Winter has come

[Vladislav]

Just had neither snow 3 days ago.

It started fallen from the sky yesterday afternoon and continues non-stop.

At least 10 inches to the moment.

The temperature keeps 2 degree under water freeze so I'm enjoying the weather extremely.

Had a nice road trip today, here are some pictures.

Need to add, all this is not out of a way, it's normally in Moscow city.

Vlad.

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2018 by Vladislav

[thomastractorsvc]

nice pics, looks like crappy driving weather, do they salt and sand the road or just sand?

[Vladislav]

They salt. That salt is so dirty so looks like with sand.

Really everything looks like... You can see it.

[mike69mackman]

Looks like i81 Sunday morning above Syracuse on my way to Lowville lol

[Vladislav]

It was the midday time.

Morning and evening was jammed everywere.

[mackniac]

Vlad , is the Green Mack's is yours ?

if so I know where it is coming from !!

this truck use to be with SGT transport near Drumondville Québec , Canada

the name of the company is St-Germain Transport.

[Vladislav]

Vlad , is the Green Mack's is yours ?

if so I know where it is coming from !!

this truck use to be with SGT transport near Drumondville Québec , Canada

the name of the company is St-Germain Transport.

Mackniac, thank you for the note.

It's mine, yes, and I have them two.

There was a discussion here and we considered for shure they're from St.Germain.

Here is more about: http://www.bigmacktr...le-in-a-garage/

Today's picture - Old dogs dislike holes in a snow.

[bulldogboy]

Vladislav:

I see SGT trucks running through New England all the time. Now I know what the letters stand for. Who put the nonstandard headlights on your Mack?

BTW, those pictures remind me that winter is coming to NE soon, brrrrr!

bulldogboy

[Vladislav]

Vladislav:

I see SGT trucks running through New England all the time. Now I know what the letters stand for. Who put the nonstandard headlights on your Mack?

BTW, those pictures remind me that winter is coming to NE soon, brrrrr!

bulldogboy

The headlights are aftermarket, here in Russia. I hate rectangulars on the second truck and dislike that 4 rounds. I'll redo it into original look, waiting for surrounding plates at the moment. Parts shipping requires time though.

Vlad

[other dog]

I saw a little snow in West Virgina and Maryland Monday night myself. This was Tuesday morning on I-68 in Maryland.

[Vladislav]

Nice shots Tom, but it's better to look at then to drive through.

I see now the States are not Texas only.

Hope you're careful, avoid extremal break each time when you note a bikiny girl in the snowy woods aside a road.

[vision386]

Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................Mark

[Vladislav]

Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................Mark

Hell!

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[paul roncetti]

Hi Vlad, That heavy a concentration of salt must really raise hell with those trucks over there, how do you cope with it? What about the secondary and country roads, do you still have to deal with a lot of unpaved roads? One thing for sure, back in the winter of 42, Hitler's fate was being sealed by the Russian winter, combination of snow and mud............Regards, Paul

[mike69mackman]

Mark I had time so I stopped and picked them up and gave them a ride and warned them up. Mike

[other dog]

Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................Mark

at least they're wearing sensible shoes.

[farmer52]

Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................Mark

I bet their nipples could etch glass!

[Vladislav]

Hi Vlad, That heavy a concentration of salt must really raise hell with those trucks over there, how do you cope with it? What about the secondary and country roads, do you still have to deal with a lot of unpaved roads? One thing for sure, back in the winter of 42, Hitler's fate was being sealed by the Russian winter, combination of snow and mud............Regards, Paul

Yes Paul, salt make it's job. A friend of mine drive Scania of 1989. He had to change frame crossmember under the 5th wheel because it was rottet through.

Good quality cars ride 6-8 years rust-free, Russian Lada's get yellow stains in 2-3. When driving everyday in a city. Local roads are usually sended or just clean.

Most roads of the central region I live have asphalt. There are locals made of sand-stone mixture connecting little citys, and too little villages have connections with ground roads. But it's in a distance of 200-300 km from Moscow. Russia is too centralized country. Civilization concentrates extremely in the capital and degreesing by a distance. It was politic of Soviet times, now it's a way of oil money distribution.

Hitler sealed, yes, but first he covered 1000km from June to November with wide front. He hadn't powers enough. But he wasn't fool. Vent back from Moscow for 100km in a comfort area and fixed there his positions for next 2 years. Many were died by cold, he didn't prepaire for winter war. His plan was to accupate Moscow before winter starts.

There was Napoleon in 1812 also.

[paul roncetti]

• Yes you are correct Vlad, and I also believe a major blunder was starting a major offensive on June 22, way too late into the season. The blunder being to quell an uprising I believe in Bucharest, lost 3 months with that operation and bringing equipment back to the front and refitting tank tracks, etc etc etc. If BARBAROSSA was launched April 1st as planned there may have been a different outcome also. Other major blunder was going in as a liberator and soon discarded that with all the Russian people now against him, instead of having Russian forces fighting with him against Stalin, he now created more armies with a vast number of people now against him fighting for Mother Russia.............Paul
  

[Vladislav]

It's true Paul, I'm surprized and glad to know that you're interesting in that part of WW2.

As for me I learned about Omaha beach (and was there) due to the interest for US army Mack trucks.

It wasn't too popular subject in Russian common war history.

[paul roncetti]

Well Vlad, I was born during the war, and where I live, Cape Cod, there was a big military presence as I would say 1/3 of the Afrika Corp POWS were held here and worked in local businesses like farms. My father ran a night shift of them at the local dry cleaning plant, and being Italian got along well with them, LOL. Also, 85000 americans were traing here on the beaches for D Day, so they were up at Camp Edwards too. Plus, along this whole east coast around 2800 US supply ships were sunk by German subs. The coast was manned with navel guns and heavy rail guns. Matter of fact another sub was found last summer off of Nantucket, it had sunk the biggest oil tanker we owned and was sunk after a battle with support vessels. Sitting upright with the swaztika painted on the deck. German embassy out of Boston stepped in right away, hands off, German War Grave. But the Russian campaign if facinating because of the shear scope of the undertaking, will never ever see anything like that again with massive land armies We also have a lot of Russian and Ukranian students here working in the summer of which I have sponsored several and love any time spent talking with them, about history........Paul

[paul roncetti]

Heavy seige gun used in seige of Sevastopol. Gun crew including engineers, security, mechanics, solders, Luftwaffe etc, 4200. Three months to assemble and 60 rail csrs to move. Fired total of 48 shells, each weighing 7 tons, during whole war. Only remains of 3 built at end of war, was a spare gun barrel and trunion, on a rail siding in Poland. Nikita was quite facinated with this story.........Paul

[Green Dash]

Thanks for sharing your pictures of the weather in your area. It's good that you like the snow and cold.

I think the R model looks best with single round headlights.

I saw a little snow in West Virgina and Maryland Monday night myself. This was Tuesday morning on I-68 in Maryland.

I got on I-68 westbound in Cumberland at 0400 Tuesday. We're getting closer.

at least they're wearing sensible shoes.

And that's all that matters.

I bet their nipples could etch glass!

Yeah right, I'd like to see them try to do that......

[other dog]

Nice shots Tom, but it's better to look at then to drive through.

I see now the States are not Texas only.

Hope you're careful, avoid extremal break each time when you note a bikiny girl in the snowy woods aside a road.

.

[Green Dash]

Webbed legs are sooooo hot!!