hacksaw71

praying for the family .... and all of us on the road. rest in peace brother.

finaly got her out with the help of my buddy with nice new gear. man have things changed. there is 56 years between the 2 trucks in this pick. the 66 has old school out riggers. no hydro's on this rig. ya grab the leaver and you are pulling cable or ya ain't. all we had to do with the new truck was put the axle saddle's on the wheel lift. no hooks chains or dirty hands. and A/C. .. lol the ol 66 has a long way to go but it dose run and field drive. so there is that. my day to day car is a 70 hornet so old stuff don't scare me.

ya... thats the bad part. when i retired i gained 100 pounds... fast to. buddy has a body shop and wants me to come work for him and do state inspections run the roll back and chase parts. this should work out well sense i need some bodywork on my S/C 360 hornet...... lol

thanks. to bad i have to come out of retirement to pay bills and finish building my dream car. got my CDL B with air pass and school bus. back yesterday........ still waiting on the feds for the hazmat stamp ...man have things changed. ya have to have 2 DOT medical cards now .... one for the CDL and one for the school bus...... both the test and the cards are exactily the same ....lol

It sucks that life's are lost trying to help others. flashing lights 10 cop cars 3 wreckers . don't matter. don't slow down/move over. had more than one close call myself. that being said. new young drivers need to be shown the way and use there head. mistakes kill as well. was coming home to PA from just west of Huston. middle of the night in my own truck with a trailer and a 62 dodge dart on it. just cruzzin 80/85 with the trucks making time. we see red and blues in the grass and slow down and i was going to let the 18 wheeler over when we see a rollback with no lights on top and only his park lamps on in the left lane. cops lights are bright as hell and didn't see him until we were almost rite on top of him. i hit the shoulder so the guy next to me could move over... holy shit it was on a bridge... and im heading for the end of the wall !!! the driver next to me must have seen it as well i heard full jake. I put foot to floor. got back in the right lane only by inches before the butt end of the bridge wall. thank god the driver seen it and had the smarts to all but lock them up so i could get back..... we were all over the 2way hoping DPS could hear us to get some lights on that rollback. guess my point is we can't count on folks watching out for us and need to not put our self's in harms way with stupid moves like that. if i had hit that thing head on ... pop and I and the 4 trucks i was running with would be dead and probly the driver ( not a operator thats for sure) of the rollback .. maby a cop as well. stupid kills on both sides. sadly we all have that one call we will never forget. maby the sound of a pack of trucks on full jake and some guys 2500 with screaming turbo's will make him more careful next time. maby.....

morning all .... from south central PA ..... retired MDOT brining old stuff back to life. ya im looking for parts....LOL run a rig for many years in SO MD.... if it was nasty/ tuff/bos I got the SO call weather i was next in rotation or not. brining a 66 C60 with a 600 on it back to life and need rear springs .... she is in better shape than she looks just been sitting 12-ish years. it runs good so far. not road worthy yet. ..... BBC from a 70 P.I. impala. 4 speed and 2 speed rear. local hero truck. so .. hello. hoping we all get along.....