OK MY FATHER AN I BUILT OUR TRUCK FOR WEL NOT MUCH. NOW WHEN IT SOMES TIME TO DRIVE IT. IT SUCKS. THE STEERING ON IT IS WAAAYYY TO DIFFICULT. ON ONE HAND IT IS A 59 B-73 WITH A 272IN WHEEL BASE ON THE OTHER ITS TUOGH TO EVEN MOVE THE SEERING WHEEL. DOES ANY BODY KNOW HOW DIFFICULT AND EXPESIVE IT IS TO PUT POWER STEERING ON THE TRUCK???
Sure was nice to get a whole weekend for a change. I just about got the garden finished,planted some corn,pole beans, green beans,16 tomato plants,some green peppers,hot peppers,a couple of squash,and one eggplant. Already had onions,cabbage and garlic planted.Also got the aluminum cans bagged and loaded on the pickup so Jobyna can haul them to Cycle Systems. Should have cut the grass though,now it's raining again.
Got to go to the shop and fuel now,then to Moneta to load lumber for Buler,Pa.
All righty then,due to an overwhelming public demand-arrright then,Bollweevil said "if you insist..."-here's more pictures. They're not gonna be in order because I scanned them in a very haphazard manner,but they're all the trucks I drove for H.H.Moore from the '74 transtar to the 9900I,no.s 15 and 55 I drove and drive for F.L.Moore and Sons,the mud bogger in action,my old Nova ( before and after ),my KZ1000 Kawasaki (hey,that's my gold Skylark in the background,forgot about that car-was a good
I heard that Paul Davis passed away this week...most people probably never heard of him,his biggest hit record was "I Go Crazy" but he had several more. I remembered him because he had a song out around 1975 called "Ride 'em Cowboy".Can't really explain it,but but it always made me cry when I heard it. I mean,there I was,19 years old,riding around in my souped up '72 Rally Nova with an AM radio and when Paul Davis came on and sang "Ride 'em Cowboy" i'd cry like a baby. So obviously i'd change th
Went back up the road to Orville,Oh. Thursday. Reloaded at Brookfield,Oh. to Roanoke and unloaded there tonight. Now i'm home.
Here's a couple of pictures of one of the Freightliners I used to drive-one at home,the other is at Pharo's truckstop in Shippensburg,Pa. with a load of joists. I also ran across an old article about Jeff's beginning in the trucking business. He started out with a B-model I see. He's come a long way since then.
Talked to Joe today about scrap metal,and what it's bri
Well That's what I done yesterday, and man I wish I had more to haul off. Anyway I just talked to Othedog earlier and he was talking about seeing all kinds of trucks haulin decent vehicles off just for the quick buck, I seen a 2002 or 2003 model ford focus wrecked, but in repairable condition though at the scrap yard a 70's model transtar 2 cab down there in very good shape. It's crazy what people are doing nowadays, but as high as gas and everything else is i don't blame them. Amber and the boy
not much happend this week so for my cleaning efforts were thworted [hope i spelled that right ] by the rain. now if it will just dry up a little i can create so space we need desprately. got around to takeing a few pictures of my truck. oh roxy!! monday morning i whent to work. there was this mean looking dog sitting on the porch around the office. at first i was a little weary of her. but a couple off sausage biscuts later we were the best of friends. she loves rocks !! i mean loves she'll fin
not much happend this week so for my cleaning efforts were thworted [hope i spelled that right ] by the rain. now if it will just dry up a little i can create so space we need desprately. got around to takeing a few pictures of my truck. oh roxy!! monday morning i whent to work. there was this mean looking dog sitting on the porch around the office. at first i was a little weary of her. but a couple off sausage biscuts later we were the best of friends. she loves rocks !! i mean loves she'll fin
I'm leaving in the morning for the Spring Carlisle car show.
The opportunity came up to go with a couple of friends,
and I haven't been in ten years or so.
Mostly looking for colors for the B-67, and just
checking on current pricing of different older cars and pick-ups.
I've made the misery turn,brought 2 coils from Brookfield back to Roanoke,then went to Moneta and loaded treated lumber to Butler,Pa. then to Brookfield and back to Roanoke again.Got that off last night and came home,haven't called headquarters yet to see what's in store for today.
Found a couple more pictures of oversize loads I pulled,one's on a pole trailer,the other is on a jeep,or joe dog as we called it,with a steerable dolly under the rear.We had to use the joe dog because the girder
Wow...I wish I had time during the slow season to do more blogging, but now it's getting to be our busy season and I seem to have even LESS time!
