One of My Little Projects Before Moving

[cody]

Another thing that might be fun is to find an old wooden box that has the 'Herculies Dynamite' log on it and strap it onto the rack lol, bet you wouldn't have to worry about tailgaters lol.

[Dallas]

I know all about the scenic routes!

When I use to haul office furniture, I needed to pick up a load in Robbinsville, NC. I was in Knoxville, Tn. and the closest route looked like US 129 which looked like a good road.

I boogied on up to a little west of Marysville, Tn and then things started to go majorly wrong!

I knew I was in trouble when I could see the brake lights on the trailer from my windshield!

The road kept getting narrower and narrower, and the turns got tighter and tighter. A stream on one side and my trailer wheels in the oncoming lane most of the time.

I got almost to the end, about 5 miles from Robbinsville when the accelerator quit accelerating. It's a terrible feeling to have the pedal on the floor and the engine idling. I eventually found a place to pull over, (which endd up being in the middle of the creek), and found the accelerator cable had snapped right at the governor. (6V92).

By this time it's getting dark, I'm soaked from standing in 2' of running water with a truck that will only idle.

I finally got a ride into town with a local deputy who let me off at a motel and gave me directions to the local hardware store.

The next morning, the only cable I could find was a bicycle brake cable so I bought it and some U-clamps, hitched a ride back to the truck and got it going again.

Since then, I've looked at the map really well before taking any of those roads marked with a dotted line or a squggly pencil!

Dallas

[Busted Knuckle]

Looks like it would do a good job, I understand you don't have all the storage options you would have if you had an Eagle but I aprpeciate your inventiveness lol.  And I particularily like the wagon on the rack, it beats pulling a toad lol.

Setra's have even more storage than an Eagle! An I know where a couple are available.........

BK 

I know all about the scenic routes!

I knew I was in trouble when I could see the brake lights on the trailer from my windshield!

Since then, I've looked at the map really well before taking any of those roads marked with a dotted line or a squggly pencil!

Dallas

Just a hint to remember when using a map. "If it ain't BOLD, it's old!"
In other words if it don't show up easily on the map, yehaaa it's an OLD senic rte! FWIW BK 

[Buffalo SpaceShip]

Setra's have even more storage than an Eagle!

The old GMC Buffs, esp. the 40'ers, ain't too shabby either. Tall bays and short tunnels... No silly tag axle to get in the way of cramming in all of your stuff. 

Speaking of, does anyone have a recording of George Carlin's old stand-up routine about his "stuff"? It was a riot!

bb

[Busted Knuckle]

Setra's have even more storage than an Eagle!

The old GMC Buffs, esp. the 40'ers, ain't too shabby either. Tall bays and short tunnels... No silly tag axle to get in the way of cramming in all of your stuff. 

Speaking of, does anyone have a recording of George Carlin's old stand-up routine about his "stuff"? It was a riot!

bb

I hear ya! But I got compartments over each wheel too! Plus the huge luggage bays! BK 

[niles500]

     

George Carlin on Stuff




Actually this is just a place for my stuff, ya know? That's all, a little place for my stuff. That's all I want, that's all you need in life, is a little place for your stuff, ya know? I can see it on your table, everybody's got a little place for their stuff. This is my stuff, that's your stuff, that'll be his stuff over there. That's all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time.

A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it. You can see that when you're taking off in an airplane. You look down, you see everybody's got a little pile of stuff. All the little piles of stuff. And when you leave your house, you gotta lock it up. Wouldn't want somebody to come by and take some of your stuff. They always take the good stuff. They never bother with that crap you're saving. All they want is the shiny stuff. That's what your house is, a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get...more stuff!

Sometimes you gotta move, gotta get a bigger house. Why? No room for your stuff anymore. Did you ever notice when you go to somebody else's house, you never quite feel a hundred percent at home? You know why? No room for your stuff. Somebody else's stuff is all over the goddamn place! And if you stay overnight, unexpectedly, they give you a little bedroom to sleep in. Bedroom they haven't used in about eleven years. Someone died in it, eleven years ago. And they haven't moved any of his stuff! Right next to the bed there's usually a dresser or a bureau of some kind, and there's NO ROOM for your stuff on it. Somebody else's $#!% is on the dresser.

Have you noticed that their stuff is $#!% and your $#!% is stuff? God! And you say, "Get that $#!% offa there and let me put my stuff down!"

Sometimes you leave your house to go on vacation. And you gotta take some of your stuff with you. Gotta take about two big suitcases full of stuff, when you go on vacation. You gotta take a smaller version of your house. It's the second version of your stuff. And you're gonna fly all the way to Honolulu. Gonna go across the continent, across half an ocean to Honolulu. You get down to the hotel room in Honolulu and you open up your suitcase and you put away all your stuff. "Here's a place here, put a little bit of stuff there, put some stuff here, put some stuff--you put your stuff there, I'll put some stuff--here's another place for stuff, look at this, I'll put some stuff here..." And even though you're far away from home, you start to get used to it, you start to feel okay, because after all, you do have some of your stuff with you. That's when your friend calls up from Maui, and says, "Hey, why don'tchya come over to Maui for the weekend and spend a couple of nights over here."

Oh, no! Now what do I pack? Right, you've gotta pack an even SMALLER version of your stuff. The third version of your house. Just enough stuff to take to Maui for a coupla days. You get over to Maui--I mean you're really getting extended now, when you think about it. You got stuff ALL the way back on the mainland, you got stuff on another island, you got stuff on this island. I mean, supply lines are getting longer and harder to maintain. You get over to your friend's house on Maui and he gives you a little place to sleep, a little bed right next to his windowsill or something. You put some of your stuff up there. You put your stuff up there. You got your Visine, you got your nail clippers, and you put everything up. It takes about an hour and a half, but after a while you finally feel okay, say, "All right, I got my nail clippers, I must be okay." That's when your friend says, "Aaaaay, I think tonight we'll go over the other side of the island, visit a pal of mine and maybe stay over."

Aww, no. NOW what do you pack? Right--you gotta pack an even SMALLER version of your stuff. The fourth version of your house. Only the stuff you know you're gonna need. Money, keys, comb, wallet, lighter, hanky, pen, smokes, rubber and change. Well, only the stuff you HOPE you're gonna need.


All material written and owned by George Carlin.

[kyle4501]

I hear ya! But I got compartments over each wheel too! Plus the huge luggage bays! BK 

My old 4501 has storage over the rear wheels and some tall bays

I hear the 4501's were built for scenic cruisin   

I really should do something about that clutch cable & fix the air assist & do some scenicruising of my own

[Busted Knuckle]

My old 4501 has storage over the rear wheels and some tall bays

Cool but mine have them over all the wheels!

I hear the 4501's were built for scenic cruisin  

Cute I like the play on words!

I really should do something about that clutch cable & fix the air assist & do some scenicruising of my own

Yes you should! Just try it you'll like it!

[kyle4501]

My old 4501 has storage over the rear wheels and some tall bays

Cool but mine have them over all the wheels!

I'll live without them over the front wheels to have the upper windshields 4 rows back 

I really should do something about that clutch cable & fix the air assist & do some scenicruising of my own

Yes you should! Just try it you'll like it!

I have tried working on it, why do you think I haven't gone back? I'm letting the skin grow back so I'll have enough to sacrifice.