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saw these crows at the shop yesterday...I threw a cracker out the window at them.

This B-61 (either a 1957 or 1959,I forgot) is the first diesel truck Herbert Jamerson bought for Jamerson Brothers Trucking in Appomattox,Va. G.H. Jamerson, one of Herbert's sons, said he put many miles on it himself and said he used to leave at lunchtime on Sunday to deliver lumber in Charleston,W.V. on Monday. Now it takes about 4 1/2 hrs. to get to Charleston. They had a tag axle installed at one time and later removed it. G.H. said he hopes to restore it for himself some day. He also said if he pulled it ten feet right now it would start.

They were right on 158 a little ways below the Sheetz store I believe. They'd be on your left headed towards Winston-Salem,by the edge of some woods. Easier to see going towards Reidsville,but they're not far past the stoplight at Sheetz best I can recall. There's an old International 2 ton there too backed up into the woods-or it was.I hope they weren't loaded up to be junked as they looked to be in good shape,best I could tell just passing by.

I'm a couple hours up 501...maybe less. Know it would be if it weren't for 10,000 stoplights.

sunnuva!..as soon as I read the title I knew I was gonna say that, but you beat me to it!

Yeah, I like the old pictures too. Lots here- http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/gruin.htm You could browse Hank's all day and not look at all his pictures!

thank you for thanking QC- Hank's has more pictures than you can shake a stick at!

I took a load of pipes down to Pineville, N.C. last night and picked up a load of rebars just north of Charlotte this morning. I saw a red Superliner pulling a feed trailer on I-40 and when I got on rt. 158 I saw a B-model and a red R-model sitting on a flatbed trailer somewhere around Walkertown. Didn't get any pictures of them, they caught me by surprise. However, I did check the google earth street view about where I saw the B and R model and found this B-model. Not sure if this is the one I saw on the trailer or not, but it probably is. Looked like a big junk yard back off the road behind where it's sitting in the google earth view.

that's a good one!

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The 300 (285hp) engine does have plenty of power as is. I pulled loads of kyanite and steel weighing over 50,000 lbs. regularly with one,through the mountains of Va, W.V, and western Pa. Turning the pump up is easy and a little more fuel makes a lot of difference and won't hurt anything. I knew some guys that got a little carried away turning them up though, thinking if a little is good a lot must be better...not always true!

great pictures- but I don't know if i'd go that far.

Good story and pictures. Not that tipping over is good. Reminds me of the early chip hauling days- paid $30 a load from Dillwyn to Covington,Va. Sometimes you'd have 20 tons,sometimes 25. Sometimes you'd wait in the mill for hours to get dumped but it all paid the same $30 a load. 9 or 10 loads in a week was a very good week.

and you're doing a great job.

great post-thanks rhasler,for thanking everybody who thanked everybody for thanking them.

no Randy,thank you for thanking me for thanking Rob and thanking Barry.

"Great post! Thanks Rob"

"Great post! Thanks...Barry"

naw,but that's the last picture I could take because it broke my camera. I rolled the window down at first and asked that fellow what he was staring at before I realized it was my reflection.

very flexible indeed!

I was sitting at a red light on rt. 51 in Pittsburgh Thursday minding my own business when a great looking black Peterbilt dump truck pulled beside me. Didn't get a picture of the cab because I was afraid it would upset Rob, but the whole body was polished so you could see yourself in it.

I don't get it...maybe I need to sign in to my g-mail,but it takes too long and I gotta go.

the view out of his other window- no fishing equipment needed.

I know everyone here has read the "Diesel Gypsy"'s stories on his website (now back up,http://www.thedieselgypsy.com/). He's the greatest truck driver ever,in my opinion-and that's saying something. Today he sent me some pictures of the "Moon River Bridge" story-what it looks like today. He made a trip in his car down to Toronto last week and stopped and took these pictures for me, so I thought i'd share some of them. The top of the first picture shows the road the grader that pulled them out came down. The next is the old Bailey bridge they crossed-still there. The next picture is the north end of the old trail,after they crossed the river. The last two are of where Larry's Tavern used to be. It was bulldozed when they put the 4-lane in. The story took place 54 years ago. I was born 54 years ago too.Time sure flys!

wow,that was pretty quick!..I just snapped that photo Wednesday,June 2nd,2010 about 7:08 pm!