Freightrain

Notice his avatar. Always liked the colors on that truck.

Well another year in the books n I didn't make it. I see rob missed the photo op again, he's not very photogenic!

Those concave cabs look TINY. With the motor moved back half in the cab and the back wall moved forward I could imagine you have to go outside to change your mind!!! I'm 5-10, 175 and fit easy in my B61. I can stick my left leg up in the pocket by the floor vent and actually stretch out straight legged.

I just found out that Peter has passed away on Sept 20th, 2011. No other information was mentioned. I spent 4 days with him at South Bend, hanging out in his camper while he drank his coffee and played on the internet keeping everyone abreast of the situation at the National Convention. RIP PeterJ LarryK

My g/f got me the white truck tshirt version of that shot. The truck looks just like mine, only mine has chrome shell on it. She won't model mine, but maybe in private LOL!!!

I know mine used to sound "whimpy" years ago, til I figured out that the trumpet had come loose and it was leaking more air then blowing through the trumpet. I tightened it up and WOW.....it's pretty loud. I don't have the little twin set up, but a single long horn. Maybe that's the difference? I have another long one to put on, but missing the front support bracket. Few years back our ATHS chapter used to be in a local parade. I'd get the "blow your horn" request and I'd let it rip(for 5 seconds or so--til it showed I was loosing too much air) and i'd either get a "YEAH!" or you'd see people holding their ears LMAO!!!!!

Very Cool! I got to admit I got to fulfill a lifelong dream of actually DRIVING a 500hp V8 Super!! Well, not very far, but last weekend at the Cleveland IX Center, I got to move Stan Lemans Superliner out of the building. It was bumper to bumper and could only idle around, but hey.......better then nothing! I did get into 2nd gear . I made a little video on my "new" smartphone, just need to get it downloaded. Nothing special, but hey, I got to drive it! Someday I'll get up to Stan's and take it for a real "cruise".

...........and everyone already knows he ain't got none to drop no more cus the fact they've been dropped on by a big hammer from the missus.

A "U" model has the step built into the rocker panel, visible below the door(which this truck does not have).

Got my email. Guess I'll be adding a lil something to my bill next week.

Get a rough measurement of the plate and how many bolts(mine was 6). Don't think it's a big deal, might call them to check the options. The stuff is pretty standard.

Those plates are easy to get. Nothing special about them. I had one with a pinhole and leaked. Picked one up at local truck parts store. If you want to check on getting compressor rebuilt, check with Mason Truck parts http://www.masontrucksales.com/ I've been by the place on my way to one of the local race tracks. Nothing to look at, but they do good work. One day shipping for me, one day for them to rebuild it, one day back. TruFlo 500? something like that. I did get a new coupler for mine as the original bakelite one had a couple cracked teeth on it. Mine puked tons of oil before I had it done. I'd fill that lil tank up pretty quick and had to make sure I drained it every trip. For the last 8 yrs, not so much as a drop of oil in the tank!!!!

Ya, we were there.............no disput'n it! (the wet weather sure does make the old dawg look ALOT better then it is) With all the pictures in WOT and such, they missed my rusty hulk each time. On page 25, the center picture of the blue Acar.............my truck was directly behind it on the other side of his trailer. If you look at the big overall shot on page 5, in the middle left side. You'll see a bright green Pete with a short dump trailer hooked to it. I'm behind it, and if you look REAL close you can see the white round roof of my truck between thePete and trailer. So close, but yet so far. Oh well. In that same shot, you can see Mike Harbison's Mack in the lower right corner.

Holy SMOKES!!!! I had my compressor rebuilt for $500, door to door in a few days. Few hours labor to get it on/off. Are you going to get your $442 core money back?? Why did you get charged if they had a core? I'd pay someone $100 to put a pan gasket on, just so they can get all dirty! Only problem, mine leaks everywhere else too and you'd never know the pan gasket was dry anyway?? LOL!!

