"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
07/02/2019 at 23:09 • Filed to: None
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
07/02/2019 at 23:09 • Filed to: None | 2
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Let’s start with the good: there’s a 5 ton military truck for sale in some random backwater, and an M715 for sale in my neck(ish) of the woods. Hooray for senseless but sexy trucks I could own.
I spotted this near Charlotte Court House, VA. Yes, that’s really the name of the town.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! earlier. So much want. Although I just got a reply from the seller and there’s no power steering, so I’d have to figure out how much trouble that would take to add.
Now for the bad: holy hell, is US-60 through the George Washington National Forest scary, thanks to the commercial trucks, especially the logging trucks.
See how twisty the road is where I’ve circled? Yeah, those trucks don’t slow down much.
I had my windshield down briefly on 60, but after passing one logging truck at 100+mph (relative) I decided I wasn’t that brave.
But that wasn’t the end of my trucking woes today. One problem with no roof and no doors? You smell everything .
I’d swear in a court of law that one truck was carrying multiple carcasses beneath some mulch. That was the most horrific smell, and I was stuck behind it for several miles. At first I wasn’t sure it was the truck, and then the driver had his turn signal on for a mile or two, so I thought the worst would soon be over. Turned out he was just teasing me.
Later I nearly lost my dinner when a tanker truck pulled up beside me. I have no idea what biological waste it was hauling, but we were at a red light for a few minutes and I was seriously contemplating my escape route. Just awful, nearly retched out of my (thankfully missing) door.
Anyway, on a more pleasant note, some more trucks I spotted today.
Ambulances count, right? Still not quite sure what that place does.
Chuckles
> Just Jeepin'
07/02/2019 at 23:15 |
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Hey, that place is in Falkland! A town so small it has no traffic lights, just a stop sign with a blinking light.
https://selectcustomapparatus.com/
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> Just Jeepin'
07/02/2019 at 23:16 |
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There’s a place near me that takes the boxes off of old ambulances and puts them on new chassis. Saves municipalities tons on a new ambulance.
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Just Jeepin'
> Chuckles
07/02/2019 at 23:18 |
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And a 24-hour sweepstakes facility, not that I have any idea what that really means . Looks sketchy as hell.
https://www.facebook.com/jiafalkland/
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Just Jeepin'
07/02/2019 at 23:19 |
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Geez, my friend has a 5 ton and a deuce as well, you don’t want that, but the Kaiser is great and simple, you should get that!
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Just Jeepin'
> My X-type is too a real Jaguar
07/02/2019 at 23:19 |
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Nice. While I’m glad I landed in a good-paying field, sometimes I wish I could go back to my dumb-ass teenage self and tell me to find an interesting auto shop to work at. So much cool stuff in the world to work on.
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Just Jeepin'
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/02/2019 at 23:20 |
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Maybe. Maybe. Still trying to work out logistics in my head.
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Chuckles
> Just Jeepin'
07/02/2019 at 23:43 |
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So a sweepstakes facility is a semi-legal gambling establishment. They were legal in NC because of some weird terminology and a loophole. Basically they are like slot machines, but you don’t win money, you win credits. A lot of them are listed as internet cafes, and you use the credits to buy more time on the internet. Some counties have opted not to care, and you’ll find sweepstakes machines in grocery stores. But they are mostly on the outskirts of town.
If you want to gamble, you're better off finding a bingo parlor. Some games pay $500.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
07/02/2019 at 23:52 |
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That first truck? M939? Not sexy.