other dog

be back later,gotta haul ass to the mailbox to get my coupons...

Well-how do YOU guys rate?? Mine is for the "Your Name Here truck Stop" and it's been closed for years! I WISH it was for "POPEYE'S CHICKEN"! The one in Reno and the one in Boise were both awesome good! (I'd LOVE to have one open up here in Elko.)

Speed

I'm with you there,Popeye's hot and spicy chicken is hard to beat,but the red beans and rice is my favorite.

When those watermelons ripen, will they be special flavored like Mad Dog 20/20?

do they still make that? Used to have a mad dog 20/20 t-shirt...back in the '70s.

in western ks. tonite. guess ill lay up near the middle fork on beaver creek

sounds like a fine place to be.

Last I went by there was a lot of concrete blocks that were at least a ton apeice stacked in front of the south entrance. No bridge neither and it was a loooooong way down there. So strange to see the same scene now 20+ years later.

I only went through that tunnel once from the north to the south. It was a real surprise to see how far up you were when exiting as it was totally unexpected. My wife absolutely hated rt. 60 as it made both her, and my daughter sick in her carseat due to the twisting on that road. When we left Norfolk, VA for the last time in a U-Haul truck, I was going the newly completed I-64 through that area and is when I'd seen the now closed tunnel. At the time I thought, "Jesus", that's a long way down there. I actually thought the north entrance would have been retained as it looked as if the south entrance being blocked up was permanent. Surprised to learn they built up a road to it.

Rob

that is kind of odd,as the north end seems to be much more easily accessed. I'm gonna call 1-800-ax randy and find out the reason they did that.

Were you driving on the wrong side of the road when you took this picture?

naw, you can turn the google earth street view pictures 360 degrees-you can look ahead,look behind,up at the sky,or down at the pavement.

It's pretty neat,almost like being there.The picture I took was from about the same place but a little closer. I was probably up around where you can see the truck coming down the hill, but I was indeed in the northbound lane when I took it.

There were some good pictures and some short video clips on that second link I posted. Had pictures of them blowing the old bridge up too. It was almost 300 feet down to the creek below it said.

And they moved more cubic yards of dirt and rock to build the turnpike-mostly rock-than they did building the Panama canal.Neat stuff,eh?

forgot this added bonus picture. This is the old power plant at Glen Ferris, also closed for years, which they're now putting back into operation. Nice fishing spot here! Up ahead and to the right, out of sight between the mountains, is the town of Gauley Bridge. Rt. 60 is pretty flat from Charleston to here, but when you leave Gauley Bridge you start climbing up over Hawk's Nest.

The last photo showing the tunnel entrance about even with the level of the new hiway certainly looks different than when I seen it in mid 1988. They had not built up the road and it was a sheer cliff up to the tunnel entrance which was blocked off, but you could still see it.

Rob

yessir, you pretty much came off the bridge and into the tunnel. I don't remember how high the bridge was, but it was a long-ass ways to the bottom!

Boy, I screwed that post reply up, need a computer class from Tom,,,randy

Not sure what they keep in there. It's probably about half a mile long. It's 2 lanes through it,and i've been through it hundreds of times but it's been closed for years. Used to cross a real high bridge going in from the south, but they cut a new 4 lane highway across the mountain,closed the tunnel,and removed the bridge.

http://wikimapia.org/8269980/West-Virginia-Turnpike-Memorial-Tunnel

More tunnel info here.

And a picture I got from google earth street view,similar to the one I deleted.This shows the south entrance.I remember they worked on that cut for the new road,seen to the right,for a long time-years it seemed like. It's all solid rock as you can see.

More good stuff and pictures here-

http://www.roadstothefuture.com/WVa_Tpk_Photos.html

Slightly modified joke Bollweevil sent me-

> Subject: Texans Declares War on The United States

Barack Obama is in the Oval Office when the telephone rings.

