Back from a leave of absense.

[LowBoy]

Hello guys, been busy moving wide, heavy, high & ugly iron all over this great country of ours all winter, so time was limited on this contraption.

Is there a way I can download pictures from my computer to this forum, or do I have to go through that "photobucket" thingy?

Got some interesting photos of equipment I move, just thought it'd be cool to post 'em.

Thanx.

LowBoy

[Cat420]

When you make a reply, click on "manage attachments", then upload from your computer. They need to be 100k or less and a maximum of 640x640. The easiest way to resize is with this (http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe). It's from Microsoft and lets you resize a whole group of pictures at once. Just right click and hit resize when viewing your pictures after it is installed. It renames them, so you don't lose the originals.

[wrenchbender]

Welcome back Lowboy, I'm sure CB or Digger can explain how to get those pics on here. Ya see I ain't much of a puter wizz myself or i would help ya. But we're all interested in thos pics.Oh and about a hundred other people here can help as well.

[digger242j]

Step by step instructions for posting pictures, here. (http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=2284)

[King of Obsolete]

glad you are back, just get the kids to post the pictures for you, LOL

thansk

[nedly05]

I bet you have some awesome pics, can't wait to see em!!

[LowBoy]

glad you are back, just get the kids to post the pictures for you, LOL

thansk



Sad, but oh, so TRUE...the kids are way more savvy than I am at the cyber-space issue. But, until they get jobs and feed themselves, I won't feel the least bit guilty asking for their help...:D :wink2

[King of Obsolete]

lowboy, i tell the kids in the KINGDOM---- THE RULES ARE SIMPLE WHEN FOLLOWED, in the mean time help out the old guy with the ever increasing bald spot, LOL

thansk

[LowBoy]

Here goes an attempt to post a few photos for your viewing pleasure of stuff I hauled all over this great U.S.of A. recently, and continue to do so.

2 hoes went to Dallas,Tx. from Buffalo,NY & Leeper,Pa.

Atlas Copco rock drill from Chicopee,Ma. to Beckley, W.Va.(heavy & tall...)

325 Cat from Rochester,NY to Jersey City,NJ (wide & heavy,especially for a 35 ton Eager Beaver...)

Oshkosh Mixer from Bardstown,KY to Sangerville, Me. (in a blizzard)

Massey Fergusons from Port of Baltimore to upstate NY to dealers.

New Holland ho's (careful...) in Port of Baltimore as far as the eye can see...

Enjoy.

[LowBoy]

When you're HOT, you're HOT! Got this posting stuff down baby.:drinkup

Here's a couple of more shots of things that no one else on the face of this earth would ever have the least bit of interest in other than people like us, and quite possibly might bore even some of those...:cool2

1) The "Can't Afford Something Else" (C.A.S.E.) Dozer from Asheville,N.C. went to Plainfield, N.H. (Never got a Virginia oversize permit due to their untimelyness, but stroked up 'ol US 29 and I-81 like nobody's bidness anyways.:naughty

2)The millbase isn't very impressive looking, but it weighed 66K, and I had to go to Lee, Mass. from Fort Dodge,Iowa with this contraption. It is the base for a giant milling machine that grinds lime into powder.

Sat from Friday till Monday in Ft. Dodge, Ia. waiting for a big enough crane to make the pick so I could back underneath this thing, axle deep in quarry sludge.

If you ever get sent to Ft. Dodge, Ia. and have to stay there any longer than 1 day, please take a gun and the proper caliber ammo so you can SHOOT yourself...I was close to doing so after the second day there. Nothing much happenin' in this town, ever...:Banghead

Had to go around 3 sets of Iowa scales with this piece, because they only allow 40K on a set of tandems, and I had to have the crane repick it and moved it twice, and could only get down to 44K on the drives, so it was out in the soybean fields for a couple of tours until I hit the Illinois line where the weight limit jumped to 46K on a set of tandems, as per the truck's mfg. spec's.

Well, that's enough truck drivin' stories for now. Enjoy...

[DigDug]

Hey i like Case! :notworthy
I never heard that one before. case - (cant afford something else)

[LowBoy]

There's another one that I actually stole from somebody on this forum...
C A S E: Can't Attempt Serious Excavation.:D

I was up in your neck of the woods yesterday, DigDug. Don't know what paht of Maine yoah from, thayah, but I went to Farmington (Fahhmington) with a brand new JCB 436zx wheel loader to The Oliver Store. As soon as I arrived, the owner (I assume,) told me it didn't go to Farmington, it was supposed to go to Upper Gloucester. I took a 55 mile joy ride for nothing; ended up being 110 after it was said and done. I got off the Auburn exit off the Me. Tpke., and if I took a RIGHT it was 5 miles to the proper store. Instead, I took a LEFT, and wound up in Farmington. No fault of mine, the broker that arranged the shipping gave the orders and directions, so no big deal.

