Bullheaded

I never had a 300 six Ford, because being young at the time it wasn't as impressive as saying you had a V8......but I had friends and relatives with them and the damn things were bullertproof.

You're first post in this one sounds just like me Other Dog. When I owned my big trucks, I couldn't afford a new pickup. All my money went into the business. So I see this 2007 F550 4x4 for sale. A truck I knew, and my dream truck.....aluminum wheels, diesel, 12 foot flatbed, V-Mac underhood air compressor, 10 foot Boss vee plow. So I buy it and fix a few things and have 20 grand into it. Then I get out of trucking and get an awesome job in a gold mine. Think to myself "this F550 is the perfect truck for running 50 miles of gravel washboard bush road every week into the mine." Well, it beat the crap out of me on that rough road and broke down to the tune of a $1100 injection pressure regulator on the way home first trip. Ended up having to GIVE it away for 14 grand and went and bought a brand new F150 with warranty when employee pricing sale was on, LOL

I often look but never reply.....but you're AWSOME Otherdog!!!!! Hard to have a bad day when you read your posts, LOL

Sorry, I misread. You were talking about your hydraulic pump. But back in the day I remember all the old ready mix trucks used to be able to drive from the controls at the rear. What kind of system did they have for that?

Nice truck. Up until just recently, those OWNED the ready mix market here where I am. Tandem tandem, just like that with 72 inch spread. But they tell me it is getting hard to find front drive and transfer case parts for them now?? I always wondered how that drive system worked. Back in the 70's and 80's when all the ready mix trucks were just DM tandems here, I remember they all used to be able to move with nobody in them, but I have not seen that in any of the current ready mix trucks here any more.

Remember when Hertz Rental had special edition Shelby GT350's. Now they are getting Tesla's. Enough said.

They are already saying on Canadian Communist radio (CBC) that that politician I posted is a right wing extremists and people shouldn't listen to him. They suck Trudeaus bag so hard it's sickening. Anyway, I don't care about covid, because if "climate change" and cow farts don't kill me.....soon we won't be able to afford fuel or heat anyway, LOL What a future to look forward to eh? Driving our electric fagmobiles, eating fake meat veggie burgers hiding from our own shadows, LOL

Been reading all the comments and I have relatives that work in the hospital and the same thing is going on here in Ontario, Canada. Every death whether it is cancer and stroke is reported as covid. And all I can say is ever since I got my two Moderna vaccines (against my will but forced to by employer) I am still not right after a few months. And I haven't even had a cold since 2008. I had asthma and ever since the shots I've been having trouble breathing and my inhalers no longer seem to be effective. And I'm tired all the time and I keep getting bouts of racing heart. Now they are talking about booster shots. No F'N way. I'll lose my job this time, and be a prisoner in my own yard. No way any more of that crap is going in me. Anyway, a friend sent me this. An MPP in my province is starting a law suit.

Very nice! Those were strong tractors. Nice to see it still working. I have it's little brother....the CA.

Got two places up here like that. One was a full yard of B Models, the other has probably a bunch of R's, Superliners, MH's and even a bunch of spare E9's. They wouldn't part with anything. Now it's all scrap rotted away to nothing because they had big dreams and no money.

I agree. Same problem up here in Soviet Canukistan. Went to town and see street beggars on every corner with their little signs "No job, no money, need food." I'd like to end every one of their lives.

Wow! A whole 15 years! What a veteran. LOL

I like the grill of the Anthem. I just wish they would have kept the tasteful looking air intakes of the Pinnacle instead of those hideous screen doors they stole off someone's house that are on the Anthem hoods.

And ruined them all. LOL

Odd to see an FWD that doesn't have front drive axle.

You're almost Australian now Mowerman!! LOL Now we just gotta get you 6 or 700 hundred horsepower for that Pete, LOL

They look pretty similar to the Freightliner Tuff Trac. And as I just commented in another thread, I ran a Sterling and a Coronado 122SD with Tuff Trac. It rode almost as good as our air ride trucks and had better traction than air ride. Can't comment on the Volvo/Mack version, but the only Tuff Trac's I ever saw fail (and almost every dump truck around here was a Sterling with Tuff Trac) were a couple that were being grossly over loaded and pounded off road.

To me, they look almost the same. There were LOTS of Sterling's around here with Tuff Trac and I ran a Sterling and a Coronado 122SD that had it. They rode really nice. Not far off from air ride, but had better traction than our air ride trucks. Lots of axle articulation and they seemed reliable. The only ones I saw fail were guys that were severely over loading their trucks.

Yes, the CH was only available with the E7 Mack. The CL originally was available with E7, E9, Series 60 Detroit and 3406 Cat. Detroit disappeared (can't remember which year) and when the E9 and Cat were discontinued from them it was E7 and Signature/ISX Cummins only. I could be wrong but I think the last years of production the ONLY engine in the CL was the ISX. I'm lucky enough to have driven all versions.

Start here Other Dog. Hours of entertainment, LOL https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/forums/report-a-bad-trucking-company-here.126/

I used to go on it when I still had trucks. I liked to use it for entertainment. If you want a really good laugh.....read the thread Worst Companies to Work For. You will see all kinds of funny names, broken english and people that can't complete a sentence, LOL Ever since I left the trucking industry I don't even admit to anyone that I was a truck driver or owner operator. I'm too embarrassed now.

And yes, this world is full of large groups of stupid people. They are the ones running the world, because when voting time comes, they outnumber the rational thinking humans. They are the stay at home and collect handouts generation that feel entitled and were "wronged" their whole life. Too dumb to realize if they just put their big boy panties on and went to work like the rest of us, they can have what they want and have a good life.....instead of sitting around crying for handouts and retribution.

Got news for you Ga_Dave, this may sting a little......but Binden don't have you best interests in mind either. None of them give two sheets about us working men.

How about I send you a Trudeau? LOL

And if you guys are done with Trump.....can you PLEASE send him here to take over!!!