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Yep, tis turning into a mess really quick Dunno if the people that started this latest bun fight have fully thought it through Anyway, the joys of living in a global world Paul

10.26 USD for a gallon of Diesel in Ireland today..F@£K me its expensive..Wiskey is cheaper!!!! Paul

Timmy's No Kings speech 3-28-26 5:35mins

Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL) District: 66A 5th Floor Centennial Office Building * St. Paul, MN 55155 651-296-3824 Every single Minnesota House Democrat voted against a bill that would have required age verification on pornographic websites to protect children from watching or accessing explicit online content.

Ya, the anticipation is really building up now. I just want it done!! 😆.

That's gonna be an entirely different truck between the engine transmission and power steering. (not sure why that's just sink'n in to me) You gotta be like a kid on December 23 about now.

I was rolling between 45-55 mph with those loads and enough axles and brakes. Takes a lot to move along at those speeds. Steam sterilizers from Chicago to Jackson Mo. Long, tall, wide and heavy.

Wow!!

What would you want for it?

i used to roll between 174-220,000 pounds with a 237 and mud stick DM 800 rolling 14-24 rubber on both truck and trailer. the truck and trailer alone were 87k and change, then add the D8K with full tank of fuel and a 14 foot "U" blade, and i was rolling rite shy of the 220K i was legal for with the "S" tags on the trailer. i was also 13' 11" on the blade, 1 inch off my 14 foot wide permits. when i had the D8's or 235 excavator on the trailer i never went over 25 MPH. it;s kinda hard stopping that much weight.

And Yes, it’s altogether complete unit

It came out of a 68 U model

I don’t know why not you have the same dashboard as I do

Thanks. Took some hard head beating to come up with that. So simple it took me a long time.... 😆. They don't swivel but no real need, I can just jerk it a bit and it will aim right out the door. The casters were a loaner from a friend so I didn't complain. I was telling him last week at lunch about what I was doing and he says " I have new set of them at the shop, I will go get them.

Do you think this would fit my truck since it is a wee bit different?

Holy cow, that's some nice work on the roll job.

They're within a quarter turn to the lower in an RTLO, but, the split is there, where it's not in an old 13. You'll see the difference a lot more with a faster rear axle. Then there was th first 18s. They had a little lower in the low side and only a tiny overgear. They were back in the late '80s and weren't around very long.

We're rollin now! Good enough to roll it out into the driveway so it can be lifted by friends crane. The plates sticking forward will hold chains going up to spreader bar and will get the chains ahead of the firewall. The front will have chains hooked to the front motor mount trunion using eyelets. Yea, it will be in the way of setting it down in the truck but will deal with jacking it up slightly and removing nuts and eyelets at that point. It's hard coming up with a way to hook onto anything up front. Besides using a strap around the crank/pulleys. I can't fudge it too much as it has to be able to be used the day the crane is here. Can't find out afterwards that I don't have a way to pick it up. I didn't want to have to remove anything off the motor like I did with pulling the 237.

The "old 18's and the RTLO's have about the same low ratio, but I do agree the new have more even steps, in the 17%- 21%. range. I had one truck that had 3.46's and a old 9, Not quite 3.36's but close enough. It would still be out of low by 25 Mph or so. While I have driven a few electronic engines, I never owned one so don't have a whole bunch of long term seat time in one. That said, less RPM isn't always better, in comparison to what others report, my older mechanical had at most a 1mpg "penalty" but that was a few years ago and may be different now.

I have done the conversion for you all U.S. dollars $8.28 per U.S. gallon for diesel nearest fuel place to me in Australia I guess it is all relative and good for us all NewZealand is even worse than Australia at the moment Paul

You guys talking about an old 13 (RTO) compared to an RTLO 18 are talking about trucks from back when a 4.11 axle was concidered "high" (fast axle) These newer trucks with taller gears like 3.36s or even faster (?) the ability to split low range makes more sense and the RTLOs have lower ratios in the 1st and 2nd gears that are even jumps going up (or down) progressively for launching a truck geared that fast. That's talking about the sticker, not the " low " over by your leg and back. An old RTO with 3.36s would be almost like shifting a Mack 5 speed in low range. (well, not that extreme, but less than ideal anyway) A good amount of the newer trucks are set up with fast axles and an Ultrashift , then road speed is cut off on the top. It'll do it's thing as it's programed. Most guys driving a truck like that ???? they just call it an automatic and hold the steering wheel. I have to admit, I'd like to be around to hear Larry power shift'n that Mack with a straight pipe on it

Our diesel prices have been jumping around like a "button on a backhouse door" at the same station for the past 2 weeks. Went from $3.19 before the war started to $3.49 to $4.19 to $4. 59 to $4.99 to $5.09 then up to $5.39 over the last weekend, then back to $4.99 on Thursday (and I bought 30 gal) and today it is back to $5.09?????????

Might need to do that to one of my Square Body Chevy's... 🍻