What terrible luck with PG&E. Going back to school seems to be the popular thing to do with the current economic conditions. I don't know how long ago exactly, but not too long ago GR came out of their hiring freeze and contractors I've been delivering to say that business is picking up. Granted that construction and landscaping are just one area of the economy, but it looks like people are starting to spend money again and hopefully in time it will spread to other areas. Any pics of the '62?
@FaithfulAndTrue100 I have wanted a job in plant operations for some time now to use my welding fabricating skills, get payed well and earn vacation time to work in my shop, so the opportunity to get a certificate made the PG&E layoff a blessing in disguise. The owner of GRC called me and said he was sad to see me go and to call him if things don't work out, which was quite an honor, I can't say enough good things about him. Toward the end, I talked a bunch with the guy who drives the white ...
@AggregateDood... SCT transfer, but I've forgotten his name now. His radio really got out, I could hear him and Sean Holley all over the county lol. I would post a link to my FB or Car domain page with the 62 Pete pictures, but every time I post a URL on You Tube, it won't post the comment. You can email me at thefabford@cruzio.com and I can send links through email.. I also have pics of the big rip rap on my Facebook page.
@AggregateDood Bruce Woolpert called you? That's pretty cool. I met Bruce once at an after hours get branch get together at the Design Center and more recently met his wife when I delivered to their home. They're surprisingly modest and down to earth people. Larry (a.k.a. BIG FOOT) drives the transfer, but I've never met Larry in person. I hardly know any of the SCT drivers because I am always in the SF bay area and SCT drivers are scattered all over the place. I'll check out your website.
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Yeah he did lol. I fabricated hardware for the end dump trailer on my own time and I guess it got his attention. I also made a transportation dept video for recognition day which he saw when he attended the event.
Yep , Larry, that's him...
One correction, if you get to my car domain page the Pete is on page 7, not 8.
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Seems just about everything I like is before my time lol. It has a 335 Cummins. It used to have a 4 x 4 set of boxes, but someone swapped out the main trans for a 13 spd. So it's a 13 x 4 until I swap a 5 or 6 speed main trans back into it.
@AggregateDood I've seen one other truck with a 13 x 4...it was a Frank Smith Trucking '68 needle nose Pete 359. I'd imagine it is a bit easier because you're shifting the 13 most of the time, but for the sake of originality I see why you'd put a 5 or 6 in it. I told Lou, an SCT driver who's been driving since the 60s, they don't make 'em like they used to. He laughed and said "Yeah, they made 'em w/o air ride, w/o good insulation so the engine heat came up in the cab on the hottest days, etc"
I've picked up some larger pieces of rip rap from the quarry face on a 10-wheeler with side boards. I took them to the Design Center in Cupertino where they mark them way up and sell them as 'Granite Boulders'. Would have been more efficient to have an end dump or transfer do it, but they were concerned about breakage so the excavator loaded them one y and one and unloaded them with a forklift.
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Ahh, so maybe I've seen you in the quarry? I quit end dumping last Oct to take a job with more pay, but I miss my old job now. The largest rocks I hauled went to Nasa at Moffet Field, I think they were about 4-6 ton rocks. Only carried about 5 of them. I started editing video of that job, but have been too busy to finish it.
@AggregateDood I work for SCT and do the 10-wheeler deliveries for the Design Center and Redwood City Building Materials. I've only been to the Wilson Quarry once. I was escorted up to the quarry face near the crusher to pickup those boulders. 4-6 tons is pretty large. I think the largest I handled was about 3 tons and those were Jaspers, not granite. Unloading the 3 ton boulders with a piggy back forklift was a little adventure in itself. Are you no longer working at Graniterock?
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Yeah, I took a job offer with PG&E for twice the pay, but I came at a bad time and ended up getting laid off 2 months later. I'm on the hiring hall list and other temps have told me to expect temps to get hired back around June. I'm using the opportunity to go to school and get an HVAC certificate. I'm trying to get a job making enough to afford my expensive street rod fabrication hobby in Watsonville. I bought a '62 narrow nose Pete, which is my latest resto project.
i like seeing them vids u have keep on with the good work
MrJevonmartin 5 months ago in playlist MrJevonmartin's Favorited Videos
I used to live in Aptos, California for almost 20 years from 1985 till 2004 and have been to Aromas many times over the years.
CoastStarlight11 10 months ago
that will be great i will love that
MrJevonmartin 10 months ago
What terrible luck with PG&E. Going back to school seems to be the popular thing to do with the current economic conditions. I don't know how long ago exactly, but not too long ago GR came out of their hiring freeze and contractors I've been delivering to say that business is picking up. Granted that construction and landscaping are just one area of the economy, but it looks like people are starting to spend money again and hopefully in time it will spread to other areas. Any pics of the '62?
