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Things must be slow around here, this is the third week in a row that I only made one turn. I went to Fremont, Oh. Monday and had to layover a night before I got a load back. Ended up loading 9 skidded coils in Hubbard, Oh. going to Orange, Va. After I unloaded in Orange yesterday I went to Petersburg and loaded for Roxana, Il. to deliver Monday. Loaded with H piling, going to a refinery. The rules they sent said drivers must be clean shaven, I guess in case you have to put a gas max on. I took it anyway. Got in some ice road trucking Tuesday night on the way from Monroeville to Hubbard. Freezing rain the whole way. Saw many cars in the ditch and in the median from just west of Lodi over to Akron. I just eased along and had no problem, but it was pretty amazing to watch cars spin out and go off the road. You could see it happening, but nobody seemed to slow down-one would go off the road, next car would come along like nothing happened, hit the brakes and do the same thing. On one hill about a mile or so west of Lodi on rt. 42 there was about 6 or 8 cars off the road in a stretch of maybe a quarter of a mile. I had to get over by the guardrail on the right to squeeze by one car that was crossways in the left lane, and had about half of the right lane blocked too. I was empty, even though being loaded doesn't help you a lot on ice, and I never spun once. Evidently they didn't realize it was slick and were just going too fast when they figured it out. My first clue came when the rain was freezing on the windshield from the time I left Monroeville about 5 o'clock that evening. By the time I got to Lodi the mirrors, hood, antennas, sun visor-everything I could see-had a thick coating of ice on it, so I suspected the road might be slick too. Nary a salt truck did I see until I got on I-76 at Lodi. Took a few pictures this week too, nothing very exciting though- the dog dancing with his donkey, tarping loads-like the song says,it's a dirty job-but someone's got to do it! Then your kyanite will be dry and your steel will still shine when you arrive at your destination. a sign on a trailer on rt. 422 near New Castle-I just like it! old digger machine on 422 near Kittaning, Pa. ice south of Altoona I'm also a master carpenter-I even have a hammer

Hey Ray, haven't heard from you for a while! You kinda got all this started for me- ''Ray's blog-cops and trucker stories''...one of my favorites

by the way,happy birthday AusChris!

gee... . all I said was ''gee'' when you were putting down someone else's equipment, don't usually see that on here.

sounds nasty, rat stew!

you could turn your Toyoter into one of these Only reason I don't do the Ranger like it is it isn't paid for yet, otherwise...

then you apply the gorilla tape and reinflate. you can wait 'til later to do a better repair with the monkey grip kit.

great, thanks a lot!-I won't need the batteries, got plenty of Duracells in all sizes...love those french maid outfits!

I have no idea, but since nobody's replied...Rob? ...he's probably at Red Lobster, i'm sure he'll get back to you soon

First truck I drove was a '74 Transtar, then a '78 Astro, then another '74 Transtar, then a '77 F-model, 79 F-model...now it's 30 years later-wtf?!!

If it did leak i'm sure he'd be the one to know how to fix it by the way, love that emoticon-reminds me of home!

I've never driven one of course, but I don't see a thing wrong with the looks of it. I used to like a cabover too, but I haven't driven one for so long I don't know if I could keep one out of the ditch now

Nice looking stein, at least you can use that, but that little dab of coal doesn't look like it'll keep you warm very long-I figured you'd get at least a tandem dump truck load of coal maybe you weren't bad enough?

Amen brother! (Bulldog man)

gee...

You're our fearless leader-where do we go from here?.. ok, i'll just blow up Yolanda tonight then-I like some variety.

We load for them once in a while.

I'm sorry Rob, I was practicing ''copying and pasting''. I didn't mean to actually post this. I said I wouldn't do it any more, and i'm so ashamed. Now i'm going to practice moving the cursor over ''delete'' and clicking. Please forgive me, it won't happen again.

I have to admit that one of my favorite things to say on the radio to get something started (not that I ever say anything just to get something started-i'm just not that way! ) was "two things that are highly over rated are Peterbilt trucks and Caterpillar engines". Actually the truck I drive now is the first Pete I ever drove, and it's not my favorite. Drove IHs, an Astro, Macks, Freightliners, and KWs before, most with Cummins engines.

oh no- but what's the big deal? the other side is supposed to be the shiny side, turn it over when you put it on (the ''made in Taiwan'' sticker goes towards the hub), it'll look better and fit better, plus it'll be much easier to install.

whew! thanks for getting us out of the ditch and back on the straight and narrow!

oh, it's the inside of a chrome hubcap-I just now figured out what it was.

That was a good one! That's just funny right there ...(Larry the cable guy) wow-just think of all the replys I could change by deleting a few letters!.. but I wouldn't do that.