other dog

Yea, so what's goin on? Which Fartliner did you end up buying...???

??? this one?..I dunno

I had the good luck of seeing Larry pulling his race trailer on Saturday morning. The wife said "Hey look at that old Mack". I looked and saw the black and white B and said "That's Larry!". He just pulled off a red light and was into his 3rd gear and was only half way through the intersection! LOL!!!!! She looked good pulling that trailer.

I look around every time i'm around the Canton area, but never seen it yet. When I do i'm gonna flag him down and see if he'll sign my hat or something.

Here's some of Rowdy's winners from years past-

his first car-2006

his first homemade "snowmobile"-2007

his last car,before going all truck-2008.

Now where is my truck at with the fuzzy dice?

right here-it hasn't gone anywhere.

no wonder we haven't seen or heard from him- he's been doing his truck driver training and passed with flying colors!..should be hitting the road soon.

Here's a secret spy photo taken on his last day of training, courtesy of secretspypitchers.com

I was going to go to Altavista and get a new serpentine belt,a battery,and a K&N filter cleaning kit for the pickup today. First I had to get another checkbook because I wrote the last one in the old one Saturday morning...except I didn't have any more. Don't know why I didn't notice the last one was the last one in the box.Maybe I thought the two empty boxes that I didn't throw away were full of checks.

Got in too late to go to the bank Friday night,so my paycheck is still in the box at the shop...no checks,no cash,garden's drying up and dying-think there's still some beer in the cooler outside though...might as well I guess.

The local methodist church, high school music booster club, and high school cheerleading squad each do them a couple times a year here to raise funds.

They are always busy. I donate use of the dual wand pressure washer for mudbusting and presoaking, the fire dept a tanker of water, and cleanup etc., and all the entertainment one can stand over the afternoon.

Rob

ohhhh...entertainment. So that explains the clown suit.

Even pick the hair outta your teeth for three days? Deal with stubble punctures to your tongue? Hock up hairballs like a feline?

Rob

well,nooooo...but I believe I could make the sacrifice for her-except that picture's probably 20 years old.

Was it just beavers, or SHAVED beavers he was looking for?

just beaver-he's into widlife

All this got started when my son was here yesterday and was looking at image results for beavers. I told him to turn the safe search off and see what happened.That's when we saw that cartoon so I told him "save that for me".

No need to be confused, Tom. A 9 over is over driven in the front box at .73. The 13 over is a 9 speed direct which is over driven in the rear box at .87. When you combine the two you end up over driving an overdrive. You are absolutely correct in thinking that it makes little or no sense. Keep in mind however that at the time this was sort of popular. 9 speed overdrives were rare, if not readily available. Also you could not buy a .336 rear or find a .355 that you could buy. Most used trucks that anyone could afford, were set up with leasing company specs, a 290 or 350 Cummins, with a 9 speed direct and .370 rears. Dependable, but slow. If you were going to make 36 or 37 trips from the east coast to California, and back, during produce season, you needed a horse of a different color. I have run 1500 miles in California, just picking up my return load. 8 or 10 pick ups were not uncommon. A good hot rod transmission then was the 9558LL. Easy to work on, with big spur cut gears, but rough on it's small counter shaft bearings, with no oil cooler. There is better equipment, more readily available now.

H.H.Moore was getting 9 speeds for a while,all direct drives. The 83,84,and 85 K100's I drove all had 9 speeds with 3.70 rears.Then he bought one IH conventional with a 350 cummins that had some odd ball nine speed. Don't know what model it was but it had 4 speeds in the low side and 5 in the high side which was opposite of the ones I drove.

AAWWW hell tom! you aint gonna offend me! you should hear some of the shit i come up with! gotta' remember i AM a truckdriver LOL! i grew up with a dad and grandfather that worked in profanity like an artist uses paints and clay, they said things that would make a china sailor blush!!!! not too much i have'nt heard!.......Mark

Oh,well then,that changes everything-and he's been to Hooters. I've only been once,in York,Pa. about 10 years ago.

heh heh,,,I guess you know definition of virgin in oklahoma,,,,,10 year old who can outrun her brother,,GRAND POOBAH Randy (third degree)

Thought that was West Virginia

heavenly days! need a machete to get to that one,,dog

I would do whatever it takes to get to that!

