Great Smoke Stories!

[Rebel_Horseman]

OK my eyes are bleeding now from reading 23 freaking pages worth of stories, but boy was it worth it. I've been laughing my arse off reading some of the stories on here. I'd love to be able to smoke it up, but alas I can not yet. Hoping to get some dinero soon and then it'll be on. Keep the stories coming fellas.



Reb [><]



ON EDIT:



I could have really used a smoker just now. I swear I was out driving to the video store and some pin head in a Ford Aspire decides to pull out in front of me. Downshift into 3 and stay right on his bumper and my horn. The guy then starts his gesturing and such and think's I'm the dummy. I get on side of him and he asks me what my problem is, and I proceed to tell him his cute little car would look real nice planted on the front bumper of a real man's vehicle. He replies with something about if I hit him in the back I'd get the ticket and my insurance would go up. So, I politely informed him that that's exactly why I buy insurance, for jerk off's like him. The only thing that would have been better would be to have a setup and smoked him out. On the flip side, a cute little blond got next to me at the next light and told me she liked my truck.

 

[Scrappy]

SMOKE STORIES

I am now in the smoker club, Got my comp in today! Just waiting for somebody to do something stupid! The downside is that now some of that smoke is from my clutch:--) :{

 

[JoshPeters]

I just now found this WONDERFUL set of stories. I'm grinning ear to ear. Here's mine. I work at a Mercedes-Benz dealership in MN. Occasionally I go to lunch at a local mall. I was on my way back talking to one of the guys I work with, ironically, about the ammount of smoke my truck can lay down if I leave OD on at 35mph. (goofy lockup controller) So I preceded to show him. When I started there wasn't anyone behind me, or so I thought. After I preformed my smoke show I looked back and saw 2 lanes of pure black. Then I looked at my back-up camera, and low and behold a honda CRX was back there tailgating me the entire time! Windows down! Oh Darn.

Those CRX's are the reason I put the camera in in the first place. For some odd reason up here they like to lower them. Fact: A lowered CRX can be placed behind a 3500 and not seen at all. They are to short so they fit between the dually flares and when lowered fit below the tailgate.





Josh

 

[Got Smoke?]

Some may not agree with this one......

Well as a few of you who know me personally may know I'm in a college program to become a GM Service Tech. (no Dodge program:{ )



Well every other 8 wks I co-op out of a GM dealership, well I lost my first dealer due to conflict with the service advisor(he just didn't like me )



Well it was a Caddy dealership ajoined to a Dodge dealership. So every so often I'd go over and help out the Dodge guys, shoot the breeze, or rack the diesel tech's brains. Well there was this one guy who had a real snotty attitude, and was generally never to nice to me.



Well all that's in the past, but they still act like snobs whenever they see me. Well I got a new co-op sponsor and I love it there, bust my butt 40-plus hrs everyweek.



Well they let me go home @ lunch today cause I have had over time the past 3 weeks and never went home early. Well as I pull up to a redlight at lunch time who should pull up behind me but the snotty guy with the courtesy van full of techs returning from lunch... . they all know my truck too :-laf



Needless to say I mustered a NICE!! could of soot up for them even with only 300 marines and no rackstop!! :-laf :-laf :-laf (now if only they'd had the windows down and been beside me )

 

[LightmanE300]

While I dont believe in excessive pollution just for the sake of being cool or using your exhaust as a weapon... which some people on this thread sure seem to like... . (think of your kids and everyone else's breathing the extra carcinogens you so proudly spout out)... . I admittedly lost my cool and smoked the heck out of some idiot today on his crotch rocket.



I'm sitting at a red light in the E300 minding my own business when some guy on a rice rocket pulls up on my bumper. I mean ON my bumper, must have been an inch away literally, in the rearview he was so close all I could see was the headlight. He then proceeds to rev his bike incessantly, clearly for no reason as many motorcyclists do... which I find totally lame. If your bike's not stalling out, there is no need to constantly rev it... unless you're a moron just craving attention like this idiot. Well there was a solid line of traffic in the lane next to me, so he couldn't go anywhere. I waited a bit for the traffic next to me to speed up, and put the pedal all the way down. Looking in the sideview, all I saw was thick black smoke, and eventually saw him swerving around trying to get away from it. While I felt evil, I did get a little devilish smile out of the ordeal... I recently ran out of biodiesel, and if I haven't stepped on it in a while, she will leave a smoke trail like a dump truck:-laf Needless to say, after he was able, he gunned it by me giving me a 'look' through his helmet I'm sure that wasn't pleasant:-laf

 

[snowracer69]

Guy today in an older Furd diesel... looked to be pre-powerstroke and even pre-turbo. Well, he's lugging it while following a dump-truck and blowing smoke on me. Most the time I don't mind this, but it was non-stop and aggrevating (plus, Furd diesel smoke stinks... just not the same sweat aroma of a Cummins... anybody else ever notice that?).



