other dog

A whole lot of people seem to be jumping off the Obama bandwagon now...too bad they were too stupid to realize what most of us seemed to already know before the election. And the republicans would have done better with Mitt Romney I think, or Mike Huckabee. But Romney shoulda been the man, just my opinion. I would have voted for Hilary before I would Obama, and race has absolutely nothing to do with it. I said years ago if J.C.Watts would run i'd vote for him-whatever happened to J.C.Watts anyway?

I unloaded the coils in Suffolk Tuesday,then went to Dillwyn and loaded kyanite going to Fremont,Ohio.First time I had a Fremont load for a long time and it used to be pretty much my regular run. I've delivered there 3 times in a week many times.Then I went from Fremont to Erie,Michigan to pick up a load going to Metalsa in Roanoke.First Metalsa load i've had in a long time too,and we used to deliver there all the time. Today I just had to go to the yard and get a load of lumber transferred onto my trailer to deliver in Punxsutawney Pa. for Monday.Jo asked me how long i'd be gone this morning and I said "not too long-depends on whether it's a simple load or a complicated load to transfer". She was thinking about riding along,but decided not to. When I saw the load I figured it would be very simple-4 lifts and we're done.But noooo,things never seem to go as easy as you think-especially on Friday. For one thing whoever picked the load up didn't put it on big wood.Just had the little sticks under it,about an inch and a half thick.And the forks on the lift are about 4'' thick.So we started by lifting one end of a bundle and sliding a 4x4 under it to get the forks under it.The forks will reach all the way across the trailer but we could only lift one side at a time with this method. It was kind of slow,but we were making good progress until we tried to pick up 2 packs off the far side of the trailer-then the bottom stack "rolled" and the top stack hit the ground.So Jeffrie and myself have been stacking lumber all afternoon.2 packs of 8' 1x6's. Then we finally found a bander we could borrow and went to get it in the pickup and when we were headed back to the shop the tray that holds the clamps,ratchet,crimper,and cutters blew off and landed in the middle of 460.So we made a flip and went back and retrieved all the parts we could find.Didn't lose any of the tools,but a lot of the clamps had already been run over,and fortunately the tray itself was undamaged even though it was laying in the road,in the left lane.Helluva way to treat borrowed equipment there,eh?(that's Canadian) So what should have been a simple deal turned into an all day job,but we finally got the load transferred and scrapped down,now it's at the truckstop and Sunday i'll be off to Punxsutawney.

just learned from experience and trial and error.at first I would stop and run a piece of tarp from the front bumper up over the cab to keep the water from coming in,but that severely restricted my vision.it was only then that I hit upon the chest waders idea...another problem solved!

No,i'd always pull over and put my chest waders on.

My truck only had one seat in it and it was pretty ragged,so I had it recovered black and moved it to the passenger side and put a seat out of a wrecked T-800 on the driver's side.It was gray,but it came out of my best friend's truck who died of a heart attack,so I left it as-is.They look pretty much the same in the picture though.

the front vent shown on this Overnite F-model is the best vent they ever put on a truck in my opinion.There's another one on top of the cab right behind the three center cab lights.

You know,that's something I don't like about new trucks-they don't have the vents like they used to. When I drove F-models without an air conditioner you could open the vent in front and the one in the roof,put a kool-cushion in your seat, and stay pretty cool.Now I have no vents,and if I try to ride with the window down so much air comes in it just blows everything all over the cab.If the AC quits,you're just screwed!

I think that's him right there.

now you know what to do-leave them some peanut butter snack crackers and put antifreeze in their pool.

let's see- bucket can dowel perpindicular peanut butter ramp...crap,just send me a picture when you make yours!

some interesting things I saw this week,like this decal on the hood of an E9 powered Mack (the cigar the bulldog is chewing on has "Cummins" on it),a Mack log truck,and the B-model pickup on the cover of the free trucking paper.Didn't have any more details or pictures though.And,"The Mystery Hole".

Best one I've heard in a long time. thanks, Tom

I'm far from being the greatest truck driver in the world...or the U.S....or Virginia...or even Gladys...or probably in the neighborhood-you get the idea. But when I started I had no AC,power steering,radio that worked-and that was just an AM-no jake brake of course,they were very rare then,and about half the horsepower of today.For years I drove trucks like that and hauled loads heavier than I do now.Every load of kyanite was 50,155 lbs except Illinois,Indiana,and Missouri loads-they were only 42,210 because their weight limit was still 73,280.And I liked it.But ones that came before me,like Old Bill and Double Diamond that did the same with even less than I had-they're the real truck drivers.I came across 60 today from Charleston,W.V. and thought about Double Diamond making that run in an H-model Mack-2 sticks, 170 horsepower.That's a truck driver.Very few of these know-it-all drivers today could make that particular run- in todays equipment! In fact,I saw a load of paper turned over today on Armstrong mountain.

I've used rat shot in my .22-haven't even heard the term in years.Looks like a regular .22 cartrige but instead of having a bullet it's got shot in it and the end of it is crimped.

he seldom does it,but when he does i'm prepared

I'll tell you the truth,on the way to Cumberland yesterday he passed gas (farted in common-speak!) and I thought we were gonna have to stop the truck!

Otherdog even has his own chair.

ya gotta remember-a little dab'l do ya!

Been a long time since I operated a crane,probably 20 years or more,but I got the red alligator in only 4 tries at Wal-Mart today. 20 years ago it only cost a quarter,now it's twice that. I guess 2 dollars for a red alligator ain't bad though. I really wanted the Cartman but I knew there was no way-i've seen them pack those machines before,so I went for the easiest looking item. Then I came home and canned these pepper rings.Got a lot of jalapeno peppers from my Dad's garden yesterday and Otherdog went too.Wasn't gonna make any more hot sauce because I still got some of last years left,but I figured 4 jars of hot pepper rings would last me a year or more so I made more anyway to use the peppers up. We use the pepper rings on nachos a lot.I like nachos,but not the kind like you get at 7-11 with the melted cheese.They gotta be hand built...takes a little time,but not much. A friend of mine from Texas told me how to make nachos-put your chips on a baking pan,put a piece of longhorn cheese on each one,then top it with a jalapeno pepper ring and just broil it until the cheese melts.Very easy, and great with a cold beer.

there was a girl there,but I didn't get her name.I doubt if it was Hilary,but she didn't look bad even in a hard hat and work boots.

This jobsite

It was at the same jobsite in Sharon. It's owned by Swank construction. Swank must be pretty big,I see them working all around in that area,even down on 79 near Pittsburgh.

all these work good.I bought a small bottle of "Mean Geen" cleaner for a dollar out of the discounted items bin at Newcomerstown Truckstop a while back,and now I wish i'd bought all they had at that price.It worked really good,even dissolved the gunk off the fuel tanks.

also from 700WLW

Might have to have your own printed. The guy that letters the trucks where I work can make a decal of anything on the computer.I saw the woman hazardous sign on 700WLW's website,Scott Sloan's blog,and the trackhoe was at a jobsite I delivered to in Sharon,PA.