mowerman Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Now a day is the tire machines are all together different than what I’m used to I noticed these machines now they put the tire on it in a vertical position I wouldn’t know what to do with those Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted May 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2022 yeah I used one of those, for big truck tires... it's cool, but back in my prime.. I could do a tire in just a few minutes... man, i miss the 'MAN' I was... :).. jojo 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h67st Posted May 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2022 22 hours ago, mowerman said: I was kind of surprised it was up outside tire and I asked the kids if you wanted me to drive up on a block so we could just spoon the tire off right on the truck and he told me he didn’t even have a block for me to drive onto I don’t know maybe that’s their company rules these days for lots of years that used to save a lot of time he also had a camera on his service truck that pointed right at the job to make sure he does everything right I thought that was rather unusual but not so much these days … bob Maybe the camera is so they can post the video on Yewtube if something funny happens while he's trying to change the tire. 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Well they could tell me they’re required to start torquing all the lugnuts and now we have to do it for sure with camera pointing at us corporate America got to love it But yes YouTube I suppose they could sell their videos if there was anything interesting on them 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 2:58 PM, Onyx610 said: These tools right here you can have a tire off and back on in 2 min. That’s the truth,amazing tire tools.. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 9:00 PM, Joey Mack said: yeah I used one of those, for big truck tires... it's cool, but back in my prime.. I could do a tire in just a few minutes... man, i miss the 'MAN' I was... :).. jojo the real"fun" is doing a rear tire on a farmall M tractor' and don't forget it's loaded with calcium.. oh the good old days .. no fancy machines just the tire irons, glad it was only the one bad tire.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Oooooooooooo Hell I forgot all about the calcium used to do a lot of them also all by hand I only worked there about six months but it was quite a work out.:/ bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Happy Birthday Mechohaulic !! 🎂 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarite my brother have a swinging time and best wishes happy 71st and hope for many more… bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 37 minutes ago, mowerman said: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarite my brother have a swinging time and best wishes happy 71st and hope for many more… bob MANY THANKS finding these forums and "knowing" those who wrote them has given me a wonderful "birthday present" .to see so many of the younger folks still interested in old iron is the best. age is just a number; today it must be the humidity or the cordo shots in the knees is wearing off;LOL .. sure feel the age today. THANK YOU 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Just keep moving best thing my wife is a runner I usually do the 5K walk at the same time we’re in San Diego right now I will be walking over the Coronado Bay bridge tomorrow morning but I’ll to be a nice little work out if I don’t drop dead halfway up ha ha walked 2 miles this morning to train for it 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 happy birthday mechohaulic. Bob, you are crazy. 2 miles!!! if i try to walk 300 feet i have to sit down for 10-15 minutes. but then again, i need a right knee, two hips, and about 20 pounds of arthritis removed from various joints. 1 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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D-Day Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Best wishes and happy birthday mech 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, tjc transport said: happy birthday mechohaulic. Bob, you are crazy. 2 miles!!! if i try to walk 300 feet i have to sit down for 10-15 minutes. but then again, i need a right knee, two hips, and about 20 pounds of arthritis removed from various joints. Are used to be the same way and then I just got out there and started walking about 10 years ago that’s why my wife started running I am hoping all this moving around helps out so far it looks like it has oh sure I’d rather be watching TV but it probably doesn’t do you any good sorry to hear about all your problems but that was what I was trying to avoid let’s see what happens :./ bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) But I’ll let somebody know if I drop dead halfway up that big bridge tomorrow it’s quite a climb I’m starting to think why did I agree to this… bob Edited May 14, 2022 by mowerman Misspelled 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, mowerman said: Are used to be the same way and then I just got out there and started walking about 10 years ago that’s why my wife started running I am hoping all this moving around helps out so far it looks like it has oh sure I’d rather be watching TV but it probably doesn’t do you any good sorry to hear about all your problems but that was what I was trying to avoid let’s see what happens :./ bob ya know Bob, the bad hips, knee, and arthritis are a fair tradeoff for the past 38 years after the doctors told me i would never walk again after breaking my neck. and i was not easy on my body either. they wanted to replace both knees back in 88, and i refused. i got 27 more years out of the left one before it finally said NO MORE!!! eventually i will get the right knee and the hips replaced but i am not quite ready yet. i am stubborn as a mule when it comes to surgery. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted May 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2022 my God... you guys are tough.. I have always been strong, but the last few years have been bad... I'm only 53, and my knees are sore all the time, my lower back is so f'd up, that I am having a hard time doing road call's.. I can work in my shop, because I have tools to lift my work, I can loose 20 pounds off my gut but the rest of me is rock solid, but my joint's restrict me.. I don't like the new me... You go and walk youre ASS off Bob... God Bless you and your wife... jojo 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 God love you TJ me and the old lady both stubborn about going to the doctor unless absolutely necessary we always thanks anything will pass probably like you at least you have plans to Get it all done eventually ..: broken neck that sucks… Bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 And Joey let’s keep a stiff upper lip and start doing ensure it works excellent but you’ll have to use it and stick with it. Either that are a strict Adkins diet shit comes right off but hard to stick to it I have a little beer belly pooch myself it needs to go::: bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mechohaulic Posted May 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, tjc transport said: happy birthday mechohaulic. Bob, you are crazy. 2 miles!!! if i try to walk 300 feet i have to sit down for 10-15 minutes. but then again, i need a right knee, two hips, and about 20 pounds of arthritis removed from various joints. THANK YOU to all for the positive birthday messages. tjc are you sure your not looking at my x-rays!!LOL ,DRs showed me my xrays of 2 knees/2 hips and spine; comment he made was "see all those dark areas"? I said yes. reply was "there's suppose to be something in there!!!" how the he-- are you standing/walking.. I said ==thick headed Polak i guess.. LOL. they won't do the knees before the hips, and i told them NO one is touching my back.. SO TO ALL YOU YOUNGSTER out there TAKE CARE OF THE BODY YOU HAVE. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 so true. if i had known i was going ot live this long, i would have taken a lot better care of my body!!! 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Ya i didn’t think I was going to be in this good a shape and outlasted my pop by 4 years Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Giterdone everything is aching lol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Scenery was gorgeous lotsa bird watching as well lol bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/19/#findComment-497734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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