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Nice! I missed the picture of the week this week when I saw a Dodge Bighorn going north on I-77 in Ohio with a load of logs. Seen some at truck shows, first one i'd seen still working that I know of since the '80's.

Gee, I hope he didn't leave because he didn't want everybody to know he's a celebrity, with the facebook truck pages and all that, and I spilled the beans.

I'm gonna look on the interweb machine for cicada recipes now...that, or i'm gonna cook these pork chops that I just got at Food Lion. ...Think i'm going with the pork chops.

That's right, I agree, me too, and so would I.

hmmmmm...about 6 hrs. now- I took it this morning. These are the 17 year locusts. But they're only in certain areas at different times, they were in Moneta either last year or the year before last, but not around here. They haven't started screeching yet, but i'm sure it won't be long. My yard is full of the little holes they come out of.

It's times like this we really miss Olivetroad- you know he would have a field day with this!

I've been to Chester, W.V. to Sugar Creek, Oh. to Bristol, Va. to Mosheim, Tn. to Moneta, Va. to Oakland, Md. to McKees Rocks to Lynchburg to Duluth, Ga. to Macon, Ga. and back to Concord this week. I saw a big yellow machine in Fairplain, W.V. A bird in Chester. A big red and white machine in Sugar Creek. A road sign. Clouds hanging over the Peaks of Otter. A big Mack truck at Art Reed's, and a clear picture of the apple truck...still for sale. Road shot- steep hill, western Maryland. I-79 in Pa. Lot of trucks or trailers seem to end up off the road on 79 for some reason. Another big yellow machine in McKees Rocks. Pittsburgh Some units in the field. One's an Autocar. Beautiful Nettie, West Virginia. I stopped at the Go-Mart in Nettie and got a Vision cake. Good time for a random hot babe, eh? I tried to find a mountain that was as impressive looking as Mt. Robson, but I could not. This is at Eagle Rock, Va. Saw this gal at the brick getting place in Macon... The forklift driver is staring at her ass! I wasn't paying her any attention myself, she's just another truck driver doing her job, and doing it well, and looking good doing it...but I hardly noticed. Even got her name on the back of the trailer. I even saw another crane on a barge in the river by the bridge. It's just like the first crane on the barge, the one that you can see part of the boom of in this picture. Saw another hitchhiker in Winfall on the way home, but I didn't have time to stop. The cicadas have emerged, they're everywhere! I know squirrels are like little pigs and will eat most anything, but I didn't know they would eat cicadas! We watched 2 of them catch and eat several of them!

You're welcome, thank you for thanking me. I like Big Ben, hope you didn't get stuck in any traffic circles. No wonder he didn't think it was funny, you needed at least 2 more bungees on the other side too.

Not so much the '65, but the 66 and 67 GTO's were some of my all time favorite cars, a fine looking automobile indeed.

Nice scenery, I can see the pics. much better on this big screen that I could on the laptop. That chicken mac and cheese looks good too...is that bacon? Everybody loves bacon!

ohhhhh...so that's why she's his ex and you moved to sunny south Florida

good for you, that's what i'd have done too.

Are you the famous Bradshaw? Welcome again! Old Bill sends me these magazines periodically.

hmmmmm....that could be interesting- don't forget to turn that camera on.

Is there a beach in Winfall? Here's some pictures from Winfall Beach. It's swim at your own risk. Most people go to the pool to swim because they have lifeguards. and a skate park right beside it.

I couldn't make it out either.

How about you run by Galv-Tech and pick me up, 'ill ride with you. You'll have to wait until i'm loaded, chained down, and tarped. Then take me back to Galv-Tech when i'm ready to go, ok?

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.