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Posted by Hudson#685 on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:55 AM

Lunch Time,

I had to just add my 2 cents in about DIESEL PICKUPS. We have a "few" Ford SuperDuty, Chevy/GMC 3500HD and Dodge 3500s for different applications. The "older" Fords with the 7.3 were the best. We stiil have most of them dating back to the early 90's. The 6.0s were so bad that on trucks we are replacing are all V10 GAS. We have problems with the injector pumps on the older Duramax and egr problems with the newer Duramax diesels. My 09 shop truck is a good example. The Cummins is great in the Dodge but  Colin is right, the automatic transmissions are horrible. Taking the cab off the Ford is not bad, if you do not have pto's and other added equipment such as an aerial lift, compressor, etc. We made a bracket to remove the 6.0 without having to remove the cab. As for me, I would go with a GAS POWERED pickup. The new diesels require you to add DEF Fluid and our new Freightliners w/ Cummins are a real treat. We have 1 with 4,000 mi on it that blew the turbo and did damage to the engine that Cummins and Freightliner only want to cover the turbo and not the engine. The International Diesels do not require DEF Fluid for they use a mass flow EGR system. The new gas engines to me seem to be the way to go. They have proven to me that as of now, I would opt for the gas engine. Just my 2 cents. Each his own

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Posted by cheapclassics on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:38 AM

Good afternoon all,

It is a dusting of Snohio in SE Indiana.  Wife and I both having intestinal issues.  Hers was last night, but mine hit me today at work.  No fun. Quiet day at work, fortunately.  Stayed up too late last night.  paying for it today.  Looking at some serious lifestyle changes.  Realizing I am not 18anymore, if I ever was.  Regular fare on the dining car.  TBIL.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:35 AM

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I was a machinist and never typed anything in all my life. Now when I type its 100% concentration. Are you like that?

Not really. I was a part-time freelance writer when I was in high school. After a short stint in the army as a truck driver I went to work for an insurance brokerage as a clerk. Quickly worked my way up asst office admin and was in charge of the computer section. Spent a lot of time entering figures, typing labels, typing reports, etc. I'm a bit slower these days but I still average 25 - 30 words a minute.

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Posted by KRM on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:27 AM

V8Vega

  I was a machinist and never typed anything in all my life. Now when I type its 100% concentration. Are you like that?

 Me too V8Dennis

I was a prime product assembler and test tech at Cat for 22 years before my acident then they put me behind a computer. You right, still 100% concentration and thank God for spell checker. Laugh

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:27 AM

Well. I was going to run the wires for the switch today but the weather isn't cooperating. It'll have to wait til tomorrow. At least I have the tools together, the most important of which is the meter to be used to isolate the ignition wire on the relay.

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, February 10, 2012 10:42 AM

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Buckeye....  I received your invitation in the mail yesterday.  Thank you for inviting me to your Birthday party on Feb. 18th.  I can't believe you rented a private train car, for the party, to go around Horseshoe Curve.

Chuck 

Wonder why I didn't get oneHmm?

TGIF anyways, CHUCK and BUCKEYE.

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, February 10, 2012 10:40 AM

Hi GUYZ,

  Gee I've been slackin this week.  Lots here to do with only 77 more dayz til tirement.  Gonna run some trains tonite on new switch turn arounds miht have a few PILE UPs?

Stay tuned...... same BAT TIME, same BAT CHANNEL.

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Posted by KRM on Friday, February 10, 2012 9:37 AM

Darren,  Big Smile

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, February 10, 2012 9:18 AM

RockIsland52

 

 Stourbridge Lion:

 

OK, you made me post this (and now ducking for cover...)

http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/660/371/arnold%20sly%20hospital.jpg

 

 

Darren.........I looked at the picture and I believe it has been photo-shopped with Adobe software.  Someone superimposed Schwarzenegger's face on the guy on our left and Stallone's on the right. 

