1958 F.W.D.

^ Correct. Washington or Oregon. He drove it across the USA and it was on loan and displayed by the Mack Trucks Museum. Picture taken at Trucktoberfest 2015 I think.

The 1958 F.W.D. Firetruck next to the only Aussie Valueliner in North America and a 700hp Superliner.

Did you think that up all by yourself?

Damn, I felt fine at 4pm yesterday. By 7pm my head felt like it was filling up with concrete. Tremendous sinus pressure, my eyes hurt, nose running like a faucet. Took a nice long hot shower and went to bed. Up and down all night with running nose and painful sinus pressure and fevers/chills. We got 5" of snow overnight. Got up around 6am and took a 12hr decongestant and went back to bed. Woke up around 8 and felt like crap but somewhat dry. Ran the snowblower and cleaned off the pickup and the wifemobile and by that time I felt like crap again. Wife made me tap out of work and take some tylenol. Sitting here realizing how much daytime TV sucks. Have the shades pulled because the brightness of outside hurts with this sinus pressure.

Now we have to kill you

As stubborn as she is, she probably won't even call me and fix it herself.

Before Large, Medium, Small and Extra Small will be taken for their Driver's License Exam, they will demonstrate to me the following: Checking tire pressure and how to inflate Checking oil, ATF, power steering, coolant levels, belts Using the OEM jack, wrench and spare, change a tire in front of me while discussing the best locations to change a tire and that Dad wont be pissed if you damage the rim or tire to get to a safe spot That if you call Dad at 0300 to "come and change your tire" not to be offended when he laughs and hangs up on you. So far Large will do it in his sleep. Medium will probably be able to do it but will bitch the whole time. Small will probably be able to do it and Extra Small is still being determined.

No "Girls in Cars" pictures. WTF?

A group comes to Trucktoberfest with this stuff, its cool to watch. I used to build models when I was younger, wish I had the patience for this kind of work.

That was a hood suppression system, several hundred pounds of agent. No wonder they weren't amused. Between the several thousand bucks of cost to reset and recharge the system there was a LOT of lost money because when a system dumps, the health dept closes the restaurant indefinitely until a commercial cleaning service comes in to go over the kitchen with a fine-tooth comb. Modern systems are now a wet-agent that is much easier to clean up.

If it was older they probably had to do a hydrostatic test (pressure test) of the cylinder before they could refill it.

You would have to ask my slaves, named "Large" and "Medium", who are charged with keeping the litter box in acceptable condition.

You are now forbidden from doing this.

That is an Ansul cartridge-type extinguisher, it is actually a very good unit to have. I have a 20-pounder filled with Purple K in my garage.

Happy New Year! Not slamming the door on 2017's ass but I am not sad to see it go, either.

"BLOW THE TANKS! HE'S USING THE SMOKER AGAIN!!!!"

https://outerbanksthisweek.com/blog/remembering-andy-griffith-roanoke-islands-most-famous-resident

Holy crap I just pissed myself laughing!!!

Some of you may remember a while back that Otherdog had a bit of an "incident" when his smoker got out of control and things got a bit out of hand. He posted pictures of his shed which was reduced to a pile of smoldering fodder. It has come to my attention that the pictures he posted did not accurately represent the situation. Someone sent me this pic showing the actual conditions.

I thought Andy was from Manteo on the Outer Banks?

Let me guess- Kelsey-Hayes Disc Brakes?

Hey Doug T where in Philly are you?

Merry Christmas to all from myself, SWMBO, Large, Medium, Small, Extra Small and the rest of the staff here at the Hellertown Truckstop. All of our best to you and your families in the new year!!!!!

There's only one thing better than a "Girl in a Car" picture- a "Girl wearing a miniskirt in a car" picture!