Freightrain

OMG....my buddy used to have a half dozen RED Festivas. He loved them. Had to keep a fleet to keep one running on Ohio. They rust to pieces.

Ya, I'm lucky enough to have the Akron store in my backyard, literally. Maybe a 12 min ride up the road. Have connections in sales, know the store manager, etc so I get pretty good treatment. Here's my wagon at Super Summit show a couple years ago:

I'm not into the monochrome look or the black "rat rod" look. But like already mentioned.............that looks GREAT!!! The color combo is perfect.

Ohhh man. Crooked pictures!!!! Watch out for Ken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!! Bummer on the foot. I stepped off my pickup years ago to the railroad ties along the driveway where I grew up. Twisted my left foot, but didn't damage it. I was limping for about a week. I only had two pickups and both were sticks. I thought of the tragedy of doing something really bad to myself and having to drive somewhere.

Ya, notice how smooth the Super rides compared to the B. Ya, I'd pick the Super anyday myself! After 12 yrs in my B model, I'd like to have something with a bit more power and comfort.

Broke the RR leaf spring on a trip a few years ago. Got to race track and noticed truck was leaning a bit. Tire was rubbing on fender, but with the rain I never noticed it/or make any noise. I jacked that side up, slipped a 4x4 inbetween the fifth wheel mount angle irons and the upper spring block. Couple rubber bungee cords to keep it in place just in case I hit a bad bump. Made it home that night(2 hrs) with no problems. You gotta do whatcha gotta do to get home.

Huh...what.......did someone call me??????????????? LOL!!! Looks like me about 9 yrs ago, going over to Indy on Rt. 70. I got out and was passing some line haulers and the radio was just chatter'n about a B model that was actually IN the passing lane AND passing someone.

Never seen so many10-15 yr old road truck with only 100K miles on them? Wow, is every truck in the south like that?? Rust free and never driven? Bought new and parked in the barn? Sadly, they don't do what "we" like them to do with Macks, but on the other hand everyone must have a job. I can't fault them for that. I know that is not what most would like to hear.

Better to find faster gears. To get enough OD to get it to even 55 comfortably that rear end will be sing'n.

Oh boy......Rob would need this for a set of TWINS!!

I was thinking the one I saw was the silver with green/yellow/black stripes(something like that).

Wasn't the PIE built by Freightliner? The CEO or such had it build fully to scale. I seem to remember pictures way back, or am I thinking of another one.

Since we have stepped into such a "grey" area, they just tend to lump us into "their normal" and let the courts deal with us. Easier on them, harder on us(since we have to pay the fines/tow bills/time, etc). It all falls into "walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it must be a duck".

The good thing with renting the truck from the test station, it was a lil DT466 Binder, single axle with a 5spd(synchro'd). 40ft flatbed. Really easy to drive, no worry about double clutching. They also had a dump with tag trailer if that was your preference. $150 for the test, but worth it for the lack of hassle. No worry about it passing the pretrip!!! They even only made me do the one side(she told me the other side was just duplicate and no sense in it). It made for ALOT of extra time to finish the test, since that was like 10 minutes saved outside. I remember back in the 80's taking my chauffers license test(written only). If I woulda kept up on it, I wouldn't have had to do the CDL thing. Oh well, who wooda thunk. That is why I waited like a month before setting appt for test. Didn't want them thinking I didn't have any driving time. I too had 10 yrs dragging my 40ft trailer around to races with my dually. Size was not the issue, just had to brush up on pretrip and air brakes. Personally I've always done pretrips everytime I drug my trailer even with my pickup. Tires, doors, etc. Just made sense to me.

"Most" new drivers use those types of firms to get a stephold into trucking. Get their year in(to pay for CDL school) and then go to a "better" place. Some never get to leave, but I think that is mostly their own fault(just my opinion). But I would guess that many think it's just pointing a steering wheel and get paid. It's more then that and they just dig a hole and never get out of it. Any large trucking firm will not hire a rookie with a CDL due to insurance, so you can't start at the top. It is fun to poke at the bottom feeders, but many have to start there.

I got mine about 10 yrs ago. Same thing, better safe then sorry. I've only been questioned once at a scale house I pass every weekend on way to track. Got red lighted and called in. She asked for license and registration. I throw everything on the desk, told her it was historical plated and she checked my GVW and said sorry to hold me up. I got the hell outta dodge. Since they changed the reading of the signs(to commercial trucks...not "all trucks), I don't stop anymore. I got the book, read it up real good, took my temp test. Waited about a month and called for test appt. Took the test(rented a truck from test station) and walked off with my CDL. No fancy school or crap. Just read the book and follow it. It's not rocket science.

I got pics but no dimensions. Have to dig through my files to find the reciept from Barry when I bought them 12 yrs ago LOL!! I do recall mine had roller bushing on one end(top?). Not brass on both.

I cut my rear leafs down to only 3, the rest were just spacers(cut the leaves down). It made no differene empty, but with my trailer it rode nice. Only problem after about 10 yrs was I broke the right rear on a trip. I made it home, with 4x4's holding it up. Those 50 yr old leaves were not meant to move as much as I made them go. They gave up. I had new packs made, but replaced it with air ride a few years later. I've also do the king pins. Actually was pretty easy, only a few hours to get it stripped down to spindles and apart. Broken spring: King pins:

Got a fellow in local ATHS club with red one like that, but a flat bed with gin poles. Isn't quite as perfect, but a very nice piece none the less.

Very nice shop!!! Jealous?? Me?? Hell ya........ LOL!!!! Nice superliner too.

Very interesting. I'd probably moved the axle back to make it ride better and not so much overhang. Too heavy of trailer and I bet it will get to bob'n going down the road.

Daggone that would make a nice lil trailer!! I have no real use for it, but would hate to see it scrapped.

Near 60* yesterday, 60* today!! Ya boy! Of course, 30's at night and few chances of sleet/rain later in week. It ain't all gone yet, but getting closer. I took the Harley around the neightborhood yesterday> Ohhhhh man that felt GOOD!

Seem to remember it being at Syracuse nationals in '05.

Man.....my back hurts just looking at that picture LOL!! Hardtail HD, going 1000 miles on the roads back then?? Ugh....I can't go 1 hour on my '07 softail LOL!! Kick start, likely suicide clutch/shift?