[AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming

[charlie hill]

Bear, my guess is that your dad ran a lot of recaps on his rig.  Am I right? 
That would explain him calling the tires casings.  A good set of casings 
would last through several re-caps if your recapper was any good.  Stuff 
happens to truck tires but the tread is not so important as long as you 
don't ruin the casing.

I guess most of us know what the truckers call a truck tread that has come 
off and is laying in the highway.   It's an alligator because it can jump up 
and bite your air lines and stuff.

Charlie

Charlie
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From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming


> Herb
> Glad to know that I am not the only one who knew them as turtle shells. 
> The other one that gets my kids and grandkids is when I say  that I have 
> to get out and check my casings (the air in my tires.)  That is what my 
> old dad always called his tires and I guess it stuck.  Dad was a trucker 
> and it we had ever ruined a dual or one single of a tandem axle, he would 
> have whopped us good.  "Good casings cost good money" and I quote.
> Bear
>
> Live every day of your life like a three year old.  Get down in the dirt 
> with it, roll in it and smile a lot.  Bear
>
>
> --- "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:58:03 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming
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> Bear
> Turtle shells were used decades ago in KS; flatten out most of the arc, 
> turn
> it over, and hook behind the team of mules and move very modest amounts of
> dirt or rocks.  I remember hooking a log chain into the hinge hooks of the
> turtle shell.
> Recently, a close friend had a body shop there; that was first time I 
> heard
> of clips.
> Herb
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
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>> I am sure it may be another local thing.  When I was growing up all my
>> folks and friends called the truck or English boot a "turtle" and the lid
>> was the turtle shell.  To fit the dog box, just unbolt or torch the 
>> hinges
>> on the turtle shell and instant coon hunting truck.  I remember that my
>> Dad's youngest brother (the coon huntin-est fellow I ever knew) had
>> several friends with sedans with the dog box permantly in the turtle.
>> Bear
>
>> --- "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net> wrote:
>> Here we used the highly technical term for that part of
>> the car. We called it the "ass end"...   :-)   That was
>> also BTW where the coon hunters took the "rear deck" off
>> and built in the "dog box".   :-)
>> "farmer"
>
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