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take that, tree huggers!

you're welcome...

That's great Vinny, I was driving tractors- farm tractors that is- in the field at a very young age myself, cutting hay, baling hay,combining wheat, picking corn- you get the idea- but I never got to drive a big truck until much later, and that's what I always wanted to do.

Wonder what's up with the cabbage plant in the middle?..planted at the same time in the same dirt. Potatoes all look pretty good so far- A tomato, cayenne peppers, and garlic in the tires and wheels this year. The tires and wheels came off of a big Mack truck, I like to keep my posts truck related. Lots of peaches this year too, but I won't get any. They either rot and fall off the tree before they're ripe or the squirrels will get them before I do. Last week's paper said it was time for the 17 year locusts this year- I got holes like this all over the place. Gave away a set of encyclopedias yesterday. Saw this pretty neat picture in "Trucks and Trucking". I thumbed through all of them just in case i'd hidden a $20 bill between the pages...I hadn't. Other dog commandeered my chair, and he never does that! It's OK, i'll be in the 'puter chair.

Exactly, just like Jim and Ron said! We've got a 55 gallon drum of 5th. wheel grease at the shop with a board in it to slather it on the 5th. wheel with. You don't need high dollar or special grease for the 5th. wheel, pretty much any old grease will do. I don't drop and hook much so I carry some tubes of grease with me and sometimes i'll drop the trailer, pull out, then pop the tops on the tube of grease and just tap the metal end on the 5th. wheel. Put little globs of grease all over until the tubes empty. Then when I back under the trailer i'll lower my air bags so the front of the trailer doesn't wipe the grease off. Then when the king pin is right at the back of the 5th. wheel i'll pump the bags back up and then hook-up. If you don't have air ride you can just raise and lower the trailer to do the same thing. You have to get out and look when you do this of course, to make sure you don't back in too far before you raise it back up, but it's about the best way to cover it good with grease and not make a big mess . They'll service a truck at the shop, grease the 5th. wheel, and if they hook it back up to your trailer for you when they finish more often than not all the grease they just put on the 5th. wheel will be all over the frame, catwalk, tires, driveshaft, bumper, hood, stacks, steering wheel...

Lot of flatbedders use them too, to put over sharp edges under their tarps to keep from cutting the tarp.

Thanks, i'm not used to doing a serious project, mostly foolishness. I couldn't duplicate the lettering exactly, and I couldn't find an image of the bulldog where "Mack" was in block letters.

Well, here's what I came up with. Tried to copy it exactly... Doesn't look exactly original, hope it's helpful in some way.

I would have thought at least a 50-something, but a good looking truck whatever year it is!

Oh...sorry. I fixed it, even put a little flame coming out of the stacks.

Well, I would have picked her up too, only because she didn't have any shoes. Even I wouldn't want to see her get sore feets from walking. Nice pictures Vlad, thank you. Beautiful country!

Here's some Winfall wimmin'. I think I know what's going on here- the girls are going to Winfall Beach with their dogs. They were not paying attention to the traffic, and as the first dog started to cross the road it saw a truck coming, panicked, slammed on the brakes, and froze. Dog number 2 saw the situation and grabbed dog number 1 and tried to pull it back to safety, but he was rear-ended by the girls who were not paying attention and also following too close...I had plenty of time to stop, and no dogs or girls were harmed in this poorly photo chopped image.

Saw Vinny's U model on the interweb machine.

First thing that caught my eye- "a few oil leaks"! I used to stop and take a shower there and get a bite to eat sometimes when it was John Skidmore's Truckstop, never even been in it since they changed, I just go to the Go Mart.

I thought I wouldn't have any pictures this week, but I ended up with some pretty good ones. I even saw something Vinny might like in the Auction Time magazine- and something for Ben- Saw some log and pulpwood trucks in West Virginia and Virginia. Saw a dump truck too. Log truck in Flatwoods. I'm gonna park beside it at the Go Mart. Caught a coal bucket going up the hill... then he caught another coal bucket going up the hill... now we got a small parade going. Don't know what happened here. This is on I-79 in W.V. Saw this pickup on I-80 in Pa. Couldn't tell what he had in the back at first... Oh...now I see. Waterfall in Levaisy, W.V. Saw Green Dash again- he thinks he's sneaking up on me because he's in a straight truck. When he realized I was onto him he passed me. Saw this woman in a car at the fuel stop. She asked me if I would fill her windshield washer fluid tank up for her because she didn't know how. She said she'd make it worth my while. I told her i'd do it for free if I had time,but I really didn't have time to fool with it. A red truck, a yellow truck, and some odd colored truck.

I think this is the bridge you're talking about, the old bridge on rt. 22 between Steubenville and Weirton,W.V. I crossed it many times, and you're right about the skinny part! It's torn down completely now.

I saw a picture of Freightrain heading to Beaver Springs...

I enjoyed the conversation myself. I was heading to Carter Lumber in Strattanville. I got past the scales on 80 and pulled in a little fuel stop with a dirt parking lot at the next exit past the scales and went to bed. Had to go to McKees Rocks to load the next morning, so I went back down 79.

I saw a West Virginia highway once.

We had a dump too, some folks would go there with a .22 rifle and shoot rats. Probably can't do that any more, somebody would call in a SWAT team on you.

I think this is freightrain going to Beaver Springs- the camera was mounted on the bulldog's head. Wow, and I used to think I was going 4 wheeling on the pipeline and Westvaco forest trails around Appomattox and Buckingham. Beautiful scenery there. In the video I mean, not so much on the pipeline.

Excellent idea Vlad!

Here's a picture of Pilot Mountain.

hmmmm....I think if that was my Jeep, i'd have to kick the windshield out, crawl over the hood, and walk the rest of the way. Anybody that had balls enough to drive it off that cliff could have it. If they made it, I would appreciate a lift back to town though.