I stayed overnight at my cousins in Gray. Haven't seen them in 5 yrs., and after a half dozen Budweizers, I'd decided to stick around till morning.:drinkup

[thejdman04]

Great pics, share stories when you have a chance, I along w/others enjoy reading.

[LowBoy]

Great pics, share stories when you have a chance, I along w/others enjoy reading.

Thanx JDMan...I'll keep 'em coming now that I'm a regular Bill Gates when it comes to posting photos.:D

Didn't think anyone would care about my adventures. I used to talk about them on another forum with just all drivers, but those guys were so ignorant whenever you mentioned something, if it wasn't sarcastic...they couldn't speak. So I pulled my subscription and kept to myself about it.

I've got a Cat 711B Feller Buncher on now headed for Lexington, S.C. on Monday 4-30. It's a big 'ol gal, too. Weighs 65K plus with the cutting head, and she's 11' wide, and sits at 13' 7" tall. Grossed out at 110K, I pulled it up onto the mountain where I live for the weekend, and even a C-15 600 Cat has it's reservations at that weight, at these elevations...:cool2




Thanx.

[sbrem]

. Grossed out at 110K, I pulled it up onto the mountain where I live for the weekend, and even a C-15 600 Cat has it's reservations at that weight, at these elevations...:cool2


I think I know where you live and assuming I'm correct, I can definently see that being a slow pull up there with that load, coming from either direction!

[King of Obsolete]

nice loads, even different trailers too.

glad you learned how to post a picture.

thansk

[Squizzy246B]

Great pics.....can't believe you actually drink Budweizer though:eek: :rolleyes: :D

[HeyUvaVT]

Great pics.....can't believe you actually drink Budweizer though:eek: :rolleyes: :D

Foster's...aussy for beer squizz? :drinkup :drinkup :D

[Squizzy246B]

Foster's...aussy for beer squizz? :drinkup :drinkup :D

Fosters:throwup I don't even know of a grog shop around here that actually sells the stuff.....its so bad we send it all overseas:rolleyes: :cool:

This is what I'm into of late:

http://www.malt-shovel.com.au/

[nedly05]

You wouldn't have happened to be moving a dozer and a roller on I-89 near the 189 exit last tuesday would you??????? It was around noon time.

[DigDug]

There's another one that I actually stole from somebody on this forum...
C A S E: Can't Attempt Serious Excavation.:D

I was up in your neck of the woods yesterday, DigDug. Don't know what paht of Maine yoah from, thayah, but I went to Farmington (Fahhmington) with a brand new JCB 436zx wheel loader to The Oliver Store. As soon as I arrived, the owner (I assume,) told me it didn't go to Farmington, it was supposed to go to Upper Gloucester. I took a 55 mile joy ride for nothing; ended up being 110 after it was said and done. I got off the Auburn exit off the Me. Tpke., and if I took a RIGHT it was 5 miles to the proper store. Instead, I took a LEFT, and wound up in Farmington. No fault of mine, the broker that arranged the shipping gave the orders and directions, so no big deal.

I stayed overnight at my cousins in Gray. Haven't seen them in 5 yrs., and after a half dozen Budweizers, I'd decided to stick around till morning.:drinkup


Hey Lowboy, I live in New Gloucester and hual for the Oliver Stores. My uncle runs the New Gloucester store. I live about 2 miles away. Who is your cousin in Gray? That bites you went up to the Farmington store. Doug

[Wulf]

Fosters:throwup I don't even know of a grog shop around here that actually sells the stuff.....its so bad we send it all overseas

Yup I've yet to find a decent can of Fosters... and that reminds me... I have to get the missus to clear the empties out.

