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George
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Joined: 29 May 2005
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Location: Knightstown, Indiana
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Got my start with a 9500 GMC ( Jimmy ) witha 238 ( 6-71) detroit and a 10 speed - - - really had something when I traded up to the next jimmy witha 318 ( 8V71 ) and a 13 speed.

If you could harness the noise you could have gotten twice the HP.

Spector Trucking did not have sleepers - - -you carried a pillow and laid it on the steering wheel and laid forward - - - when you were to stiff to sleep any more it was time to get back to driving!

Hardly knew hwat an Interstate hiway was - - -went thru every town you could find as that was where the freight went!
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hayguy
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Joined: 07 Sep 2010
Posts: 1085
Location: Southern Alberta
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
George wrote:
Got my start with a 9500 GMC ( Jimmy ) witha 238 ( 6-71) detroit and a 10 speed - - - really had something when I traded up to the next jimmy witha 318 ( 8V71 ) and a 13 speed.

If you could harness the noise you could have gotten twice the HP.

Spector Trucking did not have sleepers - - -you carried a pillow and laid it on the steering wheel and laid forward - - - when you were to stiff to sleep any more it was time to get back to driving!

Hardly knew hwat an Interstate hiway was - - -went thru every town you could find as that was where the freight went!


Say what? wha'd you say

between the Jimmys and 5020 JD's and a fair amount of shooting I say what a lot Laughing Laughing
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Northern Rancher
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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Location: saskatchewan
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Was talking to a guy the other day says the guys that haul over the ice have to use older trucks. The new ones you have drive a certain speed for the enviromental stuff to work properly-unfortunately that speed exceeds the ice road speed limit. Going too fast over ice is a recipe for disaster. A guy got killed up at Cold Lake commercial fishing last week-put a pickup through the ice.
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hayguy
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Joined: 07 Sep 2010
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Location: Southern Alberta
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing them old jimmy's would leak too much from the factory too pass any environmental standard of today Laughing Laughing Laughing
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