Red Horse

No clue on the Hydrovac but the truck is a beauty! Only question I have is does it have enough power to turn that big rubber😎. Spokes forever!

spent some bucks on that ol' F-8. looks like it has hood hinges and latches on rear! About the same interior cab space as a B😎

What could be better (IMO)- a Louisville with spokes! Where were these right hand Fords built

Interesting-first post was city of Bridgeport . Next photo New Haven FD. Must have been a state contract- or "monkey see-monkey do". Never knew that dry powder was used in such large quantities on trucks. Went to my share of fire schools and learned just how effective a 20 pd. ansul dry powder could be. we also had plenty of 150 lb wheeled Ansul dry powders in close proximity to loading racks.

Couple of new LTL's at dealer. These were 350 Cummins, 12 frts, 44 rears. Pulled 11,800 gal tanks that had 50,000 lb susp. Mass (as did RI) had this overweight permit system that did not follow bridge formula. So the tandems on the trailer were set forward. Permits were 99,000 lb on five axles but tolerance allowed gross of 104,000. And no bridge formula so trailer axles were forward making for decent maneuverability when delivering to some of the older stations. Louisvilles were great value.

Beast-never knew it existed.

good move!

Very reasonable assumption. What does that say about VW increasing its stake?

Old guy here but back in the 60's NHRA required a scatter shield even in the higher stock classes right??

For sure!

Forget about "aliens"-by now I'm sure they have moved on in their search for "intelligent life". My bet is they were monitoring CHAZ or CHOPS on left coast.

Wow- that in Aus??? Looked good until the "suit" showed up in the VW. "PR" visit. "Service" would have been better illustrated with a real service truck in the shot😎

Update! Or should I say "Lack of Progress Report". Had a friend over who is a recently retired very experienced HD mechanic-both on and off highway. He is going to help me-or should I sayI am going to help him. I got the trolly brake etc off steering column and the column free from dash. Then started getting floor pans loose. Finally decided only way that was going to happen was to get fender off. Figured in the long run it would be time well spent. Once I got floor mat/insulation up discovered a few "add on" plates that were done in transition from gas/quad to 711/ duplex, 237/duplex Stay tuned and as always welcome any and all suggestions.

Well KSC when you read all the collective news articles covering Jim Farley's new position as top dog at Ford, one thing he repeatedly is quoted on is his reference to the importance of "commercial vehicles" to Ford's future. The big question will be, just what is Farley's definition of "Commercial trucks". Is it Transit and F-550/600 down? Or does it at the very least include class 6 and 7-to say nothing of 8. And that definition of "8" does not have to include the "large car" sleeper but rather the true vocational truck-where Ford was such a key player in the Louisville days.

Hackett

Hmnn-sounds like the making of a 60 Minutes story! So who had wind this golden goose was about to lay an egg? In any case an American Icon-I too hope they go gang busters- as well as Corning Glass. By the way- my job before Rochester? I was at Refinery/lube plant/distribution facility in Buffalo. T.alk about industry. At least 3 bulk lube trailers delivering industrial lubes every day, about 6 box trailers delivering TBA plus drum/120 pounders and case goods and about 8 5 axle units on gas/diesel/jet. Industrial Western NY!

Having lived in Rochester in the early 70's what a gorilla it was. It was my first "command" as a terminal manager and a lot of my older guys were of the WW II generation. They were "lifers" with a stock ownership plan, pension plan and other great benefits but Kodak had some sort of profit sharing plan that I don't quite remember the details of but once a year they would make a huge lump sum payout to the employees and you can imagine what that did to the Rochester area economy. And when it came out some of my guys would start with the..."I should have gone with Kodak when I got out"...and I under my breath would say in some cases.."and I too wish you had"😎. Kodak WAS Rochester.

And nice "super singles" on rear....

Plus gave the marketers another "feature"-hence .."Sightliner"

Very good- never dawned on me the cab was a B series-pretty obvious once you mentioned it. Don't think they sold very many but for sure they had no competition-in terms of gas in a 48" BBC.

Well the Kool-aid drinkers will tell you its all about "Average Transaction Price"! And somehow or other, Hackett and Farley believe that customers who come in looking for a car will say..,."oh-no problem, I only wanted to spend "X" but I'll gladly buy your truck or SUV for X +8G's". My guess is they are out the door and headed for the Korean car company store.

Thx Matt. Have you thought of sending wheel out to that guy that rebuilds them? I'm assuming he uses some sort of epoxy- someone on this site must have contact info for the guy.

Wow-pricey I'm sure😎

Matt, Excuse my crude sketch- I got dimensions with a divider Thread width Matt, Excuse crude sketch-used a divider Thread Width 1" End of taper 1.125" Start of taper 1.156" Inner Bearing width .9375

thx Matt