Bullheaded

LIKE LIKE LIKE Mowerman!!!! I love DM's.

Oh no! I said it! The Canadian government is going to come and jail me now. LOL

This is kinda related so I'll say it.......a friend and I had a conversation the other day and we both said we think one of the biggest problems on our highways today is the invention of the automatic transmission in class 8 trucks. They shouldn't even be allowed.

Think about it.......back in the day, you had to have at least a sliver of talent or skill to drive a big rig. If you couldn't shift, then everybody knew, maybe this isn't your thing, or at least you MADE yourself a driver.

Now, hire any new comer to the country that can drive a Toyota Prius, has a pulse and can sit upright in a seat and throw 80,000 plus pounds on and away you go! You're a trucker now! Until it all goes terribly wrong when you realize that big rig doesn't stop or handle like your Toyota.

5 minutes ago, Brocky said:

In the first picture are those the truck tracks in the ditch???? And the white behind behind the tailgate is ice from the swamp??? Looks like it laid over real gently??

No, I think the big grooves are the grader cutting a ditch for drainage before this happened.

Says he blew a steer tire on driver side? I don't know? But I blew a 425 series balloon tire on the steer of my old 9400 International tri-axle dump loaded in a corner at 55 MPH, blew the hood and fuel tank right off and I just jaked to a stop on the shoulder. But I only had 30 tonne on.

But this is a contractor working here that does the ore haul and road maintenance (and they do a crap job with both) and they have that attitude that drivers are a dime a dozen, and they don't fix anything properly. 

For all you modeler's out there that always want chassis pics, I tried to get some for you, but it was a little too packed with mud, LOL

This is what 100 tonnes gross looks like when it goes into the mud.

I floated two excavators there and they had two rotator tow trucks and we couldn't budge it. Next plan is to dig it out more and bring a 349 ex and a D8.

Driver was really lucky. The entire driver seat is burried under big chunks of ice and mud, he got pushed out of seat.

They even look like they are smiling, LOL

5 hours ago, BOBWhite said:

SW Kansas. Also what implement is that on the back of your tractor? A rototiller or some kinda snow blower?

Just a box blade with cutting edges facing forwards and rear. I'm so sick of winter I took the blower off. I'm sure I'll pay for it this week. LOL

8 hours ago, BOBWhite said:

Hey just be lucky you got something even if its snow! It rained here for the first time since I'd say August or October of last year today. Wasn't much but it got the pavement and road's damp. 

What area is that BobWhite?

Happy Easter everyone.  I hear ya on the getting ready for summer Mowerman. Graded the driveway today, then sat on the deck and wished this damn snow would go away already.

2 hours ago, 66dc75 said:

This truck was 94k in 01

160 10 years later and now north of 250k

I will be pushing it to jobs before I spend that kind of money. 

No worries! That is 100 times more reliable than ANY new truck you can buy today, LOL

Happy Birthday Vlad. Best wishes.

That B Model dump would be awesome restored all original like that!

3 hours ago, tjc transport said:

my  2020 T880 loaded was $185,000

the 2022 loaded T880 was $215.

the 2023 T880 on order for september delivery is $265,000

than add on $45,000 for the body

Unreal. Yet around here there are still dummies happy to go to work for $70 per hour. 

Don't seem to be any end to this BS. Same with tractors. On the first of the new year Kubota prices in Canada went up 6 to 10 thousand dollars on every model even though they had NO changes or updates at all.

I was in the process of buying an M7060 cab for 66 grand and on the first it went to 72,614 so I cancelled. I'll keep all the stuff I currently have.

21 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

If a KW triaxle few yrs back was 240K ; what's the black beauty ??300K + $$$$ today numbers unreal. wreckers going for million plus etc. have to do a lot of dirt hauling to make that truck pay for itself. 

Well, last one in 2020, loaded Star 4900 tri-axle dump was $240,000 Canadian. I'm sure they are more than that now post covid.

I went to work at a mine after I quit trucking and they got me a new T880 2 years ago for a float tractor. Daycab, no sun visor, no radio, no extra gauges, plain as you could get and they paid $190,000 tax in for it. I think they got ripped off, LOL

I read an article a while back from International and they were predicting the death of the owner operator with the next round of emissions laws. They were predicting a tractor will be approaching 280 to 300,000.

Here's two Ontario Canada specs. White one has a steering lift axle and black is a Simard twin steer conversion.

Happy birthday Other dog! I'll have a Crown Royal for ya.

I can top you all, LOL

Have you ever heard of a "furry"? Apparently some people put on cat ears and tails and think they are cats.

Well, the Rainbow District School Board (already sounds gay) in Sudbury Ontario was recently on the news because they put LITTER BOXES in the bathrooms of their schools to accommodate the furries.

Send the bomb, I'm done on this world.

But interestingly, they banned a parent from coming into the school because she has a registered certified service dog. Unreal.

I saw a farm model builder on Shark Farmer show and he is 3D printing a lot of his tractors and scenery now. That would be cool if more people started doing that. They can make some pretty detailed stuff.

Yes I meant gretta. But yes you can also include Justin Castro Junior.

P.S. I am a member of PETA.

People Eating Tasty Animals.

Sorry, can't help you with that. But awesome pictures! Thanks for posting.

In the famous words of Buford T. Justice...."I'm gunna kick your momma in the BEEP"

And don't get me started on that little lunatic!!! Another example of why not all people should be allowed to reproduce.