Bullheaded

Happy Birthday Joey! Hope you had a good one.

As far as the appliances, no I don't expect new throw away crap to live as long as old. I used to have 30 year old appliances but when they finally died I bought new and now I replace every 5 or so years. I have a friend that used to have his own appliance repair business and he closed it and went trucking. I asked home if he was insane. He said "I can't take the repair business any more with this new stuff. Do you know how hard it is to tell someone that broke the crisper drawer in their fridge you may as well go buy a new fridge because it's cheaper than that drawer." He said everything is throw away junk now.

I haven't had a truck without parking maxi's on both rear axles Bob. Some of my Tri-axle dumps even had them on the lift axle which was nice when you had to park on a hill loaded.

That's a cool pic.

Their product line https://www.terex.com/ The Pick And Carry Cranes are interesting.

Yep, they still have Advance. https://www.terex.com/advance/en/

Their crane web site is still current. So they must have kept that.

I don't think Volvo owns them? I think they just bought the articulated dump truck line? Last I saw Terex does still exist? I think they are just more into the crushing and screening equipment now? Not sure if they still have their crane division or if they sold it off?

Cheers. had mine last night before bed. Had to carry my old washer and dryer up stairs and bring new ones in, so had to kill all my pains, LOL

That's gotta suck Bob! That must be a weird sensation to have to live with. Even worse is the poor people that lost their sense of taste. They say you can't even stand to eat because your brain can't tell what is in your mouth?

I even tried putting orange juice up my nostrils before getting swabbed at work (as they say on internet to show a positive) so I could get paid days off but I still couldn't even show a positive! LOL

I still have all kinds of issues, but I was assuming it was from the vaccine? Because I get tested for covid every second week when I go back to work at the mine and I have never tested positive. I only got first two because the mine mandated it or no job. Now they forgot all about it. Co-worker of mine had a lot of issues too after vaccine and after getting no where here in Canada, he paid to go to a specialist in Michigan and found out he was having an allergic reaction to the vaccine. I'm sure I am too, because I have never been sick.

I wish I could become American. But my wife won't let me marry an American woman. She's kinda funny that way.

Finished my week of watching them crash ore trucks. LOL

You got it Joey!

I'd call it that anyway, even though Trudeau passed a law saying he is going to put me in jail now if I use free speech. Go ahead! Lock me up you piece of crap! LOL

No, May 14.

It's over man. And why I'm so bitter with life now. had to give up the only thing I ever wanted to do....trucking. But I'll never get another one now. Between those prices, the new regs and the new drivers on the road......no thanks. I just saw a listing here in Canada for a USED Pete with a high rise bunk. Said "Heavy Haul Tractor" but it had a Paccar MX510 engine and 40 rears 🤣 But anyway....it had 300 and some thousand miles on it and the crack head was asking $220,000. Bahahahaha. I'll give you $70,000 for it bud. LOL

I know there was never a doubt in my mind.

Lots of good stories of us all starting out. Good memories. I'll add to mine....I did first drive my father's friend's C500 Kenworth. But when I got my first real full time job it was with that Ford LTS with the 5&4. I remember the day the owner called me. My friend used to work for him and had to quit so he recommended me since he knew I could drive that big C500. Anyway, the gentleman that owned the Ford says on the phone "have you ever driven a 5&4 transmission?" I replied no. "Well you're just going to haul in the steel mill so you'll have all day to figure it out.. be here in the morning." And that's all it was. And I really owe a ton of gratitude to Mr. Lenny McQueen for trusting me and giving me my start.

Recovered! Two 329 Cat's and a 450 Hitachi. Now the work begins.

Sorry I'm late to the party Bob! Just travelled home from mine yesterday and when I got home Elon let me down and my my Starlink wasn't working. Hope you had a great birthday!

First truck I ever drove full time was a Ford LTS 8000 with an 8V53 and a 5&4 Then got another LTS with a 6V53 and a 13 speed.

We should make them all test with a 6-71 and a 5&4 LOL

I miss the Mack 12 speed. Used to drive an MH Ultraliner with an E9500/12 speed pulling a 5 axle Raglan Hydra-glide dump trailer and a three axle belly dump. That was a fun truck to drive.