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and you were nowhere to be seen,right? see,I told you you weren't there!

That's exactly what I was looking for,a nice single axle tractor with a duplex,or a triplex would've been fine, something small and easy to drive around in case I wanted to hop in it and drive it to the store...as you can see I ended up with something totally different,something i'd never even thought about-but I like it! good luck in your quest!

yeah,we love pictures-and audio if it's got a screamin' jimmy in it!

yeah,I know lots of kids like that. Some of their parents tell them from the time they're born that they're better than everyone else,they're special,they're wonderful,they're God's gift to the world, and they don't have to do anything around the house ( like work,I mean)then they get into the real world and find out they're none of the above,they're just like everybody else-except they're usually a**holes! At the risk of sounding like an old fogey again-I was driving a Farmall super "C" in the hayfield before I even started school. All I had to do was steer between 2 rows of bales while my daddy and grandfather loaded the wagon,and when we got to the end of the field daddy would step on and turn us around to start up the next row. Nowadays if somebody passed by on the highway and saw something like that they'd make a call on their cell phone to the child protection services,and somebody would in trouble. When I was in high school we'd get home from school and many a time there'd be 2 wagon loads of corn at the barn-i'd unload one,and my older brother would unload the other. With a grain shovel. And we stayed outdoors in the woods and in the creek playing,mama had to practically run us inside,and I had to run my kids outdoors. I must say my nephew Michael ,15 years old,isn't into computers and video games,he's got a job working at school for the summer,and he's restoring a John Deere tractor,and just got a Jeep cj-5 he says he's going to restore too-a hard working little chap,very good!

found this neat looking picture while browsing Hank's truck pictures the other day. Smith's Transfer out of Staunton,Va. had many of these day cab F-models, along with Overnite, UPS, and many more carriers but nowadays it looks really odd!

oh...dinkum?.. wtf?!! I speak fluent Canadian,every time you say something just say "eh?" at the end,but i'm still tryng to learn Australian.

I ain't scared-I believe I can take her...unless she pulls a knife or gun on me! Maybe I should start packing a can of pork and beans while i'm off for protection. ("don't bring anything to a fistfight you can't eat"-Freightrain)

now THAT I believe!

mozzie?..

this is true-when I was a kid,and even 'til I was grown,somebody might have an argument and get to scrapping today and be friends tomorrow. Now you're always hearing of people arguing,and if they're not already packing heat one or the other goes home and gets a gun. It's crazy-I knew a man in Cumberland co. who was stabbed to death,arguing over a loaf of bread! And that's true.

I carry those too. New trucks are about the same as new cars to me,there's a lot of stuff you can't fix anymore,with all the electronics and computers-unless you're a rocket scientist or something and drive a truck for a hobby. I do carry a screwdriver in the bed of the Ranger to open the tailgate-the latch handle is PLASTIC,and broke a long time ago,so I just stick a screwdriver in the hole and pry the little thingamabob up to release it

Well,my first day of vacation is about over-i'm ready to go back to work. Got up at 3:30 this morning,for no particular reason. Climbed up onto the roof when it was light enough to see and fixed the shingles that the wind blew off earlier this year. Used a homemade ladder I built out of some treated 2x4's I brought home. Weighs about 9,000 lbs. but it worked OK. I didn't replace the shingles,just put a lot of tar on it. Then I went over to Wal-Mart and got a weedeater and a sprayer,so when we got home I tested the weedeater for a while,then sprayed some miracle-gro on the garden. Had a pretty good little rain shower yesterday,and another today,so the garden looks pretty good right now...that reminds me,I need to go spray my anti-varmint spray again now (AKA pepper spray) or the rabbit will eat everything by morning-see ya!

"...it's up to you,as Davy Crocket said..." I remember that song from the Walt Disney Davey Crockett movies. Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett) played Davy's sidekick,but I don't remember his name in the movies.

sounds like he's an a-hole. sometimes there ain't no other way to say it. he should at the very least be polite to you.Good for you for standing up for yourself! I hate having to deal with a-holes myself,but unfortunately I run across them sometimes when I go somewhere to pick up or deliver a load. Like everytime I go to Galv-Tech in Pittsburgh...or United Steel Service in Masury,Oh.

even though you've never been known to be wrong about anything,I have my doubts about this

I saw one of the mechanics at the shop yesterday trying to shut the door on a Freightliner. I said "that's like the Peterbilt I drive-takes two or three tries to get the door shut on that too. Sure don't make 'em like they used to". The doors shut fine on the mixer,at 43 years old.

Amen brother! Tree huggers and Democrats,they need to lighten up on the restrictions here- John McCain is in favor of drilling in ANWR and offshore,Barrack Hussein Obama is not. I vote republican myself,but i've not been too happy with them either-neither party seems to want what's good for the people,they want whatever keeps their particular party in office!

I used to carry a lot more tools than i do now,but still carry a few wrenches,sockets,screwdrivers,hammer,nails,oil,sardines and crackers,antifreeze,spare fan belt, can of spam,filter wrench,windshield washer fluid,air hose to hook to gladhand,triangles,flashlight,coveralls,fuses,bulbs,kit to plug tires (which i've never had any luck with!), first aid kit in case I hurt myself trying to plug a tire,airline fittings,duct tape-the usual stuff. I probably forgot something-when I open either side box I have to jump back,so stuff won't fall out on top of me

...reminds me of the old joke about the guy that gets beaten up in the bar by a much bigger guy. After he beats the smaller guy terribly he tells him "that's judo,from Japan". A few days later the little guy goes back to the bar,and sure enough the big guy is there too,and beats him up again. Then he says "that's karate,from China". So a few days later the little guy goes back to the bar,and sure enough the big guy's there too.The little guy proceeds to beat him to an unconscious bloody pulp in the floor,and says to the bartender "when that s.o.b. comes to,tell him that was a crowbar from Sears and Roebuck"

I was gonna ask if y'all were expecting trouble,but you already answered that question. Nothing like being prepared.

Hi Paul! I just looked at Beach Lake on google earth...didn't see you anywhere. So,where've you been for real ? We can keep a secret here.

yeah,I don't need a 5 and 4 anyway-i'd be at my destination long before I ever got in the "big hole"