Flood recovery

Trooper will prolly get a reality check alright if he keeps on. Mans got enough problems and worries to contend with trying to get his place back in order on his own without a person with a badge puttin his foot on his neck.
During one of our historic floods in the Delta, state trooper decided he was goin to stop folks from ridin SXS and 4 wheelers and other offroad stuff on the county roads. Was the only way a lot of people had to get in and out through deep water. He was a local "Jimmy's Boy" too. A complaint was filed, he got mad and set out for revenge. Well he was picked up by a passer by, walkin to a little Delta town with both eyes swole shut and a busted mouth, and his personal pickup floating in the backwater. He quit worrying about side by sides and four wheelers after that.

 

That is a nice looking ole truck!! Would be just great to have around. 3208 engine?

 

Yep, rebuilt by someone who knew what he was doing. Only 10k on rebuild. It started life as a Canadian truck. Not sure how it got to the states. I bought it from a guy down around Zanesville Ohio that needed it for a stone for a large shop and a VERY LONG gravel drive. He gave 7000 for it to a farmer and saved money trucking in the gravel himself. I gave 8000 for it which I consider a steal as he was the one that did the rebuild. Extenuating circumstances, he just needed it gone and knew I was in a pickle with the river bank so he took the loss. Also I want to fix it up and take it to some of the ATHS (American Truck Historical Society) shows around me now that I’m done running the daylights out of her. I’ll still use it for firewood and the occasional load of gravel or dirt or mulch for myself family or friends. He wanted someone who was going to take care of it and use it. So that’s the long term plan. She pulls like a Tennessee Mule. Top end nothing to brag about. 68 with a tailwind and downgrade.

 

What’s a jimmy’s boy? Never heard that term before

 

Just wonder if you priced insurance seeing you are going to be running commercial plates. One reason why my personal dump is licensed as a personal vehicle is I don’t need a cdl and my insurance is $1100 a year for it, Michigan is the highest around.

one other thought, wonder if you having a cdl now under Tennessee laws will require you to have a drug test or physical and a drivers jacket.

 

Why put a commercial tag on it? If it's for your farm use put a j tag on it.

 

If you have farms, put farm tags on it and run it, screw the worry about the Gestopo holding the truck, the states AG, courts and state police will deal with that.

 

I am just wondering if you wouldn't be dollars and frustration ahead if you did farm plate the dump truck and trailer then pay someone to power only your equipment to the other property. Course that would depend on how often you would need to go back and forth with it.

That thought aside, you will have to go and take a entire CDL course to get your CDL A. I don't know if that holds true for a CDL B.

As for where, I would need to know what large city you are
close to.

 

Just the way a local, would describe another locals kid that everybody knew. You know, “that’s ole so and so’s boy”. Happened that gearmakers local was named Jimmy I would assume.