"President Obama," Barack said, as A heavy southern voice said

"Barack this is Randy P, down at the Joes Crab Shack in Daingerfield, and

I'm callin' ta tell ya'll that officially we just declared war on you!"

"Well Randy," Barack replied, "This is indeed important news!

How big is your army ?"

"Right now," said Randy, after a moments calculation "there's

myself, my cousin Harold , my next-door-neighbor Archie, and the

whole dart team from Hooters. That makes eight!"

Barack paused, then said. "Randy, I must warn you that I have one

million men in my army waiting to move on my command."

"Wow," said Randy. "Guess I'll have ta call ya back!"

Next day, Randy called again. "Barack, we're still gonna' fight

you! Since yesterday I have have managed to acquire some infantry

equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be Randy?" Barack asked.

"Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, a B-model Mack, and Harry's old farm

tractor."

Obama sighed. "I must tell you Randy, that I have 16,000 tanks and

14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army to

one and a half million since we last spoke."

Randy said, "I'll be getting back to ya."

Next day Randy called and said, "Obama , the war is still on! We

have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified Harolds'

ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys

from the Legion have joined us as well!"

Barack was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell

you Randy that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My

military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air

missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to

TWO MILLION!"

Randy said, "l'll call you back tomorrow."

Sure enough, Randy called the next day and said, "Obama! I'm gonna'

have to call off the war."

Obama said, "Why the sudden change of heart?"

Randy said, "We sit ourselves down las' night and had a long chat

over a bunch of beer, and we done come to realize there is jes' no

way we can feed two million prisoners.."

The story continues...

Got the truck from Cat Tuesday afternoon and headed to the shop to get fuel and then go load kyanite for Orchard Park,N.Y. Made it all the way to Thomas Terrace before the engine light came on, or about 10 miles. So I went straight back to Carter Cat and they replaced the wire connectors on intake valve actuators 5 and 6. Now 4 days of trouble free trucking!

I reloaded at Roll Coaters in Weirton,W.V. Thursday morning. Could have got loaded Wednesday night, but I had to wait for one coil that was over across the street at the sand and gravel place and they didn't open until 7am. Turned out pretty good because I was tired from the late start going to Orchard Park anyway, and I took some pictures of lots of trucks and equipment at the sand and gravel yard.

This is a 992 Cat loader-makes a Peterbilt look tiny.

GMC dump truck

good looking old Autocar.While I was taking pictures of it a dump truck driver coming in stopped and yelled "that truck still runs good".

I noticed it has current tags on it.

The plate on the door said it had a 335 Cummins in it and rt915 trans. Might have a 335,but I don't know about that 15 speed!

The little coil I picked up-had to use 2 extra pieces of wood to keep it off the floor.You don't want your coil touching the floor,or bad things could happen!

...especially on a big single like this.

This was in the Clark loader beside the Cat loader-a V16 Detroit Diesel.

and the added bonus pictures-

This is what the north entrance of the old tunnel on the West Va. Turnpike looks like now. I used to have a picture of the south entrance,but must have deleted it. The south entrance is still open and the tunnel is used for storage.

A closer look.Kinda hard to see any more.

This is where an old weigh station used to be on rt. 60 between Ansted and rt. 19. It was still there since i've been driving, but I never saw it open. They only used portables there and it's been closed for years.

I know-how about this?

the next day...

Sounds like a great truck as it is! But since you've already got the headers and are going with HP heads,Edelbrock intake,and Holley carb, you also need 4 new 12.50/38 Super Swampers so you can take it mud bogging on weekends.

Just purchased a 1965 B615...will take delivery by next Saturday! (hopefully)

Once she gets here, expect tons of questions! Everything I know about old Macks (not much)

I learned here in the last two weeks.

Leslie

I've delivered a few loads of steel to Milton Steel, haven't been there in a while though.

Dawwwgg,,,,Cat just called, double nickel is ready, get in it, go work, dont play on computer, go work, drive through several states, work, concentrate, work,,,,,,,,randy

OK, i've done all that...wonder what I should do next?

