Memories for us old truckers

[56wrench]

The first tandem truck i drove was a ‘71 GMC gas job with a 10yd dump box on a gravel haul. 427, 5&4, hydraulic brakes. Lots of hills on gravel roads. Just about wore my right arm off rowing that 5&4. Some split shifts with left arm through the steering wheel so i could row both sticks at once. I could never catch the other identical truck until the day he ran out of gas. He burned about 20imp gallons more on a long day load for load. I found out then he had an allison automatic. Probably an MT650. I once drove a GMC6500 gas job with a 454 and 13spd. More torque than a 427. Apparently they were only made for a couple years ‘78 or ‘79? Trans was maybe a RT or RTO 6613?

 

[92U 3406]

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They put that truck in Snowrunner

 

[Hank R]

 

[Truck Shop]

Basically one of DM's favorite corn queens.

 

[Truck Shop]

I only eat breakfast on Sunday mornings after work, when I ran into BC I remember the cafe menu.
Bacon up there is listed as rashers, three rashers of beacon.

 

[DMiller]

Now that is different, never heard that terminology before.

 

[DMiller]

I will almost always fall back to a Kelowna Cab A-car or White as a preference, second up, LJ and LT bulldogs, then the old 200 series corn queens. KW has always been a great looking machine yet always a PITA to work on. What is funny is I have not ever really cared for Petes.

 

[DMiller]

Just noticed on Diamond, must be having a brake issue, floor access is open to Master Cyl, not quite OE Seating either!!

 

[92U 3406]

Now that is different, never heard that terminology before.

Me neither.

 

[Birken Vogt]

I've heard of rashers before but I don't know where it is most popular to call them that.

Years ago I was working and staying within range of Jake's truck stop in Bend, Or and was told it was famous among the trucking industry, at least on the West Coast. I met a medium hauler around here who sure knew about it. Omelettes full of veggies and bacon covered with hollandaise sauce or TS's favorite, some kind of white starch type food covered in sausage gravy, sorry but I like that stuff. I just don't eat it much.

Eventually they moved Hwy 97, bypassed it and it closed down. I heard they moved the restaurant across town but I have not been there in years.

 

[colson04]

Me neither.

Really? Must be an old term going away. A local restaurant used to use rushers instead of slices on their menu.

 

[Truck Shop]

I've heard of rashers before but I don't know where it is most popular to call them that.

Years ago I was working and staying within range of Jake's truck stop in Bend, Or and was told it was famous among the trucking industry, at least on the West Coast. I met a medium hauler around here who sure knew about it. Omelettes full of veggies and bacon covered with hollandaise sauce or TS's favorite, some kind of white starch type food covered in sausage gravy, sorry but I like that stuff. I just don't eat it much.

Eventually they moved Hwy 97, bypassed it and it closed down. I heard they moved the restaurant across town but I have not been there in years.

JAKE'S--Great Omelets, As for B&G-everyone can have my share. They moved to the east side of Bend
just off Hyw 20 to Burns.

 

[Pixie]

Rashers is a British term.

Merry Christmas

 

[Truck Shop]

Rashers is a British term.

Merry Christmas

Caused me to think of Heckle & Jeckle--{Shall we have three rashers, Yes we Shall}.

 

[Truck Shop]

What do you folks think of that tracked machine? Shovel Nose KW.

 

[DMiller]

Road mix preparer is what is on that trailer, Concrete. Materials for a load placed on supply pan, is tilted up to fill drum and mixed, conveyor at rear takes dump off mixer to the roadface. Cannot for the life of me remember where I learned that.

 

[stinky64]

Caused me to think of Heckle & Jeckle--{Shall we have three rashers, Yes we Shall}.

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Nevermind Heckle & Jeckle my cartoon loving friend, who was the raven who used to walk through the middle of the boulder hands crossed behind his back. Da Do Da Do Da Do Da Do ? Just got me thinking...

 

[Truck Shop]

Minah.

 

[JaredV]

Barber Greene and I think Koehring built those tracked mixers, maybe others. I've seen them in action in old '50s road construction films on YouTube

 

[mowingman]

Koehring built most of them, and that is a smaller model of either a Koehring or Barber Green. They used several of the larger Koehring mixers to pave I77 in southern Ohio back in the 60's. Some of you may remember Highway Paving Company, a division of V..N. Holderman and Son.
Jeff