other dog

As I said before,i've been driving a long time,but i'd never driven a quadruplex until I bought that B-53 mixer.Kinda like Freighttrain,I learned by doing it.I knew the procedure,but had never actually shifted one before.I shift it like a triplex on the road,only use lo-lo when i'm off-road making a pour...which is never. I did order the "Trucks With 2 Sticks" DVD's and noticed that most of the drivers in the videos scratched and scraped as many gears as I do,so then I felt pretty good about myself...for a while.I just don't drive it enough to get what you'd call really good at it,so I just take my time and shift one stick at a time. Usually if I try the "high speed-2 hand,arm through the steering wheel like I know what i'm doing shift" ,that'll be when I monkey up.

That's a nice unit there-you've got two classics in one.I didn't notice it was a Brown body until I enlarged it. H.H.Moore trucking used to have some old Brown trailers they made chip trailers out of.

Yes,sounds good-I didn't know y'all were in Kittanning too,might stop by sometime just for curiosity and pretend like I want something.I also just read the new "Wheels of Time" and saw the announcement for next year's open house and truck show.Hope I can make it,i'm gonna try.

I hauled a load of pipeline pipe from Tightsqueeze to Anderson,S.C. Monday,and one Tuesday-3 pieces per load,it was 42" pipe 40' long. I was supposed to do it again today,but they didn't work in Anderson so I came in last night and loaded a load of kyanite going to Fremont,Oh. for Monday delivery.I was kind of glad because the traffic was as bad yesterday as I expected it to be today.There was a cop on every ramp and behind every bush in North Carolina too.I didn't get any Captain Morgan's so I bought some rum flavoring at Food Lion for the sweet potato pies,and i'm gonna start smoking a turkey early in the morning.I threw my old electric smoker oven away,and cleaned out and leveled up my new gas smoker oven that I found by the dumpster a while back.I know that sounds bad,but that's where I got it.It's in really good shape,and the old electric one was just worn out and burned out.I've cleaned it out,though it looked pretty clean to start with.I just put some charcoal in the bottom,and as it burns down I keep adding wood until the turkey's done-the longer you can cook it without burning it the better.I'll let you know how it turns out-dumpster oven smoked turkey!

Yeah Paul,nice shop and I like that B-67! I had a hard time posting pictures too,so i'd just mail them to Barry to scan and post for me.I like to think the problem was my old PC (STUPID COMPUTERS! ) Ever since I got this new one I haven't had any trouble.

Yep,when I was a kid an 860 Gmc with a 6-71 would pass by the house about every day hauling shavings,and you could hear it about 3 or 4 miles away.Thanks for the compliment on the mixer-Jeff Moore keeps telling me I should take the mixer off it and put a flat bed on it,but I told him then it would lose it's character.You see lot's of B-models with flat bed bodys on them,but I haven't seen a B-model mixer at any truck shows.I did see a rusty one behind a wrecker going west on I-68 in Cumberland,Md. last year,but I went south on 220 and it continued west,so I don't know if it was a restoration project or if it was headed to the junkyard.The former I hope!

I'm glad you asked- I just cook the sweet potatos,you can boil or bake them,peel them and put them in a mixing bowl,put in about a quarter stick of butter,couple of eggs,brown sugar,about a half cup of milk,vanilla-or I used to season them with bourbon,but found the Captain Morgan's spiced rum is good in them,instead of using vanilla.The alcohol cooks out of course,but it leaves a nice flavor.Doesn't take much,half a cup maybe for a couple of pies.Mix all this stuff up good and pour it into pie shells and bake 'em 'til they're done.This is all right out of my head,I can find you a "real" recipe with exact amounts if you want,but this is close.

Hey Paul,don't know if it'll help you any,but I did take lots of H-model pictures at the Troutman,N.C. ATHS show.They're all posted on the diesel gypsy's site. And of course Hank's truck pictures has hundreds...no,thousands... maybe millions of pictures. Tom

Gee...Paul sorta took the words right outa my mouth!

I know what you mean,I made the same mistake in telling the body shop man " no hurry " one time.My mixer used to be solid red,and I wanted to get the fenders and top of the hood painted black. I parked it at the body shop in Appomattox right after the Railroad festival parade in October and it sat there outside the shop for weeks until I finally told him that I would like to have it done before Christmas parade,so he finally painted the fenders- the weekend before the parade.Never did get the hood painted.

I think the R and F-models might have been the last of the best of the bunch.That's why I like old trucks so much-they had "character". You used to be able to listen to a truck running and tell what engine it had-the cummins rattling,the cat knocking,detroits buzzing,and mack had a sound all it's own too.Now they all look and sound alike-not totally of course,but way more than they used to and they're all fiberglass and plastic.That's progress I guess.

Yeah it kind of snuck up on me, I didn't realize Thanksgiving was next week,thought I had another week to go for some reason.I just bought a turkey so I could smoke it,haven't done that since last year,and they're really good smoked.My Dad brought me a box of sweet potatos that he grew when he came up to the stew last weekend.I'll get some Captain Morgan's for flavoring and make some sweet potato pies. You guys are bad for my weight ! Sounds like work has picked up pretty well for you. That's good. Paul VS We're bad for my weight too! I'm 6 feet tall,and I got up to about 230 lbs. at one time,then after my wife passed away I lost down to under 200 but now I seem to be going the other direction again,at a rapid pace. A good sweet potato pie is hard to find anymore,so I make my own-they're real easy to make. I wouldn't give 5 cents for a punkin pie,but I love sweet potato pie.Some people say there's no difference,but there most certainly is.

