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I replaced a bassist who used to strap/tie down his UB to the luggage rack on a Tr3. 'til it let go on I-95 in Miami.
I replaced a bassist who used to strap/tie down his UB to the luggage rack on a Tr3. 'til it let go on I-95 in Miami.
Poor bass.
@Gaolee knows that rig well.
Bulldozer? City people.
Who luvs ya', Jeff?
Your upstate buddy, Larry right here, that's who.
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Bulldozer? City people.
Who luvs ya', Jeff?
Your upstate buddy, Larry right here, that's who.
, i've been saying all along how i need to get out of this blasted city. 
I replaced a bassist who used to strap/tie down his UB to the luggage rack on a Tr3. 'til it let go on I-95 in Miami.
I used to strap my amp and guitar onto the luggage rack/sissy bar of my Yamaha XS650. I'd wrap it in a vinyl top table cloth to keep them safe from rain, bugs, stones, etc. Once when it was drizzling, I got pulled over because my tail light and license plate were covered by the tablecloth coming loose. When the (Atlanta) cop saw what was up, he put his ticket book away and helped me strap everything on better. Great guy.
The cop knew a true rocker when he saw one.
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Bulldozer? City people.
Who luvs ya', Jeff?
Your upstate buddy, Larry right here, that's who.
I spent a summer as an assistant mechanic at a pipeline construction company in Atlanta. The junior guy (aside from me) and I spent a long day in the early August southern US sunshine and humidity replacing the tracks (both chains and over 200 plates). Some of the bolts require breaker bars, but we had to cut some heads off with a torch (that warmed us up!), then drill the bolts and use extractors to get them out. We broke all three or four extractors before we were done. The last one or two bolts that needed their heads torched off, we drilled a bigger hole, heated the bolt body, pounded a hex key in, let it cool, applied more WD-40, then froze it to shrink it and backed it out.
That was a long darn day, and I haven't confused a dozer and anything else (much less a front end loader) since.
When I got home late that afternoon, I parked my bike, walked right out back, and fell into the swimming pool. My boots, belt, and wallet were not amused, but man, did that feel good. I had to treat and clean the pool the next morning (I was living in the home of the company's owner, for whom Mema was governess), anyway.
But that was an OHC motor!
Seriously, I didn't think to ask if he played. I just wanted to get home out of the rain!
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Oh, the humanity! How can anybody live without a derelict bulldozer as a yard ornament?
My next door neighbor sometimes parks his crane in front of his house. Does that qualify?
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
My first car was a TR-2. Same thing, really. I never, ever carried anything in it. Partly due to size, partly because a roadster with a top that blows off at any speed doesn't provide much weather protection in a place like central Ohio. Blizzards, hail storms, downpours - all top down weather. Not good for musical instrument hauling. That was reserved for a station wagon with the fake wood on the side.I replaced a bassist who used to strap/tie down his UB to the luggage rack on a Tr3. 'til it let go on I-95 in Miami.
It was not destroyed but it didn't do it a helluva lotta good.Poor bass.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I drove yellow ones in New York in the early 1980s. Those had to have been the worst cars ever made, and taxi duty made them worse. They could hit 80 mph between red lights on occasion on Park Avenue, though. Being 22 meant doing stuff like that, especially when racing to a potential fare.
Once saw a sofa come flying of a pickup on I-95 in Hallandale...I replaced a bassist who used to strap/tie down his UB to the luggage rack on a Tr3. 'til it let go on I-95 in Miami.
Y'ever notice all the mattresses and box springs on the side of the road? People tie them on with twine
and wonder why they fly off-doing 70, which is 4 mph less than a cat 1 hurricane.
Oh yeah baby!....this thing is scary quick...
