Guest sintid58 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 We stopped at Wheatbelt Thursday morning and picked up the transmission for my 55. The trailer was full front to the rear doors with Romain lettuce so we couldn't put it inside. Here are a couple pictures of it tied to the deck plate of the truck. We had a lot of problems with the truck we were driving so they put us in a different one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Wheatbelt comes through again. NICE truck, even has a penthouse suite. Real perty too. But what's with the brush guard. So you really go through that much brusn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sintid58 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thats not a brush gaurd thats a Mini catcher, I mean a dear gaurd. The company I drive for has 30 trucks and had hit 8 deer during this winter. They do save a lot of damage to the trucks. The company I was dispatching for had them on some of there trucks. I took an accident call one time when a Mini Cooper pulled in so close after passing our truck that she hooked the gaurd and lost control and was pushed sideways down the road in front of the truck while he stopped. No damage to our truck but the Cooper was totalled. She was very lucky the car didn't start to roll in front of the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Gives a whole new meaning to roll bar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Gives a whole new meaning to roll bar....ROFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I want to know how you turned that truck around in Ken and Sue's driveway! I've been there and don't recall much pavement or gravel! They are really out in the middle of nowhere, aren't they?!Pete Phillips, BCA #7338Leonard, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4 bufords Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 pete,maybe sid backed his rig up sue and kens driveway,not impossible for a pro driver.4 bufords from ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I want to know how you turned that truck around in Ken and Sue's driveway! I've been there and don't recall much pavement or gravel! They are really out in the middle of nowhere, aren't they?!Pete Phillips, BCA #7338Leonard, TX hence the brush guards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Imagine the look on the faces of the proprietors of Wheatland, when a full-size 81-wheeler came up the lane - backward. "I'm here to pick up a Dynaflow.""We've got one right here but you'll find that it's not as big as you seem to have been told." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Good one Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sintid58 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Actually I drove in and backed out. Nothing too drmatic. Very nice to meet Ken Sue was getting ready to take her mom to the DRl so I didn't see her. Edited March 9, 2011 by sintid58 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBuicks Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 The first time I went to Wheatbelt, Ken and Sue grilled up a bunch of hamburgers for us. They invited us inside their house for lunch. It was the first time I had really met them, but they knew I was coming with a friend and decided to cook us lunch. They don't get any better then Ken and Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caballero2 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Ken's cousin. Jody Brown, did the upholstery in this car. (see thumbnail) Did a great job considering what he had to work with. My son-inlaw now owns and drives our daughter and grandkids around in it. I have met Ken and Sue and talked to them on a number of occasions. You are right, they are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Regarding Ken and Sue, when I needed a heater core for my 56 they sent one that was so nice it could have passed for new. Sid, how'd you get that tranny off the deck at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sintid58 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 When we loaded it I set it on a piece of carpet and tied it down. The deck plate wa almost the same height as the pickup bed (lucky guess). When we got home we just slid it from the deck plate into he pickup bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Nice!!! Back in early 1975 I took a trip to buy a used dynaflow. All we had at the time was my wife's 73 Ford Maverick. We got the tranny in the trunk by tilting it and it slipped in. Of course the rear end was dragging all the way home. When I got it to the shop we really were struggling to get that thing out of that little trunk opening. What a mess... Sounds like you had a much better plan from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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