After closer examination, the guy on the left is definitely SJ, can tell by the physique and the hair.  And the tattoos are a dead giveaway......that's Chuck on the right.  And they both like to take naps.  Laugh

Jack

When I was reading Jeff and Kev comparing pains it reminded me of some old war movies of Soldiers comparing battle wounds.  I was about to see if I could find a photo or video clip when I saw this headline on in the news "Arnold, Sly in Same Hospital".  They had a photo showing them laying next to each other and BANG, it seemed like it was the perfect photo.  Can you imagine the talk that these two were sharing in such a setting...

Jeff/Kev, I do feel for both of you and with my wife having 8 screws and 2 rods holding her spine together I know 2nd hand what it's like to live with major life long pain.  I also know when I find something that helps make the wife smile the pain seems to be less so please take this photo as nothing more then me hoping to have given you both a brief laugh / smile as well...

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, February 10, 2012 9:07 AM

RI-Jack yep thats me, waiting for my IV lunch, nap after.

30 cloudy degrees with a couple inches of sno- expected overnight. Well it is winter and it's been a mild one so I can't complain. No train news but a nice chat with some of the guys last night....S.J.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, February 10, 2012 9:01 AM

Good Morning CTTFans!

It's 19F and Sunny here at 5280+ and they still say we will see some snow on Saturday.  Things at least melted enough yesterday that when I got home I was able to break away part of the road ruts in front of the house.

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Posted by KRM on Friday, February 10, 2012 8:56 AM

RockIsland52

 KEV.........other than gang drive-by's, July 4 and New Years are the worst for stray bullets up my way.  Folks run out of fireworks and use the next best thing.  Acid rain?  No problem..  Lead rain?  Worse.  Lucky it was your tree and not you or your car that got hit.

 

Good morning guys,

Cloudy damp and 32 degrees nothing today looks better than now. Hope you get out of there DougM before the snow fall. I heard up to 6" if so that will be a mess. Bang Head

Slept in today did not have to see whifey off to work. Zzz

RIJack,

I was hoping that the house, wife, cat or I were not hit, never thought about the car. Surprise

On the weekends it sounds like the 4th of July all year out here. Part of why they call this place Marstucky.  Smile, Wink & Grin

Pat I agree with Chief, just shoot a little to your southeast. You know some of them buzzards may be kin to Chief.

Banks, your right, LAZ and fifedog have been slacking this week. Hmm    What year and size is your Oliver?

You know Chief, you can leave the farm but the farm will never leave you.  Whistling

Had a guy come look at the boat yesterday, hope it sells could use the money for other things.  Smile

Got to get some breakfast, later,  Dinner

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, February 10, 2012 8:27 AM

Aloha Paradise. Grey and supposed to snow downtown today - lake-effect - think I'll be home by then.  Hope everyone is feeling better soon. Spent all morning yesterday getting the airbag seat sensors swapped out of the SUV.  Brutus, Good news about Char. I get the same thing done this spring. Just had some surgery to prep for it last Fri. I viewed some of the O gauge layouts at that Festival of Railway Modeling in England. Gorgeous work!

TGIF! 

Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, February 10, 2012 8:05 AM

[quote user="Banks"]

 Waiting on Oliver parts to show up.

[quote]

Still around?  Dad had one when I was just leaving the farm.  Tuff tractors.  Don't see any around here anymore. 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, February 10, 2012 8:03 AM

Good morning. It's 45° and mostly cloudy with a small cave-in at one end of the culvert at the turn onto the main dirt road. The high will be 57° and there's an 80% chance of rain. That should help clear the culvert.

Well I thought I was going to have to go in search of a heavy duty push-button or rocker switch to fix the random tripping of the starter relay on my van. I'm pretty sure now that's being caused by a fault in the steering column and I'm not changing THAT out again unless I absolutely have to. Thanks to a suggestion from a poster on another forum I've found the switch I need and it's already in the dash. The siren switch in my old police air horn. It's more than heavy enough and what thief (who would want to steal a rough looking thirty-one year old van?) would think to TURN ON a siren to start a vehicle? Come to think of it that would be down-right comical to watch. If the weather cooperates I can do that today. If not it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, February 10, 2012 8:02 AM

Buckeye....  I received your invitation in the mail yesterday.  Thank you for inviting me to your Birthday party on Feb. 18th.  I can't believe you rented a private train car, for the party, to go around Horseshoe Curve.

