Dust and Diesel

My face is very sunburned right now...

Why?

I spent the day with some folks from work at the Diesel National's in Englishtown, NJ.

They have a 1/4 mile drag strip there, and the basic idea is that if it runs on diesel you can race it.

This is one of the things I love about this country. Americans have a need to race each other. It could be a lawnmower, a wheelchair or a golf cart, no matter. If it has wheels on it, someone is getting challenged to a duel. This was evidence by the fact that I witnessed 2 dump trucks race each other today. One of the highlights was the "R.V" class race - there was only one participant and yes he did proceed to race his very large pink motorhome down the track. The garbage truck race event regretfully had no participants this year.

We had a tent set up with all sorts of parts, filters a few display engines and I spent most of the morning answering questions, shaking hands and giving out free stuff. (People love free stuff)

One thing I learned about truckers today is that they are a proud group. They love their trucks.

I spent some time walking though the parking lot (which was a sea of all kinds of beautiful trucks) It didn't take long for them to recognize the "Cummins" logo on my shirt.

"You work with Cummins?"

"Sure"

"You gotta see my truck...."

I had a great time talking with these guys. If you think waxing a car is tough - try a whole truck.

Anyway, I took some pics

Here is the link

Trucks