2stacksuperdog

They didn't start using air to air till mid '80s

I like in the email where he says, "I then give THEM credit for the photos. I don't photoshop their name OFF the photos." Most of the photos on here have a name in them or typed above them i don't know maybe those guys are jealous of this awesome website and don't like us.

What was the deal with Farnum? My dad was telling me they use to haul stone out of Tilcon NB and dump it at Pine Rock load it back on trucks and haul it down to beard. Seems to me it would be easier to just run it over the scale instead of dumping and reloading.

i think your able to shim something in the injection pump that increase fuel pressure thus increasing hp my dad did it to his '93 E7-300

That's a GOOD engine I would say turbo, injection pump, maybe injectors

I'm not positive but you might also have to change injectors. That also makes difference if mechanical or electronic? If electronic you have to start playing around with computer.

Change the turbo and injection pump.

The guy said he was going to get back to us but didn't tonight. he said he was going to do some research on them so hopefully he just ordered the wrong parts. The outer teeth matched just not the inner.

I think it was suppose to help you off-road. There were a few mixers and dumps around CT with tri-drive.

My dad was telling me when he use to fuel Pratt & Whitney they use to have 4 or 5 Heavy duty r-model tractor with plows on them that never got used.

The garage on Waverly St. used to be called the "barn". That was originally where the horse and wagons where kept 100 years ago. Mixers and dump trucks where parked on Waverly St. and all the prestress trailers and horses where kept at Pine Rock. When a good friend of mine started working there he was #136 on the seniority list. They weren't at the Sargent Drive garage for very long before they moved the trucks to another garage on Middletown Ave. then eventually Rt.139 in Branford. By then Blakeslee Prestress and Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman where totally seperate. Suzio took over the concrete and operated Pine Rock and Chapel St. for a year before unloading all the property on Pine Rock Ave. and selling the asphalt plant to Tomasso. Suzio wound up with two Riteway mixers and about six DM mixers and I think one B61. Suzio also employed most of Blakeslee's mixer drivers as well. Blakeslee now is hardly a shadow of what they once where. I don't think they ran those quad steer A car's for long because my dad or the few guys I know that worked there don't remember them. My dad was a laborer at the Chapel St. prestress plant. He said they had at least two mixers assigned every day to that plant pouring single and double Tee's.

When Blakeslee was on Middletown Ave is when Vinny Arpaia and Roger Chapman bought out the Construction Division. Plunskee's has one of their old mixers which they took one steer axle out and put a wrecker body on it.

What's wrong with the 673T/triplex?

I was just gonna say that!

Your better off with 237

If only these guys came on here and read this thread!

OK so we took off the side plate off the front rear end and their was a chunk of teeth lying there. it was from the gear that connects to the power divider so we bring the power divider to Ballard Mack and they order the parts. Well they call up today and say the parts don't match. The ones they ordered are 30 something teeth on the inside where as the one in it has only 8 teeth. they ordered the parts before taking it apart. Are the 8 tooth after Market or for a heavier duty carrier? the truck came from Mass so idk if they put heavier carriers in since Mass lets you move anything with them. anybody have any info?

No Matt. I know Tomasso sold out-but in the back of my mind I thought someone had told me that Suzio too had been bought by one of the big Euro outfits. Nice to know they are still family owned. Speaking of Tomasso I hauled my share of asphalt out of the Sackett Point plant-but I'm sure that is gone now.

And speaking of oldies, the other day I found a concrete slide rule calculator that was my fathers. A "freebie" from "C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Waverly St. New Haven" Long before they sold out to Westinghouse. Even your dad probably wouldn't remember, but they had Autocar mixers with a second front axle

Tilcon still uses the Sacket Point Rd Plant all the time. You have to back the tri-axles underneath it but they still use it. Same thing with Pine Rock. As for Blakeslee he remembers when they were on Sargent Drive. He says you might know Pat Crocco, he was from Hamden and he rode his Horse all around town. He worked for C.W. Blakeslee too

Sounds they are a little up tight over there.

My dad charges $87.50 per hour, $80 if you pay quick

have not seen the truck posted forsale or a price?

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/29769-1974-rd685-dump/

What's history behind this company? I remember years ago there was B&D construction from Branford, but those trucks where green and gold.

B&D trucking now gos under as Red Coach Truck Service. B&D Constructioin from North Branford was Mike Bondwell and Davis as in Davis Auctioneers. Bondwell also went under as Amber Construction

Well your driver cant overload it then

I am ordering a new triaxle dump here in nj the standard dump body is usually 17.5 ft long I am going to pull a tag along with this truck so I was thinking of getting it with a 16.5 ft body so it will not be so long hooked up to trailer. Does anyone one what will be the pro and cons if I go with the shorter body

Pros: You cant overload the truck

Cons: If the material is light you cant get enough in