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The ones that really scare me is the brown recluse. I knew a couple of people that were bitten by them. I don't know that i've ever even seen one, but I still get Jo to put my gloves and boots on first in case there's a spider in them.

no! even though this one does have a friendly looking face it's probably up to no good.

ditto

Good looking trucks he's got, except the bullnose is pretty rough.

D'oh!!!- ya got me there!

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another B http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/260875089924

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saw this on facebook. it's located in Ga. somewhere, and whoever posted it said it "ran when parked 20 years ago". The owner had about 25 old trucks and trailers and recently passed away and they were selling them, but I have no further info on exactly where or who to see. They wanted $1,000 for this H-model.

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Is that that tire balancing powder you're talking about, or some magic powder? They used to put balancing powder in the tires at H.H.'s and I hated it because every time you checked the tire pressure it would get in the valve core and hold it open a little and cause a slow leak. They stopped using it for that reason.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/150681096919

I don't like the stacks behind the sleeper either.

Yeah, I found stuff I forgot I had too. Even after I put the stuff in the new truck yesterday I still brought another pickup load of stuff home and threw it in the back yard. I don't really need 400 corner protectors or 5 oversize load signs. Yeah, i'm hoping to get to Colfax.

I KNEW i'd forget something-I gotta run over to Concord and get that inflatable sheep -I mean doll- right now. Too bad he didn't get the fenders painted black though, that would look pretty good.

My input was zero. I expressed my opinions of course about what i'd like to have- I even asked Jeff what he thought about trying out a big Mack truck. And I told him that I hoped he kept the Peterbilt until it fell apart. In fact, the last time he talked about a truck he said he thought he'd keep the Pete, overhaul it around 750,000 miles, run it another year and then trade it. But...I think this new truck was left over from the new ones Todd had ordered for the company, he got an offer for the Pete he couldn't refuse, so he took it. I'm sure the fuel milage these 13 liter engines are getting had a lot to do with it too. But i'm happy, you can't find better people to work for or that are easier to get along with. And i've been knowing them for years, Jeff and Todd were still in high school when I went to work for their grandfather, H.H.Moore.

One little chop with a hatchet-

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Here's some of the the rest of that litter of pups, there's 9 of them. Today's the first time i'd seen them. They're barking and growling at each other already. Jo's already picked one.

Got a lot done today, got most of my stuff piled into the Kenworth. Still brought a pickup load of stuff home- went by the "if you haven't used it in the last three years you probably don't need it" rule. Got all the necessities anyway, like my cb radio. Even took a last picture of the old Pete. Unless I take a last picture Monday that is. Got in it and looked around to see if i'd forgotten anything...saw nothing but tumbleweed blowing around.

wow, if I had that kind of knowlege and skill i'd pack up and move to Farmington and apply for a job at Auto Affair- they still do it right you know. Nice looking dog too.

Shoulda used 2 paper towels.

we use the red pre mixed at the shop now. I thought they came out with that so they could sell more antifreeze. It costs more than green and takes twice as much of it because you don't use half antifreeze and half water. Wrong again, apparently there's a real reason for it.

"I'll tell you one thing- the next truck is gonna be a slope-nose, and the days of the big horsepower are over"...Jeff Moore,2010. If i'd had a choice, I would have went for the International, just from hearing what the other drivers had to say. Really got to like the looks of those Lonestars, but I have to drive what I get. Maybe it won't be as bad as I think. I'll get back to you in a month or two.

Guess ol' otherdog won't be picked on for driving a 2006 Peterbilt 379 EXHD with a 550 Cat and 18 speed anymore- ha!! I took a last picture of it today- don't worry Ed, I have lots of pictures of it to post periodically! Now I get to drive this- hasn't even been lettered yet. Everybody says the same thing about them- " best riding truck I ever sat in, but it ain't got no power- 21 mph. up Sandstone with a load of treated lumber...". It's got the new PACCAR engine, I don't know the horsepower, just know it's not a 550 Cat, and a 10 speed transmission...geez! And you have to put that "cow pee" stuff in it periodically too. Dammit! I really didn't mind being picked on at all. Cleaned that Peterbilt out until about 1:30 this afternoon. Amazing the amount of crap you accumulate in 5 years- I got the trailer half loaded with crap, took a bunch of crap back in the shop, threw away a good deal of crap, and the pickup is fully loaded with crap now. I'm ashamed and embarassed with the amount of stuff I had in that truck, it was unreal. Got to put a lot of it back on the new truck and it has no tool boxes on it yet, but i've decided that anything I haven't used in the last 3 years probably isn't necessary. Now i'm gonna pick on myself...gotta git some of them paper shopping bags and cut some peep-holes in 'em so I can see where i'm going. But, Jeff did tell me today that since we got the new trucks- the Cascadias, Prostars and T660's- the daily fuel bill dropped from around $9,000 to around $6,000- that's just hard to argue against.