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I posted a picture a while back of A Peterbilt going in the hopper and a SmartCar coming out the other end-according to WLW's website, the silver blob between these 2 dump trucks is a SmartCar.

been there

now that's a good 'ern right there!..Rob Serling

Dang it, I wish I could go!..meet Paul,and Rob "the mountain"- other dog,"the mole hill"

yep, that's the one. Last time I was there I just dropped a van trailer on site and bobtailed back.

I've delivered to a power plant near Port St. Lucie a couple of times...by the way, I was in Florida this week-

Thought this was worth sharing- I've never really been much of a wine conner-sewer, but I came across a recipe for homemade wine that's really easy. My Momma made the best wine i've ever tasted, better than anything that came from the store. She made it in the big stone crocks from grapes, cherries, dandelions...I don't know what else, if anything, I always liked the grape best. But anyway, she sent me a recipe this week for homemade wine and all you need is an empty plastic milk jug. I used my one gallon water jug that I take with me in the truck-it's just like Dozer's-instead of a milk jug. I've got grapes growing in the back yard and around the edge of the woods here. I thought they were wild grapes, but after doing some research, and making Jo eat some first to make sure they weren't poisonous, I found they were called Muscadine grapes. They are the sweetest and "grapiest" tasting grapes I ever tasted, but they were kind of "chewy" and had lots of seeds in them. They were delicious, but not too good to eat. So that's where the wine comes in- you just put the grapes in a milk jug, or a water jug-mine's about 2/3 full. mash the grapes with a wooden spoon or something-my "wild" ones were hard to mash, so I mashed them in a bowl with a soup ladle first, then put them in the jug. Add just enough water to cover them. Place a cover (loosely!) over the jug and allow to ferment for around 4 days. Then strain the juice in small amounts, discarding the pulp. Add 3 pounds of sugar for each gallon of juice-(time to start tasting, this sounds like a lot of sugar to me!) Cover (loosely!) and let ferment for 10 days, or until fermentation stops. Bottle with a loose top and put in a cool place. This was my great-grandfather's recipe. He said "churn" instead of milk jug, but it still works. Ma added this- "After the first straining I put the juice in another milk jug, add the sugar and put a balloon on the jug. It'll work for about a week. Then strain again, but leave all the thick mess in the jug-don't strain it. Taste to see if it's sweet enough-if not, add sugar. Let sit in balloon covered jug about another week. Strain through about 4 layers of cheesecloth, then bottle. Top with balloon again until it's not working anymore, then cork." I've got mine in the water jug now! I never knew making wine was so simple-probably a good thing, or I might be face down in a back alley in the bad part of Gladys now!

P.S.-

went to the beach while I was there...

by the way, I went to Florida this week. In a truck.

you spelt Gladys wrong

I check out Hank's truck pictures periodically to stay up to date, and saw this H-model on his latest entry. One of the prettiest i've ever seen.

I don't remember...somewhere a bit north of Nashville I think.

you wouldn't think a highway sign would do that but he might have been traveling at a high rate of speed and about to blow over anyway. Or the picture may not be real,I don't know.

oops!

A couple of big rigs

me too, never thought to check it.

uh-oh! I didn't really, I found the bottle in the trash barrel at the truckstop fuel island and re-used it. The squirt bottle is very convenient, but it has regular old 85w-90 gear oil in it (used of course). I guess I should switch to synthetic and try to eat healthier.

I got up early this morning, so I decided to cook breakfast...

I don't know if there's any dead rats in the mixer cab, but they had definately been into the d-con I left for them. I didn't have time to check yesterday because I got back from Florida around 5:30 and had to get to the bank before they closed at 6:00. Wonder if a rubber snake would keep them out? I went to Neville Island with a load of beams Monday, then reloaded in Sharon, Pa. back to Lynchburg. Turns out the coils were the wrong size , so I dropped them at the shop and took a load of beams to Fernandina Beach, Fl. on another trailer. I had a load to pick up at Nucor in Huger, S.C. and the earliest loading time I could get was 11:30 Thursday night. Got there around 7:00, but didn't even get across the scales until 1:00 AM. Finally backed in to load at 4:00, and left a little after 5AM. I called Todd and told him i'd been at the #@$!ing place all night trying to get loaded. He wanted to know if i'd seen anybody else. The other 2 trucks had gotten 7:30 appointments, and at least one of them was already back in Lynchburg. So I just took 26 over to 95 and went north to the first rest area and pulled in and took a nap. Now I have 2 loads of coils sitting at the shop-they still haven't figured out what to do with the first one. They were too big for Handy to cut, so I don't know if they'll send them back to Sharon Coatings, or get them recut somewhere else. I see the truck show pictures from Lincolnton, N.C. that I sent to the ATHS are posted on their site now. http://forums.aths.org/InstantForum414/Topic64199-34-1.aspx Pretty boring report there,eh?..zzzzz

coulda been worse-at least he didn't use Volvo air tanks. I'd have went with used Peterbilt tanks myself, and sent Rob a picture.

I noticed that! Great looking unit by the way

There is one addition I would make-i'd have an old engine block swinging on a chain out of that big tree.

Me too!.. great looking truck!

Yes,there's always a time when you have to decide whether it's safer to go through the light or try to get stopped. A big single coil loaded eye to the side might make a difference in your decision.I always said the blinking warning lights before you get to the light was one of the best ideas they ever came up with-if I see it start to blink I start stopping,but they don't have those everywhere.Everywhere around here's got red light cameras now though. Maybe "it's not about safety,it's about money"?