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Posted by Banks on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:27 AM

Hello all

Finally  TGIF!!!!!!!!

It's been a long week. Lots o' stuff planned for the weekend but we'll see what happens. Waiting on Oliver parts to show up.

Maybe some train time??????? I hope so.

Laz has been slacking this week.

Anybody heard from Phish???????/

Best get busy

 

Prayers for those in need

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:12 AM

ChiefEagles

Glad to see Pat is OK.  Shoot away.  Don't shoot north or you might get Kev. Wink

All have a great day.

KEV.........other than gang drive-by's, July 4 and New Years are the worst for stray bullets up my way.  Folks run out of fireworks and use the next best thing.  Acid rain?  No problem..  Lead rain?  Worse.  Lucky it was your tree and not you or your car that got hit.

Jack

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:11 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....

It is a cloudy 30 degrees. Going up to 38 today with some snow flurries.

Today is a busy day. Wife has a few errands to run and I have the usual chores to do. Then, I will work on a small project. I will be taking a nap, later. Did not sleep good last night.

Buckeye & LAZ.....  TGIF

Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Friday.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:01 AM

Morning all.  Sunny but chilly.  Got meeting in Raleigh until about 2 PM.  Then work on deck.  Will do new box photos this PM or tomorrow.

Glad to see Pat is OK.  Shoot away.  Don't shoot north or you might get Kev. Wink

All have a great day.

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:00 AM

LawsonFarmsRR

 ChiefEagles:

Howdy Dood.  You said a word that reminded me.  Where is Pat [VA]?  Feeding the cows?  Don't remember seeing him post lately.

Well, time to get ready to go to Raleigh.

Later. 

 

Chief, thanks for thinking of me. All is well, just busy. My 30-06 is getting a work out chasing buzzards away from new born caves and running off dogs bothering the momma cows. And the usual mending fences where cows broke through thinking the grass is greener on the other side.

Watching the progress of the "Box". Pictures really tell the story.

Pat

Pat.......running off dogs?  Strays, feral, or just the neighbors dogs?  Glad to see you are back. Thumbs Up Thought you went undercover, became a mole for the Chief, and were helping to plan future raids North of MD. Devil 

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Friday, February 10, 2012 3:28 AM

ChiefEagles

Howdy Dood.  You said a word that reminded me.  Where is Pat [VA]?  Feeding the cows?  Don't remember seeing him post lately.

Well, time to get ready to go to Raleigh.

Later. 

Chief, thanks for thinking of me. All is well, just busy. My 30-06 is getting a work out chasing buzzards away from new born caves and running off dogs bothering the momma cows. And the usual mending fences where cows broke through thinking the grass is greener on the other side.


Watching the progress of the "Box". Pictures really tell the story.

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:50 PM

Stourbridge Lion

OK, you made me post this (and now ducking for cover...)

http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/660/371/arnold%20sly%20hospital.jpg

Darren.........I looked at the picture and I believe it has been photo-shopped with Adobe software.  Someone superimposed Schwarzenegger's face on the guy on our left and Stallone's on the right. 

After closer examination, the guy on the left is definitely SJ, can tell by the physique and the hair.  And the tattoos are a dead giveaway......that's Chuck on the right.  And they both like to take naps.  Laugh

Jack

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Posted by Brutus on Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:16 PM

Howdy guys - well, Char's procedure went well.  She said it was painful, though.  We went back in the afternoon for a checkup and she had good results, they think 20/20 or better Thumbs Up  Other than that, I took care of her and made two trips to get the kids from school and then from robotics club after school.  I know Doug Murphy had eye surgery, and it might have been the same one.  She's a little concerned as she can see pretty clearly already for distance, but she can't really see very well for near out of that eye.  I think it's probably due to the pressure from post-surgery swelling and changes.  We'll see how it goes.