So, we finally get around the dump truck and he moves into the right lane. Box is on 1x1, but gets bumped to 5x5 as I roll up next to him. I pause next to him just long enough that he glances over. I kind of give the look like "yeah, I see you, and now I'm passing. " I get around him and we're doing about 65 MPH. I slow to about 60 and let the RPM's drop, then put her to the floor. LOL... . poor guy went from 60 to 30! I only did it once, and just to show him what diesel smoke is supposed to look like.



As I moved back into the left lane to turn he came by me again... I had my windows down and just smiled... he looked at me like I was nuts but never flipped me off or anything. I think he understood.

... . (think of your kids and everyone else's breathing the extra carcinogens you so proudly spout out)... .

Surely you're not serious? "Think of the kids?" Sorry, but I've made it this far... I think my future kids will be just fine.



Josh

 

[LightmanE300]

LOl, just because you were lucky enough not to have asthma, or other respiratory problems, doesn't mean others won't...comes down to consideration of your neighbors, and other americans... . Regardless of who's been 'fine', removing soot and contaminants from the air is NOT a bad thing no matter how you look at it... . Oh well, when 2006 rolls around and ULSD is spread across the country, closed minded folks like yourself will have no choice

 

[Rebel_Horseman]

What a crock. I live in cancer alley, which is the pet name for the Mississippi River "Delta" region from Vicksburg, MS to the mouth of the river. We have more plants and industrial areas than anywhere else in this country. You think I'm worried about diesel smoke? That would be a pleasant break form the pollutants I breathe every day. Oh let's think of the poor kiddies, and all the trees we're killing, and the 4-eyed hairy swam frog on the endangered species list. BULL CRAP! Bleeding hearts need to get a grip, or go live in Cali with the rest of your kind. The reason we're going to have ULSD is because of Cali and the rest of the metropolitan areas. Personally Cali could fall off into the ocean and the rest of the cities could crumble and I wouldn't shed a solitary tear (might even go to the crevasse and celebrate with some champagne). Oo.



Reb [><]



BTW. My mind has been closed, the door locked, and the openign welded shut. The funny part is, I'm happy about it.

 

[snowracer69]

Oo. Oo.



Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming... ... .....

 

[WadePatton]

But wait Snowman!

I started to respond to the tree-hugging rhetoric the other day, but let it pass. Now that it's been brought up again.



AUTO-MO-BILES do NOT pollute anything near what IN-DUS-TRY does. One example I KNOW of, and I'm sure this is the same everywhere, is Nissan Motor Manufacturing in Smyrna, TN. The plant has been violating EPA standards for emissions since it was put into operation 15-20 years ago. It makes headlines every other year or so.



GUESS THE FREAK WHAT?!!! They pay the fine and keep right on cranking out product.



Now there is Emissions Testing required for automobiles in that county and 5-6 other counties around Nashville. When your car doesn't pass, __guess what?!__ you can't pay a fine and operate it while they look the other way. NOPE you fix it or park it. No tags until it sniffs "clean".



Now what is wrong with that picture?



Okay I'm going to quit now, I could soapbox for a while, but then we should start a different thread for that, like "Bash the tree-hugging anti-smokers" or something.



Seriously, I'm not mad at YOU for not wanting to pollute. Just trying to throw some perspective on it.



NOW, back to our regularly scheduled programming!



We should get some good smoke shots this weekend. We be gathering at my place before the pull with a few smokey trucks. Going to put 370's in a HX35 truck, that artta clear some skeeters. :-laf



stay tuned.

 

[Rebel_Horseman]

Wade you need to come down here. You could make some money contracting with the state for mosquito abatement.



You think it's bad there with Nissan. Well we have Dow (about 4 different plants), ExxonMobil refinery and 3 other plants, BASF, Honeywell, Shell, Trans American Refining, the list goes on and on. I worked this summer at a plant near Baton Rouge. I was told that one of the guys on our crew saw a lot of fluid draining into a drain and asked one of the plant workers where the collection pond was. He told the crewman that it went straight to the Mississippi River then started pouring another liquid into the drain too. The crewman asked what that was for and was told that it made the large particulates drop out of solution. :--) That is more the norm than the exception. About once a month or so there is a news report of a shutdown, gas release, fire or explosion at a plant somewhere. It's so commonplace that it doesn't even make the front page on the local news. And people are worried about diesel exhaust? HA!



Game On!



Reb [><]

 

[LightmanE300]

LMAO, while the knowledge on this board is often impressive, oftentimes such as this one, the ignorance is even more noteworthy... again, I'm glad USLD is coming and the peanut gallery here has no choice. I'm not a treehugger, crap I dont even recycle. This is a good change, but don't expect you billies to get it... lol... . back to your regularly scheduled programming... .

