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Caption This for 02/06/15

Posted February 05, 2015 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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02/05/2015 4:51 PM

We only have one jack, and no ramp....?

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02/05/2015 5:54 PM

That's the way they do vehicle maintenance in Kings Lynn. What's funny about that?

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02/05/2015 5:55 PM

Some day I'm going to be a big boy truck and will no longer need these blocks.

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02/05/2015 7:42 PM

I said to park the truck somewhere on the block!
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02/06/2015 10:07 AM

Ugh, the pun, it hurts, it hurts so much...

(GA for that)

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02/05/2015 9:13 PM

After they driven out the Mexicans the HoodBoots made their first attempt to steal a full set of tyres. Some how they knew they did something wrong . . .

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02/05/2015 9:16 PM

Ya gotta put more blocks under there! If'n I drive on it now, the forklift's still gonna hit the top of the truck.
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02/05/2015 11:51 PM

The ramps are off screen to the right, being used on the next truck.

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02/06/2015 12:09 AM

"Read your contract buddy. It's specifically says, 'walk off only,' so I'm walkin' it off!"

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02/06/2015 12:33 AM

That's not what I meant when I asked you for a lift after the trucks unloaded.
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02/06/2015 1:47 AM

That 2 Ton jack worked great before you put that stuff in the back,

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02/06/2015 5:58 AM

I suppose I should have expected this: when he asked how to jack up the van to change a wheel, and, I indicated that he was "as thick as two short planks".

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02/06/2015 6:24 AM

"All the jack posts were being used on site, so we improvised".

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02/06/2015 8:06 AM

Swell. Not that funny. Been there and done that.

Do you have any idea how many times I employed a similar method of support to fix the tranny or driveshaft of my street legal car (trailered cars not allowed) at the drag strip? When you have no lift and the vehicle is going nowhere, you do what you must.

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02/06/2015 8:07 AM

"I told you those new square tires would not work very well Frank!"
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02/06/2015 9:07 AM

Wow, that truck actually looks taller and appears to be a more manly vehicle to drive. Respect !!

See what that concept did for this guy:
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02/06/2015 9:29 AM

Company that mounted filter unit on drawers goes into foreclosure. Auction to take place.

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02/06/2015 9:53 AM

Here is the winning design for the NO BID contract.

The Obama Administration has just awarded a Billion dollar contract to CGI for their high water design vehicles the government plans to purchase.

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02/06/2015 10:37 AM

The Boss was too freakin' cheap to buy a REAL truck.

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02/06/2015 11:10 AM

Finally got these guys to chock their wheels at the dock.

Now just have to get them to use them right.

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02/06/2015 11:14 AM

Lowering the ground a foot to alleviate obstructionist knuckle dragging wasn't without shortcomings but too it has revived ITT Tech's design engineering & drafting departments
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02/06/2015 11:29 AM

Truck wont start and we need to pour the concrete for the loading dock: Problem solved!

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02/06/2015 11:56 AM

Jerry Reed said it best.....

"if ya cain't raise the bridge... Lower the River....
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02/06/2015 9:03 PM

Inga - please elevate me!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5AG0Tqh3A

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02/07/2015 4:39 PM

I saw this at a industrial complex near my house and couldn't resist. It's next door to the mattress refurbishing company.

UGH.

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02/07/2015 8:04 PM

SO fluffy it needed extra ramps to unload??

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02/10/2015 6:05 PM

Well we needed to line up with the loading ramp and couldn't figure out how to lower the building sooo...

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02/11/2015 3:39 PM

...we then light the blocks of wood on fire to slowly lower the truck back down.

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02/14/2015 11:47 AM

When the truck is unloaded, the top 0f the truck will contact the top of the door. (oops)
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02/25/2015 10:49 AM

West Virginia truck

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02/25/2015 1:10 PM

I heard they discovered it while mowing their lawn in the back yard.

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