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Yes when I nail a big roo it really shakes the whole truck pretty hard Paul

Yes, it is. It took me a while to find a correct engine in the past since my original chassis had a wrong one. Ended up importing a whole donor truck from Europe. With the engine stuck.

I think I will,,,The next time we are at a show remind me to show you a video on my phone ( dash cam) of me hitting a Black Bear with my Western Star,, He hit hard on the bumper where it bolts to the frame, felt like he came through the radiator,,, He got up and ran!,

Goeff, you are my type of parts man!!! You still have the books and can read them... Sadly ALL of new new kids can NOT!!!!! If your VIN number is not in the computer they are lost.. A few years ago the Car Quest man here in town got me a water pump for my 55 Ford F-600 with a 239 Y block only because he still had his old books out back..

I would put the bull bar back on!! You have a lot of deer in North Carolina..

Thank You, it was on the truck when we bought it, I was thinking about putting a original extended bumper on it, but I would have to find some original mounts , the parts truck I took the 18,000 axle from had all the mounts and bumper but they were already sold. I might polish this bull bar and put it back, the quicker I get this truck back on the road, the quicker I can work on our Freedom

Yeah it has an m drive (one of the reasons I’m interested in it) pretty much what I was guessing was it’s at that mileage where it’s going to start needing stuff ( why company’s dump them at around 450-500k miles) the truck has all the specs I’m looking for and decent price, but again the mileage scares me. I know it could go 100k without issues or 1k, and either way it’s a risk. I just don’t have experience with newer stuff and it’s all new to me so I want to get all the info I can before making a decision. I have a feeling I’m going to end up passing on it just based on the miles but it checks all the boxes so I am torn. I wish I could afford something almost new but not in the cards right now.

Nice Aussie type bull bar you have leaning on the wall.

P.S., if the size checks out, I wouldn't even bother checking an autoparts store. I would mail order through Grainger, Zoro or Amazon, or whom ever you like. I've had to do that getting Michinna canister filter, on my 1942.

So, what exactly are you calling me? I'm and old man, and have the old books (when I can find them!) somewhere I have an old Fram book, but reached for what I could find, NAPA (Wix) book.

You might have to find a parts house that stored the old books out back and an old man who can read them!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just sprayed it real good,,,lets see what happens in the morning

this steering box caper is wearing on me,,,ill be glad to finish it and move on to something else

my wifes friend is always bugging me to come to work,at her place awfully tempting all city delivery,no road work,,and they have all MD mack bobtails,,but i keep telling her,,,i dont want anymore stinking jobs

Get a part time job for min wage so you get used to getting out of the house and away from TV and Computer!!!!

hide the remote and unplug the TV

pay attention to when you start putting new holes in your belt . ambition slows down with TV time and food taking hold, NOT GOOD< experience talking. the DM might be old BUT you will getter done. BMT crew counting on progress report. "tomorrow NOT guaranteed to no one. my "power plant " is failing . consider this question " if your told you have so much time left ; what would you do; how would you spend it ?? get the DM done Bob

That lanova is a rare bird!! Terry

Glad to be missed! 😉

Hey, welcome back, bud. Are welcome back to insanity. I should say glad you got it figured out.

Hey all, I am around. Using a new name, waiting on resetting my old acct. I quit using my AOL acct a few years ago, it was fine until suddenly one day. Had it like almost 25 yrs?

well i was just out there beating on that cap somemore cant get it to budge,,,i even tryed turning the spline,,,,nothing gonna go back out and try spraying WD 40 where ever i can find anywhere it might penetrate,,,uuuuuuurrrrrrrrr

last i checked on 1000,20 tube type thier hard to find and very expensive plus shipping,,,,southern tire mart,,,listed them but when he clicked on them page said all back ordered,,,oh by the way bob,,,,your questions are never dumb,,,and yes most of us are much older,,,,50 years ago,,your tires were on about everything,,,i was working in a tire shop back then and did nothing but 1000,20 split rims,,bob

If you are only go to use a few times a year, it doesn't pay to change wheels (required for going tubeless). I would put another tube type back on. 22 years out of a radial is doing good. If you need 2 steer tires and are only using at harvest time, then I would go bias ply, they age better than radials. I know some may say "I'm not fit to burn" suggesting bias, but old bias do better than old radials. Front tire change, you don't even need to pull the wheel off, as long as you can get the bead broken.

Boy, that's an odd failure on a tube type. Guess anything is possible on an older tire though. From the picture , it suggests the wheel is in better shape than most of that vintage. Still might be a problem finding someone to touch it or have much selection to chose from as a replacement tire. Tubeless will go right on there, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for finding good used ones. Budds used to like to crack and often the lugs go way too far into the seats which doesn't lead to anything good either. At least if you bought two new ones though, you'd be done and have way more variety of 11/ 22.5s to chose from, as well as a lot less trouble finding someone to service them. If you're using the truck ? go tubeless. Maybe advertise those budds and someone restoring something who's familiar with them will give you something for them and help defray the costs of the update ?