Yeah it kind of snuck up on me, I didn't realize Thanksgiving was next week,thought I had another week to go for some reason.I just bought a turkey so I could smoke it,haven't done that since last year,and they're really good smoked.My Dad brought me a box of sweet potatos that he grew when he came up to the stew last weekend.I'll get some Captain Morgan's for flavoring and make some sweet potato pies.

sorry,I just read this today-are you still looking? I have some old ones in my truck,I use them for floor mats when it's muddy,so I always keep a few.

Yeah,there's no sound like a v8 Mack with a straight pipe-when I was hauling wood chips to Covington,Va. an owner operator had an F-model with a v8 and a short stack,just a little higher than the cab,and i'd roll my window down every time he passed me-which would be whenever he caught me.

Yep,that's what it looked like-it was blue too,little bit lighter shade,with dark blue lettering and fenders.Thanks for posting the picture,that's a sharp looking unit there!...and I missed the Winchester show this year.

You know,I was going to do that last weekend,and couldn't find the link with the instructions-I used to be there,but disappeared somewhere along the line.

I have a dog too-his name is "other dog"

I went to the eye Dr. Monday,and she said everything was looking good.I have to use eye drops every day for glaucoma. They put drops in my eyes and dilated my pupils,and shined that really bright light in them.Then I went to the shop and picked up a load of beams at the yard going to Export,Pa.It was almost dark when I left the Dr.'s office and I could see pretty good.By the time I chained my load down and left it was full dark,and everything was a little blurry,and every time I met a car their headlights looked like aircraft landing lights.So I made it up to Charmco,WV about 10 pm,decided to take a nap for a couple of hours,and woke up at 6 am. Still got to Export around lunch time.Then went to Macedonia,Oh. and loaded to Roanoke,then took a load of Kyanite to Chester,WV and back to Macedonia and Roanoke.I'm off until Monday morning when I have to go to Tightsqueeze,Va. and load a load of pipeline pipe going to Anderson,S.C. Stopped by Food Lion on the way home yesterday to pick up a few things,and the bill came to $92.22.Even got a turkey to smoke in the old smoker oven-haven't used that in a while.

yeah,I drove a '74 Transtar with a vt903,rated at 320 hp,and it wouldn't stay in the same county with a v8 325 Mack.Turn the fuel up on 'em and a 400 Cummins couldn't hang with them.

I don't think our H-63 was on Dennis Meahan's OldMacks site. I could be wrong though. There is a guy in North Carolina who has several H-61 and H-63 tractors. Brad Wike is his name. He has a good website, although it takes some time to download. (Lots of photos) www.bradsclassictrucks.com I think. The early Mack cabovers, other than the W series, seem to be concentrated on the East coast, and specifically in the Southeast. From what I see, there are not too many of these H-63's around. Appears to be more H-67 cabovers. We are pretty excited about this newest find. The trouble with getting another project truck is that I want to start that project, and I am not even close to finishing the one in the shop. Probably just like everybody else - what I really need is a lot of money, a huge shop and a very understanding wife. My shop is pretty good, and my wife is pretty understanding - I just don't have any money. Ah Well. How's your work doing - any busier? Hello Paul,i've looked at his site. I think some of the H-models at Troutman were his.A lot of companies around this area ran H-models,but I don't know the exact model no.I know they weren't the tall cherry picker cabs,I hadn't seen one of those until the first year I went to the Troutman antique show.They were a little before my time of course .Our work's been pretty steady lately,but i'm still in the same "ain't got no money" boat as you.

I think I'd better get one. Thanks, Paul VS I think it's money well spent,i've really enjoyed mine and gotten lots of use out of it,and it should last way longer than I will.

I have another favorite cooking tool in the back yard too-the outdoor electric smoker range. My best friend "Traveling Kid" ( he died of a heart attack a few years ago,while driving a truck. He was just past the scales on rt. 58 in Suffolk,Va.) told me how to make it,and it works great-if you don't mind an old electric range in your yard.I had mine in the shed in Appomattox,now i've got one out back behind a small metal shed,kind've out of sight. All you need is an old stove with a drawer in the bottom to store pots and pans.You remove all the wires,pull the insulation out of the bottom of the oven-leave the rest,on the sides and top-then drill some holes through the bottom.You'll have 2 bottoms with empty space in between when you pull the insulation out,and I drilled some holes from inside the oven,then turned it over and drilled some from the bottom-that way the holes aren't straight through,but the heat and smoke still get through to the oven but not flames.Then you just use the drawer for a fire box,using wood and/or charcoal and you've got a cheap smoker that works great.I've cooked turkeys in it,boston butts,chicken on a can,venison,and lots of other stuff.You can use a gas stove too,and they're already ready-you don't have to fool with getting the insulation out or drilling holes,because they've got a burner in the bottom,and you just put a fire in there and you're ready to smoke.

Oh well,I thought I didn't stick or burn anything because I knew what I was doing,but after I read all that info I found out it's because the pot is designed to be pretty much idiot-proof,just what I need! I think it was money well spent,good for large gatherings.I've made at least one stew in it every year since i've had it,usually more.That's all i've ever cooked in it except one year I made chili.