The only problem with this thread is that after reading it, I always walk away humming CW McCall's "Convoy" song...which I really hate.
Lyrics for: Convoy
"Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck.
You got a copy on me, Pigpen? C'mon."
"Ah, yeah, ten-four, Pigpen, for sure, for sure.
By golly, it's clean clear to Flagtown. C'mon."
"Yeah, that's a big ten-four there, Pigpen.
Yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy.
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy."
It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
And a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We's headin' for bear on Eye-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shakeytown
I says, "Pigpen, this here's Rubber Duck
And I'm about to put the hammer down"
[Chorus]
'Cause we got a little convoy rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a little convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight
Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA
Convoy!
"Ah, breaker, Pigpen, this here's Duck 'n' you wanna back off them hogs?"
"Ah, ten-four. About 5 mile or so. Ten, roger.
Them hogs is gettin' intense up here."
By the time we got into Tulsa-town
We had 85 trucks in all
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
And them bears 's wall-to-wall
Yeah, them smokeys as thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air
I says "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck
We about to go a-huntin' bear"
'Cause we got a great big convoy rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight
Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA
Convoy
"Ah, you wanna give me a ten-nine on that, Pigpen?
Negatory, Pigpen, you're still too close.
Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses.
Mercy sakes, you better back off another ten"
Well, we rolled up Interstate Forty-Four
Like a rocket-sled on rails
We tore up all of our swindle sheets
And left 'em settin' on the scales
By the time we hit that Chi-town
Them bears was a-gettin' smart
They brought up some reinforcements
From the Illinois National Guard
There's armored cars and tanks and jeeps
And rigs of every size
Yeah, them chicken coops was full of bears
And choppers filled the skies
Well, we shot the line, we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
And eleven long-haired friends of Jesus
In a chartreuse microbus
"Ah, Rubber Duck, this is Sodbuster. C'mon here."
"Yeah, ten-four, Sodbuster.
Listen, ya wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide-jockey?
Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite and he needs all the help he can get."
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey Shore
Prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a doggone dime
I says "Pigpen, this here's the Rubber Duck
We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll"
So we crashed the gate doin' ninety-eight
I says, "Let them truckers roll, ten-four"
'Cause we got a mighty convoy rockin' thru the night
Yeah, we got a mighty convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight
Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA
Convoy
"Ah, ten-four, Pigpen. What's your twenty? OMAHA?
Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there, for sure.
Well, mercy sakes, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here,
So keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your... tail.
We'll catch you on the flip-flop.
This here's the Rubber Duck on the side. We gone, 'bye, 'bye."
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Originally Posted by Ldub
Any y'all convoy participants remember driving a little slower last year so Jim could keep up ?
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