Joseph Cummings

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I've had hookers tell me that the bigger the stacks, the smaller,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, So I only ever ran one stack and kept it short And then there is the bridges and low doorways thing here in the Northeast

Yeah I ran up against that limit somehow, and I'm in my sixties and really don't like anybody

You know this whole bidding online, sight unseen and then having to drag it back hundreds or thousands of miles isn't for me. Even the auctions that I go to end up with me bidding against someone who had never seen it. 2400 mile round trip. 6mpg, 400 gallons at $4.00 $1600 just in fuel

Last time I bought a 24 inch tube type radial it was somewhere close to $1,000 I think that was 2 or 3 years ago

Don't forget, this is a toy, he's not puling a loaded trailer around. I'm not seeing a heat problem bobtailing or pulling a camper going to car shows

The bead profile is different. The tube type bead is flat, the tubeless has an angle to it. I've seen it done, but I wasn't going near it

Sold Amount USD 9,112.50 Plus a buyers premium Plus how many thousands to bring it home I'm figuring 15k by the time it's in my yard Not Cheap Enough for ME

Yeah, same bore and stroke as a maxidyne. No oil sprays to cool the pistons and no turbo, no fire ring liners. but you're not pulling a loaded trailer around and lugging it down low like a Maxidyne with a 5 speed. I wouldn't worry about a turbo, you'll just make some black smoke. Don't forget, when you have a turned up engine, you can always ease up on your right foot if you think you are pushing it too hard

Running local I never put any kind of big milage on them. I think that Cat had like 350K when it broke. But I bought it when it was 10 years old, and who knows if the guy was testing and treating the coolant. A lot of my days are spent loading and unloading, running a forklift, taking preloaded trailers that were dropped in my yard to a construction site. Stuff like that keeps me from getting bored. Some days I just take one of my forklifts out to load someone else's trucks. Although I've really been slowing down now because I'm getting older and I can't work like I did when I was 20 something or even 40 or 50 something

I had one Cat powered truck in my life, 3406E powered Louiville. Damn thing ran so nice until one day I stopped to clean some gunk off the windshield and popped the hood so I could climb up. Saw steam coming out of the dipstick, pulled the stick and the oil looked like cappuccino. Finished up the day and dropped the pan, pressurized the cooling system and it was leaking coolant down the side of #4 liner. Started tearing it down, and there were pits on the camshaft. So the next morning I started pricing parts. After hearing the numbers I said "F" this. And I went out and bought a nicer Louiville with a Cummins for like half the money that I was quoted for parts. It's still here up on the hill and I've been robbing it for parts

Yeah I read the book, but I'm talking real world where truck is broken and it's got to be running and under load in the morning. You can't use what you haven't got and downtime is expensive

My buddy bought a brand new 359 Pete that had both. He hauled out of G & R Cat and at first he worked right out of their yard. I drove the truck a couple times when it was older and he told me something was wrong with the brakesaver, so I didn't mess with it. I wasn't going far and the Jake was plenty

I 100% agree. Cab swaps don't work out like they do in youtube videos. And those video guys never show how much of their poorly engineered modifications break when they are actually driven. The only thing I have a different opinion on is, Leave the end673 in it. Put some fuel to it and even though it's a 9 millimeter pump, it will make all the power you'll ever need

You know when I started somewhere around 1980, we didn't really have Jake Brakes on anything. All the tractors were pretty bare bones ex Chemical Leaman and Matlack, 237, 5 speed, no power steering or AC. The dumps and roll off trucks were all DM600 227 6 speed, 55 rears and bare bones too. I really never had anything with a Jake until I was working as an O/O for McHugh Brothers and I had to move some stuff I needed their 4 axle Autocar for

I've really only run local. Before I moved to Hazleton, I ran mostly Philly, NJ, NYC and in the suburbs . It's all pretty flat, And I'm not running through Manhattan and Center City Philly Jakeing like an idiot

Thanks. I called them, they are supposed to call me back

It's a 1988. Cummins Big Cam IV that I built and put a bit of extra fuel to so I really can't give you a CPL or Horsepower, Fuller 12509, 38 rears on Hendrickson. The other one is this 1986 R686ST, all factory stock 125,000 miles. Endt676 engine (285), TRXL107 six speed, 38s on Mack Camelback

Yeah I never use my jake much either. I have a little hill in front of my shop, maybe 1000 feet long at most, guys jake down it with straight pipes all day long. Yeah it's a business district, but the speed limit is only 25. Me and the rest of the old timers here on the hill just shake our heads. They even jake down it empty. That being said, you can install a Jake on an END673, or even a Mack Dynatard if you change the cam

What do you pull with this tractor? A car trailer?

You know a 237 Maxidyne only needs 5 gears. Why not just put a TRL107 Maxitorque in it? Unless your rear is real low and you need an overdrive. 237 Maxidynes only came with either a 5 or a 6 speed from the factory

What engine are you using?

I had a float come apart on the steering axle of a boom truck on the Jersey Pike. It tore pretty much the whole right front fender off, ripped the brake hose, and it bent something I had to fix back at the shop, but I forget what. I wouldn't want to get hit by one Years later my buddy the same truck on the TP in Ohio and blew a float and he rolled the truck, Tore the Simon -RO 23.5 ton boom right off the truck. He had to kick the windshield out to escape. It was late at night and the first thing he does is call me with his adrenaline pumped through the roof, talking fast as hell in his Jamaican accent. Lots of Bloodclaat and pussyclaat lol

LTL9000 Ford, Big Cam Cummins. Yeah It's mine, Sitting in in my garage right now