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  1. other dog

    New Find

    I used to see a single axle LJ dump truck for sale in the big truck trader magazine all the time,but I haven't bought one recently...believe it was somewhere in Ohio,but i'm not sure.
  2. other dog

    Me

    Hi Kelly,I just thought i'd add that please don't be offended by anything you read here. Most of these guys,myself included,work very hard during the week and kind of get on here to unwind on the weekend,so to speak.If you read some of the old posts and blogs,you start to feel like you really know someone,just from what they say. So if I've said anything offensive,please accept my apology.I'm somewhat more serious than most of the people on here, and I also have ESPN. That tells me that you're a fun loving person who's really into old Macks,old trucks in general,and you love your dad.Can't beat that. as nocluejoe would say other dog would say I must be off.
  3. other dog

    New Job

    Glad to hear you found another job Joe,hope you like it and it works out well for you. Do you get to pack a piece?..anyway,I don't know this "other dog" but i've heard he was a fine fellow, and a good role model. You heard anything? p.s.-as Paul Van Scott would say "yeah-way off". What kind of truck are you delivering in,if any? If they gave you a wheelbarrow i'd quit.
  4. other dog

    New Find

    I know where a B-61 is just sitting in a field,waiting for you to rescue it.Probably wouldn't take much to get 'er going again... be glad to check into it further for you if you want...think about it,green with pink fenders,Paul Van Scott on the doors,hauling the B-67 to shows with it-the possibilities are endless!
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    Gone

    I'm gonna miss her too,she was a good dog-maybe she'll run away again and come back. I told Todd I was gonna quit too.He said "why,because we're cutting the trucks back?" I said "naw,because I don't like the boss",and he said "I don't blame 'ya,I don't like that s.o.b. either" and looked straight at Jeff.
  6. I just got in from mowing my grass. I worked on it for about 4 hours. That's pretty funny James. 4 hours?!! how much yard have you got, about 18 acres? You should get a goat or twelve to help you out.
  7. yeah,we first started putting them on brontosauruses-you wouldn't want to get backed over by one of them while waiting in line at the bank on Friday...so what's your point?! (seriously,first time I heard that joke,Teddy Moore told it-been a while)
  8. other dog

