Got a phone call today from the fellow that bought the big

power Peterbilt from us last spring. You all might remember

that it took him forever to close the deal. After he finally took

the truck, he called us for about six weeks asking us if we wanted

to buy it back. Meanwhile the bottom was falling out of used truck

prices. Especially big, thirsty ones.

Anyway - he called me from Buffalo on a trip from his home in

Oklahoma to tell me that everything is going great!

Apparently he just started to run the truck about five weeks ago.

(Hard to imagine that he let a $50,000.00 plus purchase sit in his driveway -

but to each his own)

He's got the truck pulling a flatbed for a specialized equipment vendor in

Pennsylvania, I think.

I was very surprised to hear he is averaging around 6.0 mpg, with 6.6

being his highest trip average. Pretty good for that C-16 Cat. He must be a

very conservative operator.

Really nice to hear that he is doing well. I wish him the all the best.

Meanwhile - back at the ranch -

I've been thinking about what to do with my little R-600.

The building business could actually use a good single axle dump truck,

and that might be a great candidate. Except no power steering. Might have to fix that.

A low mileage truck like that could last us the rest of our lives with a little care.

And it would be great promotion for our business.

The shop move is going very well. The crane is reassembled and operational.

Most of the new electrical work is done. The new roof is going on next week.

Then I can untarp and unload the two flatbeds that have all of my parts on.

It sure will be nice to get that stuff organized on shelves. (The worst roof leak

is right above where I want the parts racking to go)

It sure is nice being to able to put all of the trucks inside.

Might have a local customer for the H-63. And he would like us to do the restoration.

That would be fun.