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Do you have air or cable hoist control? If cable check adjustment. If air check the air plunger that is mounted on the PTO pump. Sometimes they get dirt in them and won't travel the full stroke. Sometimes a piece of dirt will score the inside of the bore thus allowing air to bypass. Sometimes the o-rings fail.

Like I said to a friend of mine that worships all these new trucks and hybrids and stuff......I don't care how broke I am and how much fuel I'd have to buy, I just can't can't get excited over a box on wheels. I chose trucking because I like trucks that I grew up with. That means, hoods, stacks and external breathers.

Very nice score!! That's a real truck!

[Operating costs and uptime are ensured by the maintenance-free and regeneration-free Tier 4 Final and Stage V aftertreatment solution, an SCR-only system based on longstanding FPT experience in SCR technology, requiring no need for maintenance over lifecycle nor any machine stop during operation for filter regeneration.]

Was looking at farm tractor stuff and came across this engine on the Fiat Powertrain agricultural engine web site. A 20 litre V8 with almost 900 h.p. and over 3000 ft-lb torque. What is interesting is it is tier 4 final stage V and it has no EGR or DPF and does not require regens. It is SCR only. https://www.fptindustrial.com/global/en/engines/agriculture/v20

https://www.thetruckersreport.com/chain-cannot-afford-late-says-swift-dispatcher/ That's the way we always did it. It's called your job. And we made it. And we made it back. The pussy-fication of society. Kill me now! I don't wanna be here any more. A whole planet full of spineless cry babies.

All I know is that is all factory original. I can't even remember what year that truck was. 76 or 78? There were a few around here that looked just like that.

Here's one of our old ones. Had a 290 Cummins in it.

Unfortunately I no longer own any International's but they are my favorite along with the pre-2000's Mack's. I have been trying to find an old Loadstar or something like that yellow one to use as my personal vehicle, but I ended up buying an F550 because I couldn't find anything around here that didn't need a ton of work. Those are nice.

And that's the whole argument they use to keep bringing more in and giving them licenses. This supposed "driver shortage." No, they can hire these people and "use and abuse" them to no end. They will do anything for any kind of pathetic pay. Don't matter if it is low pay or bad working conditions....they do it. And the industry takes advantage of that. They are modern day slaves. It's funny too, how hard they make it for you to renew your license with 4 pages of tests with trick questions, yet most of these people cannot even speak english and they all have licenses. It's almost like they WANT all the old professionals gone....you know the guys with 30 and more accident and conviction free years. You see a lot of these guys failing their tests just because they can't figure out the trick wording in a lot of the questions. Yet they have NEVER had an incident on the roads.

That is nice. I wouldn't change anything about that truck. Not even the colours.

Got a free (well I guess not really, LOL) gift from Western Star in the mail today. Got a key chain too but almost threw it out when I didn't notice it taped to the coffee mug bubble wrap.

Yep. Around here the working tax paying Canadian is now the minority.

That's kick ass!!!

Yep, you have nice stuff 85snowdog! I love that fleet. And being in northern Ontario I know all about the salt and de-icing agents. Just kills everything. I never did understand that 5 year rule. They should just do inspections on your equipment. Because like you said, my Cat powered 2005 Paystar never ever had one day of downtime. The new trucks....down all the time with either emission system failures....or parked 30 to 40 minutes at a time on the job doing regens.

And not my pic, none of my personal or big trucks are that dirty inside! LOL. Pic was on facerbook showing why all the highways east and north of my place were closed today.

They can't drive in mild snow here today either, LOL

Harrybarbon......you used the same description I have heard everyone use about that guy that owned HHA. Everything I have ever read, he didn't seem to be well liked. But he had awesome trucks.

That is awesome!!!

Australia has the coolest trucks! The first two could be really nice too, but I don't know why so many people have the desire to put those big ugly front bumpers on everything? Nothing worse than a nice classic with a snow plow on the front. Speaking of Australia, and I see what looks to be one of their old ones in that lineup......that company Heavy Haul Australia used to have a whole fleet of the nicest Mack's I have ever seen. Another giant company that managed to bankrupt itself. Here's the full series of tv shows about them for those who have never seen them.

We have mostly all these no name carriers up here. And they all have funny head dress. Not being racist. Just stating obvious facts. Once upon a time drivers here used to be able to go up and down the highway in any weather safely.. Now's it's a scary ordeal just driving down the highway with your family when they are all coming at you over the center line, and crashed all over. Ever watch that towing show Highway Through Hell? Just look at all the drivers that are ever stuck or in accidents. Enough said.

He's one of the pioneer's of this new platooning trend. But he's taking it to a whole new level. LOL

The new breed. Enough said. Corman Park Police Service (Just outside of Saskatoon): Last night at approximately 8:30pm, a 911 call was received regarding a semi-truck and trailer driving down highway 11 with no wheels on the trailer. The unit was located at Grasswood Road. It was found that the driver made the trip with only 4 out of 8 wheels on the trailer to start, and then lost a set 10km south of Grasswood on highway 11. The driver dragged the trailer from Tamke Road to Grasswood Rd. The driver was charged with drive with major defect present, operate a vehicle with no safety inspection, and display unauthorized licence plate. He was given a mandatory court appearance.

There is a hockey coach up here in Canada that is all over then news too for saying on TV we should support our veterans. Now he is getting attacked with idiots saying he is a racist. People in both our countries need to pull up their panties, put their big boy pants on and F-Off. Ever notice it's only the cooks and extremists that get to have their say in public but the rest of us are not allowed to have an opinion?