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  1. Bullheaded
    No, super single budd on a dump truck steering lift axle. And yes, I do have to deal with the odd stone in the rear axles. But the bad thing is with no plates it's easy for the MTO (DOT) to look inside and some of those guys will see a scratch and say "it's cracker, out of service." The less they can see, the better. Right on Maddog. I spent a lot of years pulling dump trailer also with R Models. Mostly tri-axle 30/36 King dump trailers, a framelss Raglan with a bath tub box and two Raglan 5 axle Hydra-Glides (48 foot frame with a 36 foot box that slides back to dump.)
  2. Bullheaded
    I hear ya. I don't know the owners story either. Was in a bad mood this morning. Had to replace a cracked dust/inspection plate on my lift axle because the original cracked and was rattling. And of coarse dealer had none in stock when they did annual safety the other day. So simple job....one nut and one hose clamp. But hendrickson in their infinite wisdom designed it so you have to pull the wheel and the brake drum to get that one nut and bolt off. Awesome. Just what I wanted to do at 6:30 am.
  3. Bullheaded
    Could be a nice truck but me myself I would have spent my chrome stack money on some body work and maintenance. Not meaning to offend. But I see it all the time and wonder why some people don't fix the truck up but will load it with chrome?
  4. Bullheaded
    Oh ok Red Horse. I didn't catch on to the 'joint venture" LOL. I think book time for lifting the cab is 4 or 5 hours i can't remember which now. Or (in the 6 litre days anyway) you could make a permanent "dent" in the firewall which allowed you get the heads off with the cab on. My only issue with lifting the cab is I only seem to have very incompetent dealers and dealer mechanics where i live. They can't even replace a rear view mirror head properly, so I really don't want these people removing my cab and bolting it back on, LOL
  5. Bullheaded
    Ya, poor old girl really got picked over too before it was restored eh. You would think famous trucks like that would have been kept and not abandoned. Glad to see the great work they did to bring it back to life.
  6. Bullheaded
    And good pics. Thanks for posting.
  7. Bullheaded
    The International is a CV Red Horse, not JV. Just to save confusion. No matter how bad these look, still 100% better than lifting the cab off a Superduty to do engine work, LOL But very glad to see the 7.3 Gasser in the new Ford's. I would absolutely buy that over a diesel if I ever had to replace my current F550. And besides, with the gas engine what real access to the engine do you need? Other than spark plugs nothing ever really needs to be touched with them, unlike the new diesel's.
  8. Bullheaded
    I love the one I got when I listed our 2012 Coronado dump truck for sale. it kinda went like this: "Hello I would love to attend the viewing but i work in offshore drilling rig. I send address and you put in shipping container and I send payment." Sure, I'll get right on that, LOL
  9. Bullheaded
    I have a friend in New Zealand I email back and forth with Tim. One thing I notice, there seems to be a lot of people that have pride in their trucks and equipment there. He sends me pics and there seems to be a lot of really nice rigging in your country. That float trailer on the Star....is that one of those ones that changes width hydraulically? I've seen them used in Australia and always wondered why they never caught on over here for over width loads.
  10. Bullheaded
    My Detroit DD's are close, but Cummins Jake still has an edge. Does your truck have the 6 position Jake? One of CL's I drove had that 6 position switch. After driving Mack Dynatard and Jake's, the first time I was coming up to an intersection with that Cummins I hit the Jake.......then had to get back on the throttle to make it to where I had to stop, LOL
  11. Bullheaded
    They were alright to drive. I drove one when they came out in the CL. A tuned Signature still won't touch a tuned E9 Mack though. Except for engine braking. NOTHING has a Jake as strong as a Signature or an ISX.
  12. Bullheaded
    Don't want to derail this thread...but why would they omit the gauges? Especially engine temperature. Didd they want their drivers to just drive no matter what? LOL
  13. Bullheaded
    I don't wanna freak you out sbrem. I've just seen a few, not sure why.
  14. Bullheaded
    Nice pics. Looks like a nice Western Star there too.
  15. Bullheaded
    Very nice. I love the early Bronco's and the IH Scouts.
  16. Bullheaded
    I've seen 3 local and my friend in Australia has sent me lots of pics of Signatures with external pistons, LOL I have no idea the cause or how widespread? Of the 3 local I have seen I can say one is a guy that does zero maintenance. One was turned up and the other was stock. Don't know anything about the Australian ones other than they were pulling road trains.
  17. Bullheaded
    I just hope it doesn't cause all the valve train failures it is causing the 5.7 Hemi and the 5.3 GM engines. I have been seeing an alarming number of new X15 Performance Series with melted pistons and holes in the block, reminiscent of the old Signature 600. I wonder what is going on there? Seems to be mostly the 565 rating.
  18. Bullheaded
    Very nice tractor and a beautiful property eddeere. I'd like to be playing too if it would ever stop snowing here.
  19. Bullheaded
    I was just reading that in an email I got. Interesting. I would have never thought I would ever see Daimler and Volvo teaming up. They said production will be in Germany and Canada.
  20. Bullheaded
    Caught me by surprise. I had never heard of that. Was toilet paper more robust in the old days? I would think today it would all just disintegrate and shred into the oil.
  21. Bullheaded
    Smart man!
  22. Bullheaded
    I found this article interesting. Especially the part about the Buda-Lanova using 3 rolls of toilet paper for the engine oil filter. You never changed oil, just the toilet paper. And this engine ran in this truck forever. Imagine running that today in this corona pandemic. Trying to explain to them at the store...but I need that extra roll of toilet paper. I have to do an engine oil change. LOL https://www.farmcollector.com/equipment/homemade-corn-sheller-zmmz20mayzhur?utm_source=wcemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FCM GEM eNews 04.21.20&utm_term=FCM_GEM_eNewsAll Subscribers&_wcsid=0EA1FB793C83BEEBD5EF3B17D188E122D4CE427CFA68027C
  23. Bullheaded

    Vibco

    Bullheaded replied to Bullheaded's topic in Odds and Ends

    They work good. Don't even need the body heat when you have one.
  24. Bullheaded

    Vibco

    Bullheaded posted a topic in Odds and Ends

    Somebody at Vibco must like old Mack's. Here is the sales literature that came with new truck. They have used this B Model logo since I got my first Big Bertha in 2005.
  25. Bullheaded
    Happy Birthday. Hope you have a great day.

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