Geoff Weeks

There does seam to be something about the last name "Green" no matter how it is spelled, disrupting the SOU speech. I agree with 67Rmodel, it isn't just one side.

Any updates?

I hope I still have another good 10 years in me. I went looking for an older animal to take care of, Puppies often get adopted 1st (but don't always get to stay in that home😒). 5 years old was on the younger side.

Spoke hubs are all inboard drums, they have to be!

Koda, joined our family in Jan at almost 5 years old. Lost my last one in November, and I need some time to grieve before opening my heart to another.

I don't know much about the actual conversion, what was re-used and what was new. The engines were Detroit 11.1 L 60 series, and the transmission I think were Meritor. I remember the ads, "new truck for the price of used". I don't know if the frames were the same, it would look that way, otherwise why were the wheelbase limited to short conventionals? It was doomed from the start, the 11.1liter Detroit was the 1st electronic engine and while not bad, the displacement and power were not what people were looking for. I can't remember if the 12.7 L was a option or not. They were trying to use up what was already in the chassies. The bodies looked like Freightliners "business class" mid range with a hood that was different then their other trucks IIRC. That would seam to indicate that the original cabover frame was used and parts from newer trucks would't work. I don't think the program was a success, by any measure. I didn't pay much attention, as I wasn't in the market for new trucks, I always bought used and held onto what I had. When I retired, I sold my 1st truck I ever owned, it remained with me for the whole time. It was used when I bought it.

Paul, for a while Freightliner was converting their old leased cabover "turn ins" to short wheelbase conventional sold cheap. I don't know what all had to be changed, but they had leased so many cabover units to the big carriers that got turned back in when the length limits went away. No one would buy the old units, and they had to either export, scrap or find some way to get some money out of them. They overhauled the engines and transmissions and offered a warranty close to that of their new trucks. Still, there were not many "takers", some farmers that needed something cheap to haul short distances, bought them. They didn't learn their lesson, and there were a ton of conventional turn-ins a few years later. Used to be a huge storage yard not far from me of Freightliners sitting in a field, They would try and sell through dealers, but most just sat.

Ahh, the beautiful Iowa scenery!

Beautiful work. Labor of love not expedience. For a trailer, I would go another route. I got what was left of a parts truck. It had been cut up to make a dump trailer out of a rare tandem drive K series IHC. The complete truck, un cut was worth far more than putting the dump bed on some frame rails and a suspension.

To do so would have required buy in from congress and the rates would have to be in the bill. He wanted to threaten and then back down when other countries reacted. Unlikely he would get all republicans never mind any democrats to go along with it. So it would not happen. He is being told he is not "king" and can not claim a false emergency to dictate his desires. Like the "fake" emergency telling private electrical generators that they have to keep old coal plants "operational". There has to be an emergency for real, not just in his mind.

CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 24–1287. Argued November 5, 2025—Decided February 20, 2026* The question presented is whether the International Emergency Eco- nomic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the President to impose tariffs. Right at the start of the opinion. Congress can impose tariffs not the president.

Court never said that. They said the President alone can't make that decision. He most certainly can go to congress and they together can enact those tariffs if they think it is in the US interest. Once again, it is separation of powers that this admin can't seam to understand.

At this point it might be cheaper to go searching for a used suspension out of a wrecked dump trailer with a Hutch (or similar) single point suspension. From a cost/benefit ratio, something more modern will pay dividends in the future.

I know I guy who did all brake jobs with the wheels and tires on the hub, pulled them as a unit regardless of inboard or outboard. He claimed, and I can see his point, it was faster. There are tools that allow you to do it, or a large piece of sheet metal layed under the tires and a little oil/soap/water and you can slide them off as a unit. There was an ad in the back of landline magazine for a tool you could carry with you and slide the duals out, They claimed it worked on dirt/gravel. I can't find a picture of it now. I converted two trucks from outboard disk to inboard spoke hubs, I only had one truck that I left outboard/disk wheels. It was a back-up truck. I changed tires far more often than brakes, and preferred spokes for ease of changing and pure strength. Pulling hubs to do a brake job is not a deal killer. It was the norm for most of trucking.

Never heard of a hub that can be used with both inboard and outboard drums. Truck drums have a pilot to hold them accurately. Outboard drums are never located by the wheel studs alone. The hub section that goes against the wheel is further out in inboard drums, to allow space for the drum to mount inboard. Outboard drums the flange is further in to allow space for the drum between the hub and wheel. So not only is is highly doubtful you could find an outboard drum that would accurately locate on the hub you have, it would place it too far out for the shoes for full contact. everything changes between inboard and outboard. New hubs, studs, and drums.