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Took these tonight went I stopped by the shop to get my pay check. Don't think I posted a night picture of the mixer before, it's got lots of reflector tape on it. I cut pieces of reflector tape into little tiny pieces and stuck it all over the mixer drum, just randomly. It's barely noticable in the daylight. Makes a nice Christmas picture there,eh? (that's Canadian)

yeah... lets confuse the crap out of it. how about we go back to 10 on 8 off?

I don't understand it- it said they'd give you an hour break that didn't count against your time, but to take it you could only work 13 hrs. instead of 14? That makes no sense...maybe I read it wrong.

http://www.caboverkings.com/

Some pretty neat cabovers here,couple of good stories as well!...Mark

That's a great site, I read the whole thing. You're right, some good stories there, thanks!

Hi all;

I'll be replacing the pinion seal on my TR-51 rear axle and both input and output seals on my 6031 Brownie soon,and I don't have any tech info that covers them. Can these seals be replaced without having to set the preload on bearings? (I HOPE!!) If I do have to preload the bearings,what do I set them at?

The extreme leakage from those seals is one of the main reasons I can't drive it except short distances.

The brakes condition is another problem.

Regarding the hydraulic brake problems,I filled the Master cylinder 4 times and pumped the reservoir nearly dry and it still won't build any pedal. No puddles yet,either. It's possible I'm filling the HydraVac with brake fluid,but I do know the Master Cylinder looks like it may be leaking. There's at least one wheel cylinder that shows signs of being stuck,but there doesn't appear to be any leakage. I might get a kit for the M/C and bleed everything some more,see what it does. Maybe with the help of the HydraVac I can un-stick the wheel cylinders,and hopefully the won't leak.(We all know they will,though.)

Speed

Ought to see fluid somewhere by now if you've put that much in it. I know hydraulic brakes with a booster can be a real pain to get bled and get a decent pedal sometimes.

Hope telling you what you already know helps , if not somebody besides me that actually knows something will i'm sure.

Merry Christmas!

No,no real problems with the one i drove,we got 4 of them all speced the same,battleship gray interior,very "spartan" inside,but a "bulletproof" truck nonetheless,these were some of the least problematic trucks we had at the time,the freightliner cabovers that proceeded them were absoulute junk! fit/finish was terrible,the windshields leaked,numerous electrical problems,runs/sags in the factory paint,"welfare" heat/AC (sometimes it worked,sometimes it did'nt!) this was one of the deciding factors in me buying my first truck,got tired of driving someone elses headache!.............Mark

I never drove a cabover Freightliner but I always liked the looks of them. The standard Freightliner joke then was that you had to wear a raincoat inside it when it rained, but a lot of those KW windshields leaked too.

Saw this twin steer Kenworth in Stokesdale,N.C. Monday turning off of rt. 158 onto 68 south.

Loading kyanite for Fremont under a full moon Monday night.

Took this in Appomattox today on the way back from getting my physical. Nice clear view of the mountains over the Wal-Mart. The 2 to the left are the Peaks of Otter, near Bedford.

.......7:15 AM fixed my own breakfast!..........9:00 AM went to wal-mart for more beer,.......12:00 PM lil'nap before lunch............4:52 PM time to start on dinner,finish the tree a little later............

Rhasler will be so proud-as am I!

You said it all when you said V8 500. A person can put up with a lot of stuff when you got one of those under the hood.

Amen to that!

I started as a company driver for Atlas van lines in 82" we had all cabovers then,i drove a GMC astro,300 cummins,9 speed,F-model 237,5 speed,white road commander,6V-92 detroit,9 speed,the last new truck i had was a Freightliner,first one we got that was a twin-screw,formula 350 cummins,10 speed. Out of all of those i liked the astro the best!

D'oh!! I plum forgot about the Astro, a '78 Astro went in between the 2 Transtars, 290 Cummins 9 speed. Solid white in color.

Back when cabovers were a large part of trucking in this country, there was a different breed of driver in the seat. Experience was prevelant rather than distant. I can only imagine the fatality rate with many current truck drivers in a cabover.

How things have changed.

My favorite cabover always was the IH Transtar II with a 8V-71 and an RTO-9513 on 3.70's. The two I drove were smooth, relatively quiet, and quite fast for their day.

Rob

The first 4 trucks I ever drove when I started driving full time were 2 '74 Transtars,first with a 290 Cummins, the other a VT903, both 13 speeds, one overdrive, the other direct drive, then 2 F-model Macks, a '77 and a '79. Then I drove cabover KW's until we went to conventional cabs 10 years later. I liked 'em all.

