1958 F.W.D. Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Don't know if we ever did this here or not. What's your CB Handle and how did you get it???Mine is "Son of Sam."because I have been accused of being a serial (not Cereal) killer and because my Father's name is Sam. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Boll Weevil, but will answer to Bo' Weevil or Bullwinkle for those that struggle with it.It was my late father's handle since the early 60's. 2 Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 25 years of trucking never had one. Haven't even had a cb in the truck the last year. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 got mine at age 11 or 12 " diesel duster " but don't remember the story behind it now, later after studying heavy equipment repair, and working in the trade it went to "diesel doctor" and any more it's HEY RED MACK! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Keep in mind I spent my whole working career in the funeral industry as a funeral director, working for casket companies and owning my own funeral home. "Torso Stuffer" as a funeral director"Box Man" Salesman selling caskets. "Undertaker" funeral home owner and current CB handle. 1 Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 mine is hollywood,,,used to live there,,,people i worked with started calling me that,,,in the 80,s i used to be mindbender in the 70,s...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Keep in mind I spent my whole working career in the funeral industry as a funeral director, working for casket companies and owning my own funeral home."Torso Stuffer" as a funeral director"Box Man" Salesman selling caskets."Undertaker" funeral home owner and current CB handle.i like that one lol bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 hardly anyone even uses CB,s these days,,,,its a pity nobody on it now.....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCR Posted November 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2014 I can't understand why anyone traveling does not have a CB. It has saved me many times. Yesterday I80 was closed in central Pennsylvania in both directions for several miles due to ice. It was 28 degrees and started to rain. The roadway became a sheet of ice; 20 mile backup eastbound from mile marker 141 to 161 where road was closed from 161 to 178.I was going west, closed from 178 to 161 rerouted on back roads getting on at 161 to be closed again at 147 Snowshoe. I was able to keep track of everything going on via the CB. I stopped at a TA for 2 hours until westbound was cleared. I got firsthand reports,some not 100 percent correct, but more up to date than the Pennsylvania radio AM 1640 road condition reports. Bottom line, I was on the road going home while those going east were stuck for hours. Had they had a CB they could have stopped at a rest area, got off of the road, taken an alternate road, etc. Instead they chose to sit in a 20 mile parking lot.CB...won't leave home without it. 3 Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I can't understand why anyone traveling does not have a CB. It has saved me many times. Yesterday I80 was closed in central Pennsylvania in both directions for several miles due to ice. It was 28 degrees and started to rain. The roadway became a sheet of ice; 20 mile backup eastbound from mile marker 141 to 161 where road was closed from 161 to 178.I was going west, closed from 178 to 161 rerouted on back roads getting on at 161 to be closed again at 147 Snowshoe. I was able to keep track of everything going on via the CB. I stopped at a TA for 2 hours until westbound was cleared. I got firsthand reports,some not 100 percent correct, but more up to date than the Pennsylvania radio AM 1640 road condition reports.Bottom line, I was on the road going home while those going east were stuck for hours. Had they had a CB they could have stopped at a rest area, got off of the road, taken an alternate road, etc. Instead they chose to sit in a 20 mile parking lot.CB...won't leave home without it.out here,,,you cant even get a road report anymore,,,like that,,,road closed accident constuction,exc...nobody says anything,,,,our company drivers talk to one another,,,and thats about it...nobody else wow incredible,,,people would rather listen to satelite these days...and just sit at road closures lol....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 When I first got a radio in the 70's I stood 6 ft 4 in tall and weighed about 180 lb. One of the mechanics gave me "Broomstick"After another 50 lbs of beer "Dun Lop" over the belt buckle and a job change I became just Brocky. For the last 10-15 years have only used the radio in bad weather conditions. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 My handle is "throttle jock". I picked it up while working at the CAT house (Caterpillar Testical Center in Mossville, IL) running performance/durability/EPA cert. engines in the test cells. Pulled a lot of throttles during my ten (10) years there.Don't use the CB much anymore largely because of the profanity over the air waves. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Rarely use mine anymore either,other than when I need to know something (weather,traffic etc.) but mine has always been "Cowcatcher" but don't ask why! Lol!..............................................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I've been "Moonshiner" since about 1978 or 1979. They used to put our CB handle on the door at H.H.Moore's and people would ask me all the time, even at toll booths, "how'd you get that handle?..do you make it?..drink it?..sell it?..got any?" And the answer is no, well, a time or two, no, and no. It's only because I saw a red and white 68 or 69 Camaro at Richmond Dragway that was called Moonshine Runner, 10 second car, had the name and the picture of a hillbilly with a jug on the side of it. I thought that would be a good CB handle. I had a 68 Camaro at the time- it was about a 28 second car, had a 6 cylinder and 3 speed- anyhow, people just shortened it and started calling me moonshiner and it stuck, so i've been Moonshiner ever since. