other dog

Yep.

I only made one trip this week, went to Shreveport La. with a machine, actually it was some kind of pump. It was 10 feet high so it had to be in an enclosed drop deck trailer. I noticed a spider web running from the mirror to the fender Tuesday...didn't see this huge ass spider until Thursday morning. I sprayed window cleaner up in there to kill it, but it made another appearance yesterday. I'll spray ether in there Monday morning, I do not like spiders! That's the bad part of pulling a Conestoga, they're so wide you can't see much out of the mirrors. I saw the Mississippi River along the way. There's a log truck over there on a dirt road raising the dust cloud. Combines in the field. Unloading in Shreveport. Girls in cars of the week- Saw this nice looking Mack in Meridian, Ms. on the way back... ...driven by none other than nocluejoe66 himself! We were headed in opposite directions, but we stopped and broke bread in Meridian. He even paid for my meal- thanks Joe! I passed by Chunky, and crossed the Chunky River, but I did not stop there. Got a newfangled secret spy camera installed in the truck Monday. The load going down paid both ways, but I stopped in McMinnville, Tn. on the way back and picked up some machine tools for N.B.Handy in Lynchburg. The long and winding straight road. Tennessee road shots. Saw this accident east of Knoxville. Story on the cb was that a car that was getting off at the exit cut in front of the truck from the left lane to get off and the truck driver had to swerve to keep from hitting the car and rolled it over.

I just posted some pictures here- https://www.facebook.com/REODiamondTandReoenthusiasts and someone wanted to know where that red and white one was located. Might be a good place to mention your items for sale!

Other Dog. Here he's chasing squirrels. ...and taking a break under the bush.

Found a couple more pictures, saw this one in Cincinnati.

too late, I already bought it. The guys at the shop are gonna put it in that red T660 tonight, that's why i'm home. They have to drive to Florida to get it first, but it should be ready to go by tomorrow afternoon.

I've got some stuff i've accumulated. Old Bill sent me a lot of stuff, he was downsizing to move from Elliott Lake to Blind River at some point and when he asked me if I wanted it I said "Heck yeah, i'll take anything you don't want!" These pictures are the ones seen on his website. He sent this one for my birthday one year. A few Cat Scale cards. Some trophies I won at the Christmas parade- I ordered the little B models and glued them on myself. A couple of mixer pictures. ...and all my other models and miscellaneous stuff is packed in the corner cabinet!

They have a good size fleet of Clines at the power plant on rt. 2 north of Parkersburg, W.V. Somebody there must know something, but I don't know who to ask. Don't know if the power plant owns them or they're contractors, they use them to haul something from the plant over across rt.2 to the backside of a hill, can't see any more from the road. Got big bodies on them, and they have a couple of big DMs there too.

It's on rt.1 in S.C, a little north of Augusta, Ga.

I saw one of those at a jobsite once, they used it to pull a scraper. Had one IH and several John Deere's working.

Good looking unit too. Wouldn't let me save the picture. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-F-100-F700-1959-ford-f-700-f-100-13-872-original-documented-miles-frame-off-resto-no-reserve-/221274485615?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3384fcb36f&vxp=mtr#v4-47

I had a picture of a big Mack manure spreader, but I must have deleted it. Long wheelbase R model with manure spreader body and tractor type tires on the rears.

looks like this? I think all i've seen had three holes.

No, I posted it on the Diamond T/Reo page on facebook and someone else was interested in it.

Might as well post one of the Diamond Reo I was looking for to start with,eh?

There it is, still in the Kodiak pictures.

Didn't see any U models by the road, could be some there...they had a lot of old units there. Here's one of the pics. I posted here when I stopped there. Had one of a green mixer too, but I must have deleted it.

by accident- I was looking for a Diamond Reo I once saw in S.C. on google earth. Saw it in 2009, but I remembered the general area, and saw this Superliner sitting there when I was looking.

Great randyp, soon as you make an appearance i'm out of likes- but it's good to hear from you!

that's exactly right Glenn, I'm not a mechanic, but I learned this when I first started driving. A lot of drivers don't seem to understand this, I see lots of drivers in fairly new trucks get in a truck that's idling go to put it in gear and just sit there and grind before finally just jamming it in gear because they've worn the clutch brake out.

I'll straighten this up before Ken sees it.

probably e bay's your best bet. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xmack+shift+knobs&_nkw=mack+shift+knobs&_sacat=0&_from=R40

I saw the Mack ad in the last Heavy Duty Trucking magazine for the Pinnacle with the 505 hp, 1860 torque engine and started to chub up a little.

Yes they did, not bad at all!

I've got the boss at least thinking about a Mack now anyway. They're very disappointed in the KWs we have, having problems getting the warranty to cover repairs when they break down, which is often. He said the one I drive was actually the best one they had, as far as breakdowns go. Only have two Prostars with Maxxforce engines, they've been in the shop as much as they've been on the road, mainly egr issues. He said the Cascadias with DD15 engines were doing best. I asked him about a Mack the last time I was broke down, and he said one of the salesmen at Virginia Truck Center in Roanoke was a good friend of his and they'd played golf together. The salesman told him that the Macks with M drives came back to the shop with problems less than any truck they sold. So he said he might give one a try. I said that's fine, but I don't know about that M-drive part. He said "you're pretty old, you might need an automatic". The Va. Truck Center sells Freightliners and Macks.