Great Air Horn Stories

[Casey Ray]

OK guys and girls, here is your opportunity to post your great air horn stories.



My story is:



It was a typical morning for a LA traffic commute, bumper to bumper slow grind. I had only installed the horns less than one week before, up in Oregon, while on vacation, but I knew it wouldn't be long before I would be using them down here. Well there I am moving at a turtle's pace when from the lane to the right of me a woman in a black Accord with the window half way rolled down, cuts across two lanes of traffic and proceeds to cut me off. It was too perfect, she was at about a 45 degree angle to the front of my truck, as she merged into my lane her half open window was in the perfect position. I let her have it, I can tell you, she didn't expect anything like it, for a moment both hands came up off of the steering wheel, her head swung back like a Pez dispenser. She passed on through the lane I was in and got into the lane on my left (cutting that person off) and slowed down next to my truck, rolled down her passenger side window, gives me the one finger salute and appeared to be yelling at me, tho I couldn't make out a word she was saying between the CTD, my laughing and the radio.



Made my week, I still chuckle when I think about her reaction to the blast.





cul,



Casey

 

[TPCDrafting]

I've got one!

A month or so back, Kevin Whitmore comes down to my place for our TDR get together. After settiing up his camper we headed into town for groceries. We went directly to the fuel station to fill his tanks as he was running on fumes. We are done filling and waiting for Mrs. Whitmore to come out from paying. She comes walking around the front of the truck and he lets her have it with the air horns.

She laughed it off, cuz evidentally she's let him have it while he's under the hood. The rest of the people at the fuel station came out of their skin.

 

[Whitmore]

Originally posted by Hoof Hearted



for a moment both hands came up off of the steering wheel, her head swung back like a Pez dispenser. .



:-laf :-laf :-laf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . Priceless





TPCDrafting,



She laughed it off, cuz evidentally she's let him have it while he's under the hood. The rest of the people at the fuel station came out of their skin.

Yes Tim that was good wasnt it, I had my horns on for less than a week , the wife and I were washing the truck, she was in there just knitting away like grannys do as I washed the front grill she blasted me goooood, I bout peeeeed :{ she is so very cruel and just simply :-laf :-laf :-laf



Cheers, Kevin

 

[Casey Ray]

another

'bout a week ago, I was out running around with my daughter in the truck, its hotter than hades, so she wants to stop off and get a 7-11 slurpee. So I'm waiting out in the truck watching the customers come and go, one caught my eye, she had a shirt that said "Grand Tetons"... . so true. She must have caught me looking cuz she kinda giggled as she got into her car with her friend. Well anyway, there I am sitting, waiting, when some kid who looks like the young hillbilly banjo player from DELIVERANCE comes riding in on his moped. The funny part is he's hittin his horn for all its worth, but it sounds like a 12 volt buzzer running on 3 volts. Ridin circles in the parking lot, beeping at people and grinnin like an idiot. I sat there thinking, I wish I could give this guy a blast so he'd know what a real horn sounds like, but he took off before my daughter came out. Anyway, instead of taking the main blvd home, I jumped on a side street and headed home, not as many stops, and low and behold who do I see coming up to a stop sign, ol banjo boy, he's heading west (stopped at the time) and I am heading north, no stop. Before we pass him completely, I give him a 3 second honk. His face lit up like a x-mas tree. Kinda caught me off guard, now I'm wondering if next time I see him whether he'll have an air tank and some bully horns mounted on his ride.



cul,



Casey

 

[Jff24Gordn]

I has someone who didnt know any better looking under my front end at how BIG my front axle was. I was within reach of the horn button and 150 psi through one 30" grover was almost too much for him. I think it might have been less of a shock to shoot a full auto M16 behinf him than the horn.

 

[big jake 1]

just got the Nathan P3s operational within the past couple of weeks, was at a buddys house and he wanted me to light them off when I left his place. He lives over a ridge and about a mile from the highway where I hit the valve and he immediately called me on the cellphone to say he heard them.



Last weekend we were headed to the sled pulls in Yerington NV, all caravanning from the motel in Carson City.



a group of about a dozen rigs were following the 18 wheeler pulling the sled until he came to the first big hill, we all passed him and he was laying on the air horns on the Freightliner, as I went passed, I had the air tanks at 105 psi when I pulled the lever and almost sent him into the ditch, he was all over my truck checking out the horns when we got to Yerington.



The boys all partied hardy after the pulls once we got back to Carson City and I made a point of driving thru the motel parking lot at 7am, with 105 psi in the tank and a 1/2 line going from the valve to the horns







with an 18 gallon air tank, I am able to run my Snap-on Impact gun for changing tires and also airing up after events.



I'll be in Tulare for the OCTOBER SHOWDOWN and I am sure you folks will be able to find me there







big jake



THE FORD GUY Oo. Oo. Oo.

 

[Scot]

Several years ago the then Ass. Fire Chief thought it would be real funny to lay down on the air horn (mounted in the bumper) while I walked 6' in front of the truck. I now have permanant hearing damage and my left ear rings constantly.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

The GLTDR was having a get together at Dave's diesel a couple years ago and I was under the hood of BIGKAVR's truck looking down with a half full can of coke in my hand. Rick hit the air horn and I jerked. The coke SHOT out of the can and right into my eye ball. Everyone else thought it was hilarious! I thought it was pretty funny too once I had washed the coke out of my eye.

 

[ronco]

Originally posted by Scot

Several years ago the then Ass. Fire Chief thought it would be real funny to lay down on the air horn (mounted in the bumper) while I walked 6' in front of the truck. I now have permanant hearing damage and my left ear rings constantly.

That is not a great air horn story.

 

[jmeehan]

Last spring the ferry I work on was in shipyard and one of the jobs was to rebuild the fog horn. So one of the Third Engineers removed the horn from the mast and was working on it in the shop.

You know I just had to play with it

I tried an air nozzle but to much air escaped around the rubber tip. Once the rebuild was complete I had a chance to lay into it through the valve, without losing any air. I loved it, but I was chewed out by a subordinate for possibly damaging his hearing. I know better know.

I was thinking of everyone on this board when I got to play with that ships horn.

 

[dpuckett]

This wasnt in my Ram, but it is still good.



I was delivering furniture in Colo Spgs for a while this spring- FL70 with a 3126 Cat and a decent air horn. Was east bound on Woodmen at I25; about 12:30. Light turned green for me, and in true Coloradoan fasthion, at least 3 others went in front of me before I could move. I was in the middle of the intersection, and this soccer mom in a minivan cuts in front of me and stops because the rest of traffic hadnt made it through the light to get to I25. I laid on the horn for about 4 sec, and she jumped about 3 inches off her seat. Figure she had to get teh seat steam cleaned. She looked about 55, and all self important.