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Mine is roadrunner but haven't had a cb in the truck in years. Too much bullshit on it. Guys arguing with each other, profanity etc now with the new job being local driving except for a quick trip once a week into the city for a dump and run a cb is not needed. On that note I have two cobra 29 radios for sale. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hatcity Posted November 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2014 Don't know if we ever did this here or not. What's your CB Handle and how did you get it???Mine is "Son of Sam."because I have been accused of being a serial (not Cereal) killer and because my Father's name is Sam. I bet you look spiffy with that 8 foot stainless whip on your Silveradoalong with 28 other antennae for your multiplex scanner 3 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Green Dash Posted November 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2014 Maybe it was my exposure to cb at an early age or my desire to turn the clock back to the 1970's, but I own several cb's and there is always on in the big truck and my work ride.My current inventory includes:Stryker 655 in the big truck.Cobra 29LX, the regular radio in the car.Cobra 29 Classic.Cobra 25 Classic given to me not working. Did a little studying and bought an $11 soldering iron at Radio Shack and is now backup radio #1.Uniden PC22. Given to me by someone that didn't want it anymore. Something loose, works sporadically. Keeping it for nostalgic purposes and it's probably an easy fix.Fuzzbuster A50?. Not working, came with the PC22.Royce XXX. Can't remember the model #. but was made in 1977. Picked it up along with a base at an antique store in town. In very good condition. It lights up and makes noise but not much more. Future project.Royce XXX. A base station, also from '77, in brand new condition and the reason I paid $40 bucks for the 2 radios knowing that one wasn't working. Works great and is currently on the front seat of my car. Yep, a base station in the mobile. I'm turning into my dad.I'm also the proud owner of a bunch of stuff that's broken, worn out, and/or fried that I can't seem to part with. 5 Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 I bet you look spiffy with that 8 foot stainless whip on your Silveradoalong with 28 other antennae for your multiplex scannerNo CB. And the only scanner is whichever scanner app I run on the smartphone- you wouldn't understand what that is. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 We must be cut from the same cloth Jim! I still have my Dad's Fuzzbuster,and 23 channel Johnson "Messenger" (still works great BTW) I had it in my pickup for decades. His 148 GTL Cobra is in my truck now,along with a limited edition 29 (the gold one) as my back-up.Just can't bring myself to part with them..........................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_martell Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 No official handle, "white mack roll off", or "roof rock removal" is the way to get me now.....People I know that I see know my name, so that's easy enough.....finally bought my own radio.....well, buying my own radio, cobra 29...running a cobra 29 nightwatch now. In my jeepin days the black one had a cheap cobra (not sure the model, but it was small, no SWR meter, got it from summit racing for 100$), the red one had a uniden (model # unknown)when I bought it, only used em off roadin and appolgizing to trucks on the highway, the black one topped out @ 90KM/H and the red one tapped at 98KM/H....the things i did to not get stuck lol . Truck I'm in now has one, not sure if the new gig will, want to be covered. Don't use it much, but it's always on 19, saved me enough times to warrant buying one....If the new truck has one, then I guess it's going in the Jetta.... Quote Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 We must be cut from the same cloth Jim! I still have my Dad's Fuzzbuster,and 23 channel Johnson "Messenger" (still works great BTW) I had it in my pickup for decades. His 148 GTL Cobra is in my truck now,along with a limited edition 29 (the gold one) as my back-up.Just can't bring myself to part with them..........................MarkSentimental value alone is reason enough to not let them go, but if your 148 is an older (pre-China) version then that's a helluva good sideband set from what I've heard. The Chinese models used parts that are inferior to what was used in older versions. Same goes for Unidens. I sent my 29LX to a shop in Carlisle, PA and he replaced some parts (no clipping). It made a very noticeable difference in both transmit and receive distance.There are 2 radios I want to add to the stable: A Lafayette 525 or 625 and a Johnson Messenger 123 like you have. The Johnsons have a hell of a rep for a basic radio and they're on Ebay all the time. I want the Lafayette because I grew up on LI and spent countless hours at their main store/warehouse in Syosset while my dad bs'ed with the cb tech. Good times. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Bob they call me Hollywood too , I was in a TV commercial for my company with the truck.Gonna have to change it to Phantom 309 because my new Mack will put them all to shame, and seeing nothing but tail lights. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I still have all of my CBs, one is a 23 channel (can't remember the brand) that I bought in 1975. I think the first 40 channel I bought was a President Honest Abe which is still "somewhere". When I lived in Illinois I had a Cobra base station at the house. I have a new Cobra 29 that I will eventually install in the MH. I still remember my FCC CB call number.This is KZX.... the ole throttle jockey...we be gone bye bye. 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Got radios still in most of my trucks, havent put them in the B Models cause I couldn't hear them anyway. Connex, Uniden 66, and Cobra 29's in the rest. Retired after 37 years and a lot of miles on my butt. I got the handle Wingman from a buddy I used to run with, had it eversince. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "KQE-2406 ...........they call me Rhino" (it's my last name!) Al Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37835-cb-handles/#findComment-267972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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