Just country stuff

"blacktruck18" (blacktruck14)
06/11/2015 at 16:17 • Filed to: None

I am currently in my hometown, helping my Mom while she recovers from surgery. I went grocery shopping early today and saw this on the way home.

DISCUSSION (32)

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 16:19

An altima?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord.
06/11/2015 at 16:19

crazy right?

TheOnelectronic > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 16:20

Is it sad that it took me a while to figure out what you meant, because Tractors on the street are really common back home?

TheHondaBro > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

FIGHT!!

HammerheadFistpunch > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

Dammit man! TRUCK route. You are a tractor!

blacktruck18 > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord.
06/11/2015 at 16:23

Where I grew up if it isn’t made by one of the “Big 3” it’s exotic.

blacktruck18 > TheOnelectronic
06/11/2015 at 16:25

In all honesty, I have been here a week and it was the first one I saw. Once I thought about it I was surprised it took a week.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 16:25

Lol corollas are exotic now

Hermann > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 16:29

God, I love the John Deere gearbox. It’s not as fun as the New Holland semi-synchronous, but it’s great to work and drive. 8/10

blacktruck18 > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord.
06/11/2015 at 16:45

No shit, when I had my 1st generation Eagle Talon I had a idiot hillbilly come up to at a gas station and tell me “it’s one of them Jap cars in disguise.”

It’s not that bad now, based on my casual observations it’s about 50/50 foreign to domestic. But, when I was young the only foreign vehicles running around were sport bikes and a handful of used BMW’s and Mercedes.

blacktruck18 > HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 16:49

Spits skoal juice in empty 32 ounce styrofoam sweet tea cup- “What’s next, you fittin’ to tell me I can’t drive this to the Wal-mart.”

EDIT: I believe the word should be “fittina”

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 17:03

Seeing a combine harvester taking up both lanes, coming torward me at the top of a blind hill in the woods has always been one of my biggest fears.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 17:19

Back in drivers ed one of my friends got stuck being a combine for like 30 minutes. It was a long 30 minutes.

desertdog5051 > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 17:20

If it ain’t a Green, it ain’t a machine.

He probably has a Cat front end loader and a Peterbilt to pull his Great Dane trailer. ‘Murica.

blacktruck18 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/11/2015 at 18:06

In this area the farmers are actually very courteous and careful when they are on the street. They are also really good about pulling over when there’s traffic stuck behind them.

blacktruck18 > desertdog5051
06/11/2015 at 18:08

Funny enough there is a (the?) Great Dane factory about 30 minutes from here. Corn, Great Dane and freedom. ‘Murica

blacktruck18 > Hermann
06/11/2015 at 18:10

I wish I could relate but I never got to drive a tractor, I always drove the grain truck. :(

blacktruck18 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
06/11/2015 at 18:13

Around here the farmers are really good about getting out of the way if there’s cars behind them. Most of them just drive half on the shoulder, half in the ditch, if they are on a a road where they can do it.

Hermann > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 18:15

Some gearboxes on trucks are pretty similar to tractors. Was it semi-synchronous?

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 18:17

He tried to but two problems, it was really damn wide, and we also couldn’t get past him because anytime we had a chance to pass there was oncoming traffic. He went a long way out there. They are usually pretty good about it though, just no luck being able to get around him.

blacktruck18 > Hermann
06/11/2015 at 18:22

No, it was an old as shit (1977 I think) International with a 7-speed manual. That truck was a beast though.

desertdog5051 > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 18:52

As I recall, they have 8-9 manufacturing plants in the US. HQ in Moline. Where are you?

blacktruck18 > desertdog5051
06/11/2015 at 18:57

I am in Paris, IL, it’s fancy that’s why it’s named Paris.

There is a factory in Terre Haute, IN which is the one I was talking about originally, after doing some research they have alot more factories than I thought. There is also one in Brazil, IN., which means I am within 30 minutes of 2 of their factories.

desertdog5051 > desertdog5051
06/11/2015 at 18:58

Edit. Should have been Moline, not Chicago.

desertdog5051 > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 19:06

Had to look up Paris. You are definitely in the corn belt. Seems like there is an ethanol plant everywhere the last time I drove through that part of the country.

Hermann > blacktruck18
06/11/2015 at 19:11

Being an old international I’d suppose it wasn’t fully synchronous. A friend had one and it was a bitch to drive.

Even if it was a synchronised gearbox, props for driving one. Massive Jalop points.

blacktruck18 > desertdog5051
06/11/2015 at 19:56

Yes, as my wife likes to call it “super country.”

There was talk of putting an ethanol plant in this area but it never worked out. They ended up putting it in Decatur, IL, which is almost an hour away. They should have put it here, there’s not too many good jobs in the area.

blacktruck18 > Hermann
06/11/2015 at 20:08

You know what, now that I think about it, it wasn’t synced. I don’t know what the hell I was thinking when I read your post earlier.

The best part was, I was driving it at 14. Illinois had, at the time, I’m not sure about now, a law where you could get a “farm” license. Basically, if you were working on a family farm you could get a license from May-August to drive any vehicle with agricultural plates.

I worked at the farm of some family friends for 3 summers. I had a blast tearing ass around in farm trucks those summers.

Hermann > blacktruck18
06/12/2015 at 07:04

That’s awesome! Most guys who helped in farms I know learned to drive at about 13 or 14. Really awesome.

I usually spent my school vacations on the farm too. Both summer and winter.

blacktruck18 > Hermann
06/12/2015 at 08:37

What kind of farm?

pip bip - choose Corrour > blacktruck18
06/12/2015 at 08:54

scary , when i was living in Hamilton Victoria , coming back to parents in Balarat , taking backroad where you could put the for down a lot , came round a bend one arvo , there was a header coming towards me taking up the whole road.

hit the anchors stop for a couple of minutes till it passed , the away i went again like a rocket.

Hermann > blacktruck18
06/12/2015 at 09:32

We had grain and cattle.

Corn and Soy in the Summer, Wheat and Barley in the Winter. Charolais cows.

I was mostly working with the cattle, as I had to manage the pasture, silage and check their health. It was a fun job. Sometimes I miss it very much.