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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: A couple of people who caught my eye
From: Paul Laughlin <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:20:35 -0700
Actually, a bobtail rig refers to a truck  with it's own cargo area and 
no trailer.  A tractor has a fifth wheel and pulls a semi-trailer.  And 
then to add to the confusion, there is the "West Coast Rig", which 
refers to a truck with a cargo area that pulls a full trailer behind it. 
  LOL
Paul in Portland OR


On 3/10/2013 9:41 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Alan Jackson, a country singer, had a hit a few years back about a truck 
> driver's love for his cornbread and chicken. "Where I Come From". Mentions a 
> bobtail rig. I wondered what that was and did some research, which I now 
> don't recall at all, and discovered it was the tractor without the trailer. I 
> like lorry donkey. So descriptive.
>
> Well I was headed home on 65
> somewhere around Kentucky
> The CB rang for the bobtail rig
> that's rollin' on like thunder
> Well I answered him and he asked me
> Aren't you from out in Tulsa
> No, but you might'a seen me there
> I just dropped a load of salsa

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