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Yep, you never know what you might see in Winfall.

I just got off there to go to sleep. I kept on down 250 to the Crozet exit and got back on 64 and over to 29 at Charlottesville. Last time I went down 6 it cost me over $300, and that was about 7 or 8 years ago.

oh...I knew it was something like that.

I didn't even tell everybody what you said about that KW when I met you in Bensalem a while back- something like "man, I wish I could drive that fine looking ride just one time, my Dad would be so proud of me!"

I'm glad you asked- I put an idle speed control thing-a-ma-jig on it, put the home made bumper on it, got it inspected- just needed wiper blades to pass. When I drove it home the first time it was missing pretty bad. It had a plug wire arcing against the block, but a new set of wires cured that. I drove it home again last night and it ran great. I just got finished changing the oil a few minutes ago. I checked the grease in the front and rear end and the transmission and transfer case too. Had to add a little in the rear end and a little more in the front end- I put Lucas oil additive in them. Transmission was good. Then I adjusted the rear brakes and tightened the emergency brake cable- it had a lot of slack in it. When it snowed here the other week I made like Rowdy- cranked it up, locked the hubs, and drove out of the driveway onto the road- never shoveled a lick. It rides rough as hell, you can feel every bump in the road, it's loud, it's drafty- heater was wfo all the way home and you couldn't tell it was on. Drives great though, better than I expected- I like it!

Later, I saw two poorly photo-chopped girls when I was on the way home.

I've got no pictures of the Alamo, no pictures of bulldozers, but I have a picture of where they unload steel off of barges at Triad Metals in Neville Island, Pa. I did not move a bulldozer, I did not go to San Antonio- I went to N.B.Handy in Lynchburg and loaded a load of steel going to Norcross, Ga. I had 4 skidded coils in front, then 2 stacks of sheets piled up 4 skids high, and a regular coil in back. I put plastic on it because they were calling for rain, then it took 2 tarps to cover it. Then I went to Gerdau-Ameristeel in Cartersville, Ga. and picked up a load of 50' beams going to Neville Island, that I had to tarp. I'm pulling up there beside that trailer to get unloaded. The cab was outside the door, and I saw some barges go by while I was sitting there. A tugboat was right behind them. Then I went to Greenville, Pa. and got a load of dumpsters coming back to Lynchburg. I got off of 64 on top of Afton Mountain and pulled off at the scenic view area on rt. 250 and went to bed. Took this out of the sleeper window when I got up yesterday morning. Some more pictures I took while I was waiting around for my 10 hour break to be over- got to run compliant ya know! I saw some little black dots in a field down in the valley- which I later determined to be aberdeen angus cattle. Looking to the east- the little white dot just about the center of the picture... ...is this building. I don't know what it is. I was going to look for it on the way down the mountain, but when I left I forgot all about it. Dumpsters- This is the old motel on top of Afton Mountain. It was a Holiday Inn back in the 70's, then it was something else, I don't know if it's still in business now or not. I stayed there once when it was the Holiday Inn. A friend of mine who had recently moved to Virginia was there with his wife too, and he was just awestruck by the view. He said it was just like being in an airplane, without being in an airplane.You could see the whole valley from up there. Oh, that's Wintergreen Mountain to the left. Closer view of the old motel.

" honored Firetruck Great Master from Hellertown PA" That's a good one Vlad, I shall refer to 1958 F.W.D. as this from now on.

Yessir, I knew you were, that's why I didn't call when I was in Akron a while back.

I saw a picture somewhere a week or so ago of a water truck that belonged to some fracking company out of West Virginia that had crashed through a bridge in Greene county, Pa. The story said the driver was following his GPS. The bridge had an 8 or 10 ton weight limit on it. I know from past experiences with light weight roads and bridges in Pa. that that's gonna cost somebody a ton of money- maybe several tons.

No, it was this one...I think. or maybe it was this-

I used this picture for photo-chopping purposes. I think it was this one anyway.

Wow, that's a lot of work, since I only have one picture of the RGN, none with the truck i'm driving now, and none of the dozer- but i'll give it a shot... Holy mackle, i'm impressed- came out great, eh? The untrained eye could never tell that that's not the real deal right there!

Yes, I called him- he said it was OK.

I was supposed to go to Petersburg and get a load of beams going to San Antonio, Tx. Friday, but after sitting at the jobsite in Clarksburg, Md. until after 5 o'clock I missed out on that load too. Probably get a load of pipes or something tomorrow.

I had an important mission today- I was supposed to meet a guy from Appomattox at the truck stop in Candor, N.C. in the morning, and he was going to ride with me to Bennetsville, S.C. to pick up a bulldozer on the detachable gooseneck trailer. His brother was bringing the dozer up from Walterboro,S.C. with his truck, and he was going to unload it and load on my trailer in Bennetsville. Jeff said it was an old IH and it weighed about 35,000lbs. I went to the shop this morning, fueled up, hooked to the trailer, made sure the engine had gas in it and everything worked, put a marker light on it, got my permits, then came home. I was supposed to meet him around 9:30 in the morning, so I was going to leave around 6am. Good paying load too. Then Jeff called a little while ago and said the guy had called him and said his brother's truck broke down, so he wouldn't be able to make the trip tomorrow, so now I won't get to make the trip either. Never hauled a dozer before.

Nice Vlad!

Oh, never mind- I think I see him.

I rode over to Winfall today, saw this girl getting out of a car at the dollar store. I think she was trying to attract my attention, but I had to get a pack of Newports and a carton of Schlitz malt liquor bull, so I didn't have time to see what she wanted.

which one's Ed?

It is that...that's the only thing they don't have in Winfall, a hot dog stand. But, anyhow- I discovered a new TV channel a while ago...OK, I probably didn't really discover it, but I didn't even know I could get it. It was...I don't remember what it was called, but it's channel 364 on Directv. It had Daniel Boone, The Virginian, High Chaparrel, The Big Valley, Bonanza, and more old shows. I remember watching The Virginian with my grandfather when I was just a kid. I watched it today for the first time in almost 50 years, good show. I was trying to get "Everest" on the pay per view thing, but I never could figure out how. I've read Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air" about 8 times and really wanted to see the movie, which is based on the book. Maybe it'll end up in the discount bin at the Wal Mart store some day.

It is here too, but Winfall is "special". And it is indeed a real place- http://roadsidethoughts.com/va/winfall-xx-campbell-profile.htm

I got to Concord about 10 o'clock last night, and the blue truck wouldn't start. The battery was low- It started fine Wednesday, when I drove it down to the bank, and I hadn't left anything on. So I got my jumper cables out and started the other blue truck and pulled down to the blue truck and jumped it ,started right up. I'll test the battery with the battery testing device at the shop. I've had it over 10 years and only remember putting one battery in it, so it might be time for no.2.

thank you Ron!