other dog Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Big pond that you have to drive through to get to the outbound scales at Gerdau in Petersburg. I had to drive around this day because so many people were fishing. They were biting good that day though.Big machine in Baltimore. It was at a coal pile. I was a long ways away from it, picking up some of those aluminum logs.I saw a big ship in Baltimore too.And a smaller ship.And two still smaller ships...I took this electric powered fork lift back to Milwaukee. A company from Rustburg rented it because they needed an electric unit for a job, and that was the only place they could rent one that big. It would lift 30-35,000 lbs. they said.Which is as much as the big red one at the yard will lift. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Enjoyed the pictures . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macks in nigeria Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 As usual everyday view of America Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryS Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Nice round of pictures. Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 OD, I think you are like Johnny Cash, you have been every where. Thanks for the pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Where about in Shelbyville were you,my wife has an aunt that lives there?Thanks for the pictures there great. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 As said above. Alot of interesting to see. Thanks for taking the time. And those fishers - they looked offering the largest capturings to you. And didn't you have time to catch one for a grill? 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back In Black Pulling Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Thanks for sharing Tom ....some nice photos...bobSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, MHfred said: OD, I think you are like Johnny Cash, you have been every where. Thanks for the pictures. Fred, That song was originally a Hank Snow release, and I think Dave Dudley used the same music for his song, No Easy Run(??), that lists all the old trucking companies. BUT you are right OD has been there and thanks to his excellent camera work we can join him on the adventures his travel agent likes to send him on.. Tom, Thanks again for all the great pictures!! Edited April 23, 2018 by Brocky Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The counterweight on that big machine looks like it weighs a couple pounds. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1958 F.W.D. Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) Slower Lower Delaware. Gladys. It's all the same. You probably felt right at home. (except in Delaware they don't burn down the shed and the siding off the house when they smoke some ribs) Edited April 24, 2018 by 1958 F.W.D. 3 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Great pictures OD! Those fish must be like those "walking catfish" to function in that shallow water! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Brocky,there was a kid in my hs class was a big Hank Snow fan, he was Canadian wasn't he? had a Dave Dudley trucking songs tape! Ever hear "The Eagle" or "Tombstone every mile" I think that was a Dudley tune. My buddy told me it was based on a highway in Maine where they hauled potatoes. There is a papermill in rural Maryland where there is a 90 degree turn with 14 tombstones (at last count) OD and I have both been there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 8:38 AM, h67st said: The counterweight on that big machine looks like it weighs a couple pounds. Yep. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 18 minutes ago, BillyT said: Brocky,there was a kid in my hs class was a big Hank Snow fan, he was Canadian wasn't he? had a Dave Dudley trucking songs tape! Ever hear "The Eagle" or "Tombstone every mile" I think that was a Dudley tune. My buddy told me it was based on a highway in Maine where they hauled potatoes. There is a papermill in rural Maryland where there is a 90 degree turn with 14 tombstones (at last count) OD and I have both been there. Luke, Maryland. I hauled pulp wood there, and every time the guy at the scales would warn you not to turn on rt. 135 by mistake, because you'd have to come back down the mountain, and yep a 90 degree turn at the bottom. You went past rt. 135 to get to the scales, it turned off to the left. Then when you left the scales you made a U-turn to go back to the paper mill, and turned right into the mill, but sometimes people would turn right on 135 before they got to the paper mill. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 4 hours ago, BillyT said: Brocky,there was a kid in my hs class was a big Hank Snow fan, he was Canadian wasn't he? had a Dave Dudley trucking songs tape! Ever hear "The Eagle" or "Tombstone every mile" I think that was a Dudley tune. My buddy told me it was based on a highway in Maine where they hauled potatoes. There is a papermill in rural Maryland where there is a 90 degree turn with 14 tombstones (at last count) OD and I have both been there. Billy, Yes Hank Snow was Canadian, Nova Scotia if I remember correctly? Your Tombstone every mile was a Dick Curless (from Maine) song, I think the title was "Hainesville Woods", which was about US 2 From Houlton to Bangor ME, the main potato road south before I-95 was built. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 42 minutes ago, Brocky said: Your Tombstone every mile was a Dick Curless (from Maine) song, I think the title was "Hainesville Woods", which was about US 2 From Houlton to Bangor ME, the main potato road south before I-95 was built. Tombstone Every Mile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P85wXJUEkOM .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-397890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 11:24 AM, 1958 F.W.D. said: Slower Lower Delaware. Gladys. It's all the same. You probably felt right at home. (except in Delaware they don't burn down the shed and the siding off the house when they smoke some ribs) I was not smoking ribs, I was smoking a turkey. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-399654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 1:07 PM, other dog said: Luke, Maryland. I hauled pulp wood there, and every time the guy at the scales would warn you not to turn on rt. 135 by mistake, because you'd have to come back down the mountain, and yep a 90 degree turn at the bottom. You went past rt. 135 to get to the scales, it turned off to the left. Then when you left the scales you made a U-turn to go back to the paper mill, and turned right into the mill, but sometimes people would turn right on 135 before they got to the paper mill. Crosses at the bottom... You had to make that sharp turn to the right at the bottom to stay on 135, or hit the mountain. The Westvaco scales are to the left, we went there and weighed, then back over to rt.46 to go into Westvaco to unload, then back to the scales. I always said I was going to ride up that mountain to check it out after I got unloaded some time, but I just never got around to it. Farther view of the mountain. It was pretty much straight coming down, so you didn't have to slow down for any curves and drivers tended to pick up too much speed coming down to make that curve. Engine brakes were not that common, at least in the east, until the mid to late 80's i'd say, then you started seeing more of them. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53181-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-399657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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