[Steve Frazier]

Lowboy, you ought to keep us posted of where you're headed as best you can, I'll bet a bunch of us would buy you a beer or two if you passed by. I'm near Poughkeepsie, N.Y. if you get up or go through this way.:drinkup :drinkup

[LowBoy]

Hey Lowboy, I live in New Gloucester and hual for the Oliver Stores. My uncle runs the New Gloucester store. I live about 2 miles away. Who is your cousin in Gray? That bites you went up to the Farmington store. Doug


Ain't that a pee'er, DigDug. My cousin's Ed Harrison, a real good finish carpenter, who at 61 yrs. of age believe it or not, just went on his OWN 6 months ago! His wife, Alice, works at Hancock Lumber Co. Good people.

It may have been your uncle I dealt with at the Oliver Stores there, when I mentioned I was going over to my cousins over by Howell's Gun Shop, he said that his cousin owned it, and knew my kinfolk as well.

The ride to Farmington and back wasn't all bad, except I pulled a muscle in my lower back the previous Saturday, and that sucker got progressively worse as the week went by, as I sat in that seat. By Wednesday it was so bad that when I got to Buzzy's at the rte. 1 bypass in Portsmouth to fuel, I had to ease down one step at a time hanging onto the grabhandle, and after a few tears of pain and a couple minutes, I started to walk again.

The good news is, after the several Budweizers that Squizzy just razzed me about drinking,(I actually prefer Red Stripe...BEER...,:falldownlaugh ) I laid in the sleeper across the street from my cousins house, and by 6 a.m., my back (and head,:drinkup ) actually were a slight bit better.

I loaded a feller buncher in Hopkinton,NH later on and dragged it home for the weekend. My wife went to the feedstore (No Lie...) and got a bottle of horse linament used yes...for horses, and applied that stuff Friday as I had it off, and today, I'm almost completely back to abnormal as usual. Good stuff if your back is sore, believe me, I had to get better just to DIE on Wednesday with this thing...:Banghead

Thanx.

[LowBoy]

nice loads, even different trailers too.

glad you learned how to post a picture.

thansk

Thansk for the complmient King...and for the record, I figgered it all out by my self. It's almost scary...:eek:

[LowBoy]

Great pics.....can't believe you actually drink Budweizer though:eek: :rolleyes: :D

No worries Squizz 'ol buddy...I just happened to be looking for a "numbing agent" that particular night as me back was breaking from a pulled muscle a few days before.

My cuz usually drinks Captain Morgan, and I had all good intentions of settin' sail with both of them, but never leavin' dry land...but the Captain wasn't present that night mate, so we had to settle for the Budenzeewizers instead.

I was going to say I drank Fosters,(Austrailian for...BEEAHH,) but I caught myself after seeing you razzin' us Yanks for thinking that you Aussies think that us Yanks think that you Aussies think that that's the beer of choice.:D

Felt like dingo chips the next morning after the 1/2 dozen Buds, but then again, when you only drink 20-30 of them a year on average, anything will give you a hard time the next day, eh?:drinkup

[LowBoy]

You wouldn't have happened to be moving a dozer and a roller on I-89 near the 189 exit last tuesday would you??????? It was around noon time.

To be honest nedly05, I was in Ft. Dix, NJ unloading an old D-7 at the military base on Tuesday at noon. I loaded the 7 in Somersworth, New Hampshire on Monday, and rolled down 95,495,290,Mass.Pike,NYS Thruway,287 thru Joisey,and Rt. 1 to Trenton,NJ by "very dark-thirty" Monday night before getting a $139.00 ripoff room at a Comfort Inn that night. At 11' 2" wide, the room was cheaper than the fine for running after sunset as I was, so it was an easy decision at that point.

My nerves were getting kinda quick by 8:15 p.m. with that D-7 on, flags and signs hanging all over it, and no place to stop for the night...:Banghead All the motels were all fancy places not suitable for lowlife pondscum such as I, as my $190,000.00 vehicle wasn't classy enough for those hob-nobbers down there I guess. I wanted to stop at the Sharaton next door to the motel I got with the D-7 on, pull up under the foyer (or canopy, whatever it's called,) and say, "Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?", but I funneled my energy to the Discovery Channel in my room instead...:D

[LowBoy]

Lowboy, you ought to keep us posted of where you're headed as best you can, I'll bet a bunch of us would buy you a beer or two if you passed by. I'm near Poughkeepsie, N.Y. if you get up or go through this way.:drinkup :drinkup

Thanx for the offer Steve, I'll certainly keep that in mind. I'm honestly not a daily endulger, but with a little persuasion from good company, I must say, I'm the first to adapt and overcome ANY situation.:beerchug

Monday morning I'll be blasting across the Newburgh Beacon bridge enroute to Lexington, South Carolina with this beast of a load I have on. That's close to you, but I don't think I should :drinkup that early in the A.M., especially since my goal will be to land in or around Winchester, Virginia by nightfall.