...2 days later...

looks like they had some rain in Texas-

I heard there was a wild man driving a Peterbuilt thru Woodstock the other day.. guess I know who it was now....

Lucky for me I was on the other end of town safe in my bed then eh?

You were safe- I went to the Toms Brook exit and came south on rt. 11 so it would be easier to back in from the road. A driver who'd been there before advised me to do that. Went back to 81 the same way, so I never got into downtown Woodstock.

Load of Kubota tractors, and a neat little truck. The salesman told me this unit sells for about $15,000. Could be real useful on the farm or a big jobsite but you can get a nice pickup,or several not so nice ones for that kind of money.

Old tractor in Woodstock, Va.

Some older trucks on rt. 13 in Delaware.

I stayed well to the right here.

Annapolis Bay Bridge.

here is the tag of the trans and aux ive never herd of a 6-4.

I've heard of a 6 and 4 but hadn't seen one before. saw this Freightliner with a 7 and 4 and a Peterbilt cap at the show in Colfax last year.

Hi Tom, my name is Rob. You drive, (or make attempt) one of them things???? I hear the engine light in those trucks is to make for easy map reading to the nearest Pete dealer for repairs? I'm also told the newer ones use a talking GPS to tell you how far the next repair shop is, and every two minutes, recite the telephone number!!

Ain't technology great?

Damn, that truck has got to be frustrating.

Rob

it is, it derates itself when the light comes on and it came on just as I got to Woodstock Sunday night,then I had 2 more stops in Md. and De.

Probably came on because I was just telling another driver Friday that I hadn't had any trouble for a long time.

This truck is a 2006 model and this driver that I was talking to was loading Kubotas in Ga. too. He drove for H.H.Moore a long time ago,then got his own truck,leased to Landstar now I think. He was saying Cat had a lot of engine problems in '06 and '07. He must be right.

By the way, I was reading a truck paper a week or so ago and it said 55% of owners reported problems in new engines last year,up from 25% the year before,before the newest emissions laws took effect.Said the engines with the fewest reported problems was Detroit Diesel.

Some nice "brute" trucks there.

There are a couple of reasons for installing Mack rears under a Pete:

1: To extend it's agony on earth as in revenge.

2: To lessen the chance of the driver having to return on foot, or a hook, as tow bills are EXPENSIVE!

Either way, A mistake in my opinion, as one should let sleeping dogs lye.

Rob

Hi,my name is Tom...and...and I...OK, I drive a Peterbilt! It's in the shop right now with the engine light on again.

That is funny on SO many levels.

"...about 5 gallons of orange paint". ...DoubleL? That's a masterpiece!

I was going to edit and say "sent in an e-mail from Old Bill,with a few minor changes". Now it's "from an e-mail from Old Bill with some major changes"...thank you Hatcity.

Two central Illinois rednecks are out hunting, and as they are walking along they come upon a huge hole in the ground. They approach it and are amazed by the size of it.

The first hunter says, "Wow, that's some hole; I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is."

The second hunter says," I don't know, let's throw something down and listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom."

The first hunter says, "There's this old automobile transmission here behind this body shop by the corn field, give me a hand and we'll throw it in and see". So they pick it up and carry it over, and count one, and two and three, and throw it in the hole.

They are standing there listening and looking over the edge and they hear a rustling in the brush behind them. As they turn around they see a goat come crashing through the brush, run up to the hole and with no hesitation, jump in head first.

While they are standing there looking at each other, looking in the hole and trying to figure out what that was all about, an old body shop expert and master antique airport radar technician,as well as being a Mack truck enthusiast walks up. "Say there," says the old expert master enthusiast, "you fellers didn't happen to see my goat around here anywhere, did you?"

The first hunter says, " Funny you should ask, but we were just standing here a minute ago and a goat came running out of the bushes doin' about a hunert miles an hour and jumped headfirst into this hole here!"

The old feller said, "That's impossible. I had him chained to a transmission!"