New Jersey Coal History

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Interesting but this comment cannot possibly be right:

With a full load of coal, the truck weighs approximately 8,200 lbs.

VigIIPeaBurner wrote:How do you find this material?
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Google!!!

Kewl.

No Kiddin, you GOOGLED it???

I know Denville well, went to high school next town over, Boonton.

I lived in Boonton Township on Tourne Road for a while. Spent a lot of time and money at the Fireside.

Richard S. wrote:Interesting but this comment cannot possibly be right:

With a full load of coal, the truck weighs approximately 8,200 lbs.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. That ol' truck has to weigh at least 7,000 empty ...

The lift and box itself is probably about 1.5 to 2 ton. It's at least a 3 ton box, plus you still have the weight of the truck which I would guess to be 8 to 10K.

I can't figure where they got the 8,250 from other than they forgot the 1 and it's 18,250 which is about right.

Wood'nCoal wrote:I lived in Boonton Township on Tourne Road for a while. Spent a lot of time and money at the Fireside.

Hey, I have spent some time in there myself, we're talkin' the '70s though. I had a friend named Young, don't know if he is related to the coal Youngs. This guy is a true biker. He bought a big Harley that belonged to a guy that wiped out on it and lost his life after leaving Betty's Fireside. The first bike I ever rode was courtesy of him, a Honda 300 Scrambler. Also did a lot of drinking in Jerry's Tavern, just up the street from Tourne Road across from Dell's Villiage... Now that place is a fancy eatery.

Maybe they ment 8200 lbs of coal? 4 tons in that body sounds about right lookin at the picture.

Also did a lot of drinking in Jerry's Tavern, just up the street from Tourne Road across from Dell's Villiage.

Yep, know that place. I haven't been back there in a while, I've owned this house almost 20 years. I suppose it has changed a bit. I remember the Fireman's Carnival and there was a townie with a very prominent supraorbital ridge and one continuous eyebrow who was known as "The Brow", he pumped gas in the station near Dell's Village.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supraorbital_ridge

OMIGOD! Everybody must have known "The Brow!" He was around since high school in the 70's!!!!!! The "flats boys" all knew him. Boonton is an amazing town. I painted every window in the old Boonton Handbag Factory that you can see from 287. It took me a year. It was originally a silk mill way back in the 1800's, The Kanter Bros. bought it years ago and they hired me to paint the exterior around 1980.. They own the Packard name now and the place is full of antique cars.

There was another place called The Mansion House at the bottom of Boonton Ave. Now that was a seedy bar. The bartender was named Arch, there was a sign on the bar that said, "AA resignations accepted here." Every 5th beer was free, I used to sit in that dark place and drown my sorrows lol. My brother had a guitar shop near there on Main St. for 10 years.

I guess everyone knows him!

I know Kanter's place, Packard Industries.

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I think "Brow" was Tommy Lewis. he pumped gas at the Getty(?) across from Dels Village