What if it Snows?

What's the Driver of the Cabover sitting on? There's a couple Air Cleaners in view

 

Used to chase J.H. Rose flatbeds hauling drill stem from Houston to CA. 26 White sleepers, 200 Hall Scott gas, teams. Like 5 layers deep, 3 chains, and threaded end at rear. I figure it was a scale load, and always wondered how much a piece weighed, its OD-!D thickness. Thinking they pulled 40' trailers, so around 30' in length?

 

Id be willing to bet its well over 550hp whatever it is. Sure is a nice looking ride.

 

Dont know what a stick weighs, but I do know you can get 4 really good fence posts out of one and they are HEAVY sobs to manhandle into a post hole.

 

Way back when, the road in and around "Oil Trough" was the old like red clay with pea gravel instead of black asphalt. Not very wide, and way down into it, sign said "Road Narrows"... It did, like one and a half lanes... Still miss the memories' of US 63 up thru AR.

 

AR is really a beautiful state. the mountains, lakes and green growth.

 

Why now? Some of them were passable in the 50's, few fresh layers smooth it right out. View the scenery as you toddle along.

 

The absence, Dave. That is what I miss most. 10 PM, get away from the computer, go in den to rouse her from her TV shows and ... Not there..
Been gone since 2011, took 5 years to no longer make the bo boo. Never gets better, but you adapt to live with it...

 

My brain is foggy, but I think standard size is 4.5 inch, 31 feet long weighing 13+ pounds per ft. These big rigs are triples, meaning there are 3 joints of pipe that make up a stand. Yes it is heavy but you let the pipe do the work and you just guide it. Easier said then done especially if your new, fat or tired LOL.

 

These are the big time. There are smaller rigs, smaller pipe, but this is what is used today. Workover or service rigs are smaller and use something in the 2 inch size.