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09-16-2019, 08:34 AM
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Name: Snedge
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I don't usually get sentimental, or even think about buying these older trucks.
This one is not special because it's the first Dodge I ever worked on, nor does it belong to a family member. I was here long before Dodges had a Cummins in them.
This truck belonged to a customer/neighbor/friend whom I've known since he walked in our door 24 years ago looking for information about his new truck.
He had recently retired from the mines and purchased this Dodge to tour America. Like Johnny Cash, this trucks been everywhere. He and his wife's first goal was Alaska.
I set him up with a box of consumables like filters, oil and fuel additives, an extra belt and tensioner, and misc other stuff. I also gave him a directory of Cummins dealers so he could find service anywhere he'd go. This was the early days of the internet, so it's not like he could take a google machine and tomtom along. We installed a set of ride rite air bags on the rear, and spend a couple minutes with the injection pump.
Long story short, we cared for his truck while he enjoyed his retired life.
He is 90 now and in poor heath. Old buddy rarely leaves his house anymore. He called me the other day and asked if I could come to the farm to pick up the Dodge. He no longer had a use for it and wanted to make sure it was still decent as it had sat in the barn for a couple years .
We sat at his kitchen table and had a long conversation. Nothing specific, just taking about his travels, his life my life, and all the other stuff men talk about. He's a Godly man. Not the type that beats you over the head with it, the type that walks it. I'm not going to get deep here. I'll just say he's nearing the end of a life well lived.
He handed the title over to me, and said that he'd like to get enough out of the truck to facilitate his final arrangements on the hill behind the church. His thinking was the truck served it's purpose and it may as well finish the job. The plan was for me to clean it up a little, and sell it for him.
I sold it for him on the spot.
Last edited by Snedge; 09-16-2019 at 08:38 AM.
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09-16-2019, 08:52 AM
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Name: SmokeShow
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09-16-2019, 08:59 AM
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Name: bracker8040
Title: Too Much Time
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snedge
I don't usually get sentimental, or even think about buying these older trucks.
This one is not special because it's the first Dodge I ever worked on, nor does it belong to a family member. I was here long before Dodges had a Cummins in them.
This truck belonged to a customer/neighbor/friend whom I've known since he walked in our door 24 years ago looking for information about his new truck.
He had recently retired from the mines and purchased this Dodge to tour America. Like Johnny Cash, this trucks been everywhere. He and his wife's first goal was Alaska.
I set him up with a box of consumables like filters, oil and fuel additives, an extra belt and tensioner, and misc other stuff. I also gave him a directory of Cummins dealers so he could find service anywhere he'd go. This was the early days of the internet, so it's not like he could take a google machine and tomtom along. We installed a set of ride rite air bags on the rear, and spend a couple minutes with the injection pump.
Long story short, we cared for his truck while he enjoyed his retired life.
He is 90 now and in poor heath. Old buddy rarely leaves his house anymore. He called me the other day and asked if I could come to the farm to pick up the Dodge. He no longer had a use for it and wanted to make sure it was still decent as it had sat in the barn for a couple years .
We sat at his kitchen table and had a long conversation. Nothing specific, just taking about his travels, his life my life, and all the other stuff men talk about. He's a Godly man. Not the type that beats you over the head with it, the type that walks it. I'm not going to get deep here. I'll just say he's nearing the end of a life well lived.
He handed the title over to me, and said that he'd like to get enough out of the truck to facilitate his final arrangements on the hill behind the church. His thinking was the truck served it's purpose and it may as well finish the job. The plan was for me to clean it up a little, and sell it for him.
I sold it for him on the spot.
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I got tears in my eyes reading that.
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09-16-2019, 09:02 AM
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#24
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Name: Snedge
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Originally Posted by bracker8040
I got tears in my eyes reading that.
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Sissy...
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09-16-2019, 09:16 AM
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#25
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Name: bracker8040
Title: Too Much Time
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snedge
Sissy...
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I know.....
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09-16-2019, 12:43 PM
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#26
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Name: Snedge
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Originally Posted by bracker8040
I know.....
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It's okay.
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09-16-2019, 03:27 PM
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Name: Timbeaux
Title: Administrator and Head Thread Derailer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snedge
I don't usually get sentimental, or even think about buying these older trucks.
This one is not special because it's the first Dodge I ever worked on, nor does it belong to a family member. I was here long before Dodges had a Cummins in them.
