1958 F.W.D.

Get with me Friday during the day, come hell or high water I will get you a decent meatball sub.

There are several options. 1. Macungie Fire Department charges $5.00 to park at their lot. All the money goes to their firefighting operations fund. 2. The Boy Scouts run a parking lot off of Main Street, I think it's $5.00. A good cause. 3. Many private residences along Walnut Street allow you to park in their driveways and yards for a few bucks. 4. Street parking where available. Pay attention to signs, you will get ticketed if you violate. Stick to the residential neighborhood off of Walnut Street. We are not ATHS. We are ATCA!!! There are NO entrance fees for spectators!!! The only fee is to enter a truck into the show!!! Check your private messages!!! And don't forget to meet at the Watts Mack Tent at 12:00 on Saturday for the BMT group picture!!!!!

STOP!!!!! JUST STOP!!!!!! BARF!!!!!!!!!

Maybe get OD to take you to Carl's at some point, I am pretty sure they have meatball subs.

LAST CALL!!!!! IF YOU WANT TO GET TOGETHER FOR DINNER ON THURSDAY EVENING PLEASE RESPOND HERE. AS OF NOW THERE REALLY ISN'T ENOUGH INTEREST TO BOTHER THE ALBURTIS TAVERN WITH RESERVATIONS. BUT IF I GET A FEW PEOPLE BY WEDS AFTERNOON I WILL MAKE THEM!!!

Larry, the show grounds are pretty much open for you to come and go. However, message me on Facebook and I will give you my number, if you need a ride to dinner on Thurs I'd be happy to help you out.

So Bob, since I was born and raised in Philadelphia, I am somewhat of a Hoagie (what we call subs) and cheesesteak SNOB, and I can tell you that there are no good subs or hoagies in the Lehigh Valley. The closest decent cheesesteak is Carl's in Bethlehem and I am pretty sure that I sent Other Dog there last year and he enjoyed it.

If you are staying at the hotel at 78 and 100 again, you need to try the Hops Fogelsville Inn, right near the hotel if you are staying at the hotel I think you always stay at. The Alburtis Tavern is always good, over on the other side of the Mack Plant. The Buckeye Tavern is good, located within walking distance of the Park but it is almost always crowded during Macungie. Getting further away, if you want some traditional Hungarian food, Paprikas on Main Street in Hellertown is awesome. If you have a hankering for Scottish/Irish food, Braveheart Highland Pub in Hellertown is very good as well (it may be within eyesight of the FWD Hellertown Field Office.) Another good Scottish/Irish place is McCarthy's Red Stag Pub in Bethlehem. Greek Food- Yianni's Taverna 3760 Old Philadelphia Pike in Bethlehem (stones throw from 378) Mexican- I highly recommend Torre in the Promenade Shops (big outdoor shopping center) 2960 Center Valley Parkway in Center Valley. Awesome Mexican food.

Angelo- Contact Lori Rausch address in last post. Tell her I sent you.

A shame Mowerman will never know the fun of the Thursday night gathering at The Nun School

I second that motion and amend the motion to state "other dog to be the principal investor, proprietor and chief bottle washer"

Larry you best get your hotel ASAP if you plan on getting one!

Greetings and Salutations all BMT members. In the past Doug Maney used to scratch together a Thursday night gathering of us degenerates errrrr I mean distinguished BMT members which was usually held at The Tilted Kilt/Nun School but since they went down the toilet we were going to other places. Then the world ended, and I can't even remember if we have done this Thursday night thing since then? Anyway I am thinking the Alburtis Tavern on Main Street in Alburtis, over on the other side of the Mack Plant. If you want to check out their menu www.alburtistavern.com I'd like to get a headcount, so if any of you are interested please respond here with the number in your party and I will set it up with them ahead of time. Thanks!

