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That reminds me of this true story, involving a good friend of mine- he's since passed away so I won't name any names. This was probably...about 20 years ago I think. We both drove for H.H.Moore Jr. in Appomattox, Va. This was a small mostly flatbed fleet, in binness since the '40s. After this feller had been there a while, driving an older International with a 350 Cummins, H.H. got a new T800 and was going to give it to him as his regular truck. So he was at home celebrating his new ride with some friends on Sunday afternoon by drinking, then drinking more, then drinking some more. Problem was, he had to take a load of steel to Wilson,N.C. to deliver Monday morning in the International while the KW was being lettered. So he loaded up his cooler so he could continue to celebrate on the way to Wilson. Invited one of his friends to ride along. Somewhere between Farmville, where he lived, and Lawrenceville,Va. the friend took over driving. I don't know if he had permission to drive while the other driver took a nap or he just decided to give it a try. Problem was, he'd never driven a truck before and when he got to the stoplight in Lawrenceville where you make a left to get to rt.58 and follow the truck route to rt.46 south he instead made a right. The trailer wasn't even halfway around the turn when it hit the pole on the corner, knocking it down. The police pulled him over and the pole was still hung up under the trailer with wires dragging behind. The regular driver was passed out drunk in the sleeper. They both went to jail, not only did my old friend not get a new truck, he lost his job. Somebody had to go get the truck and I bobtailed to Lawrenceville and got the load and delivered it in Wilson.

That's a good story. Good picture of the truck in the dark too,looks great! Maybe i'll get back to Milton Steel some time soon.

what kind of soap do you find best to carve-you know,soft enough to use a popsicle stick but doesn't crumble? By the way, the ATHS show in Colfax is Nov. 6!

http://www.oldmacksrus.com/Album%20Picts/Dennis-Overnight.jpg here's more pictures- http://www.oldmacksrus.com/photo_album.htm

somebody was looking for their perfect truck a while back,but I couldn't find the original post. I finally got a picture of the one at Art Reed's place in Montvale,in case it is the perfect one.

tires for the 16.5's might be cheaper. I ran the 12.50/38 super swampers on 16.5 wheels and I don't know why but at the time they were slightly cheaper than the same size tire for 15 or 16 inch wheels.

be back later,gotta haul ass to the mailbox to get my coupons...

I'm with you there,Popeye's hot and spicy chicken is hard to beat,but the red beans and rice is my favorite.

do they still make that? Used to have a mad dog 20/20 t-shirt...back in the '70s.

sounds like a fine place to be.

that is kind of odd,as the north end seems to be much more easily accessed. I'm gonna call 1-800-ax randy and find out the reason they did that.

naw, you can turn the google earth street view pictures 360 degrees-you can look ahead,look behind,up at the sky,or down at the pavement. It's pretty neat,almost like being there.The picture I took was from about the same place but a little closer. I was probably up around where you can see the truck coming down the hill, but I was indeed in the northbound lane when I took it. There were some good pictures and some short video clips on that second link I posted. Had pictures of them blowing the old bridge up too. It was almost 300 feet down to the creek below it said. And they moved more cubic yards of dirt and rock to build the turnpike-mostly rock-than they did building the Panama canal.Neat stuff,eh?

forgot this added bonus picture. This is the old power plant at Glen Ferris, also closed for years, which they're now putting back into operation. Nice fishing spot here! Up ahead and to the right, out of sight between the mountains, is the town of Gauley Bridge. Rt. 60 is pretty flat from Charleston to here, but when you leave Gauley Bridge you start climbing up over Hawk's Nest.

yessir, you pretty much came off the bridge and into the tunnel. I don't remember how high the bridge was, but it was a long-ass ways to the bottom!