Well, I did a bit more investigating tonight. I checked king pins and tie rod ends, but I looked a bit closer. I just felt the tie rod ends, but rolling it around. Seemed snug enough? Wrong. Jacked on the tie rod end and it's loose(both sides). Guess that's the reason for the wobble. Going to call Barry tomorrow and check on parts.

Back to square one. Tire shop found nothing wrong with the tires. Both run dead true and even. We did dismount each front tire and check for balance stuff. There was "Counteract" in them and it was all loose and doing it's job. I priced new Firestones($863 mounted) for the front. Ouch. Did drive it a short hop up the freeway, but had a hard time keeping it under 55 to see how it was. 3 lanes of madhouse drivers, so I ran 65-70 with everyone else and got back off and went home. I know it still has some issues, need some open highway to play around on.

Welcome aboard Nick. Plenty of stories and pictures around to keep you busy.

I'm taking it in tomorrow afternoon for a look-see. Hopefully they will find something drastic and I can get this nightmare over with. It's first come, so I'm going to have to take my chances if they aren't busy. If things continue in a bad way, I'll give you a call. I do agree, it does feel like a tire issue up front. Thinking back from last weekend, while taking a slow corner, I can remember the wheel still slowly shaking in my hands as it pulled around the corner. That tells me it's front tires.

I rotated the pass. tire to the rear and took it for a drive last night. No change, still has wobble at 55 mph. I swapped that tire back up and then rechecked runout of tires. Still has a .05 low spot on each front tire, about 12" area around circumference. I checked across the ribs, and seems pretty flat, except the outer rib is lower, but it does need a check on alignment as it's always kinda cupped the edges slightly. It's 60 yrs old, I don't expect it to be perfect. I'm making a call today to set up an appt to have the fronts taken off and inspected for what is inside them and if that is the problem. I'm really hoping it's something simple(make that cheap), as I haven't priced new tires but I'm betting they haven't gone down in 9 yrs! I found my original receipt and it was $254 each. My trip to Michigan this weekend is looking pale due to weather that is coming. Won't have to go if it's raining. I won't go if I don't get truck fixed.

Grant, B models have the rubber clamp in the front. Haven't poked around that part, but pretty sure it's okay. I talked to the tire shop. They say "Counteract" is silicone based and can't harden. I told them these tires are 10 yrs old and they said they did use another product(Equal) back near that time that "could" be an issue. Only thing they can do is take the product and and spin the tires.

I do have one question. When I checked the pass. tire, I noticed the low spot was the area that was sitting on the ground. It was wet from some grass and I noticed it. The drivers side was dry and I didn't know where it was sitting originally. Should I take it for a spin and warm them up and try again? I can't believe that new radials would flat spot like an old Firestone bias ply!! I had the balance stuff put in the tires back when. Does that stuff go bad? Should I put it in new tires(if I Need them)? Oh, BTW, If I were a betting man, I would say that likely she'll say that she will buy them for me. She bought my rear tires for the race car this past spring. I'm a very lucky man. The "boys" will be just fine(and in good hands LMAO).

Well, just ran out and did some checking with a magnetic indicator. Seems the drivers tire has a low patch about 12" long(around) that dips .04 or so. I also checked the passenger side and Bam the same thing. Guess I need a pair of steer tires?? Ugh, there goes the g/f xmas present money LOL!!!

Few years back, on my '67 F100 I had a similar problem. About 55-60 mph it would have this slight shimmy feel. Never really could figure it out, til I finally needed tires. I aired the fronts down to dismount them and the RF tire had a big sunken pocket in the edge of the tread. Hmmm, guess that was it. New tires and it drove fine. I'm going to do a closer checkout with the front tires again. Might air them down a bit to see if they get distorted like my other tires did. This problem has been driving me nuts and I have to go to Michigan next Saturday.

Same tires/rims. They seem to all run true.