BOBWhite

Does the on highway (fast) stuff have planetary hubs too? I've only heard about them here on logging and mining trucks that top out at 35 or so.

On the topic of electrical wiring why did we get away from the 3 prong 220 plugs and outlets? All our 220 stuff still has the old style but our new generator has the 4 prong style. I get that the new 4 prog stuff had an interlock and is safer for idiots but its that the only reason?

Wish they'd bring them here to the U.S and style them like the old CL9000s

I don't like to share my age on forums for the reason that I don't wanna get lumped in with the dumb "young folks" Heck I'm even younger than Heinz. I can't say that there are more or less losers now than back in the day, but I can figure that most of losers of yesteryear are long gone by now. Met a kid who was younger than me at a show the other day who had a beautiful 72 KW, not his daddies either. Turns out he finished putting the transmission in it that night and drove 2 hours in the morning to get it there. What a guy! really knocks you down a peg when you come across a prodigy as young that! Hope there are plenty of guys around like that when I'm old

I don't get that hydraulic cylinder repair at all, what is burning oily rags underneath it supposed to do? And there at the end they realize it cannot be straightened and the video conveniently cuts away. While the head gasket and casting videos show some real skill I think most of these videos are just view farming to entertain kids with low attention spans.

In my mind it's for both redundancy and power. On airplanes you check right and left mag before you takeoff, you feel a big difference in power when you cut one set off and it drops about 50 rpm.

if only I didn't live too far from everything... That things nearing scrap price!

Oops forgot pictures:

https://www.bigiron.com/Lots/1966MackC95FSAFireTruck It's a nice truck but it has a premium so it probably won't sell, firetrucks never usually bring much in farm auctions. Curiously it has Thermodyne badges but it has a gas engine, I thought Theromodyne was only applied to the diesels.

It's such a shame to see. Stuff like this comes straight out of the pit...

Shoot my Trail 70s all I need in a daily, at least for checking cows and going to the hardware store. Plus $1.50 in gas per week!

I've got a pdf manual for the E9 I can send you if that's what you're looking for. I will have to split it up into at least 4 parts to send it though Just PM me if you need it

Lots of time and talent to make those old books but man they are captivating. All the kids stuff now is made by AI so we will never see illustrations like that again! My favorite book as a kid was probably Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel as well as go dog go. They say whatever art style you read/watched at a kid is how your imagination and dreams work as an adult, I feel bad for the kids today.

Those Brits had some crazy engines in there day, that Napier engine and the Mack v8 combined into one rig must have been a sound! DeLaval made lots of dairy equipment as well, not sure if they are still around.