1958 F.W.D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVPol6AZjr4 Mack, if you never saw this video, it's a real good one of me and the truck running the test track at the Mack Customer Center/Museum for the first "Trucktoberfest" back in 2010. And then running out Interstate 78. Taken by a buddy of mine who was running shotgun. Two points: 1. She runs like shit until she warms up, hence the beginning of the video. 2. Ignore my 385 pounds!!!!

No, Not true at all. Folklore.

I was going to go- until I saw the admission price. Between that (me and the three kids) plus the cost to get there, and now what all of you guys are saying- I'm glad I didnt go,

David, from the sounds of it- you, me, and everyone else here damn well knows that Harry would have WANTED for you to have that truck. Don't feel guilty owning or driving it. Own and drive it and show it off to celebrate Harry's life, his love of mechanics and his love of Mack Trucks. You should get a graphics shop to make up something for each side of the hood or maybe the back window "IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY (last name) 1940-2013" or whatever year he was born....or maybe "HARRY RIDES!"

thomastractorsvc when did you get your picture with Chewbacca from Star Wars?

Let me get this straight....You claim you could not go under the truck and give it a good look because you only have one leg- even though you got on an airplane, and also managed to drive it from Ma to Wv???? When I was a career firefighter I worked with a guy who had one prosthetic leg and was still a paid firefighter......Sorry I'm not buying that sob story. You bought a truck that you did not thoroughly inspect by your own admittance......A 40 year old truck (that was not designed as a highway tractor or to maintain highway speeds up and down hills for that matter) that you drove home after you were told not to..... See ya bye bye......

mmmmmmmmm Hayward F-Model......I'm horrrrrrrrnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVPol6AZjr4 I remembered that this clip late last night....shows a certain someone driving/operating a certain brand of Non-Mack vehicle ON Mack's test track at the first "Trucktoberfest" and also on Interstate 78. There are views and sounds of proper up and downshifting of a non-synchronized tranny and with only one shifting "whoopsie." I even discuss matching input and output shaft speeds with my buddy who is not familiar. 4:55 in the video should be of interest to Poppa Jumper. And please ignore me being 350+ pounds in that video!!!! Makes me shudder!!!!

nice pink sunglasses........And wasn't it nice driving a truck that did not require you to close the door on your fingers before driving to be able to concentrate?

Holy fuck, yer a glutton for punishment. Sorry we could not hook up pally, but with getting the kids their dinner, homework, bathtime, gettin them to bed. blah blah blah......I was hoping you would have arrived earlier, I would have come over and picked you guys up, brought you to the house and we would have gotten some pizzas and cheese steaks, and then I would have done the kiddy stuff by which time the old lady would have been home- Then after the kids were in bed I would have trucked you back to the hotel. By the way the old lady says as long as Buster is ok with other male dogs he can come too. Hyper means nothing in this house. Backyard is fully fenced in.

Peachezz131???? Ahhhhhhh note how it is nice and quiet....You can hear yourself think, and have a conversation with the guy next to you who needs lessons in double-clutching and downshifting..............

Does he want to part out any of those I/H "R" Model cabs? I would love to have a windshield and driver/passenger windows.

The vast majority of every idiot 4-wheeler in the known universe (and non-operator big trucks too) that is going to Ct, Mass, Etc. uses I-95 by way of the GW Bridge, which is also one of two main routes onto Wrong Island. When every aforementioned schmuck uses said route, it tends to get a wee bit clogged. Therefore many of us "brighter" or "sharper" folk tend to favor I-287 up across the Throgs Neck Bridge into Ct, and then drop back down. The added mileage greatly makes up for the massive amount of lost time and wear and tear on your left knee.

Decatur....Effingham......It's all the same......

