Well,i'm at home again,until at least Monday-truck's been running hot lately,and i've had it at Carter Cat twice already to have it checked out,and there's nothing wrong with it. It runs at 200+ degrees all the time,bumps 220 on a hill...but there's nothing wrong with it,the fan,thermostats,water pump-working fine I kept telling Jeff it was running way too hot,and he sent me by Cat both times,and when they said there was nothing wrong when I left there Wednesday evening,after wasting a couple
I'M sitting here at home waiting to see if my company can find me a load and decided to blow off some steam by running off at the mouth....finger what ever.I'm sort of new to the blogesphere(?). So if I ramble and someone actually reads this I'm sorry but if Your gonna be dumb you have to be tough. If for some reason your still reading this please check out my album and you can see that I take alot of pictures of MY MACKS. No they are not all mine however all Macks deserve my attention so here t
Thought I had the rabbit problem solved,but I guess not.Jobyna said she'd take over the dog's job for their salary,so I said ok-figured she'd eat way less kibbles and bits than they do,but it didn't work out. She was on routine patrol in the back yard when she spotted the enemy ( bunny).She got off a shot but the shotgun's kick knocked her down.She threw her equipment down and said "#$%@ you,I quit!!!" I said "quit?!! you're fired!" So,I guess it's back to the pepper spray.
Tried out my new
I FINALLY GOT THE THING REGISTERED!!! NOW I AM THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE B MODLE THE TAGS ARE IN MY NAME! THAT I JUST GOT ON FRIDAY. SO EVEN WITH BEING SICK THIS WEEK THAT JUST COMPLEETLY CLEARED IT UP. NOW ILL I HAVE LEFT TO DO TO GET HER READY FOR MACUNGIE IS PUT ALL 8 TIRES ON AND RE INSTALL THE EXHAUST!! SEEE U ALL THERE
KELLY
I'm only here for a little while-hopefully.I've been to Neville Island and went to Ambridge and picked up a load of 60' beams going to Chesapeake,Va. but the truck's been running a little hot so I left it at Carter Cat so they can check it out. Then i'll deliver in Chesapeake,unless they get somebody else to deliver the load,which would be fine with me.
Jobyna was moving some stuff around while I was gone and ran across the secret home made barbecue sauce recipe. I've been making it out of my
Must be the season - the weather is nice and the yard
work and house chores need to be done.
So nobody has any real new truck news.
And besides, Other Dog is busy baiting the rabbits into the oven!
I think my cab welding assistant has found new and more exciting projects.
Rumor has it that he bought a parts truck so he could begin the rebuilding
of his departed father's pick-up.
I don't really mind - but why couldn't he say something to me?
Now I'm weeks behind where I thought I would be
Well,nothing new about trucking anyway except i'm already sad that I have to work tomorrow-Memorial Day
I've finally finished a smoker/grill that Kevin started at the shop and never finished.I offered to buy it from him and he said I could have it,and it's been in the backyard for weeks. It's made out of a 55 gallon drum,on a stand. Didn't have any grill grates for it,but I cut off some old oven racks and put them in it. They should work fine for chicken or smoking a boston butt,but smaller th
well another week has come & gone the next 1 will be a challenge. jimmy will be gone so hopefully things will go okay but i guess we will see .. just stoping by to cheak out otherdogs blog he went to a truck show today so he's got lots to talk about.
A few more random photos from the road...the very narrow street in Wheeling,W.V. I delivered a load of 60' beams on, a big Mack truck, Summit racing in Tallmadge,Oh, a B-model near Zelienople,Pa, A yellow fire truck near Sharon,Pa. (it's for sale!), a huge oversize load, a Swift truck that pulled over on the shoulder-except there was no shoulder there, and the old KB-5 that sat in front of the truckstop in Hubbard,Oh. Now it's parked across the road with a "for sale" sign in the window-$7500.
