Mark T

New ? There's 3. The tallest new one isn't as tall as the old tallest one.

😂 a fair assumption,but I wasn't. An old one out of a Autocar or 359 Brockway will make it like a Competition Plus inside the cab. The tallest new ones help, but those old ones were taller. Unfortunately by now, gone or worn out to the point of not getting the effect.

🤔 now if you can just find a tall shifter tower in good shape......

That was that one with those Y shaped trailing arms (?) I think they referred to the arms as " blades " wherever the special place they went, I think this overcomplicated huckfest is headed.

🤢 What the huck

Bet the trucks didn't feel a thing. We've all done it.

I was thinking the same thing.

IDK if the choice was communist or something more like Western influence. We might not have had as much influence in the decision as one might think. Factor in the dawn of the nuclear era..... very easy for things to go less than ideal. Wouldn't surprise me a bit at this point China's in bed with Iran either. All been festering a long time.

around 70 @2000 RPMs give or take depending on the rubber and where it's governed at

The View ?

I remember the picture of the truck when you turned it in at retirement. 😎

Or ???? ya could take a bottoming tap and tap a couple to 7/16 jack it off or a rolling head and pry it off. and NO, I'm not real comfortable suggesting how to jack it off

I think you left out one thing. After WW2 there was a serious concern about Communism. Someone may have figured an oil rich country would be better with Western influence as opposed to Communist influence which surely wouldn't have been exactly polite about the whole affair. Back then, who else was in a position to do it ? Oil was one of the big reasons Hitler couldn't carry out his bat$hit crazy agenda. I'm certain leaders of the time realized that. Ambitious countries need energy, and unfortunately it starts to get ugly after that realization.

IDK about the tractor theory. My money would be on the fact you actually gave a #*ck where as so many guys don't.

I could be wrong, but that cover and input shaft looks worn from the picture.