other dog Posted Monday at 10:31 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:31 PM It's pouring rain...again! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted Monday at 11:04 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:04 PM 3 hours ago, mowerman said: aaahh the good old days,when we got to drive real trucks,,,,i never spent much time in those cabovers,,,,but i did drive one as a loaner a few nights,,,,mostly remember how hard that thing was to steer manuel steering i you werent rolling atleast 3-4 mph,,,i couldnt even move the wheel....it was a 1970 350 cummins,,,,was actually the first time i ever used a jake brake,and yes tom,,,,i like the chick,,,,bob This was the first brand new truck I got. Before this truck all the trucks I ever drove had been driven by somebody else. I had driven a couple of Transtars, then a couple of F models, and none of them had power steering. That's probably why my arms were as big as a stovepipe then. 🤣 I still remember the very first load I pulled in this truck, a load of structural steel going to Boston. H.H. was telling the guys in the shop to hurry up, because I had to go, had to be in Boston in the morning. They were working on it after 5 o'clock, finishing things up, putting the headache rack on, etc. When they finished I hooked to my trailer and left, and I had to pull over at a wide spot on rt. 24 to see how to turn the headlights on. After only driving the Internationals and Macks that Kenworth seemed like it was 10 feet wide. I went down rt. 24 from Appomattox to rt. 60 to rt. 15, and 15 to Culpeper where I got on rt.29. Two lane all the way, until I got to 29. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 11:42 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:42 PM thats funny about the headlights,,,ive been in situations like that...in fact when i was driving back to the hotel for the last time in macungie last year i came out of a food mart and it starting pouring buckets also two lane cars behind me i couldnt see anything,,,and i couldnt find wiper switch in the rental...i was Freking out...also i never had a brand new truck untill around 8 years ago Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 11:43 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:43 PM 1 hour ago, other dog said: It's pouring rain...again! my god,,,,enough is enough,,,,too bad we cant share some of that rain here,,,bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted yesterday at 12:34 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:34 AM 1 hour ago, other dog said: This was the first brand new truck I got. Before this truck all the trucks I ever drove had been driven by somebody else. I had driven a couple of Transtars, then a couple of F models, and none of them had power steering. That's probably why my arms were as big as a stovepipe then. 🤣 I still remember the very first load I pulled in this truck, a load of structural steel going to Boston. H.H. was telling the guys in the shop to hurry up, because I had to go, had to be in Boston in the morning. They were working on it after 5 o'clock, finishing things up, putting the headache rack on, etc. When they finished I hooked to my trailer and left, and I had to pull over at a wide spot on rt. 24 to see how to turn the headlights on. After only driving the Internationals and Macks that Kenworth seemed like it was 10 feet wide. I went down rt. 24 from Appomattox to rt. 60 to rt. 15, and 15 to Culpeper where I got on rt.29. Two lane all the way, until I got to 29. on a similar note.... after driving DM and u models for close to 18 years, i was given a brandy spanken new R model. first time i approached a toll booth i slowed down to almost a stop swearing i was going to hit the booth as i was no longer sitting on the side of the truck. i caught crap for that for a few hours until an old timer took me on the side and said dont worry about it, i did the same thing with my first r model too. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted 17 hours ago Author Popular Post Share Posted 17 hours ago 12 hours ago, tjc transport said: on a similar note.... after driving DM and u models for close to 18 years, i was given a brandy spanken new R model. first time i approached a toll booth i slowed down to almost a stop swearing i was going to hit the booth as i was no longer sitting on the side of the truck. i caught crap for that for a few hours until an old timer took me on the side and said dont worry about it, i did the same thing with my first r model too. My first toll booth experience when I got a T800 after driving only a cab over for 10 years was memorable too. I was getting on the Pa. Pike at Breezewood, and I had been advised by other drivers that were in the same situation to be careful. I didn't want to knock the mirror off, so I got over too far to the right and couldn't reach the ticket , so I had to open the door and step out to get it. 2 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mowerman Posted 16 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 16 hours ago Yeah, I was the same way. The first time I took a truck and trailer out without a trainer. I had a GMC Astro toll Plaza. I didn’t know how I was gonna get through it. Long, long time ago. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted 13 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 13 hours ago A lot the same here.. Was driving a Freightliner COE daily pulling a tanker.. One morning the boss put me in one of his Autocar conventionals pulling a dump trailer. On the narrow 2 lane road out of the quarry everybody coming at me was yelling "Get Over" as I was taking my half out of the middle!!! 1 2 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Brocky ,,,, I was doing the same thing with a 1960 RIO trash truck… I had not been driving that long at the time …. Greenhorn baby lol bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75781-pictures-of-the-week/page/3/#findComment-579600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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