Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

I miss the wing windows in trucks, the ball/pussy cooler vents and the cowl vents down in the kick panels. They take away the good stuff and leave us some electronic shit in its place.

They never did figure out a way to make those little windows totally airtight when they're closed.

My guess is they saw too many of them in their dealerships for warranty work on the weatherstrip & the bean counters were able to override the veto of the marketing people. People loved those windows, but they did whistle at highway speeds.

 

[389 Hood]

Today, that would be chalked up to the 'old car experience'. 1968 was the last year that Cadillac used them.

 

[Rigjockey]

Blueford has those air vents down by your feet. On a hot day, pull the lever out & you get wind on your legs.

It also has the little triangle windows in the doors. Turn that thing around so it scoops air in, and you don't need no damn air conditioning.

It also has the headlight embrightener switch on the floor.

And no effin' computer chips.

"Embrightener" ranks right up there with...
"embiggins" and "Malparkage".

 

[Duck]

"Embrightener" ranks right up there with...
"embiggins" and "Malparkage".

They call it a dimmer switch.

But it's the opposite, because primarily you drive with the low beams on & you only hit that switch to embrighten them on the rare occasion there's no oncoming traffic on our overcrowded highways.

I think it's a perfectly cromulent term to use.

 

[Electric Chicken]

They call it a dimmer switch.

But it's the opposite, because primarily you drive with the low beams on & you only hit that switch to embrighten them on the rare occasion there's no oncoming traffic on our overcrowded highways.

I think it's a perfectly cromulent term to use.

Is that cromulent vanadium or cromulent molybdenum?

 

[Rigjockey]

I drove an old Binder that the embrightner switch was not working. I told my boss, buy the part and I will install it while waiting at the rail.
He did and I did.
The salt gets in there and it stops working or it just gets worn out.

 

[Electric Chicken]

My old Ford LTL has the floorboard emsquishioner for the washer fluid as well. I bypassed it with a dash mounted button and electric pump mostly because I'm short.

 

[389 Hood]

I remember that Ford used to use the washer fluid bags hanging on the firewall under the hood. They also used that pump bulb on the floor.

How short are you that you would have to stretch that far to reach the 'emsquishioner'?

 

[Electric Chicken]

I remember that Ford used to use the washer fluid bags hanging on the firewall under the hood. They also used that pump bulb on the floor.

How short are you that you would have to stretch that far to reach the 'emsquishioner'?

Short enough that it's ridiculous.

 

[389 Hood]

In a way, being short has an advantage in a day cab. I've never been able to fit in one comfortably. When I see guys that are 6' plus and they still move the seat forward, I know there is something wrong. Then they raise the seat all the way up. WTF? Are you scared or something? If you go around a corner, you're sitting up so damned high you'll fall out of the seat. How the hell can you control your vehicle that way?

And these clowns are driving slope nosed trucks. What would they do if they had an 8' flat hood out there? I used to share a truck with a little Latino guy. He was about 5 foot nothing. He used to have the seat as far forward as it would go and all the way down on the floor and still had trouble reaching the pedals.

 

[Rigjockey]

I used to share a truck with a guy that was 6' 5". Every morning I would have to let out like 500 PSI of air out of the seat.
I'm a little over 6' 3" and I have the seat to the floor. I have had trainers ask me why I have the seat right to the floor?
I like to feel what the truck is doing.

 

[Electric Chicken]

In a way, being short has an advantage in a day cab. I've never been able to fit in one comfortably. When I see guys that are 6' plus and they still move the seat forward, I know there is something wrong. Then they raise the seat all the way up. WTF? Are you scared or something? If you go around a corner, you're sitting up so damned high you'll fall out of the seat. How the hell can you control your vehicle that way?

And these clowns are driving slope nosed trucks. What would they do if they had an 8' flat hood out there? I used to share a truck with a little Latino guy. He was about 5 foot nothing. He used to have the seat as far forward as it would go and all the way down on the floor and still had trouble reaching the pedals.

I'd rather be dead average height than short or tall. My height has no advantage.

 

[Rigjockey]

There was a guy here on the board for like a day or two that said he was 7ft tall and was a military vet.
Some of our military vets called him out on it because apparently the cut off for height in the military is much lower than 7ft.
Aaaand the 7ft guy disappeared. Either he was lying about his height or committed stolen valor or both.

 

[Duck]

I'd rather be dead average height than short or tall. My height has no advantage.

Yep.

At 6 ft even, (with shoes on) I'm pretty much average height for a male.

But there are times when even average height presents a problem.

Sinks are set at a standard height, and that standard was set back when women still belonged in the kitchen.

Washing dishes for more than a few minutes makes my lower back hurt from bending over forwards.

My basement used to be a crawl space but at some point in time, they dug it out to create a basement, and I think they hired dwarves to do it. I hit my head on a floor beam nearly every time I go down there.

 

[389 Hood]

I'm 6' even with shoes. 5' 11" in bare feet now. I shrunk over the years of being beaten to death in a truck. I started out driving at 6' 1".

Don't ever let anyone ever tell you that trucking doesn't wreck your body.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I'm 6' even with shoes. 5' 11" in bare feet now. I shrunk over the years of being beaten to death in a truck. I started out driving at 6' 1".

Don't ever let anyone ever tell you that trucking doesn't wreck your body.

I was Superman before I got into trucking. Now I'm Mr Magoo.

 

[Duck]

I was Superman before I got into trucking. Now I'm Mr Magoo.

You & Shaquille O'Neal used to be the same height until you bought that old Ford with the spring ride I bet.

 

[Electric Chicken]

You & Shaquille O'Neal used to be the same height until you bought that old Ford with the spring ride I bet.

I used to make Shaq look like Muggsy Bogues.

Now I make Muggsy Bogues look like Shaq.

 

[Duck]

I used to make Shaq look like Muggsy Bogues.

Now I make Muggsy Bogues look like Shaq.

You need a rebigulator.

 

[OldskoolironNwv]

It may be easier to just cut a slight bevel to the top of the post before sinking it for runoff.

That’s what we always did. Neighbor out the road always saved both ends of those 3 lb coffee cans years ago.

He would use 1 nail in the center and nail it to the top of the post even though it was cut an an angle. He said the end of the can prevented snow from setting on the post and doing damage, which is true….