Blue Oval vs. Bowtie Stories
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Blue Oval vs. Bowtie Stories
Ok, I know you all must have at least one good ‘blue oval vs. bowtie” story that you’re just dying to share. To get things rolling, let me share two of my personal favorites.
Last winter I was heading to the store when I noticed that the guy plowing the local school (with a ¾ ton Chevy) was sitting in the ditch beside the parking lot he was supposed to be plowing. I stopped in to see if he wanted me to pull him out. We chatted for a bit and he noted that he had hit a patch of ice and “The thing just jumped right into the ditch.” I couldn’t resist. “Kind of like a rock?” I offered. The guy looked me straight in the eye, waited a couple of seconds, then replied “You been waiting a long time to use that line?” We both laughed our butts off, I pulled him out and we went on our merry ways.
The second story comes from a few years back when I was driving my almost new ’93 Ranger 4.0 liter V-6 4x4 home from work. I stopped at a train crossing while a train passed by. When the gates came up, three or four cars came by from the other direction, then nothing. A big Chevy 24’ flat bed lumber delivery truck had apparently decided not to wait and tried a K-turn. One problem. Exactly half way through the maneuver he got the back wheels stuck in the ditch and was now completely blocking the road. Since I had my trusty chain with me – and nobody else was going to get around this guy anyway – I asked if he like me to give it a try. “At this point I’ll try anything,” he noted as traffic continued to back up.
So, I hook him up, drop it in 4 low and tell him to rock it. “I’ll yank you on the second bounce” I tell him. “Yea, right” he replies. Sure enough, I pop him out on the second bounce. (I even surprised myself.) We pull over to the side of the road to put the chain away and I tell him “Make sure you remember to tell your bowtie buddies what got you out.” ‘No problem” he says. “You actually think anybody’s going to believe it?” Good point. We both laughed our butts off and went on our merry ways.
Last winter I was heading to the store when I noticed that the guy plowing the local school (with a ¾ ton Chevy) was sitting in the ditch beside the parking lot he was supposed to be plowing. I stopped in to see if he wanted me to pull him out. We chatted for a bit and he noted that he had hit a patch of ice and “The thing just jumped right into the ditch.” I couldn’t resist. “Kind of like a rock?” I offered. The guy looked me straight in the eye, waited a couple of seconds, then replied “You been waiting a long time to use that line?” We both laughed our butts off, I pulled him out and we went on our merry ways.
The second story comes from a few years back when I was driving my almost new ’93 Ranger 4.0 liter V-6 4x4 home from work. I stopped at a train crossing while a train passed by. When the gates came up, three or four cars came by from the other direction, then nothing. A big Chevy 24’ flat bed lumber delivery truck had apparently decided not to wait and tried a K-turn. One problem. Exactly half way through the maneuver he got the back wheels stuck in the ditch and was now completely blocking the road. Since I had my trusty chain with me – and nobody else was going to get around this guy anyway – I asked if he like me to give it a try. “At this point I’ll try anything,” he noted as traffic continued to back up.
So, I hook him up, drop it in 4 low and tell him to rock it. “I’ll yank you on the second bounce” I tell him. “Yea, right” he replies. Sure enough, I pop him out on the second bounce. (I even surprised myself.) We pull over to the side of the road to put the chain away and I tell him “Make sure you remember to tell your bowtie buddies what got you out.” ‘No problem” he says. “You actually think anybody’s going to believe it?” Good point. We both laughed our butts off and went on our merry ways.
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well last christmas(2002) i was up at my parents house in the mountains we got 24 inches of snow. well the plow man came out on the 26th and started plowing, the next thing you know he hit the side of the small deck and got high centered on the snow bank he just built
to make an extreemly long story short, the next door neighbor(2000 feet away) heard what was going on and came over with his 84 f-250 with the old 6.9 deisel(what a powerhouse), my dad who is a dodge man evan said "i think its time to ditch the chebies!"we neer didnt get the drive fully plowed the entire season...but we did get over 100 inches total
to make an extreemly long story short, the next door neighbor(2000 feet away) heard what was going on and came over with his 84 f-250 with the old 6.9 deisel(what a powerhouse), my dad who is a dodge man evan said "i think its time to ditch the chebies!"we neer didnt get the drive fully plowed the entire season...but we did get over 100 inches total