RowdyRebel

Seems like an odd thing to happen in a closed system where the oil is generally being constantly recirculated. I'd expect pressure issues in the case of something like an end dump, where the oil from the tank is pretty much pumped out to raise the hoist and returned to the tank when the bed lowers....but you could run a side dump with a relatively small amount of oil....just have a pair of small cylinders which are pushed out & pushed back in. ....stranger things have happened though. The world doesn't always make sense.

hell, now that the cobwebs are blowed out, it oughtta be as good as new....

The filter on my truck is on the return line. On an end dump, the hydraulic oil flows through the suction line to the pump to the cylinder to raise the bucket, and then reverses flow back through the pump & suction line to the tank....your basic 2-line wet kit. Side dumps use hydraulic pressure both to extend AND retract the hydraulic cylinder. The oil always flows from the tank, through the suction line, to the pump, where it is routed to a reversing valve (which can be mounted on the truck, but is usually located on the trailer), and back to the tank through a return line. Inside the cab, you'll have an on-off-on switch to control the reversing valve...in the "off" position, the hydraulic oil is cycled back to the tank. Push the switch one direction and the valve sends the oil to extend the cylinders. Push the switch the other way and the valve sends the oil to retract the cylinders. So, a filter on the return line isn't going to have any backwash, because the oil is only returning to the tank. Nothing, except the oil would not be filtered...any contaminants which may be in the oil will remain in the oil to be recirculated. It is not a necessary component, and I'm probably the only truck in the fleet that has one....mostly because I wanted it on there because stuff is expensive and I want to prolong the useful life of my stuff because I plan on keeping it for a while.

I post on several message boards....if the board I'm making a post on doesn't have the smiley I want to use, I borrow it from another board. Just copy the image location and post it as a pic.

...ok, so where's the "dislike" button?

...that's thinking outside the box, like any good redneck ought to be able to do. Use whatcha got to git done what needs git'n done.

I say we all send that link to the Mythbusters....kinda curious if a person could actually do that. Be a fun way to get suited up @ Halloween.....unless it dismembered you in the process. Guess that's why they have Buster. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/submit-a-myth.html

Your first comment was "Yummmy!"....so, unless you have a craving to eat her eyes, I would say your man card is safe...for now.

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?! In a few years, she'll be trippin' over them things.....

I like how the kids took off running, and the old guy knew just what to do...probably seen it happen a time or two before.

No. You get 5 demerits against your man card for explaining it in that manner.

Just a guess, but they'd prolly be more competent than the one in DC, too...

Nothin' says it can't be....

He fell on the track....he didn't pee on it. Besides, Mythbusters already busted the "peeing on the 3rd rail" myth.

Dukes of Hazzard had an episode where they were running engines with Uncle Jessie's moonshine....

The apocalypse will just have to wait until I get her up here....or until I get my old 8N running so I can use that to get down there. Breaker point ignition, sips gas at a reasonable rate....and I could use the bucket to flip cars over to puncture & drain the gas tanks easier.

Put a conventional cab on there and ya got a winner.

Won't be butchering any horses for meat around here...plenty of idiots to do away with first. Like I said before, meat is meat and a horse has more use to me alive than an idiot does.

...which will HOPEFULLY get you far enough to find another 5 qt. gas station. I've seen people go into the gas station with $10. They buy a pack of cigarrettes and the rest goes in their tank. What they put in their tank wouldn't even get me home from the gas station.....just seems like a waste of time pumping a gallon or two at a time. My fiance has a couple horses....so if the apocalypse happens, at least we'll have them to ride to wherever it is we need to go.

Meat is meat. What difference does it make what critter it came from?

I bet if you had given it 3 or 4 more years, she wouldda been touching you down there in a much more pleasing way....being best friends and all...

I've got an '01 CH...would prefer the interior the 99's have (cup holder on the dash...away from Dozer). 150K to 300K miles is pretty low. Bought mine in '08 with 260K on the odometer...4 years later, it's over 660K. The 350 might be underpowered if you're going to run 80,000 pounds all of the time, but if you're going to be lighter it might not be so bad. The good news is that you can upgrade....cam, timing, etc...to get more out of it if you want to....but all that costs money.

...sounds like the Illinois Gubernatorial Special.