Not sure what they keep in there. It's probably about half a mile long. It's 2 lanes through it,and i've been through it hundreds of times but it's been closed for years. Used to cross a real high bridge going in from the south, but they cut a new 4 lane highway across the mountain,closed the tunnel,and removed the bridge. http://wikimapia.org/8269980/West-Virginia-Turnpike-Memorial-Tunnel More tunnel info here. And a picture I got from google earth street view,similar to the one I deleted.This shows the south entrance.I remember they worked on that cut for the new road,seen to the right,for a long time-years it seemed like. It's all solid rock as you can see. More good stuff and pictures here- http://www.roadstothefuture.com/WVa_Tpk_Photos.html

Slightly modified joke Bollweevil sent me- > Subject: Texans Declares War on The United States Barack Obama is in the Oval Office when the telephone rings. "President Obama," Barack said, as A heavy southern voice said "Barack this is Randy P, down at the Joes Crab Shack in Daingerfield, and I'm callin' ta tell ya'll that officially we just declared war on you!" "Well Randy," Barack replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army ?" "Right now," said Randy, after a moments calculation "there's myself, my cousin Harold , my next-door-neighbor Archie, and the whole dart team from Hooters. That makes eight!" Barack paused, then said. "Randy, I must warn you that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command." "Wow," said Randy. "Guess I'll have ta call ya back!" Next day, Randy called again. "Barack, we're still gonna' fight you! Since yesterday I have have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!" "And what equipment would that be Randy?" Barack asked. "Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, a B-model Mack, and Harry's old farm tractor." Obama sighed. "I must tell you Randy, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army to one and a half million since we last spoke." Randy said, "I'll be getting back to ya." Next day Randy called and said, "Obama , the war is still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified Harolds' ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Legion have joined us as well!" Barack was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell you Randy that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!" Randy said, "l'll call you back tomorrow." Sure enough, Randy called the next day and said, "Obama! I'm gonna' have to call off the war." Obama said, "Why the sudden change of heart?" Randy said, "We sit ourselves down las' night and had a long chat over a bunch of beer, and we done come to realize there is jes' no way we can feed two million prisoners.."

The story continues... Got the truck from Cat Tuesday afternoon and headed to the shop to get fuel and then go load kyanite for Orchard Park,N.Y. Made it all the way to Thomas Terrace before the engine light came on, or about 10 miles. So I went straight back to Carter Cat and they replaced the wire connectors on intake valve actuators 5 and 6. Now 4 days of trouble free trucking! I reloaded at Roll Coaters in Weirton,W.V. Thursday morning. Could have got loaded Wednesday night, but I had to wait for one coil that was over across the street at the sand and gravel place and they didn't open until 7am. Turned out pretty good because I was tired from the late start going to Orchard Park anyway, and I took some pictures of lots of trucks and equipment at the sand and gravel yard. This is a 992 Cat loader-makes a Peterbilt look tiny. GMC dump truck good looking old Autocar.While I was taking pictures of it a dump truck driver coming in stopped and yelled "that truck still runs good". I noticed it has current tags on it. The plate on the door said it had a 335 Cummins in it and rt915 trans. Might have a 335,but I don't know about that 15 speed! The little coil I picked up-had to use 2 extra pieces of wood to keep it off the floor.You don't want your coil touching the floor,or bad things could happen! ...especially on a big single like this. This was in the Clark loader beside the Cat loader-a V16 Detroit Diesel. and the added bonus pictures- This is what the north entrance of the old tunnel on the West Va. Turnpike looks like now. I used to have a picture of the south entrance,but must have deleted it. The south entrance is still open and the tunnel is used for storage. A closer look.Kinda hard to see any more. This is where an old weigh station used to be on rt. 60 between Ansted and rt. 19. It was still there since i've been driving, but I never saw it open. They only used portables there and it's been closed for years.

I know-how about this? the next day...

Sounds like a great truck as it is! But since you've already got the headers and are going with HP heads,Edelbrock intake,and Holley carb, you also need 4 new 12.50/38 Super Swampers so you can take it mud bogging on weekends.

I've delivered a few loads of steel to Milton Steel, haven't been there in a while though.

OK, i've done all that...wonder what I should do next?