FaithfulAndTrue100 10 months ago
@FaithfulAndTrue100 I have wanted a job in plant operations for some time now to use my welding fabricating skills, get payed well and earn vacation time to work in my shop, so the opportunity to get a certificate made the PG&E layoff a blessing in disguise. The owner of GRC called me and said he was sad to see me go and to call him if things don't work out, which was quite an honor, I can't say enough good things about him. Toward the end, I talked a bunch with the guy who drives the white ...
AggregateDood 10 months ago
@AggregateDood... SCT transfer, but I've forgotten his name now. His radio really got out, I could hear him and Sean Holley all over the county lol. I would post a link to my FB or Car domain page with the 62 Pete pictures, but every time I post a URL on You Tube, it won't post the comment. You can email me at thefabford@cruzio.com and I can send links through email.. I also have pics of the big rip rap on my Facebook page.
AggregateDood 10 months ago
@AggregateDood Bruce Woolpert called you? That's pretty cool. I met Bruce once at an after hours get branch get together at the Design Center and more recently met his wife when I delivered to their home. They're surprisingly modest and down to earth people. Larry (a.k.a. BIG FOOT) drives the transfer, but I've never met Larry in person. I hardly know any of the SCT drivers because I am always in the SF bay area and SCT drivers are scattered all over the place. I'll check out your website.
FaithfulAndTrue100 10 months ago
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Yeah he did lol. I fabricated hardware for the end dump trailer on my own time and I guess it got his attention. I also made a transportation dept video for recognition day which he saw when he attended the event.
Yep , Larry, that's him...
One correction, if you get to my car domain page the Pete is on page 7, not 8.
AggregateDood 10 months ago
@AggregateDood I love those older trucks, even though they're way before my time. What does it have under the hood?
FaithfulAndTrue100 10 months ago
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Seems just about everything I like is before my time lol. It has a 335 Cummins. It used to have a 4 x 4 set of boxes, but someone swapped out the main trans for a 13 spd. So it's a 13 x 4 until I swap a 5 or 6 speed main trans back into it.
AggregateDood 10 months ago
@AggregateDood I've seen one other truck with a 13 x 4...it was a Frank Smith Trucking '68 needle nose Pete 359. I'd imagine it is a bit easier because you're shifting the 13 most of the time, but for the sake of originality I see why you'd put a 5 or 6 in it. I told Lou, an SCT driver who's been driving since the 60s, they don't make 'em like they used to. He laughed and said "Yeah, they made 'em w/o air ride, w/o good insulation so the engine heat came up in the cab on the hottest days, etc"
FaithfulAndTrue100 10 months ago
I've picked up some larger pieces of rip rap from the quarry face on a 10-wheeler with side boards. I took them to the Design Center in Cupertino where they mark them way up and sell them as 'Granite Boulders'. Would have been more efficient to have an end dump or transfer do it, but they were concerned about breakage so the excavator loaded them one y and one and unloaded them with a forklift.
Another great video.
FaithfulAndTrue100 11 months ago
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Ahh, so maybe I've seen you in the quarry? I quit end dumping last Oct to take a job with more pay, but I miss my old job now. The largest rocks I hauled went to Nasa at Moffet Field, I think they were about 4-6 ton rocks. Only carried about 5 of them. I started editing video of that job, but have been too busy to finish it.
AggregateDood 10 months ago
@AggregateDood I work for SCT and do the 10-wheeler deliveries for the Design Center and Redwood City Building Materials. I've only been to the Wilson Quarry once. I was escorted up to the quarry face near the crusher to pickup those boulders. 4-6 tons is pretty large. I think the largest I handled was about 3 tons and those were Jaspers, not granite. Unloading the 3 ton boulders with a piggy back forklift was a little adventure in itself. Are you no longer working at Graniterock?
FaithfulAndTrue100 10 months ago
@FaithfulAndTrue100 Yeah, I took a job offer with PG&E for twice the pay, but I came at a bad time and ended up getting laid off 2 months later. I'm on the hiring hall list and other temps have told me to expect temps to get hired back around June. I'm using the opportunity to go to school and get an HVAC certificate. I'm trying to get a job making enough to afford my expensive street rod fabrication hobby in Watsonville. I bought a '62 narrow nose Pete, which is my latest resto project.
AggregateDood 10 months ago
Nice one Tom, man I love hearin that turbo howl!!
CATMUSCLE 1 year ago
Great video and i love the tunes.
ukskippy09 1 year ago
great video
Andrew
schmoo121 1 year ago
i like all your videos u make i wanna see the double bottom dumps work to as for the end dumps i wanna see all of the other too
MrJevonmartin 1 year ago
Another great video man, well done!
bullyfrog08 1 year ago
Great video.
Kyle
Bobtrucker123 1 year ago