    Me

    Hi Kelly, Don't worry about computer illiterate,everybody else is too...well,a lot of us anyway .Wow ,three transmissions-now that's impressive! I can barely handle the one in my little Ford Ranger pickup. We'd like to see some pictures,and some of the truck too.
  9. I left here last Sunday,put my new radio in before I left ( the old Cobra wasn't acting right,but i've had it for 5 years ),and went to Brook Park,Oh. Reloaded at Brookfield and went to Roanoke,then to Dillwyn and on to Fremont,Oh.Then to Brookfield and Roanoke.Then to Moneta and Clarion,Pa. and Brookfield and Roanoke. Got to Roanoke about 6:30 last night and got unloaded at 11:30 So,instead of being home I slept in the truck up at the truckstop just south of Lynchburg. Called Jo at 5:30 this morning to come get me. She didn't cuss me or anything (well,at least not on the phone!),she came right on. I've put well over 200,000 miles on the truck now,and Jeff will have had it 2 years sometime in August. Think i'll run over to Wal-Mart now and get some fertilzer for the garden,they're calling for more rain today and tomorrow.Grass needs mowing again too. Maybe I should teach Jo how to push a lawnmower, but maybe I shouldn't push my luck. I have no new pictures now,so here's a recycled picture of a '66 Chevelle.
  10. I forgot about the '70 Olds Cutlass Supreme and '81 Regal I had.That Olds was one of the best cars I ever had,gave $800 for it,with a straight body, rocket 350,automatic,power windows. Still ran and drove great when I parked it. The Chevelle I had was a 396 350hp,which was actually the 402 engine,but it was bored .030 over with a crane cam,tarantula intake ( that's the one the carb. set kinda sideways on ) 780 holley,headers,electric fuel pump,Accel ignition...all the usual goodies. When I bought it it didn't have a transmission in it because the owner wanted to keep it (turbo 400 w/shift kit ) to put in a mud bogger he was building,so I went to Cosner Bros. used auto parts (the junk yard) and bought all the clutch linkage,bell housing,pedals,cross member, etc. out of a four speed Chevelle and put the M-22 Muncie that used to be in the Nova in it. It really wasn't hard to convert to the four speed because the frame was already drilled and tapped to mount all the clutch linkage,so it was pretty much just bolt it in. Only took it to the track once.It was a 13 second car with the automatic on street tires.I turned a 14.30 at 101 mph on a set of G-70 tires (skinny!),but it was still spinning into high gear. Had a Hurst Competition Plus in it at first,then switched to a Vertigate because it looked tough,but the Hurst was actually a quicker shifter ( shorter throw ). Ain't bragging,but it sounded like an automatic when I shifted,foot to the floor. That four speed was a lot of fun.You could take off and speed shift and chirp the tires in all four gears when you weren't even getting into it hard,'course if the cops heard you they'd give you a ticket for it.Then I got married and my hot rod days were over...done...finished.
  11. ...yeah,ha-ha Joe. As ol' George says in one of my favorite songs "...I know-everybody funny...now you funny too".About as funny as a screen door in a submarine. And I had moles in the yard,not gophers,there's no treasure buried there. You must have been over there digging around. If you found the bodies,I don't know anything about them.They must have been there when I bought the place. And everybody needs a hobby That's a good one though.I don't even know if that old Mack's for sale or not,probably not,and they probably wouldn't scrap it anyway,but you never know. They have a lot of old chip trailers parked there too,and trucks,bulldozers,equipment of all sorts.I'm just saying if you run across something like that that might be for sale you can't get it cheap because scrap is so high. I found 2 B-61 single axle trucks before I bought the mixer,one was $1200 and the other was $1000,both in fairly good condition too,but right now they might bring twice that much for scrap. If I had Paul's money i'd have been over there asking about that B-61,but i'm so broke I can't afford to pay attention. Got my mattress stuffed with scrap iron because-wait ,scrap iron-gotta go,see ya
  12. left front looks a little low too,better pump it up before you hit the highway
  13. an oldie but a goody .in fact,the first time I heard that I laughed so hard I almost kicked the slats out of my crib
  14. I was there when it happened. 25 June 1965, 22 years old just married I had just started my first job in a dealership, at a Chevrolet dealer in Roswell GA. At $65.00 a week a new 327 Chevell SS or a 409 Impala were just not attainable. On the other hand, you could buy a decent 55, 56, or 57 210 for $250 to $500. Just the right price line for a young gear head. The old saying that good things happen to those that wait, might have some meaning, for I once owned a 66 325hp. 396 SS chevell $600, A 64 389 GTO $325, and a rash of 55, 57, 58 Ford Custom 300's. One of my friends here has a 57 Custom 300 show car with an all aluminum 427 stroker engine. It's about a $55,000 car and he is always giving me a hard time about being too cheap to spend the money to have one. I tell him, I had one just like it. I gave $75.00 for, it replaced the drivers door glass $15 and drove it for two years. I believe that '72 Nova was the newest car i've had to this day. Bought it from my older brother in '74,because he wanted to buy a used Porsche from a friend of his. Think I gave $1800 for that car.Then I had a '68 Camaro,'70 Chevelle SS, a '68 Tempest,'68 Biscayne-all collectors items today. The Chevelle was probably the only one I paid over $1,000 for,but it was a real hot rod.
  15. it's Thursday-early-and i'm home,but not for long,don't worry. Reminds me of that light green B-61 with honeysuckle growing up around it that I posted pictures of. I'd bet that truck was driven to where it's parked. Jeff said he remembered when they were still running that truck,pulled a lowboy with it,hauling equipment around. Then they got the R-model,probably parked the B because it was old,didn't have much power,nobody wanted to drive a quadruplex,no AC,radio,etc. Wish I could afford it,but as you say,if you offered what you thought was a reasonal price for a restoration project,they might say "well,I can get more than that for it for scrap metal". It's just a shame,i'd hate to see a truck like that scrapped,but it's probably gonna happen more and more. Money's tight,scrap's bringing top dollar...it's a shame-it hurts me to see old iron scrapped. ...hurts me!
  16. ...especially if he's got a forklift in his hands
  17. 1958F.W.D.,ken used to drive for Jevic,but I don't know when.They're also out of Delanco,N.J.They also have blue trucks.What a coincedence!
  18. other dog

    Fencing

    MUTT?!! ...Hey,how about I bring him over and he could breed your rock chasing dog-all he chases is cars,but he's very choosy about which cars he chases. No telling what the puppies might chase.
  19. ...like the rusty old tractor with good sheet metal I saw being scrapped a week or so ago. Hope the tax assessor doesn't assess vehicles at scrap prices,I won't be able to pay the taxes on the mixer.
  20. other dog

    Fencing

    Another dog-that's a good one! If you want him I'll buy him a bus ticket and send him on down. He's a good dog.
  21. just for me?..how thoughtful . I had the fenders on the mixer painted black,thought it looked better than the solid red.Was gonna paint the top of the hood black too,but it's mashed in some and I thought black would make it more noticable.
  22. ...geez Speed,you do more in a day when you're sick than I do all year,and I feel...well,not too bad.Glad you're feeling better,we were about to send a search party out for you and Bulldog Man
  23. maybe they were from the same litter?
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