a defect too-

...knot fell out, leaving a knot hole!

lookin' like a grill now,eh?

The grates are cast iron so I have to season them before I cook on it.Prolly do that tomorrow-

see, it's a buffessional model grill-weighs about 9,000 lbs!

Nice unit, everybody's invited when I try it out. Might take a while to get used to it, 'cause ya gotta know your equipment for good barbecuing.

Now I can throw my old barrel grill away-all the antifreeze flavor had burned out of it anyway.

Once side is cooking much faster than the other!?! Coriolis effect? I would take it back...

Naw, that's on purpose, Jo likes her steak so rare a good vet could get it back on it's feets, I like mine well done.

I'm about as happy as Rob would be if "Momma" went out and bought him a R-model Mack with a V8 in it.

For once I got a good deal! I looked at this grill a couple of weeks ago at Tractor Supply, but was too cheap to actually buy it for $180. Then I came home and looked at it online and it was $40 more than Tractor Supply's price, and I wished i'd bought it, so today I decided to go get it. Best part was, it was $30 cheaper today than it was then- usually anything I buy goes on sale the next day.

Now all I gotta do is put it together-i'm gonna throw away the instructions first and just use my vast knowledge of grills that's in my head. Couldn't be too hard...

6 hours later...

hmmmm...doesn't look like the picture on the box, but it works great!

Hmmm...could be a bidness opportunity here. I could set Jo up in the blasting bidness and she could make a little money on the side blasting stuff while i'm trucking around. Probably wouldn't take off though, she knows nothing about splosives.

Hey check this out Greg, I just googled buckshot tires and found this-you probably saw it already, this is the tread I had on the old scout. Only had them on the rear, had 31'' recaps in front, but it stayed off the highway. I just used that in the woods and on old logging roads for fun.

Had 2 sets of Super Swampers for the mud bogger but I never put but one set on it at a time.

I liked tall skinny tires in the mud, had a set of Q78 Swampers, a 36'' tire, and the others were 12.50-38's.

http://www.offroaders.com/reviewbox/showproduct.php?product=746

Time sure flies, doesn't it? It's true, the older you get the faster it goes by. The 4th. of July has come and gone. Seems like just a little while ago it was snowing. I'll take a week off about the first week of August for vacation, then fall will be here before you know it.

Now I gotta get over to the store and see if that truck I parked behind it Friday is still there. If it is, and it'll start, i'll go unload in Lynchburg. Someone broke into the store last week, so I don't like leaving it there, but it takes up most of the driveway here and I thought more folks were coming by Sunday for ribs and chicken.

I must be off...

"Momma" and I also wish everybody and safe and happy independence day.

Rob

party's over,back to that grapefruit diet!

Yeah, there are. Guys like Mark, RandyP, Other Dog, Hatcity, that rhasler guy etc.

These folks are definately "twisted", and I am their role model and fearless leader.

Rob

yup

Paid a visit to Jack yesterday and he was outside cooking on the grill too. He was drinking Natural Lite too. Here's some pictures.

what makes you think I was drinking Natural Light?

Lookin'good Tom! we went up to my cousins annual picnic in Drakes Branch yesterday,never saw so much food in my life!they cooked up 70 pounds fresh fish and chicken with all the fixins' ribs, burgers,dogs you name it! we had a great time,sure is nice to have a couple days in a row off! got to see some family i usually only see once a year or so,i'm gonna cook up some ribs here tomm. hope you and yours have a good holiday!.........Mark

Thanks Mark-Drakes Branch is nowhere from here! Here's more pictures-

it was raining this morning, so I made a rain coat out of a trash bag-used to keep one of these in the truck.

ribs ready to go!

some unidentified fat guy...

Wow, what a good day I had today! Cooked lots of ribs and they came out great-4 racks! Plus 5 lbs. of chicken wings, got a ripe tomater in the garden, my son and his wife came over, the next door neighbors came over, just had a great time.

Might have some pictures.

Yeah,here's some pictures-every thing in the yard's smoking

tomato

grill

ribs-bone test...done!

With my weight I no longer trust a 2X4 but have went to a 4X4.

Rob

still, be careful- make sure it's a coil rated hardwood 4x4, don't trust that treated pine!

So, that grapefruit diet really works,eh?

Momma, after 2 weeks on the grapefruit diet-

I was looking for a website about convertibles and it was called topdown or topless rides or topfree, something along those lines and it was a bitch to find because of all the "nudist" related sites. I'm not complaining at all but it was frustrating when trying to find something legit. Another one I fouled up on was when I was looking for mud tires for my '47 Power Wagon. Buckshot has many meanings.

Buckshots! great tires!..they still make those? I had them on my old '64 Scout. Made by Gateway I believe...or was it Gateway Gumbo Monster Mudders- can't remember right now. Had 33'' Buckshots on it anyway, I think Monster Mudders had a similar tread. Southern States sold Buckshot tires in these parts.

uh...did anybody else click on the related video, "bikini girl gets mounted by dog"?..um...me neither then.

Yup....clicked on that there "Stumble!" button and was taken here....

yeah...right!..reminds me of the time I was researching comets, and accidently typed in "hot slutty cheerleaders"...wow!

I would certainly support legislation for a "Top-Free" United States!..........Mark

A-men brother!..(Bulldogman)

I could handle it- i'd just look away...besides, i'm not around here much, the rest would ...well...would...uh...make it OK!

That's why I love this site- you just learn so much here!

However, besides VT. the Oklahoma Sooners are my favorite college football team, since the '70's. How about the Oklahoma-Nebraska game in '71, won by Nebraska 35-31? One of the greatest football games ever!

... probably all look the same from the rear...

guess I was wrong again- here's the same 4 women after 2 weeks on the grapefruit diet and a couple of bottles of hair color stuff.

I saw one of them at Wal-Mart in Altavista yesterday...not sure which one, probably all look the same from the rear. She was in the 20 item or less express lane with a full cart.