Hope y'all all have a good week. I had a few "firsts" this weekend... Ate my first FF since the first week in Sept... Ate my first half a Hershey bar since then too, today. Gained a whopping 3lbs since I came home last Saturday.

 

i know the wife an myself had a good time. meet Steve an his wife +Bryan an the fellow with the "28" which was a real nice truck. also Carl with the station hack also very nice. had a good meal with Steve an Norma . it was a great weekend stacy.

 

Howdy truckers, make the best of your Tuesday gang

 

Finally I got some sleep last night.

I had not gotten more than a couple of hours at a time over the three previous nights.
I don't mind the calls at night when they mean money in the paycheck.
Let me point out that when the phone rings at night I experience an adrenaline rush that precludes my return to sleep.

It is the calls that are generated by idiots that bother me.
I had two calls on the same night from road clubs on behalf of a couple of their members.
The problem with those calls was that they had quite limited member benefits.

One (11: 50pm) had a 10 mile tow limit to be paid by the road club and wanted to to be towed 54 miles.
When the owner was informed of the additional cost to him, he declined my services.

The other call (2:25am) was for a club member that had a $50.00 allowance and wanted a 75 mile tow.
Again that resulted in a waste of my time and a loss of sleep.

Now on Sunday morning I was called by a service company that had a member who had a proper amount of coverage for his needs.

He is insured through Hagerty Insurance - Fueling the collector car hobby through insuring and supporting the classics.
They are a great company for classic and specialized vehicle coverage.
The tow was a 149 miles to his home and after the insurance covered the majority his portion was $90.00.
I was on scene in 50 minutes and he was home 2½ hours later.
As he would have probably used $60 in gas his total loss was maybe $30.

Now that my rant is over let me point out that the cost of years of the coverage by a proper road club plan will pay off with only one service tow.

 

Agreed about Haggerty. I've had Haggerty for years. Great company who love classics. I thought I'd never say anything positive about an insurance company, but there you go.

 

dag gum and i thought that i got up early. i understand you up early bryan buy i guess i'm not the only early riser. hope you'll have a good day. time to eat an get out and get started later s.h.

 

We finished loading and packing for our Colorado trip. 4:00 will come early tomorrow, but let the fun begin.



All hooked up and ready to blast off.

 

May you have blue skies, green lights and steady oil pressure Knothole.

 

Good Wednesday morning FTRers, have a good day....

Safe trip Knothole!!!

 

Keep in touch Lynn. Drop us some fall scenery pics if you can. Be safe.

 

Hi folks.
I had to take my work truck to the Cummins service in Mobile again yesterday.
The fan mount bearing was going out and the fan was wobbling.
They had it in and out in less than 2 hours and that was with me getting there at the start of their lunch hour.
However the steps needed to change the fan mount were ridiculously simple.
1.) Release the belt tension
2.) Remove 4 bolts securing the fan and pulley to the mount.
3.) Remove the 4 bolts securing the mount to the block.
4.) Install the new mount with 4 bolts.
5.) Reinstall the pulley and fan with the 4 bolts that you took off earlier.
6.) Replace the belt.
7.) Charge $100.00 labor for 15 minutes of actual work.
8.) Charge $304.00 for the fan mount.

 

Good morning truckers, have a good day...

The main thing is that its fixed, every thing is so expensive these days.....

 

Good morning to all.
I awoke to a nice brisk touch of Fall in the air today.
I reckon that I'll have to mow the lawn this weekend, now that it has rained for the first time in weeks.
David how are you doing?
Let us know as we do care and worry about you.
I'll be back this evening to check out everyone's posts.

 

GIG >> You are becoming a regular. Proud to have you posting. Thanks. Bryan >> You work harder than I do. Stacy >> I tryed to call you and deleted your number. My wife has it in her phone. ( HOW DID THAT HAPPEN ). She said she liked Stacy and Judy, she always said Stacy's name first. DAMN. David >> If you need anything let me know. Norma and I are trying to find our (needy) family for X-Mas. I think we are going with a guy with three kids. His wife died two years ago. I love shopping for the kids, I get to play with the toys first. LOL. The best part is, they dont where it came from. SANTA !!!

 

Good morning "Santa"
It looks to be a beautiful day here on the coast today.

David where are you?
You've got us wondering about you.