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I bet it WAS fun. Mom and Dad bought a brand new '71 Impala 4 door with a 400 small block, 2 bbl. carb.-first brand new car we ever had- and it would go!.. and that was a LARGE car!

I'm glad I wasn't taking a swallow of my drink when I read that-laughed so hard I prolly woulda ruined my keyboard!

absolutely not-i'll clean and armorall it for you. been sitting in the shed for a while.

I'm pretty sure he knew what he was getting, he just wanted everyone to think he was getting a 'vette...the real 'vette that is.

I wish you had contacted me first, i'd have sent you this for only $385.16, shipping included.

I pulled a dump bucket for a while and was always afraid of tipping over, especially with a load of lime. It was bad about sticking and wouldn't come out until the body was all the way up. Sometimes, especially if it was a little wet, it wouldn't come out at all and you had to lower the body and get in and run a shovel a bit to loosen it up then try it again. Plus you had to take it directly to a field sometimes and it was hard to find a level spot to dump it. Larry Wales, a friend who used to live in Massachusets, said he was hauling to Logan Airport in Boston and they used to back up and dump side by side and he'd seen one tip over and hit the next one and they'd turn over like dominoes. He said there are dump trailers under the runway they were building to this day that they just cut the tractor loose from and left there.

I have to agree. Jeff traded the 2000 W900L I was driving for the 2006 Peterbilt, and I wish he had kept it. It never broke down, ran good, had an N14 Cummins in it, and I just liked it better. Plus, a W900 is just a prettier truck in my opinion. Also true, I can't even put any air in the seat or all i'd be able to see would be about 10 feet in front of me!

Me too. I love the old stuff-trucks used to have character. Now they all look alike, like cars. I can't identify most cars anymore until I see the name. You used to be able to tell at a glance what a '65 Impala was, or a Fairlane, or Roadrunner, or Chevette...I remember a guy from high school who was bragging that his parents were gonna get him a 'vette- and they did. A Chevette though, not a Corvette.

"James, you're gonna get yourself drowned! I just don't think that thing's gonna float- get rid of it, ASAP!"

I don't get it...what does that have to do with us?

We used to block the 5th. wheel when we pulled long steel on steerable dollies. The front of the beam just sat on a bolster on the fifth wheel. We had the hi-tech equipment-a piece of wood across the frame under the back of the 5th. wheel, held in place by a rubber strap on each end.

This is true-Lonely Wolf used to keep a tool box in the passenger side floor in his cabover Kenworth. When he tipped over on rt. 26 he said he wasn't hurt but that tool box "'bout beat me to death".

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday. Thanksgiving picture of the week-

It does look really good for it's age, and it certainly would look good behind your new B-67. Don't pay any attention to Joe- you know you NEED that trailer. Momma will understand. Can I have an R-model or two, a B-model, and your 3/4'' socket set since you won't be needing them anymore?

I'll drive a Mack if Jeff Moore buys one. But, that's not likely slow as things are. I heard today we're not getting a safety bonus this year-they just didn't have it. And a pay cut may be next...so much for tires, and wheels, and food, shelter, and electricity.

yeah, that was the common procedure-tighten the outside nut, then tighten it some more with the chisel, then bend the little lock tab down with the hammer. I've been through a clutch, radiator hose, turbo hose, and a fan belt in less than a week on that Pete.

Absolutely! How else are you gonna hear who's fussing, fighting, arguing, and cussing. Sometimes people ask questions too, like "where'd you learn to drive, you #@%*ing idiot!!". I keep mine on all the time and once in a while actually hear some useful information.

I found a top with a hose connected to it at the parts store that works on gallon jugs, so you can use a gallon jug like the little quart squirt bottles. Back in olden days when I was a youngster it was common to use a chisel to tighten and loosen those nuts, nobody had a socket that big then. I probably didn't do yours though, somebody else did that.

I've got a Connex 3300HP now with an Astatic mike and Wilson 2000 antannae, but I always had good luck with the Cobras. Never had the backlit model or bluetooth enabled, but had a 25 and a 29 classic. I saw the 29 classics on sale at a truckstop somewhere a couple of weeks ago for $69.95. Spend that $20 to have it peaked and you've got a pretty good talking radio with not a lot of money invested. The 25 I had was actually the best talking radio I ever had, but I had a 150 watt linear on it. Never had a stock Cobra mike last very long though. ordred the Connex from here- they seem to have pretty good prices. http://cbradiosplus.com/

aye!

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Great story!

Any AK Steel (used to be Armco) plant is my least favorite place to load ever. The one in Butler, Pa. is no better, and the one in Ashland, Ky. is only slightly better. They suck to the highest level of sucktivity there is. Being an a-hole must be a requirement for working there. Hate to say it, but that's one company i'd like to see boarded up and rusting away, like the old Copperweld Steel mill in Warren, Ohio is now. I don't hate many things, but just mentioning AK Steel gets my bp up! By the way, what IS in your 'fridge?

so that would explain why Rob always wears this suit every time he so much as thinks about getting another truck.