I bet she got something for Nicki's truck and you have to install it,,,,,soon!

maybe, but i'm not too sure about that.

I told you to calm tha f@#* down- just take it easy. I'm sure chief deputy Rhasler is hard at work on the case as we speak and he'll be assisted by your dog Spot, soon as he's done takin' care of some personal binness. Think they said they were going to central Illinois first to see if they could sniff out any clues.

Meanwhile, think i'll go to the parade then hit the buffet on the way home.

Well, the guys are back from an undisclosed location in central Illinois and reported nothing out of the ordinary, except Rob seemed to have a big, gigantic boobage monument out behind the shop-and there's nuthin' wrong with that.

Perhaps this Aztec made the trek to the boobage monument to end her flat chestedness...

Hold it-stop-don't touch nuthin'-it's beautiful! If you try to add one more bottle you might trip and fall and knock it all over...especially if you started that project this morning. Hope you get plenty of aspirin for Christmas!

I found this-

http://dave6.posterous.com/lol-italian-teddy-bear

welcome,,actually thats "Sherriff Other Dog." randyp,,,

hmmmmm...looking to upgrade...lives in Texas...Killer B missing...sounds 'spicious to me.

Are you THE Mark Martin?

Nevermind, i think he lives around Charlotte like the rest.

Its a fun place, please post lots of pictures. We love pictures. people like Rhasler will mess with em a little.

Indeed, welcome!

The first truck I ever drove was Daddy's '74 Pete 359. It had a 318 Detroit, 15 speed trans, and 4:11 gears. It was later repowered with a Silver 92 430 Detroit. He called the old truck Sneaky Pete. He used to haul lime out of Jefferson City TN back to the Carolinas and I would go with him on Saturday or when school was out. We would get on I 40 headed east at the 417mm and when he would get it high gear we would swap seats and I would drive until we started approaching the Gorge.

By the time I got my license old Sneaky Pete was gone, replaced by an R model Mack. Best move we ever made!!

Must have been this place?

Now that's cool! Every kids dream(well, okay at least mine anyway). Didn't get much early driving, best I did was start mom's Opel Cadet when I was about 11 yrs old. Got the big run down one day and was showed how to put in neutral(no safety devices back then) and start it(no fuel injection), pump the gas, crank it, etc.

Closest to truck driving was about 10 yrs old and got to ride in this:

Hence the love for ol KW's and twin sticks. That truck is what I've always wanted. Don't remember what power it had, but did have two pearl handled sticks!

Gee, you really haven't changed much over the years.

I couldn't make the link work and couldn't delete the post.

Rob

oh- been there before. I edited the post and changed it to something entirely different so it would appear like I knew what I was doing all along.

zzzzz

I just don't get it...

The threat of the Aztecs ended and the excavator rescued, Spot and crew prepare to leave the lagoon but upon reaching the staging area where Randy had left Killer B parked they meet with another stunning discovery!

Someone has stolen Killer B!

Tune in next week for episode 4 of The New Adventures of Spot the Wonder Dog- "Spot and the Secret of Smuggler's Cove"

If Sherriff Other "lazy buffet rat" Dog dont find killer, ahm a gonna be wringing something else, and it aint gonna be my dern hands! randyp

I told you to calm tha f@#* down- just take it easy. I'm sure chief deputy Rhasler is hard at work on the case as we speak and he'll be assisted by your dog Spot, soon as he's done takin' care of some personal binness. Think they said they were going to central Illinois first to see if they could sniff out any clues.

Meanwhile, think i'll go to the parade then hit the buffet on the way home.

Astecs,ghosts,stolen classic truck? everybody knows when there's this type mystery to be solved theres only one outfit up to the job!...............Mark

Seems that Spot has other things on his mind. Even super heroes need a break sometimes...

Thought i saw one of santa's little helpers hitch-hiking after the sleigh broke down somewhere south of Orchard park,NY.............

I was just up there but I didn't see her- good thing too, i'd have surely jacknifed trying to get stopped!

Good Lord have mercy help me!!!!! Killer B stolen, missing, possibly being ravished and shifted by some filthy handed scumbag? I cant stand the thought! I cant wait till next week! Where in the hell is sherriff other dog, lazy bastard let somebody abduct killer!! somebody hep me, hep me,,,,,randyp

Hey!..calm the f#@* down! Just because i'm sheriff doesn't mean I never have to go to the bathroom-can't be in 2 places at once. You prolly left the keys in it anyway. This is a top priority case so i'll get my men on it right after lunch- unless they're at that "all you can eat" buffet again. If that's the case it'll be in the morning sometime.