1958 F.W.D.

I wouldn't be able to buy you a beer because I would have to haul your ass down to University of Pennsylvania Hospital down in Philly because of the hearing damage. Thats if you made it this far and not get locked up for pollution crimes.

Couldn't remember the lyrics to that song so I had to look em up........ Me an' Earl was haulin' chickens on a flatbed out of Wiggins, and we'd spent all night on the uphill side of thirty-seven miles of hell called Wolf Creek Pass. Which is up on the Great Divide? We was settin' there suckin' toothpicks, drinkin' Nehi and onion soup mix, and I said, "Earl, let's mail a card to Mother then send them chickens on down the other side. Yeah, let's give 'em a ride." [Chorus] Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl put down his bottle, mashed his foot down on the throttle, and then a couple'a boobs with a thousand cubes in a nineteen-forty-eight Peterbilt screamed to life. We woke up the chickens. Well, we roared up offa that shoulder sprayin' pine cones, rocks, and boulders, and put four hundred head of them Rhode Island reds and a couple a' burnt-out roosters on the line. Look out below; 'cause here we go! Well, we commenced to truckin' and them hens commenced to cluckin' and then Earl took out a match and scratched his pants and lit up the unused half of a dollar cigar and took a puff. Says "My, ain't this purdy up here." I says, "Earl, this hill can spill us. You better slow down or you gonna kill us. Just make one mistake and it's the Pearly Gates for them eight-five crates a' USDA-approved cluckers. You wanna hit second?" [Chorus] Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl grabbed on the shifter and he stabbed her into fifth gear and then the chromium-plated, fully-illuminated genuine accessory shift knob come right off in his hand. I says, "You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl?" He was tryin' to thread it on there when the fire fell off a' his cigar and dropped on down, sorta rolled around, and then lit in the cuff of Earl's pants and burned a hole in his sock. Yeah, sorta set him right on fire. I looked on outta the window and I started countin' phone poles, goin' by at the rate of four to the seventh power. Well I put two and two together, and added twelve and carried five; come up with twenty-two thousand telephone poles an hour. I looked at Earl and his eyes was wide, his lip was curled, and his leg was fried. And his hand was froze to the wheel like a tongue to a sled in the middle of a blizzard. I says, "Earl, I'm not the type to complain; but the time has come for me to explain that if you don't apply some brake real soon, they're gonna have to pick us up with a stick and a spoon." Well, Earl rared back, and cocked his leg, stepped as down as hard as he could on the brake, and the pedal went clear to the floor and stayed there, right there on the floor. He said it was sorta like steppin' on a plum. Well, from there on down it just wasn't real purdy: it was hairpin county and switchback city. One of 'em looked like a can full'a worms; another one looked like malaria germs. Right in the middle of the whole damn show was a real nice tunnel, now wouldn't you know? Sign says clearance to the twelve-foot line, but the chickens was stacked to thirteen-nine. Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred-and-ten, like gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen, and we took that top row of chickens off slicker than scum off a Lousiana swamp. Went down and around and around and down 'til we run outta ground at the edge of town. Bashed into the side of the feed store... in downtown Pagosa Springs. [Chorus] Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side

Is that two stroke or four stroke, and does it leak anything?

You can dig it up if you have enough of them there trinitrotoluene shovels.......just sayin......

How many telephone poles were you passin'??

I'd take a Cat any day of the week and twice on Sunday over a green leaker

If you are in Pa, they follow Act 45 (The Pa Uniform Construction Code) which basically adopts the International Code Council series of building codes.

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING on this earth (especially on the eve of Baby Jesus's bday) is sadder than a Hayward F-Model having one of those evil pieces of shit for power. I haz a sad.

