Lets go diesel

Fun stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV_Xq2oNI_E

Opps.
Poke here.

Video said the diesel fuel was 6 cents a gallon. Hhmmmm. Think we will see those prices anytime soon?

Gene

Thank you for posting. I really enjoy those old films

Back in 1968 farm diesel was like .14.9 a gallon on road when i started running coal buckets was like .19.9 a gallon , in Sept of 77 when i bought the new 77 4300 I H eagle the first tank of fuel i put in start off with under a 1/4 tank i put 197 gallon in her on 210 gallon tanks and it was 37-38 US DOLLARS and the 4300 would go over a 1000 miles on a fill up . I could leave the house Monday morning with 4-500 bucks in my wallet an run all week , dine like a king ,. run the toll roads have tires repaired feed the truck and still come home with close to 200 left over . NOW with fuel prices around here or 4.79.9 ya would have to have a Brinks truck following you around .

Nope just a little plastic card.

In the summers of my high school jr. and sr. years, I worked on tug boats working the Intercoastal Canal from S. Tx to Vicksburg, Ms. up the mighty Mississippi River pushing/pulling barges. First year was on the tug Atlas powered by a 400 hp (cu in had to be a thousand or close to it) diesel engine turning a 10' prop as I recall.....at RPMs on the 100's range. The valve train was exposed and atop the 6 cylinder engine and the whole time we ran, you could hear the rocker/valve interconnect clacking. I was part of the temp. deck hands filling in for regular crew who were on vacation.

One occasion we were up a remote finger of the river (forget....maybe Mermentaugh....spelling? near Jennings as I recall) in southern La. and stopped by a provision store on the way out with barges full of La. crude oil. We filled up on creature comforts and 1000 gallons of diesel....at 9 cents a gal. I thought wow. Road gasoline was less than 30 cents at the time in S. Tx..

The second year I got on as the cook on a larger boat (Tug Lone Star) sporting a GM V12 or V16 cylinger 1000 hp engine. That sucker just hummed....smooth as silk. One thing I learned as a cook with mostly southern La. crew is that Rice was part of every meal except breakfast. I decided that I wasn't cooking Rice one supper and afterwards the capt. called me to the wheel house and told me that if I ever did that again he would put me off the boat (fired) at the next set of locks. I obeyed!

After that second summer (after graduation) I bought my first P/U...a well worn out 47 Chevy 5 window, hot water six, 3 on the tree. When I bought it the oil was filthy and when I got home the first thing I did was to change it......well you probably know the answer to this. Using 30 weight Havoline HD (Texaco station was near the house and the family used them regularly) as soon as I cranked up you would have thought the city had their DDT spray rigs out spraying mosquitoes.......it didn't smoke with the old, dirty, original oil!!!!!

I really enjoyed the experience and had a lot of fun plus making $16 a day with R and B furnished.