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I went to Moneta this morning and unloaded 4 packs of lumber that I brought back from Fairview Pa. because it was supposed to have been "ground contact" but it wasn't. Then they loaded a load going to Erie, Pa. on me. I was headed up rt.220 a little south of Fincastle when I heard a loud "clunk" and the truck kind of lurched for a second. Then a few seconds later it did it again. I pulled over at the wide spot just north of town where the DOT checks trucks a lot...looked all over, under, around, and through, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I called headquarters and Jeff said to try it a little farther and see what happened. A little farther was only about 17 feet,4 1/2 inches, then it made the biggest "clunk" yet. I turned around at the next cross-over to try to get to Truck Enterprises in Roanoke. And I might have made it, I was clunking along pretty good for a while, but that last stop light before you get to I-81 caught me. Then I couldn't get up the hill. I came to a complete stop and locked the power divider in. Just managed to get it onto the shoulder, inching along, loud banging and clanging at this point, but I figured I couldn't hurt it any worse by then. I was on the phone with headquarters before I got off the road, and told them to call a wrecker. A state trooper pulled in behind me, then a deputy sheriff pulled in behind him. I told them i'd already called a wrecker, so they said "OK", put some flares behind me, and left. I'm thinking it's either the rear end or the power divider's done come undone. It looked like this waiting for the wrecker- I took a photo of the wrecker truck after we got to Truck Enterprises- nice unit. Jeff came and picked me up in his pickup, now i'm sitting at home.

Superdog might have already bought it, and is hammer down spreading with it.

All right! I'm going to forward Ken's check to you, plus 4 pennies so that I may learn even more stupid shit! Then I can start charging $29.95 for my "new and improved" stupid shit knowlege.

Saw this in the Tractor House paper. You can spread fertilizer quick with this!

I know all about stupid stuff. If you send me $19.95 i'll send you all the stupid info.

That's what I do, refill 'em with good old well water and put it in the fridge. I stopped at a store somewhere last week...might have been a Go Mart in West Virginia, anyway, they had 2 liter Pepsi products on sale for 99 cents. A 20 oz. bottle out of the cooler was $1.49.

I have been to Fairview and returned. Wasn't that far at all, just a little over 500 miles.

I didn't really drink that much myself, I had some help.

I haven't gotten it yet...or maybe I did and drank it and can't remember anything...who knows...I must be off.

Owe you a like...

I wish! I gotta get to the one up by Erie- if you see me on the ramp at exit 7, wake me up please.

It's all Vision386's fault- I wouldn't even have known about it if it weren't for him!

That was a 12 pack...i'm on no. 11 now...gonna be a long ways to Fairview, Pa. tomorrow...

Yup...i'm really liking this stuff...

Nice T shirt Vlad!

Congratulations, well done indeed!

Saw this on the facebook Mack truck page. It's on the eastern shore of Virginia.

Looks great- nice job!

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I was 19 when this happened. Had this 1972 Rally Nova, 350 with the usual- bigger cam, Corvette aluminum intake, 780 Holley, headers, swapped in an M-22 Muncie instead of the original 3 speed, Hurst shifter. I had a few beers- ok, many beers- so I let my friend, who hadn't drank anything, drive. He went to pass a car, shifted it back into second, floor boarded it, and it got away from him on the wet road and went across somebody's yard and into 2 gum trees. Totaled of course. He broke his leg, I ended up with 45 stitches in my face, nobody had seatbelts on.

That tank has compartments, one for coffee, one for hot chocolate, one for chicken soup, and one for Jim Beam.

I'm not sure, but several years at least. I first noticed it when I was still driving the Peterbilt and i've been in the KW over 3 years now.

That's at the top of the hill on 322 just before rt.19. I usually pull in there to sleep when I'm going to Carter Lumber in Coconut Lake.