Hope your feet are better, Jeff and Kev!

TARDIS is ready, so let's get going.  Banilla, rootbeer, and chips!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by KRM on Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:12 PM

ChiefEagles

 KRM:

Hi neighbor,

My name is Kevin Myers I live just to the north of your property.

Please do not shoot to the north. I have found a bullet hole in a tree right in front of our house that looks to be from a high velocity shotgun shell, rifle or pistol and it lines up with your deer blind that Studeman built. Hard to believe it made it to my place but sure looks like to me. I am not sure you knew we were here but wanted you to know. If you would like to have a look, please do come over and introduce yourself. I would be glad to meet you.

Thanks again,

Kevin Myers

 

Not me sir.  Some guy in gray from NC came by and said something about an old war still going on.  He walked into my woods and then I heard shots being fired.

Concerned  neighbor.

 I guess the key is I said Just NORTH  Laugh

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:44 PM

Good night all.  To bed early.  Yankee chilly and suppose to turn Yankee cold by weekend.  Winter finally here.  No work on the Box deck today.  Ended up being meetings day and then eye Dr. for the anual.

Buckeye Riveter

Who is the poor soul from New Jersey that is traveling to North Carolina? Make sure you have your shots. Unfortunately they are very painful with a long dull needle. They are identical to the shots you take when you go to any third world country. Smile, Wink & Grin

Sleep tight.

We used a 20d nail on Buckeye.  Not a needle. Devil

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:38 PM

KRM

Hi neighbor,

My name is Kevin Myers I live just to the north of your property.

Please do not shoot to the north. I have found a bullet hole in a tree right in front of our house that looks to be from a high velocity shotgun shell, rifle or pistol and it lines up with your deer blind that Studeman built. Hard to believe it made it to my place but sure looks like to me. I am not sure you knew we were here but wanted you to know. If you would like to have a look, please do come over and introduce yourself. I would be glad to meet you.

Thanks again,

Kevin Myers

Not me sir.  Some guy in gray from NC came by and said something about an old war still going on.  He walked into my woods and then I heard shots being fired.

Concerned  neighbor.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:00 PM

Looks like I'm calling it a night a bit early. I'm tired and my arms feel like lead. See y'all tomorrow.

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, February 9, 2012 6:15 PM

36 now, sunny all day. tomorrow will be much different...No

Got taxes done today, then took a nap...S.J.

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Posted by tmcc man on Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:39 PM

Evening all,

KRM, ANjdevil2, Rockisland52: I've never understood why Ford designed their trucks in a way that involves removing the cab from the frame. It's a nightmare to disassemble, but I heard mechanics like it because it's extra $$$ in their pocket for labor charges. The worst part about the 2003-2007 (I think 07 was when the 6.0 was retired) diesels are that they are 6.0's, otherwise known as 6 leakers. Ford should not have killed the 7.3 International motor they included in the trucks. 

I know the Cummins motor is one of the most dependable on the market, but my only issue it that the truck itself, not the motor, is notorious for rusting and they transmission isn't that great. I love the Cummins motor though. It's still up in the air, if I can find a good Dodge Ram Cummins or a GMC or Chevy Duramax for a attractive price which has a clean bill of health, I'll jump on it. I prefer the older body style Rams (98.5-02) but I like the newer (preferably 08) Sierra's or Silverado's. My friend Mike owns a 2008 Silverado Duramax that regularly gets 26 on the highway and 18 around town so I know these trucks can be tuned for multiple uses. I have a feeling I'll be using the smoke tune often though. Mischief

Well, I just finished packing! Now I'm just waiting to get picked up for a relaxing weekend up the mountains!

Talk to you guys later in the weekend!

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