tjc transport

ya need a three wheel mobility scooter. otherwise known as an old man cart. 😁 with me bad knee and hip i am only good for about 1/2 hour walking, but with the 15 mile range on the scooter i can go 2 days without charging it.

look for an older Onan or Kohler made in the 80's. on craigs list and facebook marketplace. people are replacing them with generjunks and selling for next to nothing. the 1800RPM water cooled units are quietest. then the 1800 RPM air cooled units. 3600 RPM air cooled units (which 90% or the new ones are) will wake the dead 1/2 mile away while running. i picked up a 15 KW onan air cooled propane/natural gas unit with 427 hours on it for $971 4 years ago. and last year picked up a 17.5 KW water cooled diesel with 46 hours on it AND a brand new 80 gallon tank under it for $1500 delivered. these units have a life expectancy of over 3,000 hours. but the powers that be are letting slick salesmen talk them into getting rid of perfectly good gensets and replacing them with 6to 10 grand garbage units that may lasy 500 hours....if they re lucky.

what are the specs on it?

i thought the pony express slogan was screw that, i'm out of here!!!

seals and caribou? i thought they were fighting with the dogs for the kibble and teeth cleaning treats.

dumber than a box of rocks!!!

no. i am getting nuttier than squirrel turds up here with the arctic temps. i am almost bored enough to turn the TV on!!!. i just realized what you were commenting about, and amended the post to add what i forgot to add before when making that post.

nice!!! i think that is the first SINGLE AXLE superdog i have ever seen!

never had the opportunity to run a wet clutch in a truck.... but in farm tractors they made life very pleasurable.

my nephews wife is originally from Thailand, and traveled all over south asia she calls them "jingle trucks". aparently all the crap hanging off them "jingles" as they drive down the road.

the cat trucks had A LOT of issues. mostly electrical. very few left.

yup. when i got my first paying job they put me in an ols wore out tired B-815 with quad box( cause i knew how to drive it) .three weeks later they sold that truck and put me in a brand new 85DM 800 with 237 and a mud stick trans. i thought i was hot snot, as it was the fastest truck in the yard. then in 88 i got a R model with a 350 4 valve and was in heaven.

my first ride was a 49 L190 single axle tractor with the 501 red diamond and quad box.

the ultrashift is an ok trans...but no good for trailer work. it has a semiautomatic clutch in it. when you step on the brake it disengages the clutch. stepping on throttle engages the clutch. so when you are trying to spot a trailer using both brake and throttle it very quickly tears the clutch out of the truck. my friend had 4 of them.. for 3 years. and put 4 clutches in each before getting rid of them the allison is a true automatic trans.

yup, the X15 is the hot ticket. with an 18 speed you can get up to 600HP. with the 4500 RSD Allison you are limited to 565 HP. which is plenty. at 80,000 pounds with 4.56 gears it will walk away from most loaded trucks. i have had a few 120k+ loads and still pulled large bridges gaining speed. empty i am faster off the line than most cars if i want to be. we have one quarry where the cars all line up left lane to cross the highway, then 200yards up the road try to make a right hand turn across 4 lanes from the left lane. we have gotten wise to them and leave them hanging in the left lane sitting there with their blinkers on until all the trucks go past. then the local cops pull them over and give them obstructing traffic tickets. if i hammer head the dump, i can go as low as 3 mpg. if i drive sanely i can get as high as 9 mpg on the highway loaded.

i have switched calling the bathroom from John to Jim. this way i can tell everyone "i go to the Jim every morning" and not be lying

even better, look for the guys three stick shifting with the shift knobs up at the roof!! 🤣

yes they loaded............at least i saw then.

i think 99% of pakistan is already a superfund site.... they just do not have an epa there to declare the country as one. have you ever watched any of the ship breaker videos? pakistan is one of the largest ship breakers

yea,, looks clean. and the long frame with no 5th wheel tells me it was either a flatbed support vehicle, or a drill rig seeing as they are a drilling company

that means it is old and tired. so it mostly walks...😁

goes off 1/23/25, current bid is $2,600 https://www.purplewave.com/auction/250123/item/OH9477/1983-Mack-WS700_Cruise-Liner-Trucks-Truck_Tractor-Iowa

agreed. and positive or negative ground does not matter either.

cut him some slack, he is in Maine and probably has half his brain iced up!!

the plant owner told me when he bought the place it was run on 6 oil, but he converted to 4 oil because it was cheaper overall to use. when they took it apart to scrap, they found all kinds of OLD tools that were dropped in the tanks and abandoned.