Category: Playing with trucks

With the chassis done, I needed to build an actual coach body. And I didn’t have a clue how to do it. I was just hoping that there was someone close by that did. So, the search began. There was no internet in those days, so it required a lot of phoning around and leg…

This was exciting! I was actually building my dream rig. But there was a lot of engineering that needed to be done. Admittedly, I was winging it. I had some experience with my old 48 KW/FWD, but this was a whole new animal. I was 28 years old. The length laws at that time said…

The first thing on the list was to get the frame lengthened and the chassis and drive train up to snuff. I went and saw my friend Dennis Frankforth at Truck Specialists and asked him if he could do it. He was a bit hesitant, until I told him that money wasn’t going to be…

Anne was right out of a movie. Born and raised near Windsor Castle in England. Widow of a very wealthy businessman. With her Queens English accent, she sounded a bit like the queen. As she stood there wondering why this “thing” was spoiling her view, I answered her, “I know it’s ugly, and I’m sorry…

One morning I took a load of scrap metal to the recyclers. When I was just about to leave, a tow truck with a very cool, and rare, old Freightliner cabover on the hook pulled in. I had to have it! I asked the scrapper how much he wanted for it and he said he’d…

I was really enjoying my new/old toy. My brother-in-law, Kenny, from Prince George, was a logging truck owner operator who was just as into trucks as I was and we got along great. And the fact that we both like beer a lot too was a bonus. We would drive my sister crazy by taking…