Where is everyone #5

We'd take old brake shoes,cut the old lining off,clean and paint the shoe. The lining material came in a big flimsy roll,cut off what you need. Air operated riveting tool was actuated by stepping on the pedal,both your hands were busy holding the shoe and lining steady. Be careful you didn't have your finger in there.
When I first got out of high school,I went to work for IHC in downtown Baltimore,as a truck mechanic. Great job,Union benefits,good pay,lots of factory training. They sent me to Cat,Detroit,and Cummins school on their nickel. Got invaluable lifetime knowledge,eternally grateful,always bought IH trucks .Made journeyman diesel mech.in a year. Spent about 4 years there,great job,really loved working on trucks,but I just couldn't see myself banging a time clock for the rest of my life. Besides,all the truck drivers would come in there and blow smoke up my dress about how great the road was,and all their stories of highway prowess...........and I believed them,lol.
Had a little money saved up,bought that old 69 C04070A in 1974,took a chance,left a good steady job,and never looked back.
The rest is just 40+years of trucking,with a little farming squeezed in.

 

And if it’s your wife’s birthday and she sees you posted this, nice knowing you Ruthless!

 

Never thought of that lol

 

Lets hear about the farming.

 

Right, I know Im not in the cool club because I have a crapclassic, but Im yet to get my doors blown off by a modern engine. Then the think Im full of it when I tell them its a 12.7l or see me on a scale.

 

Oh boy! It has been a nice time hasn't it.

Headline "Husband run over by yellow vette multiple times".

 

She thought it was great

 

Ok ruthless if its a 50th birthday? How long has the #5 year candle been floating around your kitchen? How lucky did you feel to find that and not a 8 or 6? lol

 

This guy was in a brand new or newer Cascadia and drove for Covenant Express. And was wearing sweat pants. I wasnt impressed....at all

 

Well... at Sunline.

But I don’t gotta be here till 1100 in the am so we gonna PC somewhere with food.

Kicking myself for not bringing my microwave out this turn.

Guess I’ll wait till Thanksgiving to get the good stuff