 

[SEmerson]

What really ticks me off is that we (Americans) go to all this expense and headache for smog. Then all these third world contrys pollute all they want. What about all the oil fires that have been started in previous conflicts? Where are the repercussions for them. They even make there money with oil but they don't give a rats a$$ about pollution. I would bet that one oil well fire makes more soot that all TDR members ever well.

 

[Blakers]

Originally posted by snowracer69

plus, Furd diesel smoke stinks... just not the same sweat aroma of a Cummins... anybody else ever notice that

Yes I noticed. Almost all the different diesels out there smell differently. The Cummins, Macks, Benzes, and Hercules diesels smell especially good. Detroits and GMs - whether 2 cycle or 4 cycle- smell the worst.



As far as black sooty smoke being really bad for those breathing it - the fact is it's actually the opposite. The larger (visible) particles are less hazardous and drop to the ground quicker than the smaller invisible particles. The particles from gasoline engines are much worse than those from diesels.



Black smoke might look bad and cause public outcry, but it's mostly just carbon and falls to the ground quickly.



Blake

 

[Sregorb]

"Seriously, I'm not mad at YOU for not wanting to pollute. Just trying to throw some perspective on it. "



An opinion, provided with backing data AND common sense perspective??? We can't have that on the TDR! LOL.







I find it amazing that "tree-huggers" seem to have a better lobby in DC than the "big industry" diesel users/manufacturers. and that the EPA is able to pass legislation based on partial, incomplete data and personal perceptions (Anything that stinks but is less harmful than the alternative (diesel)=bad, anything that is invisible and poisons you without necessarily knowing about it (gas cars)=good. ) I just don't see the logic and the priority scheme that's being assigned to the agenda. I



Brian

 

[Sregorb]

BTW, I agree in general that removing ANY contaminants from any system is inherently good. I just think the priorities of the targets being picked to change are skewed.



Brian

 

[Sticks]

HEY!



Wrong kind of "Smoke Stories" going on here guys.

 

[JyRO]

On the fence...

I'm torn here fellers. But I tend to lean toward lightmans opinions (at least pollution-wise). He's talked about smoking those in need, so I don't think he's a tree-hugger, nor am I. I can see Lightmans perspective. I think the misconception here is that we (as in most vehicle consumers, but in this case Cummins consumers) don't realize just how huge the absolute volume of diesel engines out there on the road. A change like ULSD (I think that was the letters) is HUGE because of the sheer #'s of diesel engines out there on the road.



I personally feel that a properly tuned diesel is less polluting than an equivalently sized properly tuned gas motor, but I don't know that for a fact.



As much as industries pollute, I serious doubt that industries *could* hold a candle to what havoc all the cars in this country *could* wreak if all emmission controls were thrown out the window. Just due to the sheer number of vehicles on the road. I'm all for emmision controls - they don't have to mean the end of performance. With engineering technology we can and are significantly improving the quality of the environment without *significantly* impacting a vehicles performance. There's no harm in that.



- JyRO

 

[RustyJC]

Hey, fellows, consider this. Ms. Soccer Mom in her minivan doesn't see the pollution industry may or may not be pumping into the atmosphere. She does, however, see the black cloud emerging from the 5" exhaust tip of that big, stinky, noisy truck immediately ahead of her.



Now, there's an old saying in the Marketing game - Perception is Reality! Guess what she perceives as the major pollution source in her everyday life? Furthermore, guess who can call her congressman, and guess who votes on election day?



It's a public relations game, folks. If we don't care what "image" we project, then we'd better be ready to take what's going to be coming our way.



And, no, I'm not a tree-hugger. I live probably 50 miles from the Houston ship channel's refinery row, I have worked for 30 years in the oil and gas equipment industry, and I have DD2's ready to go in the truck this weekend.



Rusty

 

[CATCRACKER]

I want ot jump in here. if it were not for the plants in louisiana& texas half of the south would be out of work. the greens make me sick. yea we need to watch what we put in the air but we also need jobs so the economy will not go into the drink. if that happens then all of those greens will be aksing me how to shoot a gun so they can kill somthing to eat. (extreme case but it get the point across). b/c of the high price of natural gas the plants in the deep south may have to close thier doors. i am in this business so i have privilaged info. i read a memo put out by one of these large plants in La. that if the price of nat. gas stayed high they would shut the doors. they calculated that 700,000 people would be effected directly and indirectly.



why is their a shortage of natural gas? b/c the greens dont want coal or nuclear plants built so most of the plants are gas fired causing a rise in nat. gas prices.



there are 140 chemical plants and refineries in louisiana alone. in the next five years those plants will spend 35 billion in plant expansion and rebuilds.



the plant that was mentioned that blew up was honeywell baton rouge about 5 miles from the state capital. it killed one man and injured 3 others



moral of the story dont let the greens dictate what is best b/c they dont live in the real world... ... . we do..... burn that oil boys!