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I was talking to a truck driver on the cb today. He told me he had a run to Alaska and then a run from Alaska to Miami. It paid $.15 cents a mile and he said even a Mexican turned it down...That made my day. He wasn't serious he was just joking. Gotta love those truck driving stories.

My mom manages one of the Casey's down here. They are located in small towns with fewer than like 5,000 people. They have the best coffee but Pilot comes in the top spot for coffee. Casey's also have a stronger Colombia coffee they also brew with the regular and decaf. The Colombian coffee is my favorite. They have some good pizza too especially their bacon breakfast pizza when it's fresh out of the oven and in the warmer.

Didn't step on any toes at all Speed. I'm tired of all that hyphenated American crap myself. You do bring up a good point and I thought the same thing too. It seems like we Americans all get along and rarely is race even an issue anymore or maybe I haven't been out enough. I don't get why these Government morons keep bringing up race like it's the 1960's. C'mon it's 2010 and it's bad when they are still talking about race. Can anyone tell me why they haven't legalized marijuana yet?

I didn't know they had Casey's that far up there in Yankee Liberal land. Gambi your far from a Liberal!

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I agree with Dave! Thank God you ain't a Liberal cause we know they wouldn't have said a damn thing.

The U.S. Automakers have made a huge improvement over the past 10 years there is no doubt about it. As far as pick up trucks go 89-90 Chevy's were the best selling trucks. The best combination was the 5.7L 350CUI with a 700R4 with the TBI (Throttle Body Injection. If you don't abuse them they last forever and isn't too bad on gas either. I can get around 200 miles on a single tank of gas. It only takes me about $30-35 to fill her up. I use to remember being able to get close to 300 miles on a single tank but I think that was in a dream I had.

According to Obama anyone can buy a truck. No we can't if we don't have jobs! I'm glad my 90 Chevy Silverado paid for and all mine.

A man moves into a nudist colony. He receives a letter from his grandmother asking him to send her a current photo of himself in his new location. Too embarrassed to let her know that he lives in a nudist colony, he cuts a photo in half and mails it. The next day he discovers that he had accidentally sent the bottom half of the photo. He's really worried but then remembers how bad his grandmother's eyesight is, and hopes she won't notice. A few weeks later, he receives a letter from his Grandmother. It says: "Thank you for the picture. Change your hairstyle... It makes your nose look too short." Love, Grandma

You want me to tell ya how much I love them Volvo's? Now now I'm not the one who is altering posts or pictures. That is that there Other Dog who is guilty of that. But we all know it's in good clean fun and humor.

Wrong! The Pete fleet I was working for none of them were in the shop except for a service. All of them even had C15 ACERT Cats in them. Besides that the mechanic was/is a strickler/perfectionist in everything he does. They were always on the road working.

If it ain't a Mack or a Ford you ain't gonna approve huh?

Oh I got it alright. I just had to throw in there something more to my likin'.

This is more my style Rowdy.

I can't have too much air in the seat or other wise I can't reach the pedals. So I say forget it and ride with no air in the seat. It's actually pretty comfortable for me.

Ya know funny thing is it took me a minute to get use to backing my dad's Freightliner backing in a straight line. Didn't realized the trailer still turned. I bet if I was told to do a 45 or 90 degree back I'd get it done.

Only reason I don't like air in the seat is cause I don't like all that up and down bouncing around. But I understand where your coming from.