This truck belonged to a customer/neighbor/friend whom I've known since he walked in our door 24 years ago looking for information about his new truck.
He had recently retired from the mines and purchased this Dodge to tour America. Like Johnny Cash, this trucks been everywhere. He and his wife's first goal was Alaska.
I set him up with a box of consumables like filters, oil and fuel additives, an extra belt and tensioner, and misc other stuff. I also gave him a directory of Cummins dealers so he could find service anywhere he'd go. This was the early days of the internet, so it's not like he could take a google machine and tomtom along. We installed a set of ride rite air bags on the rear, and spend a couple minutes with the injection pump.
Long story short, we cared for his truck while he enjoyed his retired life.
He is 90 now and in poor heath. Old buddy rarely leaves his house anymore. He called me the other day and asked if I could come to the farm to pick up the Dodge. He no longer had a use for it and wanted to make sure it was still decent as it had sat in the barn for a couple years .
We sat at his kitchen table and had a long conversation. Nothing specific, just taking about his travels, his life my life, and all the other stuff men talk about. He's a Godly man. Not the type that beats you over the head with it, the type that walks it. I'm not going to get deep here. I'll just say he's nearing the end of a life well lived.
He handed the title over to me, and said that he'd like to get enough out of the truck to facilitate his final arrangements on the hill behind the church. His thinking was the truck served it's purpose and it may as well finish the job. The plan was for me to clean it up a little, and sell it for him.
I sold it for him on the spot.
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That is a great story, and you are an awesome fella for helping him out. Well done Jeff.
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09-16-2019, 05:51 PM
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Name: TheBac
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Jeff, I dont really even know you but can tell you are one heck of a "good egg". Wonderful story.
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09-17-2019, 09:42 AM
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Name: Highfinance97
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Nice, Jeff!
Two-tone, too!
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09-17-2019, 09:54 AM
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Name: Snedge
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Originally Posted by Highfinance97
Nice, Jeff!
Two-tone, too!
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Right on. Green and Silver to the front !!!!
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09-17-2019, 12:39 PM
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Name: Red Sleeper
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That’s a great story Jeff. Will the ol’ truck outlast its second owner?
Time will tell.
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09-17-2019, 01:10 PM
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Name: Snedge
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Originally Posted by Red Sleeper
That’s a great story Jeff. Will the ol’ truck outlast its second owner?
Time will tell.
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I can't imagine myself at 90, but the older I get, the older I want to get. lol
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09-17-2019, 01:14 PM
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Name: Timbeaux
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snedge
I can't imagine myself at 90, but the older I get, the older I want to get. lol
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So you are saying no stretched tires and 1/2 lift kit for this one?
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"I just love everything about racing. I wanna race every single day. Its nothing for me to be cutting grass and the neighbor hoss the gas on his mower, and there we are, lined up in the the middle of the street." - Stevie KillinTime Jackson
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"A gainst stupidity, the gods themselves fight unvictorious."
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09-17-2019, 01:33 PM
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Name: Bob Wagner
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great story, thanks for sharing.
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09-18-2019, 07:38 AM
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Name: 4x4dually
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Damned allergies.
That's awesome, Jeff, and I'm real proud to call you a friend. As I get older I realize more and more just how much the old folks in our lives sacrificed for us little kids back in the day. It's a great thing to serve them back when the times comes. You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
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09-18-2019, 08:51 AM
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Name: Snedge
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Originally Posted by 4x4dually
Damned allergies.
That's awesome, Jeff, and I'm real proud to call you a friend. As I get older I realize more and more just how much the old folks in our lives sacrificed for us little kids back in the day. It's a great thing to serve them back when the times comes. You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
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Thanks buddy.
I didn't even want this truck, but my gut said otherwise. I have no use for it.
I often miss the good old days of the diesel pickups when only old guys owned them, and asked all the right questions. It was a challenge in those days. Hot rodding them was experimental. We had no Diesel Power Magazine, no internet.
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09-18-2019, 09:12 AM
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Name: dieselbeef
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I know from my own experience ye a helluva guy jeff..hope some day to shake yer hand...saw the post on fbook....I applaud you sir
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09-22-2019, 02:27 PM
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Name: RacinDuallie
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How much?
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09-23-2019, 06:20 AM
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Name: Snedge
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Originally Posted by RacinDuallie
How much?
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How much what?
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09-23-2019, 09:15 AM
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Name: RacinDuallie
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Originally Posted by Snedge
How much what?
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You selling it for?
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