Friday :: 21 November 2008 :: 03:01 AM
34 days to Christmas!
My Purple Peterbilt
You know, a truck is just a tool but every once in a while you come across a tool that just sticks to your heart -- you think it becomes a part of you. This was the case with my purple Peterbilt dump truck.
I looked around for a good used Peterbilt for about five or six months before we found this old 1988 at a dealer in Boise. My friend, Doug Sherman who owns North Idaho Truck Center found this truck and asked me if I was interested in it. Subject to certain criteria, I commissioned him to travel to Boise and pick it up. Here is the picture of it as we purchased it. It had been an over-the-road truck for a cattle company in Wyoming. It had only 360,000 original miles (that's low miles for all you four-wheelers (car owners) out there).
We took this truck and put a dump box on her. That is another story about a very unscrupulous businessman who is no longer in business. We spent over $2000.00 repairing his mistakes and fraud. Oh well. Nonetheless, we got her on the road and aside from the normal repairs and maintenance you'd expect in a used truck, she gave us real good service for about three years. She drove like a dream; 425 Cat powerhouse and 15 speed tranny, air leaf suspension and El Dorado seats on both sides. You don't find many dump trucks with air seats on the passenger side.
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The purple Pete was useful for all kinds of work. Not only did we use it to move dirt as we dug ditches and excavated but we used it to move our equipment. We moved a shed for my sisters. One sister gave the shed to another when she moved and we transported the shed for her. Fortunately, our skid steer has forks. So we used that to load the shed on the trailer.
I'm going to miss this truck but I sold her to a real good owner. In a way, it's kind of ironic: We bought the truck, through a dealer, from a rancher in Wyoming and we sold her back to a contractor in Wyoming. She's probably glad to be home.
Yes, that's what you saw -- there is a flying pig ornament on the hood of that truck!
Random Humor: 38 Politically Correct Ways To Say Someone Is Stupid
01) A few fries short of a happy meal.
02) The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.
03) Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
04) Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash.
05) Doesn't know much, but leads the league in nostril hair.
06) Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.
07) Forgot to pay his brain bill.
08) A few clowns short of a circus.
09) If he had another brain, it would be lonely.
10) Too much yardage between the goal posts.
11) An experiment in artificial stupidity.
12) A few beers short of a six-pack.
13) Dumber than a box of hair.
14) A few peas short of a casserole.
15) Doesn't have all his Corn Flakes in one box.
16) One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl.
17) One taco short of a combination plate.
18) A few feathers short of a whole duck.
19) All foam, no beer.
20) The cheese slid off his cracker.
21) Body by Fisher, brains by Mattel.
22) Has an IQ of two, but it takes three to grunt.
23) WARNING: Objects in mirror are dumber than they appear.
24) An intellect rivaled only by garden tools.
25) As smart as bait.
26) Chimney's clogged.
27) Her sewing machine's out of thread.
28) His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels.
29) His belt doesn't go through all the loops.
30) Missing a few buttons on his remote control.
31) No grain in the silo.
32) Proof that evolution can go in reverse.
33) Receiver is off the hook.
34) Several nuts short of a full pouch.
35) Skylight leaks a little.
36) Slink's kinked.
37) Surfing in Nebraska.
38) In the pinball game of life, his flippers were a little farther apart than most.