Joseph Cummings

Good thing it wasn't a Big Mac. I wouldn't trust the "special sauce"

I never had any problem with any of my in-chassis rebuilds not lasting. In construction or city service one million miles really never happens. By then the truck is worn out. And when you are working on a contract, what are you going to do, have a month of downtime while some automotive machinist plays with his wiener? Half the time one of those bastards touch something it comes out wrong anyway. They hire from the same pool of idiots that everyone else does. It's not like they have guys that grew up in a machinist monastery. And I think it's a hell of a lot faster and cheaper to cut one journal and roll in rods and mains than to take the engine out of the truck and tear it in a million pieces. Again, it all comes down to downtime. Contracts have lots of penalties in them for not completing them on time. Not to mention if you play around you can lose your ability to get a performance bond. Even without contract issues, if you let a customer down and he has to call someone else because he needs stuff done, you stand a good chance of losing that customer.

Forklift certification, what a joke. I was on a forklift before I was a teen. When that "certified forklift operator" thing came out I thought "What kind of idiot can't operate a forklift" But then again, today we have grown men that can't jumpstart a pickup or change a tire. If we are going to Make America Great Again all these nancy boys are going to have to be thoroughly re-educated

We did lots of stuff that wouldn't be "approved" or even believed by the "techs" of today. Like grinding one rod journal in the truck with one of these and having the truck back in service and working the next day Hell we used to do an in-chassis and have the truck back to work within a day or two even if something was slightly worn beyond tolerance. The techs nowadays will put someone out of business with downtime. Lost truck revenue and failing to fulfill contracts doesn't even get factored into their thinking process

I was just remembering back in the day when I used that pallet jack. I used to use this place in Trenton NJ called "Trenton Brakes" on Princeton Av. I took the whole assembly there, drums, wheel spiders, rims, tires and they would cut the drums with everything together. Then they would reline the shoes to match the diameter of each drum. The shoes and the drum would be a tagged and matched set for each wheel end. When was the last time you saw that done lol? On the way back there was a Polish store a couple blocks up and I used to stop and buy this dried sausage then stop at the Extension Tavern (Longest Bar in NJ)for lunch. Then I'd stop at The Cycle Kings clubhouse to BS with those guys. I'd be the only White guy there lol. Needless to say after lunch I didn't get a whole lot done lmao. Damn if I could just go back 45 years

You know truck driving is like the only occupation that OSHA exempts from rules about working at heights and climbing. Something about it falling under the jurisdiction of the DOT or FMCSA and they do not address the issue. In an industrial setting you can only climb a few feet (like maybe 3) before all kinds of regulations about fall protection and everything kick in. I've been in plants where they require you to wear a harness and be clipped off just to run a scissor lift

Back in the day I used an old pallet jack I found in the scrap and fixed for a wheel dolly

Nice garage. I'm guessing the door is like 12 feet?

Shortest of the short busses. Actually wouldn't make a bad jockey truck. Automatic, small motor, staircase for saving the knees. Wonder if it has a hydraulic 5th wheel

I'll be damned. I never knew they put them in pickups

I saw them in an old service manual years ago, but I never saw a real one. I kinda forgot about them. Did you ever see one?

Kind of funny. I used to go up there when I operated out of Philly bringing loaded ones back to the yard and taking empties back. The standards then were if it can hook up to a chassis and move, it was good enough. Fenders torn off, bald tires, door tied shut with a rope, license plates you found in a salvage yard, massive oil leaks, no drivers license, no problem. I remember a few I didn't want to get near because they were wet staking and blowing a spray of soot, diesel, and motor oil. My 14 year old 1968 R685ST was like a Cadillac in comparison. Needless to say, I loved the place lol

Ahhhhh, come on, I want to see it pulling sea containers out of Berth 80 as God and Mack Truck intended

Here is something about open cabs I'd read before but forgotten. That is why they went away in the 60's

Back on track here. I really like the Diamond T, maybe because I have one But the IH looks like a nice solid truck that would be easy enough to fix up and paint. I'd have a hard time cutting it up. How rusty is the Diamond T cab? Those were a good rugged cab

As a racially pure blonde Polish Catholic girl she'd be something I'd be into But the truth is she is one of "Those Filthy Communists" and an atheist

"F what yo mama say"

It's a propaganda movie. And ridiculously over the top Why didn't Hollywood make any movies about the horrors committed by the Soviets? Sophie was a work of fiction Lore Bauer was real

I have an pneumatic pump and hose reel on the wall and I buy it by the 120 pound keg. The 50W is in a 5 gallon pail with a hand pump. Not to mention the 85-140 is already what's in all the older Macks All of it's getting crazy expensive. The kegs of 85-140 are about 400 bucks now, the synthetic that is in the new trucks is close to 1,000.

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