I unloaded a load of lumber at Byesville, Ohio Monday morning and deadheaded home-after sitting all day Monday and most of the day yesterday. First time ever there wasn't a load to be found. Another truck was in Hubbard, Oh. and one was sitting at Dallas Pike,W.V. and everybody came back empty. Todd said "if you're gonna sit, you might as well sit at home". I said "yeah, at least I can watch tv until they cut the lights off".
I took a few pictures while I was parked at the Go-Mart truckstop- ni
Several years ago I was talking to one of P.L.Duncan's drivers in Sparrows Point,Md. I was telling him about my old cement mixer and my love of old trucks, and he told me about all the old trucks Mr. Duncan had, some packed in a building so tight you could hardly walk between them. He said they were all old, and most of them were running. I told myself then, "self, you need to get down there and take a look at those trucks". Well, after about 5 or 6 years, I finally did Friday. It was a great tr
Well I was lookin and I was almost at the bottom of the blog list. Anyway lets look back into the last 9 months the boys are older, More bills have been paid, I have my CDL now, All this carrying sheetrock, shingles, doors and windows has made me feel a little better strength wise compared to workin security.......Other than that not much has went on. This week I got a noise violation ticket cause of one of the trucks at work. Were stayin busy though, especially with lowes just right up the stre
I have a 2007 CL 700 series with a Cummins 565 engine. I am having problems with the power steering on it. If the water temp and oil temp stay above 200+ degrees, it steers fine. If the temp drops, it is hard to turn while steering. I have tried using ATF and regualr oil in it without any satisfaction. HELP ME PLEASE?
Well for the time being I have a little money in my pocket. Last week I ran two loads up to the northeast back to back out of Chattanooga Tn. The first load was a two dropper with the first stop going to Jersey City N.J. and the final in North Haven CT.
The second load was a straight load and went to North Haven CT. .Both loads consisted of conveyors and hoppers for a scrap yard. If I didn't have to pay those damned tolls life would be good. Paying thirty or fourty bucks to cross a bridge is
The cab, fenders, doors and sheet metal are being delivered
to the paint shop this week. Decided to send that out to a very
professional shop. My own brush and roller techniques are highly
guarded secrets, and since the truck is going to a new home,
I didn't want to let any secret information out.
Meanwhile the frame and running gear are ready for final painting.
I'm thinking I'll do that myself. Everything's been sandblasted
and epoxy primed some time ago. Painting it all "Chassis Black
I know everybody gits tired of seeing pictures of these delicious and tender slow cooked ribs, but here's todays menu. Had just put them on the grill here...chunks of hickory wood on the charcoal. I actually smoke it over indirect heat for several hours, then smother it in BBQ sauce and wrap it tightly in aluminum foil to finish it. And I saw several of these creatures while I was cooking the ribs, they're sauteeing in the smaller pan, with garlic and butter.
The end result...
...and how abou
Hauled a couple of loads this week. I unloaded in Lynchburg Monday morning and went to Moneta and got a load of lumber going to Conneaut Lake, Pa. Then down to Pittsburgh to load steel to Lynchburg. Then got a load of lumber off the yard going to Oberlin and Norwalk, Ohio. Back to Pittsburgh-back to Lynchburg. (yawn...)
I did see a gray Mack dump in Pittsburgh-had a "for sale" sign in the window. I actually saw another Mack for sale on rt. 51, but I didn't get a picture. I don't know what model
I went to Roxana, reloaded in Calvert City, Ky. for Ambridge, Pa. then loaded in Pittsburgh for Lynchburg. Nothing unusual or exciting, so I took some pictures of it...
well, this might be unusual-looks like a broken power pole with the transformer dangling from it.
Anyone know what this is? I see lots of them along the road,especially in Pa. This is in W.V. They're purple and triangular-i'm thinking some kind of insect trap.
Self explanitory- Ansted, W.V.
The old Smith's Transfer terminal
Well I believe winter is finally over here in north west Georgia. All I have to say is it's about time. We don't get much snow here in Chickamauga but rain oh my God we get the rain. For the past few years we have been in a draught and I know we need the rain but I am sure happy when the old sun comes shineing through.
This week work has been slow so I descided that it was time to do some serious spring cleaning to the ole Bulldog. I love to wash my truck and usually I don't make a big fuss ove
I must be off now-going to Roxana again with piling. Good thing they're building that pipeline from Alberta. Hauling the piling to the refinery has really been good, keeping us a little busy anyway. Haven't been making but one round a week lately, and deadheaded back to Knoxville and Rome, Ga. the last two times I went to Roxana.