I didn't move any trailers around. I did move some trailers around with a yard dog but never backed one up. I attempted it one time with a yard dog and couldn't do it. Too offset for my taste and plus it had armstrong steering. I did drop and hook trailers so I got that down pat with the tractors...Pete 379's, Mack CH613, Freightliner FLD 112/120's, Century Class, and Columbia's, and a couple International 9400 I've operated. I'll give my unbiased review of each truck even though I never "drove" them but running them around the yard I got a chance to feel them out and see what I liked the disliked about them. Freightliner FLD 112/120: I could sit with no air in the seat and see over the dash, very comfortable, driver friendly as far as switches were placed, the only thing I don't care for on the FLD's is the clutch seems a tad bit too high and depending on the truck very stiff but you get use to it. It felt like a truck everything felt solid. I've always liked the FLD's and in my opinion it was Freightliner's best truck besides the Classic XL Freightliner Century Class/Columbia: I could sit with no air in the seat and see over the dash, like the FLD very comfortable, driver friendly except the fact if it had crank windows it was down at your knees which was aggravating to me. As far as the clutch goes I think they had the easy pedal clutch and it was very easy to use even if it was stiff. Also it didn't sit so high off the floor at all so that was a big plus for me being a short fella. I will say the Columbia is more of a company truck as far as gauges go, the Century Class had the gauge package where it was all separate and not in one cluster like the Columbia. The Century Class did have some computer info stuff where you could cycle through. You can order the Columbia with the independent gauge cluster but that was more of an owner operator feature. I do know both trucks have problems with the floor heating up from the transmission due to lack of insulation, I'm not sure if they improved on it when they changed somethings in 04 or not. Another problem with the early Century Class/Columbia's was the dash trim falling apart and the steering wheel plastic flaking off, along with on the door trim as well. It wasn't as solid built like the FLD. The years varied from 92-05/06. The new ones were my favorite! All had Eaton 10 spd, a couple of the Century Classes had Super 10's in them. There was on FLD that had a 9 spd with a weird shift pattern. The big hole was up against the dash. That really through me off as I never seen a shift pattern like that. I know that was common with a 15 spd. Freightliner Cascadia: Even though I never been inside or drove one of them my biggest grip is the sleeper mounted CB antennas. That is one of the stupidest things ever. Whoever at Freightliner thought it was a smart idea on the Century Class, Columbia, and Cascadia to integrate the CB/AM/FM into one antenna was a moron. There were several driver's who complained their radio wouldn't work right. Come to find out when they spliced or replaced the coax cable they ended up messing their AM/FM radio. That was a stupid move by Freightliner. Mack CH613: This Mack CH had the square style dash, it was a 97-99. It was a comfortable truck, the cab air ride was very sensitive. It had a Mack 10spd. The clutch wasn't up so high it was placed just right which I liked a lot, it didn't strain my leg at all which is one of the things I tend to judge a truck by as far as comfort goes. I got to have the seat all the way forward in any truck I drive because I'm short. Again I could sit on the floor and see over the dash, can't ya tell I hate having air in the seat. Like the FLD it was a solid built truck. Peterbilt 379: When I was at my co-op job the company had a fleet of old Woco 379's mainly 02-05 with the round dash. They had one older Pete with the square dash which was an old Wallis unit. They also at the time bought an old Woco unit that had the cowl mounted mirrors which was the only one in the fleet, the rest were door mounted. All had C15 Cats in them. The new thing I had to get use to was the clutch, which honestly I kinda liked it and it wasn't stiff at all. But like Tom said in another thread very easy to slip your foot off of it your shoes are wet or muddy. They were solid built trucks, I will admit I fell in love with them ole Pete's. But the problem with the Pete's was I was in a bind again with me being short and the way the Pete's are set up, if I have no air in the seat I can't see over the dash but if I have air in the seat and wheel tilted all the way down my knees rub the steering column. So I was in a bind there and had to find some way to get comfortable in the thing. I will tell ya I didn't have this problem with the square dashed Pete at all. All were an Eaton 10 spd. International 9400's: Again when I was at my co-op job we had 2 9400's. One was a 95 that had the sleeper removed so it was a long wheelbase and it had that big ole International steering wheel. There was another 98 9400 with the regular style steering wheel. Both of them didn't tilt at all. They were well built trucks and I could sit on the floor and still see over the dash. But with the International's they have that super high clutch it strain my legs and when I get out my leg is shaking. I learned that one day when I unhooked from one trailer and hooked up to another. It doesn't help that they were stiffer than hell either. So that made the International my least likable truck. These two had a Spicer 10 spd. Kenworth T600: When they bought the company that was here at the time they had a T600 just sitting there, it didn't run or anything. It was a 90 T600 with a sleeper. Like the International the clutch was high off the floor and that is one thing I don't like in a truck at all. I don't care for Kenworth's much anymore because I had to reach and put a lot of effort to reach the switches and that is something that I disliked big time. It had a Eaton 9spd I believe Freightliner FLC: They also had a 87 Freightliner FLC that the previous company had. I sat in it too and it had the suspended clutch like the Pete so that was the only thing different in this particular Freightliner, it's like the FLD in every other retrospect so there isn't much a review for this one. It had a 400 Big Cam Cummins with a 9 spd I think. So there is my unbiased review. Honestly I'm sure your wondering out of the above which one would I want to drive on a daily basis. Here is my answer: Peterbilt

Now that there sounds like some good eating.

Y'all know I don't mind being picked on. Thanks to some character on this board I now got an addiction to altering pictures.

Thank ya, driving a truck seems to come natural for me. I'm gonna look like a rookie with my backing skills.

Beast Roast-$20 Time spent cooking- A few hours Barely edible and lesson learned-Pricless

My engine compartment looks clean. I forgot how many hoses those old carbonated trucks had. Mine a Throttle Body Injected. I pretty much got a mechanical engine with very little electronics.

Too bad you couldn't get a Detroit in it. I know at one time the 70-89 GM trucks were available with a Detroit Diesel from the factory.

I already know how to drive a truck around the yard. I just never backed with a trailer or drove on the road ya know. At least I can get her in gear and get moving and at least stop the damn thing. Just cause I never driven on the road doesn't mean I don't know how to drive her.