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that's right Bob, i've seen them load the same 13 pallet load of kyanite that we haul in a 20' container. It weighs about 46,000 lbs. They had to double stack some pallets,crammed it in there,and then had to push the doors in with the forklift to get them closed.

That's a fine looking outfit right there.

Ditto what Bob said. I've never heard of this before.

I saw Brick on the map, I knew you were from there but I had no electronic communication device except my cell phone. I could have talked to the General and saved some time.

I should be almost to Pittsburgh now. I got to the shop about 11:45 and my truck wasn't there. The washer guy had it down the street washing it. I waited about an hour and a half before he finally brought it back, then the landing leg on the passenger side of the trailer wouldn't come up. We wound them up and down and got it most of the way up by lifting it as someone cranked the handle. Apparently the gears are stripped on that side. Then I was worried that it might drop on it's own as was motoring up 79 about 200mph, so I put a 2'' ratchet strap on it to hold it up. That didn't really look so good, might attract attention from the wrong people. So I called Jeff and 'splained the situation and asked him what he wanted me to do. He said he'd get them to fix it in the morning and just to wait until tomorrow to go, so I left there peeling rubber in the Ranger and came back home. All because the truck got washed.

I wouldn't post this, but I must as a public service to counter the possible ill affects of the previous pictures.

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Where'd you go in Madison Heights? That's right up the road a little ways.

I don't know where Hellertown is, but I lollygagged at Opal until 11pm, then hauled ass to Lakehurst when there was little traffic on the road. When I left I didn't stop until I got to the truckstop on 301 in Maryland, then I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner and took a nap until the beltway traffic was pretty much gone then I hauled ass to Petersburg. Fortunately I don't have to run northeast very often, but when I do I can't get away from there fast enough!

It did look like an H 61 in the one picture, but you can tell it's an H 67 in the other. Picture looked warped or something.

...and now, what really happened- today,2:08 pm-hatcity finds some empty boxes in a dumpster somewhere. 2:09 pm-hatcity comes up with a plan. 2:10 pm-hatcity places boxes on the ground by the right front tire, lifts boom, raises body slightly, takes pictures. Puts empty boxes back in the dumpster, lowers body, lowers the boom. 2:18 pm, races inside to post pictures and calls it a day. p.s.- see, I can butcher more than just pictures.

That explains why my power divider doesn't work. Whenever I needed it I would just blow the horn. Next time i'll try using the switch on the dash and see what happens.

Yep, there's another one over there hooked to a trailer.

I only made one round again this week, but it was a pretty good one...except for the New Jersey part. I took a load of beams to Webb, Alabama then loaded some of those green boxes of landing mats in Enterprise, Al. going to Lakehurst, N.J. Both were pretty good paying loads, the Webb not quite as much as I expected, but the Lakehurst load paid a good bit more than I expected. Took this before I went to load in Petersburg Monday morning when I went to pee behind the trailer was doing my pre-trip inspection. Reminds me of the Transtar I used to drive with the VT903. It smoked like this when it was cold. It was actually coming from the chimney at the shop. No telling what they had in the stove, they put anything that will burn in the stove, even wood sometimes. Saw this train just before I got to Appomattox. Saw this super camper on I-85 after I left Petersburg. Some bullnose Kenworths just east of Montgomery, Al. B models near Auburn, Al. A T800 that's neither blue nor blurry. Green boxes of landing mats in Lakehurst. Good thing I got there when I did with 16 more, they might have run out. Saw this at the mill in Petersburg yesterday when I was loading for Neville Island for Monday...your guess is as good as mine.

This is true- and scary. I remember a safety meeting we had one time and our insurance man told the story of a truck accident where the truck driver was hit by a drunk driver. The truck driver did nothing wrong, the accident was totally the drunk driver's fault. Until he sued anyway and his his big shot lawyer went back and checked the driver's log book and cell phone records for weeks previous to the accident and found some small mistake in his log book where he was about 15 minutes off. Then it was the truck drivers fault, because according to the a-hole attorney he shouldn't have been there for the drunk to hit in the first place.

...but other things can make up for lack of cooking skills. nothing can make up for being a mean hateful bitch. if you swipe her favorite T shirt and use it to polish your fuel tank and she doesn't get too bent out of shape about it she might be a keeper.

this is an example of "good".

me too, but I don't show any side boobage.

Yes, holy mackerel, Freightrain's an even bigger star now, millions of - well, wait a minute, it could be billions- of people have seen that video now...if they'd all send Larry just one measly dollar bill each, just think of the possibilities...by the way, I sent a dollar several years ago, hope it didn't get lost in the mail.

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I thought it was a secret ingredient but now everybody's doing it. I was invited to this stew in Pamplin yesterday but I couldn't go because I cooked the stew for the benefit. I didn't really want to go anyway, because i've heard rumors that they're into cannibalism down there...just rumors though, I don't know if it's true or not.

Jeff told me Monday I could take one of the new Internationals and run a mill roll to Milton, W.V. but I didn't because I thought my truck would be ready by Tuesday evening. I did drive a brown T660 to Dillwyn Wednesday to pick my load up. It was just like mine...except it was brown.

That was a good stew. I forgot how many pounds of beast I put in it, plus 5 skinless boneless chicken breastesess, and a gallon each of tomatoes, peas, butterbeans, green beans, corn, 5 lbs. of potatoes, 3 lbs. of onions, a large can of tomato juice and a small can of carrots. I add tomato juice if it needs more liquid so it won't be watered down. I usually drain the liquid from the vegetables, except the corn. And we cut the beef up into bite sized pieces the night before and put it in a ziplock bag, then pour a bottle of Worcestorshire sauce in and let it marinate over night. That adds a lot of flavor too.

that's the secret ingredient. I would have gone back and got that broken clock to hang in my cook shed over the grill in the back yard, but somebody bought it. I think I once had an air freshener in a truck with that same picture on it.

I'd certainly give her a bowl or 3 of stew, she looks like she needs it.