The Replacement is ready to roll!

[wastenafarmtrucking]

Well the RD has been replaced with a 1986 Autocar DK tri axle. 3406B Cat, 8LL o/d, 44k rears, 20k lift and 20k front

After getting it home it went into the shop and got the drive line went through, replacing all the bolt on yokes, updating them to the half round u-joints, the #1 drive shaft had to be rebuilt, new carrier bearing, female slip joint on #2 replaced and the jack shaft between the drives was replaced.

Pulled the pan to check the mains and rods and found them to be fairly new, not even wore through the first layer.

After returning home I started in on all the little things, like the new grill, hood mounts, greasing and CLEANING! Oh, and one full day spent with a buffer in my hand!

Here are some before and after pics.

before

after

[bullhusk]

Well the RD has been replaced with a 1986 Autocar DK tri axle. 3406B Cat, 8LL o/d, 44k rears, 20k lift and 20k front

After getting it home it went into the shop and got the drive line went through, replacing all the bolt on yokes, updating them to the half round u-joints, the #1 drive shaft had to be rebuilt, new carrier bearing, female slip joint on #2 replaced and the jack shaft between the drives was replaced.

Pulled the pan to check the mains and rods and found them to be fairly new, not even wore through the first layer.

After returning home I started in on all the little things, like the new grill, hood mounts, greasing and CLEANING! Oh, and one full day spent with a buffer in my hand!

Here are some before and after pics.

before autocar2.jpg autocar.jpg

after autocar wheels polished.jpg autocar3.jpg autocar lettering.jpg

Nice! Good Job on the buffer!!!!

BULLHUSK

[bbob61]

great job, great truck; now a done full body pose picture, body up, body down. to add to the collectable series of portraits!!

[Joe Ditchkus]

Nice job and truck. What is empty weight on truck? Thanks Joe D.

[paul roncetti]

Hi Waste, what was wrong with the RD?

[RFCDrum]

Looks good.

[slpwlker]

Looking Good

[wastenafarmtrucking]

Nice job and truck. What is empty weight on truck? Thanks Joe D.

29,000lbs.

[wastenafarmtrucking]

Hi Waste, what was wrong with the RD?

other than someone else wanted it way more than I, nothing. It was stolen back on Feb. 6th.

[mackniac]

very nice A-car !!

[mackman55]

Very nice truck Good Luck...

[paul roncetti]

Im sorry to hear that waste, what a shame, a DM800 was stolen less than a 1/4 mile from my house a little while ago, hard to believe we have sub humans out there getting away with this shit.

[wastenafarmtrucking]

Im sorry to hear that waste, what a shame, a DM800 was stolen less than a 1/4 mile from my house a little while ago, hard to believe we have sub humans out there getting away with this shit.

yea. Last week, just to add insult, I received a ticket from ezpass. seems they ran the truck through the ez pass lane at the harriman toll both and then the toll at the tappan zee bridge.... hmmmm, wonder were it went...

[paul roncetti]

christ sake, were was it, at you're house or on a job site?

[paul roncetti]

was it insured?

[wastenafarmtrucking]

it was parked at my Dad's place, sitting 50' from my Aunt's trailer and 200' from his house, they had either been watching it or happened to see my Brother using it the day before,to know that it would start.

It was insured, but i allowed the ins. company to talk me into dropping the coverage down from 20k to 17k because they said that the truck was old and they wouldn't pay that much. They valued the truck at almost 24k!

The A-car is insured for 25k!

[JTFormula]

Wow Kerry to hear about the RD. prob going to a warehouse in NY to be retagged and shipped over seas. Good luck on the Autocar. Looks like you did a nice detail.

[2stacksuperdog]

Macks are way too easy to start and steal. We use precautions.

[wastenafarmtrucking]

never gave it a thought someone would want to steal a 27 yr old ugly dump truck!

I'm just glad I hadn't bought the new box and changed out the old 2 stick 6spd for a new 13spd.

I hope that the guy who drove it there pissed blood for a week!

[2stacksuperdog]

never gave it a thought someone would want to steal a 27 yr old ugly dump truck!

I'm just glad I hadn't bought the new box and changed out the old 2 stick 6spd for a new 13spd.

I hope that the guy who drove it there pissed blood for a week!

BIG BIG market for them in Africa