Rob Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on Highway 95 outside Washington DC. Nothing was moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window. The driver rolls down the window and asks the man, "What's going on?""Terrorists have kidnapped Congress, and they're asking for a $100 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, collecting donations"."How much is everyone giving, on average?" the driver asks.The man replies;"Roughly a gallon"! Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 foul that right there offends me rob. only because i didnt come up with it. that was funny but im a little disapointed with the reply from the other people. they should of atleast donated 5gallons but i guess i can see their reasoning with the economy in the shape its in 1 gallon is prob all they can afford. i would be lucky to be able to spare a quart. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I have played with plenty of gas-O-line and matches in my day, it wouldn't take too many gallons to have a fireball. If we could get them to lay still long enough, a couple of gallons atomized over the whole congress should do the trick. Hell, you wouldn't need a lighter, their hot air would set it off. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Would diesel be OK? I don't have any gasoline to give... Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Would diesel be OK? I don't have any gasoline to give... Diesel will do just fine, if it does not burn hot e-nuff to hide the evidence, we'll throw on some ol' bald tires and get it going.Wait! The thought police are everywhere with Obama being in office and all -So I only say this about the burning of the tire for fun.I would never burn a tire, that would be wrong.(But don't come lookin at my burned brush piles after a pitch black night) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 I would expect that you can do no wrong out in the country but I can tell you from personal experience a mixture of 26 truck tires ranging in sizes of 10.00X20 through 10.00X22 burn hot when set ablaze in the same pile.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 That is the easiest way to get old tires off junk rims! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 That is the easiest way to get old tires off junk rims! After burning just a couple at a time and counting on the wind to be a certain direction, we decided to "get it done". We then threw the rims onto the scrap trailer during one of the shop clean up days. Even the steel wiring remaining from the tires went into the scrap heap. Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 used to do that all the time but not anymore around here a friend of mine got caught doin it and got fined 3500 dollars for two car tires. the e.p.a. has cracked down here in the last few years with there crap they even wrote some people tickets for ridin 4 wheelers in the creek for muddying up the water and rubing moss from the slick rock bottom. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 used to do that all the time but not anymore around here a friend of mine got caught doin it and got fined 3500 dollars for two car tires. the e.p.a. has cracked down here in the last few years with there crap they even wrote some people tickets for ridin 4 wheelers in the creek for muddying up the water and rubing moss from the slick rock bottom.I'd have a tough time taking an EPA officer seriously...same with OSHA, MSHA, or any other bureaucratic agency. If I'm out in the woods on a 4-wheeler, if ya want me, ya gotta catch me. If I'm at the house, you'll be more likely to wind up staring down the barrel of my shotgun than you'll be to see my ID or get even the slightest bit of cooperation once you start trying to tell me what I can or cannot do on my own friggin' property. Unless you're helping me pay my mortgage or my property taxes, you have no say in what I do here....and if ya wanna try, ya best be prepared to meet your maker. 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I was cutting a school bus in half with a chop saw and it caught on fire. Once those seats caught, there was no putting it out - made a black cloud that looked like the tornado in The Wizard of Oz. My mother in law was shopping in Jefferson City thirty miles away and she saw it. Since we already had a big ole fire, I went ahead and threw every old tire in the inferno we had laying around.The local fire department sent three trucks and wanted to arrest me when I would not let them through the gate. They called every government agency they could dream up but none of them showed. One of them from the Department of Natural Resources called and said they had experienced problems in the past trying to enforce things in my "backwards" county so they tended to concentrate on more "progressive" counties.I said good deal, isn't that what we want - you guys to stay away? It must be working when we stick to our guns.One of the local sherriff deputies that got the over-excited fireboys to leave asked if he could bring a few old tires to drop off. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Rob i am affended but will try to live with it.Affend us some more. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Rob i am affended but will try to live with it.Affend us some more.My apologies rendered Glenn as we all know how cognizant of other's feelings I am.Stand by for more!Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22296-by-the-gallon/#findComment-95580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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