I will keep people informed of the daily routines as time and capabilities permit. I don't have a laptop in my truck, as that would be the cat's meow.

Should be in Lexington,S.C. by nightfall Tuesday as long as the :shf DOESN'T do this...

Thanx.

[DigDug]

Ain't that a pee'er, DigDug. My cousin's Ed Harrison, a real good finish carpenter, who at 61 yrs. of age believe it or not, just went on his OWN 6 months ago! His wife, Alice, works at Hancock Lumber Co. Good people.

It may have been your uncle I dealt with at the Oliver Stores there, when I mentioned I was going over to my cousins over by Howell's Gun Shop, he said that his cousin owned it, and knew my kinfolk as well.

The ride to Farmington and back wasn't all bad, except I pulled a muscle in my lower back the previous Saturday, and that sucker got progressively worse as the week went by, as I sat in that seat. By Wednesday it was so bad that when I got to Buzzy's at the rte. 1 bypass in Portsmouth to fuel, I had to ease down one step at a time hanging onto the grabhandle, and after a few tears of pain and a couple minutes, I started to walk again.



The good news is, after the several Budweizers that Squizzy just razzed me about drinking,(I actually prefer Red Stripe...BEER...,:falldownlaugh ) I laid in the sleeper across the street from my cousins house, and by 6 a.m., my back (and head,:drinkup ) actually were a slight bit better.

I loaded a feller buncher in Hopkinton,NH later on and dragged it home for the weekend. My wife went to the feedstore (No Lie...) and got a bottle of horse linament used yes...for horses, and applied that stuff Friday as I had it off, and today, I'm almost completely back to abnormal as usual. Good stuff if your back is sore, believe me, I had to get better just to DIE on Wednesday with this thing...:Banghead

Thanx.

Yes , that was my uncle , his name is Teddy. Pretty laid back. Howell is related to me also. I worked at Howells gun shop through high school . I have lived here all my life (39yrs.) but dont know Ed Harrison? I would probably reconize his though. Where does he live? I grew up right by Howells gun shop on Ramsdell rd.

[LowBoy]

Yes , that was my uncle , his name is Teddy. Pretty laid back. Howell is related to me also. I worked at Howells gun shop through high school . I have lived here all my life (39yrs.) but dont know Ed Harrison? I would probably reconize his though. Where does he live? I grew up right by Howells gun shop on Ramsdell rd.

He lives right on 202, just past the gun shop on the right side headed west. There's a dead-end street that's directly across from his house that I usually back into off of 202 to park. Forget the name of the street, but the next thing past him I believe is the Poland Spring warehouse.

You probably wouldn't know him as he's a transplant from Bethany,Ct., but his wife's a "county gal" from around Houlton...

[DigDug]

He lives right on 202, just past the gun shop on the right side headed west. There's a dead-end street that's directly across from his house that I usually back into off of 202 to park. Forget the name of the street, but the next thing past him I believe is the Poland Spring warehouse.

You probably wouldn't know him as he's a transplant from Bethany,Ct., but his wife's a "county gal" from around Houlton...

This is a small world. I think you pulled onto Liberty ave or Two Rod Road to park. They change the names so often i cant keep up with it. Anyways , thats cool . Do you haul alot of stuff out of Jcb in Georgia?

[LowBoy]

This is a small world. I think you pulled onto Liberty ave or Two Rod Road to park. They change the names so often i cant keep up with it. Anyways , thats cool . Do you haul alot of stuff out of Jcb in Georgia?

Liberty Rd. sounds familiar.

No on the Savannah,Ga.JCB place, but I'm in the Port 'o Baltimore a couple times a week lately. JCB,Massey,Challenger,Case,New Holland,JD,on and on and on out of there. I also haul a fair amount into that dump as well. A lot of exporters use that port to ship their wore out iron to Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and soforth. I took a D-6R XL from an auction site in Cincinatti to the port one day. The next morning I went to unload it and it was stone dead, had to find the hotstart to light it up. Then, at FULL throttle, the old junk barely had enough nads to lift her blade and drag herself off the trailer.

Looked nice from a distance, all painted and decal'd up. Paint over rust, dirt, oil, whatever, but as the old saying goes, and always will..., "Bondo & Paint Will Make 'er What She Ain't...":naughty