BillyT

You got it swishy! The bridge was made of corten steel(a trademark of US Steel for it's controlled corrosion steel product) My co driver and business partner worked for US Steel Research when they developed the structural steel which creates it's own protective coating( therefore eliminating the need for paint!) The appearance is of rusted steel,but it only rusts enough to protect the steel. I knew one of you guys would get the answer! Didn't know they bungee jumped a truck off it! Big area for whitewater rafting!

Mike, much better used,that new truck smell goes away quicker than the payments!, looks like new any way! Be nice to the B .model, it probably thinks you're gonna trade it next😁

Like the green single axle! Is that Blaw Knox mixer built near Pittsburgh? There is a town N.E. of Pittsburgh called Blaw Knox.

Hurst scrambler great idea on the 26Gauge strips,I've used two strips of duct tape ,but it comes out to less than 3"when you stick them together.I actually have some sheet metal scraps( that my wife wants me to throw away)"My stuff,your shit" that would work! Looks like you bought the clean red one you posted earlier!

Right Brocky! Read that the sky surrounding the McDonald observatory in the Davis mountains of w.Texas is some of the darkest in America it's certainty one of the most desolate areas I've been through! Ironically the Mt Palomar Observatory is near San Diego so it has to have some " light pollution" but it's been there a long time so maybe they didn't count on all that population growth! Thanks for the response!

My second driving job was an r model late 60's same color,great truck,what were they thinking?

Never drove a six speed Maxidyne with two sticks,looks like it is only useful in fifth gear,but if you were in reverse,would you have direct or over available? I drove a five speed maxidyne with a low hole on air but never used the low side because I was always light(under 50000gross) is that considered a six speed?

What was the horsepower and lb ft of torque on that AC? Seems almost impossible to believe! Must have had a 15 to 1 chain sprocket ratio!

66 R,Nice truck,! I noticed a soft dent in the top of the grille.Eastwood sells a leather bag which you fill with sand or something which might work to hammer out that dent also sell an assortment of rubber hammers for the job.I've been meaning to get their catalog I think it's free!

Speaking of moving offices Has anyone figured out why the stars look so close you can almost touch them when running I40 in New Mexico?

I posted the other day,"when is a truck not a truck"? And it happened again!! TRUCK GOES OFF BRIDGE INTO CROWD BELOW ,KILLING FOUR! Out of control PICKUP not TRUCK, in San Diego a pickup went off a bridge and plowed into crowd below! The media can't resist that truck designation when everything from a F150 to a F 350 is a pickup!! So they can give the impression (however briefly) that a thundering 18 wheeler fell onto a group of hapless citizens taking four lives!

I once brought a tumbleweed from W.Texas home to Pittsburgh so my wife could see one!

Was wanting to ask that 41,but didn't want to look like a dummy!,Guess you have to be a from Montana lol

Anyone who remembers Overdrive magazines slogan " always changing never changing" can apply it to trends in the economy. As usual only the big companies are in a position to survive lower demand( freight and otherwise) and will survive when their smaller competitors fail! As I always say "do niche freight that the big guys can't handle due to its requirements for skilled operators and low volume! As usual I have an anecdote! The company I was leased to around 1990 had an account to haul sheet foam insulation for Owens Corning in Connecticut.very fragile load as those of you who have hauled it know,also often tight delivery schedules with (at the time 150dollar an hour crane appts.) Well it paid us 1.40 cpm a good rate then. Well at the time JB Hunt had a flatbed division and they cut the rate to .88cpm! Jbh had a log policy "out of hrs,park the truck" We had a log policy "turn in a legal log" You otr guys chuckling yet!? Well Owens Corning couldn't turn down .88cpm! The JB newbies started dropping loads with crane apps.in the yard the 1st week! (Out of hrs)😁 The contractors with five union roofers and a 150$ Hr crane sitting weren't happy!😣 Add all the corner damage from careless tie downs,and 30 days later we were once again hauling undamaged foam on time!😁 Cheap ain't always cheap!lol

Awesome "horse",LR,proving once again,the Midwest is a hotbed for antique trucks in nice condition!

Did you Google waterloo Iowa craigslist hvy equip snowball? is that what you refer to as a "crackerbox"? If it is and you are nearby that might be worth a look! If you're looking for the other types of cab BMT has a list of old trucks in the forum under trucks for sale,from all over the country. Good luck!

Please define "crackerbox" the first "big truck" I ever drove was the tall, almost square aluminum road tractor. I think you are referring to the more rounded cab that came out in the late 50s.I believe the majority of them were medium duty hydraulic braked steel cabs that competed with the Ford "C" model. Like the Ford,however,they could be ordered as heavier spec'd air braked c/c or city and road tractors,with or without sleepers,and like the Ford if run in areas where salt was used they tended to rust out! I forgot to mention I'm referring to the gmc version. Ford and dodge also built a tall,square class 8 tractor or c/c that could be loosely referred to as a "crackerbox" but most old truckers, are referring to the class 8 gmc when using the term "crackerbox" Whew! Also as I'm sure you know Chevy also built a Cabover which I believe was the same cab as the gmc except for the grille and medallions.Don't know where you're from Snoball,but The Beaver Valleys Out behind the bar has a Craigslist reference for you!

Just awful,my condolences! Having been in the emergency towing business I can relate! A tow truck driver was run over and killed by a drunk driver in Tampa bay this week! Can believe a four wheeler,but a trucker!?

If they choose prison they can avoid those pesky college loans(which never go away) and learn new skills like hotwiring cars in the computer age, illegal conversion of a motor vehicle, identity theft 101, and so on😁 I'm sure they will choose the more boring routes of searching for scholarships, and summer jobs to give pop a financial break! Welcome to the site you'll enjoy it.By the way there seem to be a lot of antique trucks in Southern Ohio!

Welcome 41 Ed! The back fenders look remarkably like a 201 Diamond T p.u. My first wrecker was a Diamond T 201 with an Eaton two speed dual wheel conversion done by my dad in 1950. Looked kinda bizarre(20" daytons on the back,17" Daytons on the front)! Your sheet metal looks like a candidate for cob blasting or one of the other methods that preserves the original metal! You're in the right area for finding someone to rebuild your gauges. There was an article in street rodder showing some new postage stamps featuring old pickups.They did a 30s international, but left out the Diamond T and Mack Jr, which I lament, but is understandable as only old guys and antique truck aficionados have ever heard of! Am looking forward to pictures of your build!

What a beauty! The "roos" will draw lots to see who is first to die on that bumper!😁

Almost every medium duty Cabover I see in Florida is an Isuzu, if they are built as well as my 92p.u I can see why! One of my gearheads buddies in Pa said the reason the little Japanese mini p.u are so bulletproof is they are built for third world conditions! Makes sense.

Went to our local VA office to get an ID card two occasions a month apart the computer was broken both Times!