Freightrain

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I bought a new piece of 5/16" keystock and cut a chunk off the door handle and welded a new piece on. The door handle now fits snug in the door latch mechanism and doesn't sag. Winning. I bought a house window handle(chrome finish) to install on the passenger door to make it easier for Karen to pull herself up. She always had to run the window down to give a place to grab. With the windows being so tough to work, a handle is easier. I think I will install one on the driver side just to give myself something better to slam the door with. It closes pretty firm and I don't want to beat up the door lock handle by pulling on it. A road test the other night proved it is a bit quieter inside, less rattles of the doors on rough roads. Winning.

Well it took a bit of effort to get some of the old bushings out. They had rusted together pretty bad. Once cleaned out and with new bolts it went together nice. The test drive the other night seems positive. I've got a road trip coming the end of the month, that will be the real test.

Tell them you would be making AOC's special "cow grain" that doesn't the cows fart. That would have all the wacko's on your side!!

Nice toy! Mine doesn't come with all the amenities........

Another "Call me when it's done".............. I'll be eat'n donuts with Jim. I can do certain heights in certain situations, but NO WHERE near those.

Those are residual check valves(I see they are 10 psi). Need any time you mount the master cylinder below the level of the brake cylinders. Keeps from sucking back the wheel cylinders as the fluid tries to run back to the master cylinder.

My guess is the cab guard helped keep the cab level as it come down on the cab.

I made legs for my 673. Bolted on.

If the bolts were loose, maybe remove each separately and clean/oil the threads? Dab of never seize? Keep them from corroding over time. Replace with stainless hardware? I've never had oil caps, but just thinking out loud.

Guess it was an 8 axle. Seemed like more.

My guess they dump air to turn? I think it was 11 axle?

Was in Toledo just last weekend and saw a Michigan fuel tanker centipede. Mentioned to my buddy about tire replacement costs!! I'm thinking they were all super singles also.

Agreed, if you call to let the city know you are burning(not tires), then you will be better off. Heck my township wants to know if you having a cook out. Here's what I know: Owned by the elderly mother who wants it sold(to remove the tax burden). Son might buy it. He was asking my opinion on if the trucks were worth anything(beside scrap--they're not). He needs to decide if he wants the property. "IF" he buys, he will then decide what he will do about any of it. "IF" the mother sells it off as-is, then whomever buys it will have to deal with it. My guess is the mother has no interest on what is on the property. Also likely won't pay to have it cleaned up. "IF" someone wants the stuff, I'm pretty sure the son will let the person on the grounds and do whatever needs done(I'm speculating). Like I mentioned, I'd be happy to lend chainsaw/manpower to the cause.

I'd love to have that quilted interior, including the door panels. Even though I put the new doors on and have fresh paint, I like door panels like that. Just classy looking. I think I could make the door panels, but the headliner is another thing.

Agreed.

Ya, burning tires in the city would likely get a stop from the fire marshal. The location is kinda on top of the hill and any smoke would be VERY noticeable. There is a new Cat dealer up by me that opened a few years ago. There again, the cost associated with doing all this is going to be paid by whom? I'd love to see it happen, I'd volunteer some manpower. The other big issues is where they are and how to get them out to the main road as you can't get a trailer back to them(the main drive). The corners are too tight and no real place to turn around. These were all dump trucks(though most have the beds off). Paul, I don't recall any round tanks on these trucks. We couldn't get to a couple of them due to overgrowth, but the rest were square tanks as I was crawling into some trucks to look and see what was left(usually no floors). He's not sure if he wants the property since it is such an undertaking. I'm not sure of his finances and even if he bought it, if/when he would get it cleared enough to get in?

Wow, imagine how slow going that would be? Bet the drivers right arm was BIG from rowing that shifter continuously all day!!!

Believe me if there was some way to get them out, I would try. He wants to buy the property, but it would be a HUGE undertaking to just clean a path to even start doing anything there. Let alone, I bet there is 100+ old truck tires laying in a huge pile. To dispose of them? Ugh, don't even want to even think. It truly is a tragedy.

Mike, you were the first person I mentioned to him. Just a bit far for you and the cost to extract and haul.

I found my post from working on my cylinder. Though I didn't post the part number for the cup seal. I found one without the hole, but that was easy enough to punch out.

So it's been a few years, a buddy of mine had told me of a guy that his father ran old B models and were parked on some property around the area. That was all I heard, til about a week ago. Buddy sent me a text telling me he gave my number to the fellow to contact about the trucks. I got a call and we talked. He sent me a few pictures. Sad state of affairs. I asked if I could go look even though I figured there was not much worth anything. We met yesterday after work and he took me to the property. It was not far from work. After going down a dirt path, around some curves we came to a driveway that was blocked off with a mound of dirt. We parked and got out. He then reached in the back of his car and got a machete and a shotgun. I was not feeling comfortable at this point, but we continued on. We had talked on the way to the property and he was actually a friend of a good friend of mine. The property is about 5 acres. He father had basically just left it back in the late 80's and moved south. He just passed away and his mother wants the property sold. This fellow is thinking of buying the property but it will be quite the clean up. Fully covered in brier bushes and over growth. The house and garages are just rotten shells, though this was where he had grown up as a child. That area is kind of getting "depressed" and thus the shotgun. The trucks, mostly B models, though one 60's SD Ford dump and what at one time was a White 3000(literally nothing left, trees had actually grown through the cab and ripped it to pieces). We weaseled our way through the prickers and brush and poked around. I told him there was nothing much worth anything and what it would cost to even get near it to remove it was going to be more money then the scrap value of the trucks. It was like a time capsule though. Like someone literally just quit working on stuff one day and there it was 30 yrs later. I didn't take any close up shots while I was there, these couple pictures were what he send me on the initial conversation. It was sad to see all this stuff just rot back to the ground. I think it would be fun to get them pulled out "IF" I knew someone with a big enough dozer to even get access to them. The paved driveway is completely covered over, though you can see patches through the dirt. Though there is not a piece of sheetmetal that isn't junk and nothing but open motors that are surely stuck and worthless.

Is it like the old air shutter cylinder on my B? It basically has a rubber cup seal that is held onto a rod with a small nut/washer. I was able to find a matching new cup seal and rebuild mine. Works great, no leaks.

Ditto. I don't follow this crap, but was amazed at the postings I saw yesterday online. I actually watched some news this morning and caught the Chicago mayor speaking his mind to George Stephenopolous. The mayor was not happy with what happened and was very cautious with his wording about what happened. Once again, someone is playing games, getting the media to "look over here" and not pay attention to anything else(like the whole Trump/Russia thing that just blew up in their faces). I digress.

I have a mill, just no real room for a lathe at home. Though I have a 36000 sq ft shop I work at with all that stuff!! Just not always convenient to get on a machine.