Friday :: 03 July 2009 :: 09:32 PM
175 days to Christmas!
This site is for people like me: I love big trucks - Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Western Star - these are the wheels of commerce. Without semi-trucks transporting goods and supplies across our nation, we would not be able to live the abundant lives we share today. Thank God for big trucks.
My last big truck was a Purple Peterbilt. There is a story here about her. She was a great truck, smooth, powerful and fast. That would surprise a lot of my passengers, a large truck with today's engines can easily keep up with traffic, even when loaded. The tough part is watching out for the ricers who think nothing of cutting in front of a large truck, just before they slow down to make a quick turn. That can be downright scary sometimes. I don't know how they think fifty-eight thousand pounds is going to stop on the same dime that their three thousand pounds can.
If you have a story to tell, share it here with us. Meanwhile, check out our eBay selections for this site, you will find them fun.
BP4 Photo Shoot And Dilemma Discussion
This is a dilemma. My wife says she is glad I bought this pickup so I won't expend the time and expense restoring the '56 truck. I like the '55 AND the fact that the work is completed and all I have to do is drive it and feed it! However, I kinda had my heart set on restoring the black beauty. Not to mention, I was planning a mod with a four-cylinder diesel engine.
But my wife has a point and I have a better chance of having a life if I sell the '56 and leave the project to someone else. However, the whole point of this website was to document the step-by-step frame off restoration of the '56 Binder!
While we sort out this dilemma, the photos are a walk around the vehicle.
Isn't this '55 a beauty? The people who have restored this truck have done a beautiful job. I know this will be a fun truck to drive on Saturdays and to events (might sneak it to work, the days I am not hauling trailers with my F350 Powerstroke Dually).
If you have any great ideas, for the '56 or this site, send me an email at the link below. Maybe this will be a site for you to show off your project truck. I would be happy to host your story, whether it is a frame-off or a mod.
Regardless, we will be posting more stories. So you are going to want to check back from time-to-time. Hope to see you again, soon!
Random Humor: Another Blonde Joke
I went to the movies the other night. I sat in an aisle seat as I usually do because it feels a little roomier. Just as the feature was about to start a blonde from the center of the row got up and started working her way out.
"Excuse me, sorry, oops, excuse me, pardon me, gotta hurry, oops, excuse me."
By the time she got to me I was trying to look around her and I was a little impatient so I said,
"Couldn't you have done this a little earlier?"
"No!!" she said in a loud whisper,
"The 'TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE PLEASE' message just flashed up on the screen and mine is in the car."