We lost 2 of our regular hauls lately, the treated lumber out of Moneta and return loads of steel to Roanoke. A large flatbed carrier, like the mickow corporation, cut
So - Spring is upon us and it feels really good.
Although I did stand on top of a six foot pile of old snow in
Star Lake last week to photograph the roof of a building!
Probably the last one of those for a while.
Without counting any unhatched chickens - our building business is looking better by the day.
We have done what we had to do to cut the expenses and get the ovehead down.
And we have gotten very aggressive with finding new work, and leasing our unused properties
to get some ca
Well, I mowed the grass early this morning, had to wait 'til daylight to finish though, because the batteries went dead in the flashlight. Then I went to Concord and finished putting that hood on the mixer. Don't remember when it was last started, but it fired right up. I dumped about 800 gallons of water out of the drum and let it run about 15 minutes.
Then I stopped at Carson's Store and got 2 rolls of chicken wire and made a fence around the garden. The chicken wire was way more expensive t
Only made one round this week. Thought I was going to Lisbon, Ohio or Mercer, Pa. with treated lumber Tuesday, so I lollygagged around here in no particular hurry to leave, but when I got to headquarters I had a load going to Roxana, Il. WTF?!! If i'd known that I would have left 2 hours ago! Brought lumber back to Moneta.
Some of what I saw along the way-
some trucks on rt. 60 in West Virginia
this used to be known as "dead man's curve" on rt. 60. Used to be a lot of truck traffic on this
Just when you thought there were no more old time truck stops left, I stumbled across an old 76 that was closed for years and just reopened in North East , Pa. off of I90 and US 20 across the street from Kwik Fill called the North East Travel Plaza. I pulled in to get fuel and didn't know what to expect, well first they pumped my fuel for me,cleaned my windows and it had a restaurant in it that i could smell the good food cooking all the way out to the fuel desk. So i walked in and met the own
I'm running out of titles- might have to go back to stealing Paul's
I got out Tuesday and went to Roxana with a 60' load, then deadheaded to Knoxville and picked up 60' rebar going to King George, Va. Can't unload that until Monday, but I have a dentist's appointment Monday too.
Even ran into some snow when I left Tuesday-it was snowing off and on most of the way across West Virginia.
And I saw a 2-story forklift in Suffolk, Va. last week.
And I saw the Volvo plant in Dublin,Va. yesterday.
Taught myself some new swear words trying to disassemble and reassemble my B-67 tie rod ends.
They are the adjustable and rebuildable type. But getting the nut out from inside the tube on each one
after fifty years is a lot easier said than done!
Used a four foot pipe on a long breaker bar with a 3/4 drive straight head socket and still had a lot of trouble.
About a quart of penetrating oil and two cans of WD-40 later, I finally had them apart. But I had broken the
socket in the process.
I
Well I read on the introduction forum today something that got me to thinking. (I know Rob thinking is bad for me) Just the same it got me to thinking "why indeed", so I wrote a response but that just wasn't enough.
Anyone here ever watch the Arsineo Hall show in the eighties and nineties? hhuuummmmmm HE used to say when questioning something odd or questionable. To a novice or someone who simply wants to look COOOOOOOL I suppose going a hundred miles an hour is good. Or maybe having a ten gra
I took those two coils to Suffolk Monday morning, but didn't get a load out until Tuesday. I could have loaded in Petersburg Monday, but the load was going to South Plainfield, New Jersey so I whined and cried my way out of it. Had to spend the night in Petersburg though. Then I ended up going to Moneta and loading treated lumber anyway. That went to Mercer, Pa. and I loaded at Masury, Oh. for Roanoke. Then Thursday I loaded more treated lumber going to Alliance and Kent, Ohio. Picked up a big s
Geez, I can't remember anything...oh, it's coming back slowly now. Made three rounds last week for the first time in a while. Took some treated lumber to Akron Thursday and thought I was coming home empty, but got a load out of Malta, Oh. late Friday evening going to Bedford, Va. When I unloaded in Bedford Monday I went to the shop and got a Conestoga and loaded Kyanite for Chester, W.V. Sat all day in Chester after I unloaded Tuesday-didn't have a return load. I did get a load Wednesday going t
