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  1. td25c

    Fake News & Censorship

    Sorry Digger but we aint gonna play it that way . :) https://www.heavytruckforums.com/index.php?threads/removing-walking-beams.320/post-5278 Try to keep your story strait when making a threat to another member . Calling BS on this one . Go pound sand ! (y)🇺🇸
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    Saturday Night Spook Movie

    Back in the late 1970's & early 80's I always enjoyed watching the old " Son Of Svengoolie " show out of Chicago featuring classic horror films . Big props to Sven / Rich Koz still doing it today ! :cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Koz And tonight's film is .... The...
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    Early mobile phone

    Thought this was interesting . :cool: And send out an extra fuel filter with " Stevens' for the grader at 2:30 .Think positive Bro . (y)
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    First Big Rig

    Mine was a 1973 White 4000 tractor . 290 Cummins , 10 speed Road Ranger and 3.70 34,000# rear's . Truck did everything we asked it to pulling lowboy & dump trailer . I owe it another coat of paint . LOL ! :)
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    Basketball

    In the Midwest only one sport that will rival auto racing ……. Old school B - Ball ! Was at the older daughter's practice this evening and was pretty happy with the coach and training(y) . They went 16-0 this year undefeated . Took some time to walk around the court to look at a little...
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    Papa John pizza 101

    There's only two kinds of pizza I will eat .. Like it either hot or cold LOL! :) Was interesting getting some of the details from John Schnatter founder of Papa John's
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    Rest In piece John Andretti

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Andretti Class act final lap at Indy 500 Motor Speedway .
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    The Detroit Diesel ages well over time .

    Simple engine that gets the job done as it was built to do . Was thinking about this today while running a 6V-53 .... Then see threads like this ..... https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/new-replacement-engines-what-a-mess-of-paperwork.81123/#post-862856 We gonna hang on with...
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    Liebherr G-BKF recovery vehicle

    Thought this looked like an interesting piece of recovery equipment . https://www.liebherr.com/en/usa/products/mobile-and-crawler-cranes/mobile-cranes/military-cranes/military-cranes.html
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    1968 Ford Galaxie 500

    Was driving past a car lot last week & something caught my eye ? Yep , out of all the new models they had out front the old iron in the back sparked my interest :) Called them & asked " What's the story on the old Ford " ? Turns out it was bought new buy the car lot owners dad , had...
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    Available Manufacturing Company

    This is an obscure one to me as I never heard off them before until I cleaned off the ID tag on the Insley crane carrier truck unit . Tag says " Available Manufacturing Company " . Made in Chicago Illinois . 1953 vintage with Waukesha gas engines . Pulled Old Roy out of the shed yesterday &...
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    Some Holmes 750 action

    Got a call from a trucker with some dump trailer issues . On his last load trailer dumped fine but he heard a loud "POP " when the cylinder fully extended . Went to let the bed back down and it locked up on the first section . So there he was with the bed stuck up in the air about 16...
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    Fwd Trucks

    This has been one of my on going restoration projects . It's a 1969 FWD 6x6 whith 6-V 53 detroit & 5 speed main transmission with 3 speed hog box . It started life as a concrete mixer then a lime spreader truck.It sat for several years then I bought it as a cab & chassis.Wasent sure what we...
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