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09-11-2002, 07:16 AM
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Haulin A
My dad blew out the rear end in his 80 3/4 ton while on vacation yesterday ( for the second time I might add. I dont like 14 bolt rear ends! ) so off I am to save the day in the 68. Starting at 12 noon I had to go from Vashon Island to the junkyard in Kitsap county , find a rear end, get it loaded up and make the 500 plus mile round trip from Port orchard washington to Lake Chelan and back before bedtime so I could go to work in the morning. Anyone who knows the topography and the traffic of Western Washington will be impressed. Made the return route in under 3 1/2 hours. I will state for the record though. 100 mph in a 68 is a bit on the uncomfortable side.
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09-11-2002, 12:36 PM
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
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Especially with a 14-bolt rolling around in back...LMAO! Where do you work on Vashon...K2? I thought they moved. You are a good son...that is why you move more than one state away from the parents...LOL!
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09-11-2002, 01:28 PM
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K2 is gone but seattles best coffee is still there for the time being.
Sliding? How about slamming against the front of the box and punching two holes in the bed wall ;-(
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09-11-2002, 02:40 PM
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OUCH! I did that once with some steel pipe in the back of my 1971 El Camino...never hauled a load that was not tied down again. It's a real pain to fix those...as much as I love welding up trim mount holes...LOL!
I guess you are still doing your body work so anything goesp until that final paint job!
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09-11-2002, 02:57 PM
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Out of the carpool lane.
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Clark Co, WA
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Yes, you're a good son!
Ahhhhhh, Lake Chelan. Every year as a kid my family went to a little village up in the mountains. It's called Holden Village. It's a half hour bus trip straight up from Lucerne, at the far end of the lake. I hated it back then but really wish I could get back there, now that I'm an adult and need the relaxing surroundings!
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09-11-2002, 04:22 PM
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Luckily the holes are in the Inside of the bed at the front. An area which can wait. I thought I had it fairly well secured. I was wrong. Beautifull area Chelan. If only there were decent jobs there I'd be on it.
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