1958 F.W.D.

Which one? The green/white single screw Hayward F-Model or the white Allentown tandem F-Model? I logged a lot of miles riding shotgun in both trucks, but wow what I would give to have that single screw Hayward....(300/5-speed.) He put 700,000 miles on that thing when it finally started falling apart from the rot. By then he had started working for Harry Muschlegel (Jevic) and needed a tandem. The single screw was great for pulling new trailers but it was no bueno for freight work. On another note, both Lee and Don Hale (Chuck's two oldest sons) were at the church on Saturday, I hadn't seen them in years. Was good to see them, suck circumstances though. What is your name?

I am intrigued, tell me more!!!???

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mcall/obituary.aspx?n=sandra-h-yardumian&pid=195034901 For you guys not on the Fazebooks, my mom passed away Saturday 1/11/2020 after a brief illness that was attributed to the dimentia she had been suffering from for the past 4-6 years (maybe longer.) Mom and Dad met on a blind date while in the US Navy. He was aboard the USS Seneca ATF91 and she was a Hospital Corpsman at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. Dad's ship was a 205' fleet oceangoing tug home ported in Little Creek but they tied up at Pier 3 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard often. A buddy of his hooked them up. Mom grew up in Walnutport Pa and her family didn't have two nickels to scratch together. She knew that enlisting was the only way she could get out of dodge and to obtain an education. She enlisted in Allentown Pa. When she went to see the detailer, he asked her where she wanted to go- she said "Germany, Japan, Italy..Someplace foreign and exotic overseas....." She got orders for foreign exotic South Philadelphia and boy was she PISSED at the Navy and for the rest of her life she cussed them like a sailor....But she did meet Dad so that was good or I guess I wouldn't be writing this. With the help of a friend, a flag was hoisted yesterday over the USNS COMFORT, one of the Navy's two hospital ships. The flag is enroute to me as we speak by fedex and should be delivered tomorrow for her funeral on Saturday. If anyone can ever choose to learn the way a close relative dies, pick the sudden, unexpected phone call advising "So and So had a heart attack and has passed away" because this watching someone die for three weeks sucks....I don't know how people can do it for months or a year or more.

6 mil vapor barrier and slab insulation required by most building codes for any accessory building over 1000 S/F

As a building inspector. mirroring what others have said, its all in the sub grade prep. I highly recommend a minimum of 4000psi, fiber reinforced early high, and 6x6wwm. I also highly recommend in-slab heat.

"Small" (who is now 8 and not so small anymore) number one request for Xmas 2019 was a game called "Farm Simulator." He also has some kind of truck game where he can drive a Freightliner conventional, some kind of Russian Army wheeled tank hauler thing, and a bunch of other vehicles. He loves them but he really loves driving the tractors, combines, etc on the Farm Simulator.

David Wild, you misspelled the title of this thread. The correct spelling is "Re-Elected."

What do I think of it? I am trying not to.

I took Medium and Large over to what is left of Bethlehem Steel (I refuse to call it "The Casino") where at the high house quench pit building (the facility where they hoisted up the main gun barrels of the battleships and lowered them down into the quench oil pits) they have one of the main 14" guns of the USS Oklahoma on display. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes in Pearl Harbor. She capsized and 429 were killed. She was righted and floated in 1943 and they salvaged as much as they could. The hull was repaired and was being towed to San Francisco when on May 17, 1947 the tow encountered a storm and the Oklahoma was taking on water. She began to sink but luckily the two tugs were able to release their tow lines before they were dragged under. The exact location of the Oklahoma to this day is not known.

As a building inspector I get to see a lot of projects. And whenever anyone asks me for advice, I always tell them two things- 1. In-Slab hot water radiant heat. Install a (very) small gas-fired boiler and get a HUGE amount of heat. (and remember, heat rises....) 2. Spray-Foam insulation. More costly initial investment but the return over the years is well worth it.

The F Model was purchased and restored by Harry Muschlegel (the founder of Jevic and New Century Transportation) Back when I worked in Jevic's Willingboro Shop, he used to pay a few of us to stay after our shifts and work on his some of his trucks. I have some sandblasting time on the frame of that F-Model which is painted in Jevic's original paint scheme. And despite popular interwebz folklore, it was never part of the Jevic Fleet. There were three F-Models but that was not one of them.

One of the new Satellites. They re-used the monitor. New cab and body. No pump. Photo credit to njfirephotos.com

Last year my Father, Large and myself had the distinct pleasure and honor of being able to view the complete archives of the SPS at the Mack Musuem. Everything from blueprints to build sheets to DeLaval Pump Manuals to the Napier-Deltic Engine Manuals and specifications. All of it.

In a way they did not. They still utilize "Satellite" units, in fact are in the process right now of taking delivery of several new ones. The Intelligiant 6" Stang guns with dual 5" inlets on new Peterbilt (trash truck) Chassis with a hose body containing a couple thousand feet of big hose. One in each Borough with two in Brooklyn. Up until a few years ago, they were quartered with 2000GPM engine companies. However, a lesson learned after 9/11 made the FDNY switch ALL engine companies over to 2000gpm. So now any engine company in the city can supply a Satellite.

Believe it or not, it was the "Black Saturday" Brush Fire on Staten Island on April 20, 1963 that really got the wheels in motion to develop the SPS. https://www.silive.com/news/2013/04/photos_black_saturday_scorched.html

Was not a tiller. Was a rear-facing steering station to steer the trailer when the rig was backing up for purposes of picking up the large diameter supply hose. Was removed due to technical and operational issues.

I have had many guys ask me about my wife and taking her to the Nunnery. She doesn't care one iota, she likes the wings and as far as the scenery she says "Who am I to look around at guys and tell you that you can't look at women?" If she sees my neck snapping around whenever a particularly nice one walks by, she may even whisper into my ear "I would bring her home for you and me.......If I went that way" and then blows into my ear. She always follows up with her standard speech- "You can look at the menu all you want but the minute you order......you are done!" I keep her around for a while!

I APPROVE!

What engine? And the combo looks great, the refurb came out nice!

What the hell are they made from? Rubber from another galaxy?

Is that going to the Udvar-Hazy Annex of the Air & Space Museum?

That fish is saying "Something smells fishy...."

Welcome Home, Soldier. Thank You.

Trump could cure cancer tomorrow and the Dems would blast him for putting millions in the healthcare industry out of work

There were several companies out there who would do refurbs using factory doors. Murphy as mentioned. JC Moore in Allentown was another one and also ITE did a few back in the day. Oreland, Pennsylvania had twins who's doors sheet metal came all the way down to the bottom of the cab.