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I know from the previous owner that it was a tractor that he made into a dumptruck but I'm not sure if it was a tandem

garage is a little tight now

Okay that makes sense, thanks for the tip

Sorry for the sideways picure^^

Hello again guys it's been a while since I've been here. First off happy new year to you all. And secondly me and my father bought another U-model today. Its not original but it's all there. She's had the cosmetics done it's a 1967 with a 675 maxidyne. I have a question about the transmission though I drove it home it was only about 5 miles down the highway. It's a twin stick with 5 gears on one and reverse and 2 ranges on the other. It's a maxitorque x107. I just put it in what I believed to be hi and drove it like a 5speed could anyone go a little in depth and what's the best way to shift it? We've only had the truck a few hours so I'm not well versed on it yet. Thanks,Eric

It's just around as a spare for now, last I knew they were looking to sell it to a department that would use it. I don't know about a private sale though

They sell them at the mack dealership near me. My cousin has them on his pickup

makes me kind of mad when I see that truck now that I know that

Oh I didn't know that I just remember seeing it at a show years ago in its original condition

if I had to guess he probably had that done at a sign shop in vinyl. He built that r-model pickup custom. It used to be a white pumper from Bolton ma. Fire dept.

My u-model hops like a bastard at 40mph unless its pulling a load. They all do it

yea on Saturday morning when worcester went to 3 alarms auburn got called in with the scope

Sorry bout the sideways pic

it's been refurbed before, the truck used to be all red they repainted it to match the new pumpers like this

I think Charlton fixed the yellow one and their running it again

For anyone in my area that know about millbury's old aerialscope. She's out from behind the highway garage and in service in the town of auburn while their tower truck is out for repair.

Thanks guy and I tried to keep the truck simple but tasteful so it wasn't obvious an18 year old drives it

Thanks and it was a beautiful day to have a show

Hey I know that truck

Right now it's set up to pull a goose neck. We sold our trailer and have 3 other trucks with 5th wheels so I don't know I'll probably just leave it. It looks as though it used to be a dump truck at one point

They didn't tell us that kind of stuff in recruit school

Needs some body work and a little help under the hood (radiator's junk) but its a solid truck Eric

http://providence.craigslist.org/grd/3720953520.html Me and my dad just bought this gmc he's picking it up tomorrow hopefully. He's always wanted a Detroit and when he found this one close by he just had to have it.

My department runs trucks as long as possible they'll send them out to get refurbed before they consider replacing. We still run a 1972 r-model that was an engine but got repurposed as a hose truck in the late 90's our rescue truck got replaced 2 years ago and the old one was an 80s cab over ford gas job. So as long as they get the job done small town departments keep the old stuff in service

Here's the pic it didn't attach the first time