Plus Sept is getting closer and I have a ton of planning to get done for the big 60 Year Celebration and Truck Show! I have vendors to call for door prize donations and to get reps to visit, food to organize, trucks to get registered, not 1 but 2 t-shirts to get produced plus I'm overseeing radio advertising to get spectators here...It's not just
Well, the B-67 cab is back in one piece. Or at least as close as
it was from the factory.
It was called the Million Mile Cab -
If you really take apart a B cab - you realize that it is made of
a lot of little pieces. A lot of little pieces!!
Should have been called the Million Piece Cab.
No wonder they are noisy and drafty and rust easily.
There are lots of joints, holes, seams, welds and places for
moisture and dirt to hide. Most of these tight spots were unprotected
from the facto
Once again after a very,very short weekend it's time to get back to work. As soon as I shave and take a shower i'll be leaving.
I got some corn and pole beans yesterday and started to plant it but there's a chance of rain through Wednesday so i'm gonna wait-if the ground's too wet the seeds might rot before they come up. Still plenty of time to plant them yet. I'll plant the beans between the corn and let the runners climb the corn stalks. I also bought a container of crushed red pepper and sp
The adventure of the week had to be unloadibg a ford flatbed truck.{ It was made sometime in the 60's not sure when} From a step deck trailer without the assistance of a loading dock. the tools required for this operation are common to a shop. however seldom used in this abstract.The adventure started at about 6:00 am & took some serous thought. before we came up with a good idea.
to make a long story short we took a forklift & a low boy trailer detached the low boy from the gooseneck
Well,I thought I had an easy run for Friday,but like the song says "there ain't no easy run". I left here at 4:45 this morning and got home at 7:30. All I had to do was take a load of pipes to Durham,then load something for Monday delivery. Only thing is there were 7 trucks at the same job,I was number 4 in line,and the loader operator looked like today was the first time he'd ever been on the machine. The loader was big enough to unload the whole stack at one time,but the forks weren't long eno
Now I can catch up on a few details...put some new kind of fertilizer on the garden when I planted the onions and cabbage,and the dogs have been digging them up faster than I can replant it. I read the bag and it's made with feather meal (?),bone meal,fish meal and blood meal-sounds tasty,no wonder they're digging it up.Anyway,might have to add some black pepper to it as dog repellent.
Hit some kind of unidentified creature in the road on rt. 219 when I was going to Orchard Park last week.I
just checking in for a moment,i'll catch everything up this weekend hopefully.It's back to work now,they're trying to run me to death.I've been to Waddy,Ky,Chantilly,Va,Latrobe,Pa,and back to Lynchburg already.Now I 've got to go unload in Lynchburg and probably be off again.Got in late last night,took a shower and got to bed around midnight and didn't get up until 8am. And i'm still tired.
what ever happend to screws seems everything today is held together with little plastic clips. who made up there mind that srews & bolts were so bad. for instance i had to repair a headlight to day. the hole thing was plastic there wasn't a srew or bolt on the hole assembly. what gives was the old four headlight syestem so bad does everything have to be made of plastic. i think the old iron way worked well for a long time. they were easy to work on .they looked good & got the job done!!
seen a new sight to day couple of ladies showed up today to pick up a couple western stars we sold it was the first time i had ever seen 2 class 8 trucks with a dodge pick up in the middle of the 2 pretty cool i thought wish i had a picture 2 show ! maybe next time till then!!
Hey truckers!
Last summer I purchased an RW713. I put it to work hauling logs in northern BC, I would like a little more power.
How do I turn up my V pump on my V8?
Hello all. I'm kinda new to all this. but my buddy other dog turned me on to this site. So i figure that i would give it a try. i'm a young buck of 26 years .
i've spent most all of them around trucks. hauled a few things here and there. {mostly oversized steel in my teens}i've worked ontrucks most of my life they just seem to be a part of the family now i guess it's become a way of life for me. i work now for my father & uncle at there shop in concord va we maintane and operate about 7
B-67 Update:
The frame is leveled and squared upside down on stands in the middle of
the shop floor.
The front springs and axle are bolted in place.
The rear air suspension cross member is in place, and the removeable parts are all
sandblasted and epoxy primed to match the frame and axles.
Rear spring hangers are going in, and the rear springs are next.
The cab is almost back in one piece. The donor roof and back panel are all
blasted and primed and fit in place. I should be welding to
