Rob

We took a cruise in 2000 and it was tough for me to get on a ship again. Had a lot of fun but memories of six and seven month deployments to hostile waters plagued me at first.

Every HD-5, and HD-6 I've ever seen had Detroit Diesel two stroke engines installed. Don't know if that was only option, or spec'd that way. Seen one Allis crawler with a Buda diesel built before Allis purchased Buda.

I shake hands with probably eight people a day, and talk in close proximity to every bit of the same. I do wash my hands usually before and after I piss, or wipe my ass, and try to shower once a day as I do have indoor plumbing with hot and cold running water. Kind of habit as I fucking stink after working around heat, greases, oils, exhaust, and sweat. Nuthing much changed in life for me. Now my drama laced brother and sister in law whom "self quarantined" prior to the nationwide call for the same, can't even go out of their house without masks carrying a bottle of hand sanitizer and "steamed towels" with them. That is NOT an exaggeration as most everything they do is "over the top". I told him he was a "Pussy" one time and we just don't seem to get along very well. I feel as example any man that has to wear eye shadow and manicure their finger and toenails fits that mold and that is just a touch on the subject. Pompous bastard can't use anything but "lotioned" shit paper neither while I'm on the subject. Think I'm bullshitting? He brings his own to family outings. I get all over the midwest with this farm/lawn and garden gig and most I deal with feel this is pretty damned stupid in the whole as do I. I'd like to see this ordeal wash out into getting the Chinese out of the American infrastructure/economy. Idiots like Pelosi, and Schumer whom cannot see past their own noses fail to realize the goods manufactured in China, (for instance) are still being consumed here, the world is still being polluted, and these offshore countries are reaping the benefits to be had while America suffers satisfying the democratic lunacy. 34 years working for the government however does condition one to both the "knee jerk", or "do nothing fast" mentality through administrations of both major political parties in this country. A little "Frontier Justice" would go a long way to correct this mess with these "traitors" holding political office.

I get coffee cups every Christmas with photos of the grandkids and family and they hold up pretty well but don't go through the dishwasher. Don't get used either and reside in the "keepsake" cabinet. The first one did not hold up when ran through the dishwasher and was replaced, (warranty). I'll ask my daughter for the vendor name but I know she uses "shutterfly" for a lot of items also.

Something you've NOT seen in the past????

Depends????

Yes, but that was when White still owned them. IH with the 4200, and 4300 series conventionals of the 1970's were good looking trucks also in the timeframe. All were shaken to pieces in many examples as spring suspension and solid mounted cabs were still in mainstream use. Now that is considered "cruel, and unusual punishment".

Honest mistake on the photo date. The building in the background is the James S. McDonnell Planetarium which was built in 1963. It is now part of the St. Louis Science Institute located in Forrest Park. One of my first jobs as a young boy was repairing grounds maintenance equipment in the park. I-64 was being punched through at the same timeframe the St. Louis Arch was being built. As a boy I well remember Fred Weber trucks and belly dump trailers. They had all kinds of equipment and were seemingly always a part of large projects such as highway, bridge, and levee type construction.

Many of the smaller dealerships have long closed up shop in this area. Five I know of always owned their cars and trucks outright having no debt to Ford, GM, or Chrysler. We have yet to have an import nameplate marketed here. Two of the Ford dealerships, and one GM exited after the former(s) mandated they build new buildings and infrastructure to be able to market their products. The automakers are not interested in dealerships that may only sell a hundred cars a year.

Exactly. They fit to cases without any adaption. The Mac Tools jack does look like the one the chinese have copied. There really is little comparison to the seals in the hydraulic jack section which is what you need to hold up.

Agree. I've had my OTC since 2000 after purchasing another one repossessed from the Mac tools dealer which I didn't care for. I have the plate shown for Fuller, and Mack adapters for the TR72, T20, TR107 series and it's very stable to use. Been worth the money for me and it's done a couple dozen jobs over the years. Rolls very easily too. I had good service from that Walker jack that was given to me as a teenager. It was not worn out when I traded it to the Mac man for the replacment that I kept for a couple years before trading it in on the OTC. If the $$$ can be justified, it, (OTC) IS the one to have in my opinion.

