other dog

if it is i'm gonna have a lot of 'splainin to do.

Happy birthday Vlad.

That's the way I went, ran 422 all the way from New Castle to 22, 99 south to 220 south to Moorefield, then 55 to 259 at Baker, jump on 81 at Broadway.

Last week I went to Louisville with a van, then made two trips to Erie. This week I delivered 4 roll-off bodys in Ringold Monday, then took treated lumber to Strattonville, Pa, coils from Sharon to Lynchburg, lumber to Fairview and Punxsutawney, Pa. and skidded coils from McKees Rocks to Lynchburg. Now I got that van load to Louisville again for tomorrow. I did see Greendash this week, goofing off in Barkeyville, Pa. Notice how no one will park anywhere near him. Saw a red truck. Looks like someone was trying to climb this mountain and gave out before they reached the summit, so they planted the flag over the railroad tracks. This is on the famous horse shoe curve, rt. 22 west of Altoona. I was behind this car when I left Punxsutawney...don't know if i'd buy a used car from them or not. which reminds me- I saw this girl hitchhiking in Winfall. I was heading towards home in Gladys, so I didn't have time to stop. Supersize load on rt. 119,south of Punxsutawney. Had to blindside to this dock in Lynchburg. Mark could have done it blindfolded, took me all afternoon. I started over there... Not much room ahead. If they would put a few hundred tons of rock there, all the way to the woods, I wouldn't have much of a problem. Then I saw this girl in Gladys on the way home yesterday.

my all time favorite youtube video...

Yeah, it's a shame GMC trucks got faded away like they did after being one of the very first truck makers and being a "heavy hitter" in the industry for so many years. I altered a picture I saw on facebook a little, it was a bullnose KW instead of a GMC at first.

I fuel at Truck World when I load in Sharon. Get 2 free hot dogs with 75 gallons- I like free stuff.

I passed by Watt's Thursday coming from Punxsutawney heading to McKees Rocks but I didn't have time to stop and chew the fat with Barry. I was hoping to get across 376 before the traffic got too bad, but I didn't. Might as well have stopped.

where's all them reefers going to anyway?

Holy mackerel! I'd like to ride across I-40 from West Memphis to Little Rock with her.

I drove a solid white '78 Astro in 1979, had a 290 Cummins and 9 speed. Nice trucks, I liked it. Wish I had a picture of it.

yep, it was an "all- new Budd built proffessional cab...although the two cabs were different, they had numerous similarities, particularly in windshield style, cowl surfaces at the A-pillars and general shape of their piano-hinged steel doors." I'm not a GMC expert, I read this in "GMC Heavy Duty Trucks 1927-1987". I always thought it was the same cab.

There's a lot of truth in this picture.

They used the same cab as the Astro, they did look a little odd.

The 345 and 392's were both good engines, a real truck engine that was built to last 200,000 miles or more. That's a good looking unit, not even a tear in the seat.

I remember way back when...a long, long, time ago when Vinny didn't want anything to do with girls at all- a year or so ago maybe? We all knew the day would come when all that changed!

yeah, it was the cheap stuff, I didn't have any Gorilla tape at the time. I generally used it to put over any sharp pieces of steel that might cut my tarp. It wouldn't stand the pressure of that C-15 Cat. Gorilla tape is so strong i've used it to patch holes in my tarps. Got a roll of 4'' wide duct tape too that I bought in Hubbard.

Thank you.

yeah, I almost am.

Happy birthday blackdog2!

Those are great! Old Bill sent me a wooden Peterbilt that looks good, but it's flat, to hang on the wall. These models are the cat's ass, as Larry Wales would say. Look at the detail on the knuckleboom, and the side kit trailers, and the rock truck...holy hamburgers!

Lot of pressure on that sucker. I had a turbo hose split on that Peterbilt one time when I was climbing Powell Mountain. Sounded like a cannon. I pulled over and got the duct tape out...wrapped it until it was big as a stove pipe. Jumped in, took off, and everything was fine- for about 47 feet, when it blew out again. Another driver stopped and happened to have a spare one that he gave me. I always carried a spare hose and clamps after that.

I did the same thing some years ago when I had a broken spring on a trailer. Had a load of lumber on, and jacked it up in the truckstop parking lot in Harrisburg, Pa. Stuck a 4x4 between the axle and frame rail and drove on to the yard in Appomattox.

...and with all those acorns the squirrels still eat every single peach, pear, and apple off the trees. Don't even let them get ripe before they eat them.The deer in the picture is eating peaches off the ground, the squirrels eat them right off the tree.

I'm surrounded by oak trees, acorns everywhere. Got a big hickory tree in the front yard too, but there's probably not a squirrel, rabbit, or deer within 50 miles of here with Otherdog on the job.