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Stupid gum tree...but I wasn't driving, I let a friend drive because I had been drinking- another example of the evils of alcohol. It was raining, he shifted to second gear and floored it to pass a car, had an M22 Muncie 4 speed in it, and it got away from him. He wasn't used to the power. I'm still pondering whether to quit drinking or not. Good running car, had a corvette aluminum intake, 780 Holley, 327/300 heads, mild cam, headers,etc. It turned 14.20's with the original 3 speed and 3.08 rear.

She was quite beautiful, a wonderful person- we never had an argument.

Saw this one on facebook too.

I probably won't be home Tuesday, so here's before and after of the 1972 Nova I had, 1975.

Westvaco used Morbark chippers at all their woodyards. The old ones had 12V71 Detroits and the knuckle booms with 50 or 60 levers on them, their newer ones had 600hp Cummins engines on them. They would both sit there and run wfo all day long every day, only stopping to change knives once in a while. I moved this one from Dillwyn, Va. to Parkersburg, W.V. with this F model Mack, around 1980. That picture was in my oldest photo album, here's a few more from my chip hauling days- "Corn Stalk"s V8 Mack on the dump. The dump is only about half way up, it was dang near straight up when it got to the top. Sitting on top of the mountain on rt. 60, east of Buena Vista, Va. I walked up on the bridge where the Blue Ridge Parkway goes over rt. 60 to take this picture. Sitting at my uncle's house. Sitting at the bottom of the mountain on rt. 130. I had walked down to the James River. I didn't always sit around, sometimes I actually hauled chips. Chip pile at Westvaco in Covington, Va. I used to have a hammock...and long hair.

Sounds tasty!

Holy mackerel, you've got to drive to Afghanistan? I guess if you need to refuel they'll drop a hose down from a ship to the bottom of the ocean,eh? And how's anybody that doesn't know where they're going supposed to get to the public service gas and electric facilities if they refuse to give directions?..never heard of such. "Hi there, I have a delivery for you, could you give me directions to your facility please?" "No!" "excuse me?" "Not gonna tell you." "but..." "Not gonna tell you." "but-" "goodbye"

This is all I can find right now, might be too small to be any good. I thought sure I had a good one taken from the hood of a red R model at a show, and I might. I have thousands of pictures to look through, of trucks and about everything else. Sometimes i'll go through and delete several hunnert at a time, then next week i'll want one I just deleted.

Happy birthday.

...and here's another one!

I'll help too. My wife had a blood cancer called multiple myloma. She passed away in 2005.

It looks good, and a good price on it too just going by the picture. Some nice looking old iron here too- http://hotrodgarage.net/trucksforsale.html

I saw CSX on it, and could tell it was heavy. He was slow getting up the hills but it didn't take him long to catch up when he got over the top.

OK, we'll all send $4.42 for a gallon of gas.

I went to Moneta and picked up a load of lumber today. We got more snow last night, this was on the way to the shop this morning, between here and Gladys. Saw some equipment in a field on rt. 122. Snow on the Peaks of Otter, taken from rt. 122.

It was in the new Wheels of Time that just came this week.The black and white ads were in a new Truck Round Up magazine, so they're probably all still for sale.

I was doing the same routine this week, mill rolls from Petersburg to Milton. Not much new to see, so i'll try to have even more gripping descriptions than usual. Lot of snow still around Tuesday, but blue sky and dry roads. Saw some beasts- ...and this thing- Saw this moron come off the ramp at a high rate of speed, hit the left lane,pass everybody on the highway,and was gone- all with that little donut spare that looked like a bicycle tire. Planes in the field. A house on the hill. Going up a hill on the W.V.Turnpike. The tunnel you used to go through is off to the left. Going west up North Mountain. Just to the right of that spot on the window you can see old rt. 60, there's a hairpin turn there by the spot. Saw this trucking terminal across the river from the turnpike. Smith's Transfer used that terminal, several companies use it now I think, there's a couple of Pitt-Ohio trucks backed up to doors in the picture but they're kind of hard to see. Speaking of trucking companies, never heard of this outfit before- could be out of Winfall. Saw this unit in the mirror yesterday. I thought it was hauling mail until it passed me, then I saw the tail gate and realized it was a chip truck. You can see the vent holes in the second picture. That's only the second straight truck i've ever seen hauling chips. I got to Milton about 4:30 Wednesday evening, unloaded, then had to wait until 11:30 yesterday morning for them to finish the roll they were working on. This one was ready, and the other one was part of the set. They said it was "urgent" so I waited on it, and they unloaded them in Petersburg last night. I bob tailed down to Sheetz while I was waiting to get a sammich. I picked up this little "Trucks for Sale" magazine while I was there, "Truck Round Up". Anyway, it had some interesting units in it for sale. This one in "Wheels of Time" might be the bargain of the day though-

I was hoping all the snow was pretty much over with...guess not. Looks like this here this morning-

I saw it when they brought it to Brad Wike's. This was July,2011.

My friend Larry Wales' Diamond Reo Raider he used to own in Massachusetts.

yep.

True that. I guess there are those who would like to see me go out and monkey up, but I'm gonna do what I think is best. No need to take a chance on bending, breaking, or hurting anything. And like I said, headquarters called and told me to stay put this morning anyway.

Yes, it's best to give it a day. It's one thing to get caught out in it, but to leave home and go get in it is a horse of a different hue. It's just not worth it...snow's picking up again now.

I'm going back there pretty soon, they've gotten a lot of new stuff since i've been.

Down to 25, and still snowing. Not snowing very hard now though.