Just talked to dumbass slpwlkr, and he isnt going to Wrong Island- he's going to Maspeth, Queens. The address of his pickup is 53-20 44th Street, which is right in the shadow of the clover leaf of the BQE and the LIE. He's in Decatur, Illinois right now (2154 Tues night.) I advised him that taking I-80 in to the GW and dropping down was just as bad as as I-78 and up through the Outerbridge or Goethals and across Staten Island through Bklyn. However as he has to be there Thursday AM to load thursday during the day, taking the I-78 route in has the benefit of staying at a hotel in Allentown he knows has parking and takes pets- and also is located close by that asshole 1958 FWD's house where he can go mooch dinner and maybe take the FWD for a spin.......If he leaves the hotel in Allentown no later than 0430 or 0500 he should be able to make that address by 0800-1000 even in traffic. No matter how he does it, he's gonna hit traffic, and from the google maps view of the address it doesn't look like the greatest of hoods- so he's prolly better off staying out this way Weds night. All the truckstops on 80 and 78 in Jersey fill up at night.

Wow. Yeah that's scary Mike. Could happen if you were on the road, or even in town getting groceries. At least the scumbag offed hisself saving us the expense of incarceration and a lengthy trial.

LOL Nope, Dad never worked for Hale. Dad retired from JEVIC Transportation in 2005 after 35+ years in the Trucking Industry. He is a life member, Head Wrench-Turner and still active (broken only by his 4-year hitch in the US Navy) in the vollies in Montgomery County, Pa. He also dabbled as an instructor for the early beginnings of the Montgomery County Fire Academy and taught Pumps I and II. However Hale, located in Conshohocken Pa is in our backyard and within spitting distance of the current MontCo Fire Academy. Dad knows many folks over there and can probably tell you anything and everything you want to know about your Hale or Waterous pump.

Yes. I fell asleep at the wheel. Someone else "shared" this on my facebook wall and I didn't pay attention to the date and "shared" it myself. Nevertheless RIP to a friend of the industry.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/08/ernest-borgnine-dead_n_1657683.html Always a loyal and staunch supporter of the American Trucker. If you have never seen any of the youtube clips of him driving his bus (yes he had a CDL) and talking to drivers and signing autographs at truckstops, check them out. He seems like one of the hollywood types that we would all like to have had a beer with. (and he, with us.)

Speechless. Being a building inspector, and knowing what I know (Carl, too as he mentioned on page 1) the gasses given off by the combustion process of that spray foam shit when it is burning will kill anyone and everyone sleeping inside that thing before they would ever know about it. If anyone bought that thing I would at least hope they would put 1/2 drywall over it at the least. The pictures are sending shivers up my spine.

No. The FWD's parking spot is on top of the red oval. And besides, that's not a bowtie- it's an Autocar with a bowtie on it.

Cleaned out the garage today, was getting a bit ratty in there. Want to be able to park the pickup in there when we go on vacation week after next. Look- an F.W.D. and a 4WD!!!

If I saw a cat on top of my classic Vette he would have a .22 sized hole through him somewhere.

The white thing is half dalmatian (or is it dalmartian...or damnatian?) and half Australian shepherd.....His name is dumbass Pokey. The other one is a rescue greyhound, his name is Mikey. His racing name was "Move it along Mikey." He's our second rescue greyhound. They are wonderful dogs by the way- I highly recommend them if you ever want to rescue a dog. They are COUCH POTATOES. But put on your track shoes if they ever get loose or out of the yard. We also have two cats- "Choo Choo" and "Indiana Jones." I'm about as fond of cats as I am of 2-Stroke Detroits. I do like them with General Tso's or Sesame Sauce though.

Took the three stooges (AKA small, medium and large) to see the Budweiser Clydesdales at the Eagle Fire Company (Bucks County Company 46) in New Hope, Pa. last saturday 8/31. Here is a link to my flickr account with the pix. It was hard to get good shots as there were many people. http://www.flickr.com/photos/63695861@N04/sets/72157635403158708/ In the shots you will notice several of an airplane flying around- thats not just any ordinary airplane- thats a genuine B17 "The Memphis Belle" one of the only flying B17's left in existence- it was flying out of an airshow at Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Enjoy!!!