They can if you don't have a good floor. I changed a lot of Mack and Fuller transmissions with mine and never had problems but I built good adapters to bolt to the crossframe on top. Pull a tranny straight back, and drop it low before rolling it out from under the truck. Here is an OTC as I have now for sale in FL: https://cfl.craigslist.org/bfs/d/venus-heavy-duty-transmission-jack/7075289586.html Another type in Rochester, NY: https://rochester.craigslist.org/tls/d/fairport-mac-tools-transmission-jack/7071714511.html

They"ll go double that but all mechanical so keep everything lubed up or it can be difficult. The main drawback is the width as not very stable with the trans up high in comparison to the later styles.

I had one of these and changed a lot of clutches with it after making simple adapters: https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-Walker-transmission-jack-no-44-unicradle-type-A/184166647689?hash=item2ae1300789:g:030AAOSw10FeQhfu https://www.ebay.com/itm/Walker-No-44-Automatic-Transmission-Jack/272645523671?epid=192872213&hash=item3f7af088d7:g:84IAAOSwmCVY~~3o

I know a guy whom did have one of those. It took 17 stitches to close his forehead back up when it let go with a turbo 350 transmission on it. I'd look at ebay or craigslist for something used like Walker, Hein-Werner, OTC, Weaver, etc. before going with Harbor Freight myself. I have an OTC 5019 and use it often without a fault ever in the past 20 years.

100psi in the bags will make it ride like a brick. More like 35-45 would suffice but it does matter with bag selection. The double convoluted take up less space but higher pressure to carry the load. It may take some experimentation to achieve the ride quality you are looking for and ratings are online. I would double up your front shock absorbers on the steer axle to minimize the "porpoising" this modification causes.

Dale was a nice guy and worked on high end boats professionally. I felt him harshly treated which limited his participation.

Thanks for the photo. I have another of it but not that nice as it was still at their place before being in the show condition it is now. I also have a photo of my water wagon with that same style bunk on it but there is no dolly in my photo. You are correct in some of the nicest people you could hope to meet. I do hope Mary is still around and if you converse give her my best and relaying I do appreciate that truck and take good care of it. Thanks,

Amazing how many people cannot fathom what it takes to prepare the food they eat.

I've done that trick with broken spark plugs several times through the years to extract the broken pieces. Find a way to compress that valve spring opening the exhaust valve completely and providing a larger, (if possible) opening than the broken piece. Aiming/placing a high flow blow gun into the opening, (injector sleeve in this case) will usually send the broken piece sailing out the exhaust port but may take several iterations to get it out.

Think about Caterpillar in those same sentiments. Whole blocks of factories and shops have been knocked down and jobs gone, sent to China. And that is just Peoria, and E. Peoria, IL.

Lived across the street from a place called "Springfield Dressed Beef" and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were "kill days". Not for the faint hearted. They'd bring Monday's cattle delivery, (usually 300 head) into the building via chute, a 22short between the eyes, drop the side, log chain around the rear feet via chain fall on a roller track, hoist up and over to the "bleed out" pit, (sewer) stick a 24" knife into the throat and split if from neck to chest for between 19-30 gallons of blood to drain, then over to the dressing station(s). The carcass had different processes it went through at each station. Quick, clean, orderly and they'd have the delivery complete and cooling or shipped within four hours. Friday was steam cleaning day and the whole building interior from floor to ceiling was disinfected and the "tank" where the pit discharged into was pumped. We still have butcher houses and cattle here supplying the local grocery stores. Right now they cannot keep up with demand. If a local cattle farmer takes his cow in for slaughter you can bet he is going to get "his" meat from that cow back. Many around here will not eat meat from the grocery stores but rather purchase from the local meat lockers whether it be steak, pork, or fowl.

Hopefully it's different these days but "big power" a few years ago had repair costs to go with it. I always liked the 676, and 300+ engines myself as they were on the threshold of enough to get the job done, yet not strong enough to tear themselves up prematurely. People forget there was gillions of tons of freight pulled all over the world with less that 250hp in all grades and weather and it got the job done. Kind of like ring shank drywall nails I guess when screws became marketed for the purpose.

No worries and hope they find a good home.

The savings would continue also not pulling the additional weight of the components. Of course that weight loss could easily convert to additional payload if running full truck loads. The savings are greater when running less that full load or short runs too. I've said time and time again the manufactures need to look to the past to build for the future.