One what? beaver or explanation? Demi Moore has a beautiful beaver. At least she used to,not sure about now. Border Agent Randy

http://www.icantbelievetheydidthat.com/Demi%20Moore/demi-moore-naked-bush.jpg

Do you have one?

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I can honestly do about anything necessary with any Eaton Fuller transmission, reason being that I have had to. A triple counter shaft Mack is a different story however, because I haven't had to. I really like the 12 speed in my RS, but it seems to be a direct drive. I believe it would actually climb a tree, especially in deep reduction reverse. With tall rubber and a .450 gear about 58 to 60 is the top speed. I think you may have touched on it before, but what would be involved in over driving the 12 speed, and what ratio would you end up with.

man, y'all lost me a long time ago! If the 9 speed is already an overdrive transmission and a 13 speed wouldn't help,I think i'd go get some take-out rears with a lower ratio (higher speed),unless it's some off the wall odd ball rear in the first place, and change the whole rear instead of trying to change the gears in it.

huh?..now i've confused myself...hate when that happens

Other Dog, if you want to see the Sightliner, Jim Moore (JEM out of Harrisonburg) always has it at Winchester.

I'm waiting for his next toy he has to make it's debut, a factory gas powered Emeryville from what I've heard.

Thanks Keith,Winchester is a great show also. Went to the first 2 they had but haven't made it back since.

Here's a copy of the flyer I got in the mail yesterday for the Lincolnton show,with directions and a phone no.

Got home for a 3 day weekend, usually try and get my truck cleaned up inside and out, my boy will normally lend a hand with the vacuuming/ making up the bunk,this usually only requires a "bribe" of going to dairy queen for a treat when done, but, today, went in the house for a few minutes thinking he was hard at work,but when i returned did'nt hear any "action" going on in the truck! this was the result! get what ya' pay for i guess!...LOL!............Mark

guess you'll have to give him a raise to Red Lobster, or Texas Steakhouse, or Hooters.

heh heh heh,,,that pictures worth a million bucks Mark, take him to the DQ for a treat anyway when he wakes up,oh man, we all have so much to be thankful for in this world! I lost a son, he was grown, but have a lot of memories of stuff like you got there, enjoy these times a lot, good pic and story,,,mad scientist randy

I lost my wife 5 years ago-20 years married and not even an argument. But,my oldest son and his wife and kids were here yesterday.We cooked and had a great time,today my youngest son and his fiancee came...we cooked ribs and chicken and had a great time

Hint: she's shaving her beaver-what part do you not understand?..maybe I can help you

galldang silly ass gooberhead,,,I cant type for the eyes watering up from laughing,,,YOU JUST AINT EVEN RIGHT! heh,,heh,,,heh thats alright,,,,IRS agent Randy

oh...uh...about last year's tax return-I can 'splain all that.

I don't know about Vision386 but I don't think he was kidding about the child. I don't like to kid around about my family and don't think he does either so I'll excuse myself and STFU in this thread.

yeah,i'm sure he wasn't - i'm gonna delete my great picture that's loaded up and ready to go. Everyone doesn't have a sense of humor like mine,and while I like to joke around I don't want to offend any friends.

Just finished reading otherdogs post "maybe It's time....." and this is what i was getting at with this one, these are some of the stories i was talking about,it's guys like old bill that we need to hear from, i am glad he has taken the time to write down some of his memories for all of us to read and enjoy! there has never been a definative history of trucking written, doubt there ever will be, but as i said, it's locked up in the minds and memories & photo albums of thousands of people worldwide. It's up to all of us interested in trucking/old trucks to try and preserve some of that history. And in my opinion, if an old timer needs our help, who better than people like us to help out.....trucking was a brotherhood back in my dad and grandads day, its come a LONG way from that now! the "comeraderie" of the road is long gone,never to return, and the publics bad opinion of us is never going to change either. I for one, don't even like to be called a "trucker" i am a professional truck driver, always have been, always will be.............Mark

Thank you Mark, this story goes way back, and I was just trying to help out a friend in need, thought maybe others might want to chip in.

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?showtopic=11447

That's a precious pic you have there. My 7 year old grandotter comes over and helps Grampaw when I'm home and her usual bribe is either McDonald or Dairy Queen for cones so I know what you mean.

BTW--I'd save that pic for sure.

Man!!! I got one loaded up and ready to go,but don't want to offend anyone-especially Vision386...how old did you say he was?..18?