BillyT

Former president Bush and his wife's decision to leave the Clinton and Trump blocks blank on their ballot says it all!

Well, we are finally on the eve of the" election of the century"! I deplore both non-candidates equally. This election epitomizes the concept of lesser of two evils! Both candidates are equally "self serving". Trump is a narcissistic boor, and Clinton is cunning and slippery! Both are immoral! I could tolerate their frailties of character were it not for their access to the dangerous " red" button"! Clinton, possibly owing to her law degree and a lifetime in politics "almost" never makes a statement or does anything without careful consideration! Trump, born wealthy, and accustomed to getting his way, reminds me of a spoiled three year old! So picture this scenario...One of enemies, Iran, China or Pakistan has an ICBM capable of reaching our shores, and they say something that pisses off President Trump, so he presses the red button! And as Islamabad, Tehran, or Beijing disintegrate, so does New York or LA! Hillary would be thinking if America is bombed, my family could die too! So I'm not going to do that! Meanwhile after the missiles fly, President Trump is thinking "wow, I could die too. Maybe I shouldn't have done that!" Also Trump says I'm not a politician! Bullshit! He's a major contractor who builds casinos. Who owns casinos. Heavy construction is nothing if not political! Ok enough politics, I'd rather talk about trucks and trucking. Rowdy Rebel, the answer to supporting American jobs is to boycott the Chinese-made crap! Of course it's impossible to not buy low dollar Chinese stuff, (toys nail clippers etc) cause they're ALL Chinese made! However, your example of Red Wing boots is a good one, I went into Rural King and all their western boots are Chinese made! I'm talking Tony Lama, Nocona,and the one I can't think of,were made in Texas are owned by Berkshire Hathaway! Shame on you Warren! Maybe if we emailed the people who do this crap, they'd think twice! All the Chinese boots were 90$ and up! I checked Red Wing and I think they wanted 150$ for the the pair I wanted, I'm gonna buy them! They will last twice as long! On the subject of union car hauling ,my first job was automobile transport out of the Pittsburgh railhead in Greentree, PA. It was 1974 and we were a 50 driver terminal. Every driver did a good days work and was well paid. I worked there and at the PandLE Railroad til 1979 when Nu Car Carriers bought us out. I worked at Nu Car a few months and went full time at the RR.I went back to car hauling in 87 at Leaseway Motorcar in Dundalk, Md. The money was much better but the equipment was scrap. And I didn't know any of the drivers.We had a thing (half rate backhaul) which was optional. You picked a front-haul at full rate and you got a home load at half rate. Normally you would D.H. home for free. So I'm at the Howard Johnson's in Newcastle DE and this other car hauler sits down. Says he's "broke down"! Yeah I picked a half rate backhaul I didn't want. So I cut my fan belts and I'm waiting for a repair truck ( on the clock) to fix it! It is this kind of thinking that ruined what the union used to stand for! The reason some car haulers hated the half rate backhaul was you had to nurture a tight load of cars for the same rate a master freight driver got for a drop and hook. That's why it was optional! So don't pick the half rate load! Idiot! He caused a load to be late and cost his company an expensive road call plus his breakdown pay! Same deal when the United Steel Workers when they used to stay home and have your buddy punch you in and out! Used to do it at Homestead all the time! Well America has chosen the lesser of two evils...or have they? We will have to wait and see!

They've pretty much eliminated gear shifting. Perhaps the major carriers could adapt the pro backing assist feature to their semis and eliminate those pesky ( and difficult to pass CDL exams) and hire anyone😁

You're right nothing ever changes,now the companies want to install "incompetence mitigation devices" to facilitate the hiring of even less competant and experienced drivers😁

Interesting that former president George Bush left the blocks for Clinton and Trump blank on his voting ballot!

He sure is Harry!

I agree with 41 on the peening, also the stop hole!( prevents the crack from continuing) grind the crack slightly wider than the electrode ( the wire,not the coating) and make it as smooth as possible.Lightly preheat the area to remove moisture,strike the arc ahead of the crack and and weld into the crack.I would weld half of the crack and let it cool til you can almost touch it.Peen the weld and slightly beyond it,I use a round tipped chipping hammer.Strike your next arc on the end of the last bead and weld to the hole. It looks like no more than two passes should do it.Definitely use 7018 low hydrogen dc electrode positive.I cannot emphasize enough the electrode should be dry! If the electrode is old or questionable buy a pound of new wire! I've never seen a diff. Crack at that location,could be a flawed casting.If so the weld will almost surely hold (no stress)! Good luck !😁 low hydrogen is more susceptible to moisture than most other popular electrodes!

Heard you could make a Detroit leaker stop leaking with the proper seals on the pushrod tubes!

Skywalker, do they still have that t.s. with the outdoor gazebo n of Pembroke pines? Spent many a night there!

They were living in our rail containers down in Mexico! Our trailers used to come into Laredo and El Paso without a single marker light left on them! Must be very comfortable in an uninsulated aluminum trailer when it's 90 degrees out!😁

Unlike certain "celebrities " and rock stars who tend to collect mostly exotics, and other socially acceptable cars,Jay seems to be interested in almost anything mechanical,trucks, steam tractors,rat rods and so on.his garage show tends to interest any type of "gearhead".

They did a feature in Hemmings on the Napco conversion recently,interesting!

May have been ABs I was a little kid I'm pretty sure my dad or someone said they were Macks but they had a more square front end than the AC that's what made me think of sterlings thanx for the response Jake!

Run, Forest run😁

Too many syllables

Heaviest single I ever hauled was 52000# grossing close to 90000! This was before deregulation,any single over 40000 required a permit! Had a U model Mack and a 40' Trailmobile spring ride spread.Had 6 chains on that bad boy! Would shake you right out of the cab! Rule of thumb was one chain per 10000# when the weight was uneven I always tried to go to an xtra chain,I believe it saved my life! I loaded a 35000# single and could only get 3 chains on it because they welded the chains at intervals to prevent theft! As I got in the cab I saw a loose chain under the seat! I untarped and put it over the coil. I was on I 70 in rush hr In Columbus Oh,and a four wheeler pulled right out in front of me! I locked it up and managed to miss the car,but the coil turned sideways and broke one of the cross chains,and slid over a foot forward! I'm convinced that the fourth chain prevented the coil from "joining me in the cab"!

At the risk of perpetuating blasphemy ,FWD, your beautiful"Mack" fire engine sure resembles a "cornbinder"!😁

You own the media you own the country!didn't "rev" moon own a major newspaper?

Superdog are you violating the child labor laws again? Cute little fella!

I missed a 99 ram extra cab 1500 with a 5.9 5 speed 140000mi for 1500. Supposedly ran and drove posted on a Sunday gone in 1 hrs! Seemed like a legit.ad.

We used to have a terminal in Weirton W Va was called Tom's Express ,a division of J V McNicolas trucking I think I loaded at Weirton Steel once. That old iron bridge on route 22 was a narrow sucker! The last time I went thru there they had built a new wider bridge.Wonder if they found the mirror head I left there in 74?😁 Lotta memories in that part of the world!

Mr Ron,when I was a kid in the early 50s there were a couple of chain drive Macks hauling steel past my house in McMurray pa I remember that ringing sound! 41,what was the last mack to use chain drive? They definitely weren't ACs were newer than that. Might have been Sterlings.

It'd take a "bull wagon" to haul those four heifers away! Definitely a "permit load!"

TJC hope they parked it inside!😁