1958 F.W.D.

Congrats, Rowdy!! We didn't find out the sex of all four of ours until they made their appearance. And we wouldn't have done it any other way. The wife's mom (who is a bit high maintenance.......) was FURIOUS we didn't find out the sex. She was so determined to find out that she even told my wife to call the Dr Office and tell them to tell her the sex and she "wouldn't tell." And well done with the names. Ours are named after people too. Cody Richard (after my Grandfather, Richard Yardumian.....Google that name if you are bored sitting in the hospital room....) Shane Julius (Julius after her Grandfather) Casey Joseph (Joseph after a very very close friend of mine who was a retired firefighter in Camden, NJ....he was a mentor and a rock star to me. He died from cancer but lived long enough to not only hold his namesake, but to also see him take his very first steps in his house down in the Outer Banks of NC....) And the Princess......Josephine Ruth (Josephine after the wife's grandmom and Ruth after my Grandmom....) Hope everyone is doing well. What is his name? And 1958F.W.D. is a good name, just saying..........

Incorrect. When it seizes and shits the bed, it sounds 8 cylinders more glorious!!!

From an emergency services standpoint, at least 27 FEMA USAR teams (or portions of them) are either on the ground in Texas/Louisiana or are on the way. I am pretty sure this is the largest response ever since the creation of the FEMA USAR system. I was listening to the Houston Fire Dept dispatch and operations channel earlier today around 10am. An engine company was asked to respond to a report of a people on the roof of a structure. The Company Officer replied "We are low on fuel and have been going since 11pm last night can you send anyone else?" The Dispatcher replied "You are the only company available right now on that side of town." A few minutes later the company called in and advised "We can see a family with at least two small children on the roof of a dwelling, the water is rising but we cannot get to them, you need to get us a boat as fast as possible." You could hear the exhaustion and despair in his voice.

Ken, that MH/Saulsbury Rescue Truck is for sale again in truckpaper. https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/6917197/1987-mack-ch613

I kept getting messages from Bookface that they were doing maintenance. Must have been changing the oil and filters, or greasing the zerks or something.

Fox Morning News here in Philly just said that they will be measuring the rain from Harvey in "FEET." Currently Harvey is a CAT-2 in strength. I'm not too much of a religious man but I offer anyone down there positive thoughts. If and when you lose power, after the storm get on here when you can and give us all a SITREP. Good luck and GOD BLESS.

I was at work but Large and Medium were fighting over my welding helmet. I don't mind, they were outside and didn't have their faces glued to their playstation for an hour.

What did I miss?????????

Is new shop big enough for firetrucks?

Uhhhhhhhhhh.............

Where are the "Wimmin in boats" pictures?

At least they publically announced that they were going to do it and didn't pull a "Baltimore."

One of the reasons that I pulled the trigger on a new ride was the fact that the Silverado had a bad oil leak and was getting worse (qt of oil every 3-4 days....) and a resident complained about drippage on his driveway- therefore if I can use a product like that fluid film described above, I would rather go that route even if I have to pay for it.

Here is the new (used) ride. 2013 Ram 4x4, 5.7 with the 8 speed. Full width rear doors. Took her out to Mechanicsburg Pa today for the part time job. 16.4 average mpg, had I not done so much local driving in town that would have been higher. Rides as smooth as butter melting on a hot buscuit.

https://www.amazon.com/Fluid-Undercoating-Gallon-bottles-everything/dp/B0048770KE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1503274777&sr=8-6&keywords=fluid+film MackMB I found this on Amazon, have you ever used it before and do you think one gallon is enough for a 1500 Ram 4-door with a short bed and the wheel wells??

I traded in that that leaking sonofabitch Chevy.......Or do you mean the Driptroit?

So I bought a new-to-me 2013 Ram 1500 Pickup. Got tired of my 08 Silverado and the myriad of issues I was having with it and it nickel and diming me to death. One of the problems was that it the frame and sheet metal began to rot out badly. I travel Pa State roads for about 80% of my driving and the beet juice they put down in the winter is brutal. A while back someone posted a formula for spraying the underside of vehicles- put it into a pesticide pump and spray away. I think it was a gallon of diesel and 2 quarts of cheap ATF or something like that. Does anyone recall this and if so, what was that formula???? The truck only has 34,000 on it and is still pretty clean as far as rust goes and I would like to keep it that way.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/14/us/captain-once-a-scapegoat-is-absolved.html?mcubz=0

https://news.usni.org/2017/08/19/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found

From the SPAAMFAA facebook page, credit to the unknown original photographers.

A picture of Seattle's tiller just popped up on the SPAAMFAA facebook group, lemme see if I can copy and paste it here.

The City of Boston Fire Department got tangled up in a huge lawsuit with firetruck manufacturer KME over these engines and how the rigs with them spent more time at the Motor Pool than in the firehouses. Boston filed Lemon Law claims against KME and wound up returning the trucks.

I attend several annual parades every year where participants toss candy to people in the crowd. In fact if you do NOT throw candy to the crowd they get vocal about it. I for one HATE it and REFUSE to do it- ever try to look out over the hood of an F.W.D. Firetruck with a kid in close proximity grabbing a piece of candy that fell from the truck in front of you? It's enough to make your heart stop.