Freightrain

It's now an 1.5 hrs east of me. Last owner was a bit closer(1/2 hour). Shoulda gone and kicked the tires this past summer. Not that I have any need for it.

Looks to have a Tachograph in it? That's interesting for a "newer" vintage of truck. Typically seen in a 50-60's era truck.

Dan............sumthin a miss about that B model. Narrow grille with a Cummins in it? Interesting grille work is what caught my eye. Looks pretty rust free too. Looks to be a brownie about 1/2 way back under that cover? I see shift rods.

They musta used the same lasers they used here in Ohio? Or just really bad string? The people that put the bridges in and the people that put the road surface down remind me of this photo: They stand and wonder how they got them so far outta whack...............

From their website: "7" Round headlight w/ 20" cable and connector. Galvanized closed-back body. Truck-lite LED bulb. Replacement for Mack trucks." So they are offering their headlight bucket with Truck lite bulb. Still at $521 each I'm not in the market. Sorry. Adding that kind of cost to a new $100K truck is not a big deal. Adding $1K to a 50 yr old truck is not so budget friendly. They are not selling Tiawan knock offs, they appear to be OEM manufacturers. SLC is their distributor to the aftermarket. http://www.atc-lighting-plastics.com/ I won't bash them for trying to offer their product to a market like ours. Only problem is we don't have the funds to spend on items of this nature.

Shoot, just give it me and I'LL enjoy it for you?? Sounds reasonable and no one has to feel hurt about not paying enough for it> See how easy that was?? LOL!!! I think you have to decide how quick you want to move it. $10K is wayy to cheap in my eyes. I know you can not recoup alot of what you spent, but you can't just give it away either. Even my old clunker I would not let go for $10K. You can't replace it for that, so why sell it for that. Putting it in the right market will get you the most money.

Nice work. I remember doing that in grade school. Don't have any to show. Of course back then I chipped it out of rock cause paper wasn't invented yet LOL!!!!

Don't see that design on our bridges around here anymore. They'd rather fill it with asphalt and have speed bumps? Stupid freak'n idoits. They rebuilt 10 miles of highway here, full deal with 3 lanes and everything new. The bridges are rediculous to cross over. The approaches are at weird angles to match up with a bridge deck that goes in the opposite direction. Throws you out of the seat on each end of the bridge. 5 yrs later they are getting around to grinding and adjusting the piss poor job they did originally. I figure they company that did the work has the most unique laser levels made. They all CURVE...............

DOH!!!!!!!!!! That's funny right there...I don't care who ya are.

Yup, luck of the draw on what you get and how much you have to pay for it. Over all they are a pretty bullet proof lil truck. They all can nickel/dime you to death if you let them. Get one that is running/driveable and go from there. Little improvements are easier to deal with then one that is a basket case to start with. You can still buy a lot of stuff for them, but some things are getting expensive(like rebuilding motor). Mines popped a couple head studs in the last few years. Mack gets stupid money for that stud and nut(5/8"). I bought a few extras to have for later but might look at talking to ARP to see what they offer that might fit. If it's geared right, it can get 8-9 mpg easily running down the road.

Look daddy an alligator. That reminds me, I gotta call your momma.

With the slip yoke in the middle, your two far ends will be 90* out. NO way around it. As long as each single shaft itself has the ends lined up it(especially with a slip yoke where someone might split it), you are fine.

Looks great. Sounds like you are putting some miles on it.

"Evidence............valuable evidence, that I'm gunno use to convict a maniac, that I've been trying to apprehend, and I've been in high speed pursuit of, for 700 miles. He's wanted for the man act, kidnapping and the attempted murder of over 20 brother officers".

My friend has one of the little buzz box Harbor Freight generators, 1000w? It basically is a weed eater motor and sounds like it. The 1000/2000w Hondas are stupid quiet and if need to run one at night it is not an issue. If you only need power during the daylight hours I would not get too concerned about a noisy generator. I hassled my buddy one day after starting his little Honda. I told him I hope I don't have to listen to that supid thing all day(at the race track). We all got a good laugh. It is as quiet as a low humm. Seriously quiet. I just put an Onan on my truck to power my race trailer. Paid $500, then made a box and fuel tank for it. You could piece meal something together a lot cheaper then what I did. Kinda overkill for your situation. Like mentioned, get a solar panel and use it to charge your deep cycles. I have two deeps in my trailer to power radio, lights, frig, water pump, winch. One was surviving, but with more accessories I add I just put two in it. Plus with 2-3 day weekends the one would be pretty dead by the last day.

Very cool!!!

Yup, that's Brayden's place. Just talked with him Sunday at the NEO ATHS club auction. Never been down to his place and forget how much stuff he does have. I put a bug in his ear about needing some budd hubs for the front of my B model. I don't want to buy a complete truck to get them, even though he wants me to LOL!

All the morons that run cruise control in the winter. Duh! Hit the bridge and WHOOPS...........it accelerates and runs them into the ditch/wall/etc. Sadly, if the paranoid idiots that go 10 mph on the roads because they are scared and the morons that run 75 in the snow because they think they are superman would stay home, the rest of us would go about their business without fuss. I agree, the manufacturers are NOT going to make their vehicles "built to last". Then who is going to buy the new models? I oil spray the hell outta my '89 F150 and it is working. It only has a couple very small spots on the frame that surface rust has broke out in the back around the rear wheels. The rest is grimy from dirt/oil but no rust. Surely not EPA friendlly, but it works.

Ugh, I hate those crap wagons when they dump that on the roads. I avoid it like the plague. It's all "for the better". Ya, right. Since about 90% of the idiots on the road can't drive, they must get the road cleared so they can. I say screw it and make those morons stay home for the day so the rest of us can drive on the ice and snow.

Wondered when this would get brought up. Saw it on news yesterday and was just sick. The driver was trying to hide is doings by hanging his wallet over the dashcam. Just thinking "what if" his tanker was full and he crashed and burned a schoolbus load of kids?? Ugh.

Nice find. Welcome!

I've put a few in the cones before. Idiots, just plain idiots.

I love it! Very well done. Front end is super.

Check a Speedway catalog. They offer hot rod kits and I have looked them over. I want to do my truck someday. They even offer a window switch that looks like a crank. Pretty cool.

How's that mickey mouse watch joke go: it's 6:30 or Mickeys got a hard on??? Buwhahahaha! Congrats and hope all is well.