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widehatch
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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:56 am Post subject: East Bound and Down, Loaded up and Truckin' |
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sold my 1970 to a guy in New Jersey. it left today and is going to Georgia then making its way up the east coast to New Jersey. if you see it snap a pic.
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sofakingcool
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Location: Lexington, SC
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You know I always wonder when I see these type of pictures if the truck driver drove it up there or did the po say whoa, you better let me do that..  |
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Malokin Martin
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| You know I always wonder when I see these type of pictures if the truck driver drove it up there or did the po say whoa, you better let me do that.. |
Nope. Let some other dude flip it off the side. That way you'd have no accountability... and you wouldn't be inside when it happened... |
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Kirk
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| You know I always wonder when I see these type of pictures if the truck driver drove it up there or did the po say whoa, you better let me do that.. |
Sometimes they back down someones expensive ass Tourag (sp?) off the trailer and pull it up with someone elses car. Just saying.
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widehatch
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the guy actually had me do it because he couldn't figure out the gears. it was kinda scary driving it up there, then he decided it was to tall so he had me back it back down to where you see it in the picture.
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Mal evolent
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Touareg, but I like yours better
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WestyMan1971
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busmania
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| You know I always wonder when I see these type of pictures if the truck driver drove it up there or did the po say whoa, you better let me do that.. |
Nope. Let some other dude flip it off the side. That way you'd have no accountability... and you wouldn't be inside when it happened... |
I shipped a split bus once and the driver made me drive it up. It was scary to say the least. The engine barely ran so I had to get a running start and ramp it up the 45 degree ramp. NEver again will I be talked into that. |
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bugger101
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| busmania wrote: |
| Malokin Martin wrote: |
| sofakingcool wrote: |
| You know I always wonder when I see these type of pictures if the truck driver drove it up there or did the po say whoa, you better let me do that.. |
Nope. Let some other dude flip it off the side. That way you'd have no accountability... and you wouldn't be inside when it happened... |
I shipped a split bus once and the driver made me drive it up. It was scary to say the least. The engine barely ran so I had to get a running start and ramp it up the 45 degree ramp. NEver again will I be talked into that. |
did the same thing but with our 1949 ford with dry-rotted tires both rear tires poped as soon as the hit the ramps.
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WM971252
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