As a building code official (coincidentally in Pa.) this is where knowing your stuff comes in handy. I issue permits for pole barns regularly. The trick with the new pressure treated lumber is knowing which type can be "in contact" and which can be "immersed into" the ground. .40 ACQ is the standard pt lumber, good for "contact." .60 is for immersion into water (like pilings for docks) or immersed into the ground. When I do a permit, and they want to immerse the 6x6's or 8x8's into the ground, I always question which type of ACQ it is.....and the amish guy applying for the permit always says "its pressure treated" and ends up walking away scratching his head when I deny the permit. Plus 90% of the time they just want to dig an 18" round hole, dump four bags of dry sackrete in and then sink the poles. No water, no nothing. I dont trust it so I make them get the plans signed by an engineer- which almost always NEVER happens, and the engineer makes them auger a 24" wide by 36" deep hole (the frost line here in this part of Pa.) and makes them fill it up to grade with delivered 3000psi concrete. Then they have then wet-stick a post base bracket for the poles before the concrete sets up.

That's what dry pipe systems are for......filled with pressurized air. Sprinkler head trips, air dumps which releases a check valve allowing water into the system.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in a new building and the vehicles, tools and equipment that will be stored inside and no sprinklers......yes this makes perfect sense to me!!!

Sprinklers?

Check with Mack mhe9 (Ray) He is very reliable and reasonable. He may be able to cook something up for you. He may see this and reply or you can private message him, you can also hit me up and I will give you his phone number.

I take it you have contacted the Mack Museum with the SN and asked for a copy of the factory file?

Thats outstanding, CONGRATS!!! Don't forget to make sure you never forget to separate his bday from xmas- I have relatives that try to pull that "This is your bday/xmas present" combined into one crap. Dont let the kid get ripped off!!!

Yes, hey I have an idea....Lets make drugs illegal!!!!!! Oh........Shit.........Nevermind.

The 16V92 is one of eleven 200kv auxiliary gen sets. The 7 main gen sets are 12V278 400kv sets. These are used when the nookyooler tea kettle is not boiling. As for the two strokes, I bought the boat used, what can I say. I tried to get the previous owner to install 3608 Cats but he wouldn't bite.

The NYPOST reporting there was another attempt on an officer's life last night in The Bronx. Thankfully it was not successful; a perp pointed a weapon at an officers face point blank, pulled the trigger but apparently did not realize the weapon was empty. He is in custody, which is unfortunate as he should be in a drawer in the morgue. And in Tarpon Springs, Florida- a police officer was murdered early this morning. To my brothers in blue: Open season has been declared on you. Maintain a high state of readiness and situational awareness at all times. You have the right to go home to your family at the end of your watch. Two in the chest, one in the head. That is all, carry on.

I see you got some pictures of my weekend fishing boat in the picture coming out of the HRBT into Norfolk.......That's it right there on the left.....the haze gray one.

I have friends on NYPD, just got off the phone with one of them. Back about a week and a half ago, the FOP Lodge that represents the rank and file of NYPD circulated a memo and a document that asked each and every uniformed officer to sign and submit- basically a document asking that the Mayor, the Police Commissioner and a few others of the top city leaders NOT TO BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THEIR FUNERALS if the signing member was ever to die in the line of duty. Word on the street is that both of the guys who were murdered tonight did indeed sign and submit these documents, and the families have already advised DeBowhard's staff that they are to be nowhere near the funerals. Mayor's Staff came back and said "Ok, you want to play that game, we'll jam up all your benefit payments for years." The families told the Mayors Staff to GFY, we'll get Fox News involved. Also there are rumors of a Blue Flu.

Maybe I should get him that Kobalt ball-peen hammer tomorrow when I go to Lowes..........

LARGE received his 58-piece (China-Made) 3/8ths & 1/4 drive Craftsman set tonight from SWMBO, myself, and his brothers and sister. It did not matter to him that it was made in China. I did not bring it up, and he did not mention it. You guys should have all seen the look on his face, he was as happy as a pig in shit. His Haynes small engine repair manual is due to be delivered on Monday, and he has been hitting youtube videos explaining engines for the last 2-3 weeks. I have the computer programmed not to show any 2-cycle diesel videos.

true that b615rich.....true that.

I think Imma gonna return the Shitsman set and go get a Kobalt set.

WTF? I was wondering what ate the bottom of the Christmas Tree. You couldn't knock on the door and have a cup of coffee? That's pretty ignorant, I'd expect that from Hatcity. And since you were here why couldn't ya drop off the secret sauce? My eggs have been boring lately.