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12-27-2017, 10:17 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1990 Scamp 16 ft
Posts: 654
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Unusual Fiberglass rig parked down my street
This rig appeared on my block last Summer. Seems the driver was a friend of one of my neighbors. She reported that its very hard to drive.
I heard only a few of these were ever made. Sales were poor due to limited inside space and strange meat product odors.
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12-27-2017, 10:34 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet (want 13 ft fiber glass
Posts: 2,316
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Hot dog, these things were the wurst RVs ever, but I relish the thought of owning one, as their beds are soft as bread!
Dave & Paula
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12-27-2017, 10:43 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1990 Scamp 16 ft
Posts: 654
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Madison Wisconsin was the home of Oscar Meyer for 98 years, til last year. I suppose they moved to China like many American businesses. Seems $15 per hour is just too much for tube steak makers.
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12-27-2017, 10:45 AM
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Member
Name: Roy
Trailer: Bigfoot
Texas
Posts: 38
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Hot diggity, Dave these were really good in Chili conditions!!
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12-27-2017, 10:54 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Scamp 13
California
Posts: 1,889
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I wonder if it whistled as you drove down the street.
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12-27-2017, 11:06 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Escape 17 ft Plan B
Posts: 2,389
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Linck
This rig appeared on my block last Summer. Seems the driver was a friend of one of my neighbors.
I heard only a few of these were ever made. Sales were poor due to limited inside space and strange meat product odors.
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Talk about odor problems:
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12-27-2017, 11:10 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet (want 13 ft fiber glass
Posts: 2,316
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I never saw that model of a Big Foot before.
Dave & Paula
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12-27-2017, 11:22 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 13 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe
Posts: 8,520
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David B.
Hot dog, these things were the wurst RVs ever, but I relish the thought of owning one, as their beds are soft as bread!
Dave & Paula
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They may be the "Wurst" But the "Brats" on the commercial say everyone would be in love with it.
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12-27-2017, 11:36 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 93 Burro 17 ft
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,025
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Need a lot of dough for a weinermobile.
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12-27-2017, 06:00 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Dave
Trailer: 2013Escape 21
Iowa
Posts: 1,218
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Not to get into namecalling but if you couldn’t drive one of those you’d be a wienie. On the other hand if you dumped the clutch and got some scratch you’d be a hot dog. Old folks like me remember seeing them as a kid and still seeing one once in a while these days. What? I’m not bunny? You gotta ketchup.
Iowa Dave
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12-27-2017, 06:16 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Escape 17 ft
Posts: 8,317
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My wife, Leslie, (AKA Old Bag ) was AKA a Hot Dog Lady at the kid's school. Long-time volunteer, managing and working Hot Dog Day.
The other volunteers arranged a special event. One lunch time, the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile pulled up at the school, picked her up and drove her around the school while the kids waved at her buns. We still have a couple miniature plastic "cars".
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12-28-2017, 04:37 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler 13 ft
Posts: 2,038
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everyone stop your making me hungry.
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12-28-2017, 05:20 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Dave
Trailer: Casita SD17 2006 "Missing Link"
California
Posts: 3,738
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[QUOTE=One lunch time, the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile pulled up at the school, picked her up and drove her around the school while the kids waved at her buns. We still have a couple miniature plastic "cars".[/QUOTE]
In '62 Little Oscar & his Weinermobile stopped at our local shopping center cheered on by hundreds of kids. Kind of wish I still had one of the little cars he passed out to us.
What an RV that would make though.....pretty much everyone would remember seeing it and getting a 100x more folks asking for a look than our eggs get.
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12-28-2017, 05:27 AM
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Junior Member
Name: Sean
Trailer: Trillium 1300 (1975)
Vermont
Posts: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Borrego Dave
In '62 Little Oscar & his Weinermobile stopped at our local shopping center cheered on by hundreds of kids. Kind of wish I still had one of the little cars he passed out to us.
What an RV that would make though.....pretty much everyone would remember seeing it and getting a 100x more folks asking for a look than our eggs get.
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Reminds me of the old 3 stooges joke. I used to work at the bakery...
I got tired of the dough and went on the loaf.
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12-28-2017, 10:28 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Marge
Trailer: Casita
Oregon
Posts: 114
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Back in the late 60's or so a friend of my parents worked for Oscar Meyer, and one day Little Oscar showed up in this thing and I got to meet him! Quite a thrill for a 13 year old girl!
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12-28-2017, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Mitzi
Trailer: LilSnoozy 12/01/16, Tug 2012 Dodge Citadel
Florida
Posts: 573
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Have I mentioned how much I like "groaners"? This was almost like dinner with my school age children. : )
Non humorously, my father was an agricultural economist for USDA all his professional life, and when the meat packers had to start placing expiration dates on all meat products he told me that on processed meats like hot dogs expiration dates could safely be ignored for 6 months to a year, as long as you use common sense regarding storage and a whiff test prior to cooking. Because of the sheer amount of preservatives used.
A few years back all DH and I had in the fridge was a pack of Oscar Meyer wieners that were 6 months out of date. They smelt and tasted like any other OM weiner, and we didn't get sick off them.
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12-28-2017, 11:17 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Tom
Trailer: Sprinter 'til I buy
Denver, CO
Posts: 944
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Airstreams have always taken a lot of bread, but this one...
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12-28-2017, 11:33 AM
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Member
Name: Bruce
Trailer: Burro
Alaska
Posts: 60
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Wiener-mobile!
I grew up in Madison and remember meeting Little Oscar in his rig as a child. Later I worked for a short time in Oscar Meyer's Wiener Tunnel boxing hot dogs. OM was a prominent part of my life growing up. "My bologna has a first name..."
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12-28-2017, 11:52 AM
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Junior Member
Name: Brian
Trailer: Scamp 16
Wisconsin
Posts: 10
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You guys are very punny :-)
My wife's nephew was recruited by Kraft (parent company of Oscar Meyer) to a one year stint as a "Hot Dogger" upon graduation from University of Wisconsin - Madison. He was half of several (4? 5?) two-person teams that were assigned to a portion of the country for six months. After 6 months they were assigned a new partner and a new region. They would tour their region and visit retailers and local / regional events to promote Oscar Meyer products.
While he did have to learn to drive the rig (from a retired county Sheriff), and do so in all kinds of weather & traffic, and spent countless nights in hotels, he really enjoyed the gig and the positive reactions from passers-by. Claimed to have never seen so many smiling & waving motorists as while driving the Weinermobile.
Now that Oscar Meyer has closed their plant in Madison, I believe I heard that the program continues, but has been relocated to Kraft HQ in Chicago.
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12-28-2017, 11:53 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Dave
Trailer: 2013Escape 21
Iowa
Posts: 1,218
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I worked for the competition Wilson and Co. in Cedar Rapids. When rally talk turns to “ jobs I had in my life” and I’ve had a couple brews, I usually relate a couple packinghouse shenanigans to spice up the discussion. If I really get rolling I’ve been known to break into song and do the old Boy Scout favorite
Johnny Verbeck”. Ever go to work with just a bottle of bar b que sauce in your lunch box? And your brother in law, next through the gate, only had a loaf of bread.
Iowa Dave
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