Well I was gonna start a new blog thursday, but was tired after work. Was pretty the first 2 days this week and busy then it started raining wednesday morning. Tempertures started dropping stayed in the high 50s and low 60's. Thursday was an interesting day had to stay over for a while to unload a truck with osb board, I helped the driver unstrap and untarp, then used the forklift to haul his tarps and straps to the other side, What can I say I'm a friend of the american trucker. They was gonna
Speaking of work,i'm still hard at it. I've been to Zelienople,Pa. and back twice this week. Sounds easy enough,but there ain't no easy runs. It's a titanic struggle to get 46,000 lbs. up the road several times a week. Got to Roanoke with 48,000 lbs,3 Metalsa coils, around 6:30 or 7 o'clock Thursday night and figured on getting unloaded and being home early,but sometimes it doesn't pay to figure on anything. I got unloaded about 3:30 am Friday, got to the shop at 5 am and slept until 8,then went
HEY GUYS MY FATHER JUST INFORMED ME THAT WE DONT HAVE ANY INSURANCE FOR THE MACK. I WAS WONDERIN IF U ALL KNEW OF ANY GOOD COMPANYS FOR ME TO GO TO?? IM NOT LOOKIN TO SPEND A BUNDEL CUZ THE TRUCK ONLY MOVES TWICE MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR. IF U CAN THINK OF ANYONE LET ME KNOW
THANKS, KELLY
Got up and read the paper this morning...not much there to be happy about. Tornados and storms,gas keeps going up,Kyle Busch won the race. Then I called Ma and them,it is mother's day. Told her I found the biggest tomato plant in the garden broken off yesterday,with no evidence of dog or human tracks around it. Saw no crop circle either,so it probably wasn't UFO related,and she said it could be the dreaded cutworm. I don't know how it got broken off,but I went out and dusted everything with Sevi
Well I started a new job this week. After getting layed off at the plastics factory, I got called for an interview tuesday and started wednesday. It's for a lumber yard here in town, making deliveries and helping customers. Only bad part is I have to work till 6:00 in the evening, but it's a job that pays the bills. Mowed the grass today which was way overdue, and gonna try and get my old ford back to runnin' this week. I kinda feel like Johnny Cash, "I get it one piece at a time". We'll time to
A freshly overhauled Mack 285 hp Maxidyne engine was
offered to me this week, and I bought it.
The company that owns the motor no longer uses the DM's
and R models that the engine was spec'd for.
The overhaul was done by Mack, and the engine
is on a test stand complete with a radiator and starter.
I bought the test stand and everything.
Hopefully I'll be able to test my old 673's and 711's, too.
Heck it's the closest thing to a running truck I've got!
Maybe I'll just bolt on a transmi
well here we are another week has come and gone not much happend this week had a driver quit because he said he couldent drive 72 mph. found the rightfull owner of roxy turns out she belongs to bebo litchford she was a good dog i'll miss her. broke out i the hives yesterday took six shots to calm me down felt like a chimp the way i was scratching but thats about it for this week untill the next
I left here last Sunday,put my new radio in before I left ( the old Cobra wasn't acting right,but i've had it for 5 years ),and went to Brook Park,Oh. Reloaded at Brookfield and went to Roanoke,then to Dillwyn and on to Fremont,Oh.Then to Brookfield and Roanoke.Then to Moneta and Clarion,Pa. and Brookfield and Roanoke. Got to Roanoke about 6:30 last night and got unloaded at 11:30 So,instead of being home I slept in the truck up at the truckstop just south of Lynchburg. Called Jo at 5:30 this m
A mother took her five-year-old son with her to the bank on a busy lunchtime.
They got behind a very fat woman wearing a business suit complete with pager.
As they waited patiently, the little boy said loudly, "Gee, she's fat!"
The mother bent down and whispered in the little boys ear to be quiet.
A couple of minutes passed by and the little boy spread his hands as far as they would go and announced; "I bet her butt is this wide!"
The fat woman turns around and glares at the little boy.
Th
We had a rude awakening this week about the high cost of
acquiring old truck projects.
Jimmy had an early 70's Brockway. High mount cab, long frame
tandem axle. An old concrete block truck with no body.
We had taken out the auxiliary transmission to keep for another
project. Anyway, there wasn't much left of the old girl. It had been
parked right next to the railroad tracks, and all the glass was gone,
the hood was off for years before it came to us and it didn't run.
The opportunity ca
Got the grass cut this morning,then had to put a fence around the garden to keep these two out of it. They've been trampling,digging,and laying all over it. Otherwise,it's looking pretty good so far. The big dog is not mine-he's lived here as long as I have,and we feed him about 3,000 lbs. of dog food a week,but he's not mine.
Another long week,and short weekend coming up. Delivered in Butler,Pa. early Tuesday morning and went to Brookfield and was loaded and ready to go by 10:30 am,figuring i'd get to Roanoke and unload early Tuesday night and come home. But,that all changed when I had to go to Malta,Oh. and make another pickup.Last time I went there and loaded the cement mixers I was empty,this time I had on almost 44,000 lbs. of the big Metalsa coils right in the middle of the trailer,and couldn't make much time on
well another week has come and gone. and the trucks have been busy! means the shop has been slow. the fedreal d.o.t man came by said we were satsfactory { another word for other dog}out of 350 logbooks only 4 where wrong!! but on a better note. the weather has been going my way i've picked up another 20'000lbs of scrap this week and the lot looks a lot less like a landfill. but i still have a long way to go but things are getting better! not much in the way of truck news. one of our star drivers
