1958 F.W.D.

My father was an IC3 in the USN and was assigned to the USS Seneca ATF-91, a Navajo-class 205' fleet oceangoing tug. They were powered by four GM 12V278 diesel electric drive sets, which coupled into a single reduction gear that drove a single screw (for all intents and purposes, basically four WWII-era submarine drive sets next to one another coupled into a central drive set.....) Dad found out about NAFTS (The National Assoc of Fleet Tug Sailors) and joined up a while back. Through NAFTS, he learned of an organization which had recently acquired the former USCGC Tamaroa WMEC-166. (You might recall the name if you saw the movie "The Perfect Storm." The Tamaroa was the ship that performed the rescues in real life.....) Anyways the Tamaroa was originally the USS Zuni ATF-95, a sister ship to the Seneca. I had always wanted to see a ship like the one Dad was on, so I went to the inaugural work weekend in Baltimore to check things out. I joined the organization and am named as a founding member along with Pop. But anyways, here are some pictures that I took somewhere along the way....... Pic of Large and Medium. when they weren't so large and medium (and LONG before small and extra small.....) down in B2 (Main engine room) with one of the 12V278's behind them. Now we are one deck above B2 (main engine space) in B2E (engineering space) you can see the number three aux. gen set behind them, powered by a 671N. If I remember right the gen set put out somthing like 225kw.......This is the one that we used when we were not hooked into shore power. The number one and two (main) gen sets were 12V71's and something like 450kw each.

I have said it before, I'm saying it again........You can paint a turd any color you want...... -Seafoam green (I think its puke green myself) -Silver -Red -Cat yellow Hell, I even seen one painted Maxidyne gold one time....\ No matter what color you paint it, it was, is and always will be a gigantic turd.

Wise information. Many of you know that after my father drove for 17 years, he went into the office and helped to form the beginnings of the original "old school" JEVIC. He was the first Safety Man they had. Old man is also very wise with legal issues. One thing he taught me that sticks out to this day- anytime you get caught in an accident whether it is minor or major, your fault or not.....As soon as you possibly can, you sit down in a quiet place, and you write down each and every damn thing you can possibly remember about the wreck. You sign it with the date and the time. Doing this, as well as a partial video from an ATM saved my ass when I got involved in a wreck driving a fire truck.

F'kin Macintrash........Pieces of shit in more ways than one..........

grayhair, this is a mutual friend of Slpwlkr and myself. Getting information out of his isn't easy, nor always forthcoming. We're trying to help him, but he won't listen. In the meantime, he is a basketcase insulin-dependent diabetic and he winds up in the ER at least once every other month- and winds up getting admitted for 1-3 days every 3-5 months or so. Slpwlker and I are trying like hell to help him obtain and understand a copy of his health bennies, but he doesnt help the situation either.

I agree. He needs a good hard bitch slapping. I have never, ever heard of a health plan that denies insulin. He's dumber than he looks or he's not telling us the whole story. I think maybe a combination of both.

Thats good that you are simple, because the menu here is simple......Just ask Small, Medium and Large....You get whats set down in front of you......Simple, huh???

No. But Otherdog's Bar/Grill & Brass Pole-Atorium does. Don't get too far from a toilet after you eat that though.

O/D I am very sorry to hear of your friend's passing. Perhaps he knew what was happening and stuck around long enough so as not to hit anyone else.

Ok, I should be able to pull that off.....I used to make SOS when I worked in the firehouse but it's been a long time.

We have hot sauce, too. Recently imported from Gladys, Va. Barefoot virgin Winfall wimmin smashed the peppers in a big teak vat. If you let me know ahead of time you are coming I can do the sausage, eggs and hashbrowns.....But I never did bistits and gravy before. I can try it but if it doesnt come out too well it's your fault.

Anyone on here work for National Freight, or do you know who their health benefits are from.....or maybe you have the same health benefits?? Trying to help a friend (not the sharpest knife in the drawer with this stuff) straighten out an issue with his bennies and his diabeetus. Slpwlkr shhhhhhh this stays on here. He'd prolly get annoyed if he knew I was doiing this.

I'm sure he will chime in here at some point. He is doing well health wise, and loves his new job. He normally runs a similar but smaller straight truck with a single drive. The one you see is a community truck that is used for certain customers. Mike has it on Thursdays for a dedicated Queens, NY customer. He delivers around 4 or 5am....and when he comes back he uses I-78......and hits Hellertown right around breakfast time. We've been trying to hook up for breakfast for a few weeks down at the diner, but I've had to get to work early last few weeks. Yesterday the kids were called off from school due to the snow, so I stayed home and told Mike to come to the Durham Street Truckstop, LOL

4-stroke Detroits are allowed. Because they are not the work of Satan.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/breaking/chi-harrison-ford-plane-crash-20150305-story.html#page=1 Link to an article about Harrison Ford crashing on a golf course in California today......He's banged up pretty good but will pull through.

No 2-strokes allowed. The town has noise, air and ground pollution ordinances.

Damn......Been here for 10 years......never figured that out.....Oh by the way we don't have lot lizards. They all work at Other Dog's Bar/Grill and Brass Pole-Atorium.

To help offset costs we do have a small fee for parking. We don't have a fuel island but we do have showers for a small fee. F.W.D. trucks can park for free and drivers of F.W.D.'s can get free showers. We also have wireless internet if you can figure out the password (we'll give that to you for a small fee.....)

I've had wookies here before.......

I swear Imma gonna put a sign out front of my house "BigMackTrucksDotCom Truck Stop."

Some guy stopped by my house and said he had 2 skids of milk, I asked him who ordered it, he said "some guy named "Small Medium Large." I said "nobody here by that name but come in and have breakfast." He liked his coffee cup and really liked the hot sauce on his eggs.

Any one that can take the torque and horsepower being applied to it.

Two best Clint lines are: "Go Ahead. Make my day." and "A man's just got to know his limitations."

My work computer.....Has IE......Issues with using the quote and posting links.....No I cannot run chrome, I have to run what the techno weenies say I have to.