Popular Post other dog Posted August 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2014 I saw some big Mack trucks Monday when I went to load at what used to be Cycle Systems in Lynchburg. Now it's owned by Gerdau.The mud there was knee deep and when we tried to back around through the mud and up over the hump and around the bend to back down the train tracks the frame rails on the drop deck trailer would bottom out on the hump and I was stuck. Tore a mudflap off in the mud trying to get in there. So they moved a few train cars so I could pull in and then turn left up the tracks, and then back down the tracks to the crane. By the time I got chained down I was covered with mud.Road shots, rt.220 at Eagle Rock.A girl in a car.The red light on the amp meter gauge came on on the way to McKeesport, it was showing discharge and the volt meter dropped to 12. So I told Wooly Booger "My fan belt just broke". So we pulled over on 79 at the end of the ramp at the rest area at the 50 mile marker, opened the hood,I pulled the broken belt out, and there was a piece left that was only 2 ribs wide, but it was whole. It wasn't much bigger than a shoestring but I got it back on, skinning my arm up in the process. Those fan blades are sharp.I said "this is a big waste of time, this belt won't last 5 minutes". But lasted all the way to Mckeesport. Then Tuesday morning I figured i'd go load at Gav-Tech in Pittsburgh then run over to the KW place in New Stanton. Called New Stanton, they didn't have the belt. So I figure i'll head on down 79 and stop at KW in Jane Lew and get one. When I got to Jane Lew it still hadn't broken so I never slowed down- I could make it to Concord by dark anyway. And I did, and that little piece of belt never did break.That's all I had left but it lasted about 500 miles...hey, that's blood on the fan shroud.Saw this girl in this car driving completely by mind control- and we weren't at a stoplight this time, she was motoring down I-85.Saw some kind of creature.Yep, those two Diamond Reos are still sitting there.I thought I saw a USA Truck on 81 in Wytheville that was going to turn over any minute, so I had my camera ready so I could post it on youtube.But it was just the trailer being pulled by a wrecker.Traffic on the D.C. beltway yesterday morning. I had to go from Atlanta to Baltimore and unload yesterday morning.Saw a pedestrian sipping a soda on the way back too.And a big yellow machine going north on rt. 15.Came through Fork Union, but saw no evidence of 41Chevy being there.Saw a new unit at the yard when I got in. 13 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Did you put your the 2 ribbed fan belt in your side box for a spare so when the new one breaks? Nice pics like the REO's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Did you put your the 2 ribbed fan belt in your side box for a spare so when the new one breaks? Nice pics like the REO'sI told Jeff I was gonna do that, but I put it in the fan belt hall of fame- I hung it on the wall in the shop. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Some healthy looking legs on that pedestrian! must do a lot of walking Lol!......................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Hopefully, the war wound on your arm won't slow down the BBQ activities this weekend.What is up with the NoStar in the yard? Are they going Binder?The NoStar is also hiding a cement mixer by the looks. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Hopefully, the war wound on your arm won't slow down the BBQ activities this weekend.What is up with the NoStar in the yard? Are they going Binder?The NoStar is also hiding a cement mixer by the looks.Nah, i've had boston butts smoking since 4am. They've already got a pile of Prostars, this is the first Lonestar though. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 No real fancy entrance yet off a 6. . .it still looks like a fire road. Eventually I'll mark it with some kinda hobo mack sign Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 No real fancy entrance yet off a 6. . .it still looks like a fire road. Eventually I'll mark it with some kinda hobo mack sign Probably the mail box crawler will be the last thing moved. We will find you then.... Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Beautiful landscape, good looking GIC's, a real trucker who is not afraid to get dirty and shed some blood to save a road call, Macks, Diamond Reos, and some dumbass broad taking distracted driving to a new level.Viewing these pictures has been an emotional roller coaster for me. Keep 'em coming. 1 Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hatcity Posted August 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2014 Besides the girl texting, have you ever seen drivers with a bowl of cereal?, reading the newspaper?,wimmins putting on make up?, getting dressed? giving BJ?, while going 70+ mph?And they make the cars now do so much for you, that it becomes the cars fault 3 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Probably the mail box crawler will be the last thing moved. We will find you then....Won't move without my CaTePiLlAr mail box holder! 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Understood, it's an family heirloom. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I saw two idiots on the Cross Bronx Expressway in a Volkswagen van giving one another "shots" with a needle,and I kinda doubt it was insulin for diabetes!.....................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Great pics Tom! See people texting every day through our work zones....Big fine if caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted August 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2014 Saw some kind of creature.I know what that creature was. It's a wacky inflatable flailing arm tube man from Al Harrington's Wacky Inflatable Flailing Arm Tube ManEmporium in Weekapaug. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 I saw two idiots on the Cross Bronx Expressway in a Volkswagen van giving one another "shots" with a needle,and I kinda doubt it was insulin for diabetes!.....................................MarkOh yeah, that reminds me- I thought about the Cross Bronx Thursday in Atlanta. I delivered in Norcross and had to go to Cartersville to load. A little ways after I got on 75 north I saw a nice looking car parked on the left shoulder by the median. It was sitting on 4 cinder blocks, tires and wheels gone. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I know what that creature was. It's a wacky inflatable flailing arm tube man from Al Harrington's Wacky Inflatable Flailing Arm Tube ManEmporium in Weekapaug.Ha, Family Guy,lol 1 Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 thanks for sharing tom,,,some very interesting stuff...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Ha, Family Guy,lolAwesome. I was hoping somebody got that reference. Here's the clip for those who didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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