Speed

Beautiful little girl Andy! Looks like she has a natural smile;hope she grows up a naturally happy yound lady!

Speed

OH! Sorry , forgot.....it's the other list. Ahhh lets see...... Flip Wilson, Jonathan Winters, Red Skelton, Three Stooges, Tim Conway, Harvey Corman, Carrol Burnett....just to name a few.

Don't let me have to come up there and separate you two from argueing. Don't you know all women are right about everything. Just say yes dearrrrr.

mike

Don't forget Spike Jones,Homer & Jethro,hudson & Landry,Gene Tracy,George Carlin....

And,at the end of the turn,the trucker was probably sayin', "If I can just grab another gear I know I can save it..."

Speed

She's still good looking;some women just age well,and others get old. I think time's been pretty good to her.

Speed

Just curious-where do you install the bulldog on a cabover?

Speed

Depends on who ya lie to-lie to SOME people,it could stop the aging process completely.

Speed

Hi Andy;

Congratulations on the new tricycle motor! How about a couple of pics?

Speed

Steak-n-taters,man. That exotic stuff can kill ya.

Speed

My luck at posting pics here has been pretty bad,but I can email some to whoever is interested.

Prolly showing my age,and i DO appreacieate modern power steering,but i always thought (still do now) that you get a better "feel" of the road with manual steering,and i also think EVERYONE who wants to drive a truck should learn to back-up with manual steering,would sure eliminate a lot of the "30 day driving school wonders" i share the road with now!...............Mark

True that!!!

Just about the first time they let the wheel return to center after completing a turn. Some of these fresh trucking school graduates might take a couple times however......

Rob

...With a couple weeks recovery time in between.

Time to scout up a better geared axle?

Hi all;

Hey,on another Forum I was told by several other members that installing radial tires on my ol' '54 GMC 2 ton would be courting tire failures. According to them,as I understand their stance,having Radials (9.00R-20's,in this case) on a truck that gets infrequent use will cause the tires to rot from within and cause them to blow out within 3 years. apparently,with Bias ply tires,extended sitting,as in storage,results in "flat spotting" which works itself out over a few miles,but Radials in this circumstance results in explosions or throwing of tread,or both. This is news to me-have you guys heard of this problem? One gentleman in particular referenced SEVERAL cases where his commercial trucks were experiencing blow outs at an alarming rate,apparently regardless of brand. I asked if maybe it was an air pressure or overloading issure rather than the Radial tires being the cause,and was "politely" told that he'd been running trucks most of his life and knew how to check tire pressures and load trucks properly. Anyway,I stopped short of raising the BS flag,but it seems like with that kind of self-destruction rate,the DOT would red flag Radials on OTR trucks.

I'm currently puttinf a deal together with a man on still a different Forum for six very low miles 9.00R-22.5's on recently powder coated wheels that will fit my '54. I might not be doing 500 miles a day with full loads on 'em,but I DO plan to be making occasional runs to Reno with moderate loads and/or a trailer at the speed limit (or slightly over),so better-than-typical tires will be a worthy investment.

BTW-I'm also working on getting "RE-MACK"ed. Don't wanna jinx the deal,though,I'll post pics if/when it's done.

Speed

Hi all;

I'm offering my 1957 GMC F350 flatbed/dump truck for sale.

I recently swapped a Chevy 292 six into it,but the original 270 can go with it if desired.

It has an SM420 4 speed and electric 1350 2 speed axle,and 9.00-22.5's. Runs,drives and stops but needs some work to be put on the road. Steel deck dump bed works well. Clear Nv. title.

Asking $1,500.00 OBO for it.

Call or email for more details.

Speed

sk8080hd@yahoo.com

(775)-934-4760

If any of you run across a little tractor like the 8N,without the V-8,that can be had for cheap (DIRT cheap is even better),I could put one to work around here. I can do a lot with my BroncWorth,but it just can't get the hang of loading gravel into dump trucks.

Speed

I used one like that first pic but without the top for a while at a paving outfit I did tires for;wouldn't start without jumpers from the service truck,had absolutely the HARDEST steering of anything I've ever driven. Half the time I had to back up and re-angle to get it around a corner. I only used it to set the bucket on truck wheels when I inflated the tires before (and after) the welder finally made me a tire cage out of re-bar.(!!)

Anyway,it seemed to run good and worked okay for loading trucks etc. if the operator had REALLY strong arms,which I didn't. (That is what taught me to let the machine do the work,but this thing-might have been worth red-tagging it until the P/S worked.)

Speed

You said something about a drum with a heavy spot,but without the drum it still does it? I'd think THAT'S your problem.

Maybe if you find the place that hub and drum settles to,re-install the wheel and add a few ounces of wheel weights to that wheel at the top,opposite the "heavy side",and try it-see if anything changes. Might have to adjust the amount of weight to counterbalance the heavy side. Or,If you could borrow a different hub to try for a couple of miles that might tell you if the hub is the problem-maybe it's machined wrong or has a casting flaw that upsets the balance.

Speed

Is this still available? What kinda offer is the owner looking for? I have a brother in Reno who might be able to help me on this.

Speed

And it's a double over!! If any of you wanna get me something for Christmas,I can make room for this........

I'm currently without a ,can I still visit?

Speed

Rob;

Glad you're not hurt too bad,sorry for your loss though. I always thought a two ton Dodge from the 40's or 50's would be cool with a V-10 and 5 speed. (Actually,the idea at first included a '51 GMC 2 ton I had a shot at for near nuthin.) I suspect the total weight would be close to the same,but you might need to add a Brownie w/overdrive to get decent road speed and mileage.

Speed

I believe he needs to be exiled to Kenya;they ALL love him there.

I have to confess right here-I have a weakness for old GMC trucks. Let the floggings begin.

Speed

You can probably either find a use for the railroad wheels &etc. or scrap 'em and get some of your purchase price back. That truck will be a hard worker for you. Even when you flog 'em to death,they'll keep working. My best friend used to say that to drive something with a Dee-troit in it,it's necessary to get in the proper frame of mind;he suggested slamming your hand in the door....

Speed

Mark;

Depends on what "bringing it back" means to you. It'd probably be expensive to make it nice again,true,but maybe not so bad to make it a decent runner/driver. And once the drivetrain's good,a guy can drive it,put it to work,or whatever,and work on the rest of it as time and money come available. I smile just as wide seeing an old beater going down the road as I do seeing a fully restored one. You have to consider the "fun per buck" factor.

Speed