Brocky he's a bottle or two short of a full six pack

Some of you may or may not know that back in February I totaled the green pickle 2016 Ram 1500 Big Horn in a snowstorm in Bethlehem, Pa. If you are not familiar, parts of Bethlehem are very steep. It was early in the morning before the road crews could get out and salt (translation the city didn't want to pay the overtime so the decided to wait until the crews started their shift at 0600....) My wife asked me for a ride to the hospital because she hates driving there in the snow just because of the hills. I had just dropped her off and was going down one such steep hill and the brake pedal wouldn't brake when braked. There was a girl in front of me in a Ford Escape and the Ram tried to mount the Ford Escape. I didn't think the damage looked all that bad but apparently the radiator cross member was broke and the frame was bent. Really irritated me, I wanted to do 200,000 on that which I had never done before (128k at the time of the wreck.) Dad and I had just driven her to Phoenix and back in August 2023 and I thought I was going to miss her but the new wheels have grown on me. 2017 Ram "Rebel" Model with a 5.7 Hemi. Has air ride (which I need to watch, apparently air bags are expensive) and has a Dolby surround sound stereo system which sounds absolutely fantastic !! The Green Pickle in the Phoenix Botanical Gardens, August 2023. It was 115 degrees F when I took this picture. The Green Pickle in Monument Valley, Utah on the way home from Phoenix. The Green Pickle and Large's 2017 Ram set up as the field kitchen at Macungie 2023 BLUE THUNDER (after the 1980's Movie and TV Show about the Police Helicopter) Blue Thunder after I had just clayed the paint and applied a coat of wax, cleaned the wheels, hit the black trim with some trim restore and did all the glass.

Greetings and Salutations. SWMBO, Extra Small, Small, Large and myself will be vacationing in Plymouth Vermont for a few days the week of July 22-26 and I was wondering if there are any truck museums or private collections (that open up to esteemed VIP's) in the area? And OtherDog, NO!!!! THE KEYSTONE TRUCK AND TRACTOR MUSEUM IS TOO FAR SOUTH!

What kind of a dumbass would do that?

Tommy- for the alternator/generator and the starter, if you need anything and cannot find it and want to get what you have rebuilt, I highly recommend Vineland Auto Electric in Vineland New Jersey. They are HIGHLY regarded in the antique firetruck world for electrical components and systems.

Check with folks who know that engine- if the valves have hardened seats, the lead additive isn't necessary.

I wonder if it was crap from ethanol gasoline?

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00sbh3yv/executive Had a bit of a shake here in the Eastern Pennsylvania/NJ/NY area. A 4.8 quake with an epicenter of Lebanon (Hunterdon County) New Jersey hit this morning and kinda rattled everyone- we just don't get those around here. I was in Collegeville Pa and didn't feel anything but the cops on the other side of the building came over to my side and said that their filing cabinets were all shaking and banging against one another. Then my kid calls and said that the house (in Hellertown Pa. only 30 miles from the epicenter) shook for at least 15 seconds. And he said it wasn't little "tri axle full of rock going past the house shaking" it was heavy shaking! News reports a few minutes later said it was felt from Ct all the way to Va.

When I bought my 2016 Ram 1500 (used, with 39,000 miles) I had an issue with the transmission a few months later. I took it to the dealer who diagnosed and called me back and said it was the shift sensor pack in the transmission. I said "ok, do whatever you have to do, it's under warranty." The service advisor called me back a few hours later and said "Ok, it's all done, your cost is $585.00" I shit myself and said "What cost? That was warranty, don't tell me I have a cost." He said "yes sir, the new pan/filter (they are integral) and the 9 quarts of ZF transmission fluid, plus the labor. I was like "Uhhhhh bullshit! You had to drain it and open it up to replace the sensor pack, you take that up with Mother Fiat, because I am not paying dime one! He insists it's my cost. Told him "Get the Warranty dispute guy on the phone, lets see what he has to say." I got a song and dance, and then "Let us call you back." While I waited for him to call me back I called a buddy who is a Mopar mechanic in Florida. He sent me the TSB for the exact problem. Stated right in the TSB "Servicing agency will have to drain the transmission fluid and remove the pan blah blah blah, FIAT North America will reimburse blah blah....... Dealer calls me back and says "Ok, we will cover the costs." When I went and picked it up. I had a copy of the TSB with me and highlighted that section and handed it to the service advisor and said "be careful who you try to fuck next time". And they wonder why they are called STEALERSHIPS and why people hate them.

Was a qualified fireboat pilot when I was at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Fire Dept- we had a saying: If you don't have power to the screws and rudder, you can't argue with the tide, current and the wind!

Here is a link to the radio traffic of the Baltimore City Fire Dept- they were initially dispatched for a "car in the water." This is 90 minutes of radio traffic that has been compressed to about 40 minutes. From a Fire Service Standpoint- these guys all remained calm, cool and collect in the face of probably the biggest incident any of them will ever face in their careers.

Here is a link to the MDT Police Radio traffic, it's about 2 minutes long. You can clearly hear one officer has traffic stopped, and says "When someone relieves me. I will drive up and get the road crew off." But then it happened. Can you imagine how that officer feels now?