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3 dead cylinders. Probably be Thursday before I get it back, but if things go absolutely perfectly, I MIGHT be able to pick it up at (or shortly after) close tomorrow. Most likely Thursday.

What was wrong? Something to do with the camshaft and a lifter for an injector pump or something like that...hopefully it'll fix most of the engine-related issues I've been having...low power, jakes, low boost pressure, etc...

Time to brace for tonight's storms.

3 dead cylinders? That should take care of it-you'll be blowing those company trucks doors off again

Stay away from Transcrack/ AKA Transcraft. Fontaines are great.Reitenours.

Yeah, I like the 48/102 Fontaine Phantom I pull,it's a great trailer. I whined,cried,and bitched for 3 weeks when they had to send it to Washington with a radioactive load. Just got it back this week. It's got a tool box on it where I keep my beveled wood,coil racks,and rubber mats-that's what I missed the most. Can't have too many tool boxes. We just got 4 new 53' aluminum Fontaines. Good looking trailers,the tail lights are one solid bar with LED's instead of the individual lights.

Hey Gambi

I'm looking to sell mine. It's a 88 Ravens 48' x 96" spread axle. I have a side kit (new panels acouple of years ago) for it too. The tarp is a rollover tarp. I know an 88 is old but it has good arch to it. New tires last year and brakes are fairly new and it has the dump valve for the rear axle. I don't pull it very much and when I do it's to haul grain so I figured I would just get an end dump.

Thanks

Larry

A Ravens is a mighty fine trailer. Of all the trailers we've got the Dorsey's are the worst. They're combo's though,steel frame rails with aluminum floors. You can load a single coil on them and they bend in the middle like a boomerang when you go around a curve.

Great pictures there! I went down the old crooked road with the switchbacks and across the dam itself years ago. Pulled over at the end to look it over, but I don't think cameras had been invented at that time. Very impressive sight to see anyway.

Don't feel bad, I've got a Pete now too. N14 Cummins tho, none of that yellow crap.

I drove several N14's,years of trouble free driving. Last truck before the Pete was a W900 with 525 N14, but I believe the best pulling one was a 9400 IH with a 460 N14 and 4.10 rears that was turned up to 500 hp.

I couldn't figure why they gave the new driver a Titan, and one of the big trailers- he wrecked it twice in 2 days. He said the biggest load he had hauled before was 10 1/2 yards of concrete, so I don't know if he'd ever pulled a trailer before, maybe just drove a concrete mixer-not that there's anything wrong with driving a mixer. They probably should have put him in a Western Star that had already been turned over 4 or 5 times and gave him a regular trailer to start out with.

reminds me of the last time they had all that rain in southern Illinois.

Makes me glad I got the pre Acert stuff. 98 3406E here 600. My main prob was turbo and manifold gaskets. Took care of that put a Pittsburgh power manifold on it and put a small muffler on as the straights got old and not enough pressure to keep from overspinning the turbo. What I was told.Also keeps my egt's alittle lower.

I always heard the old single turbo 550's were a lot better,and I haven't seen anything to make me believe otherwise.

I have to say, a 550 Cat is an awesome piece of equipment when it's right-that is,engine light's not on- best pulling truck I ever drove.

Makes me glad I got the pre Acert stuff. 98 3406E here 600. My main prob was turbo and manifold gaskets. Took care of that put a Pittsburgh power manifold on it and put a small muffler on as the straights got old and not enough pressure to keep from overspinning the turbo. What I was told.Also keeps my egt's alittle lower.

I read the free truck newspaper that you pick up at all the truckstops,can't remember the name of it,but I know enough to know those Pittsburgh Power guys know their shit("stuff",if it's before 10:00 pm)! Jeff (my truck owner/boss) got rid of a W900 with a C-16 600 Cat last year because he thought it would eventually blow a head gasket,but Pittsburgh Power tells you exactly why the head gaskets blow, and how to prevent it when you put head gaskets on them.

Thanks-looks delicious. My secret spy camera actually got a picture of this cake being made.

Looks really delicious...

What year Cat?

It's a 2006 C-15 acert, 550 with the twin turbos. I've had about 15 intake valve actuator faults. Doesn't take long to fix, but it gets aggravating because it happens so frequently. Each tag represents a trip to Carter Cat, and I didn't start keeping them as souveniers until I accumulated a bunch of them!

In keeping with the tradition of taking pictures of things pioneered by Other Dog, here are some more pictures of things. Mostly just because they're neat looking old steam powered generators.

Indeed! I even took a picture of a train engine with whitewall tires this week!

Wow you guys are harsh on Petes lol. Well so far since the inframe minus taking it back because they didn't put a gasket on the front cover and it leaked oil. Been good. Little odds and ends other then that nothing bad. Did loose a driveshaft in SLidell and limped it home to Fl after shaker wouldn't work on it. I can't complain. just a few more little things to fix but hell they all have little bugs or something

I should have said Cat shops. I've just had lots of minor Cat engine trouble,no major problems or issues of any kind with Peterbilt.

more funny stuff...

LMAO! too funny! i like the old standby,"how do you convert a dishwasher into a snow-blower?".........."Buy her a shovel!!!!"............Mark

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Old Bill sent these jokes about the south in an e-mail-

The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, "Y'all graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I wuz to give yew $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?" The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everthang but my earrings."

A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet

of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait. A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned around

and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was. The man replied, "I got a flat tahr." The passerby asked, "But what's with the flowers?" The man responded, "When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back. I never did understand it neither."

A Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65. The trooper asked, "Got any ID?" The driver replied, "Bout whut?"

A Texas Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff

asked, "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don't you see that sign right over your head."

"Yep," he replied. "That's why I'm dumpin' it here, 'cause it says: 'Fine For Dumping Garbage.' "

Just got back from Coos Bay, OR. I've been to Canada and the west coast now, have I achieved Supertrucker status yet?

Nice pictures!

Don't know nobody that actually "drives" a Peterbilt. Point "A" to point "B" is just anticipation of the next breakdown.

Rob

I drove one to Hammond,In. and back twice this week with no breakdowns. In fact,i've had over 9 days of trouble free trucking now.

I do have all the Pete shops in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico on speed dial, but that's just a precautionary measure.

Think I found a similar picture on Hank's site,but I was afraid to post it because of the picture police-

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/aths/pleasanton/05-26/20100526_dsc_2999.jpg

I been looking for a truck to handle my girlfirend. lol the 46k rears on the grantie were not cutting it.

That's a 75 ton prime mover,should handle her with no problem.

Got mine's in the mail this week, ordered it last fall. In fact, it arrived on my birthday and i'd about forgotten about it. Has a listing of all ATHS members and lots of pictures. Here's a few sample pages-

Got a picture of the blue MH for sale in Grayson,Kentucky. It's a little far off the road for a good picture.

Thank you Mike, that is very important. Never heard of Emeril's, i'd like to try it. Tried most of the rest. And Open Pit didn't even place?..hmmmmph!

Wow, that IS cold!

Great job taking pictures of things!