High Binder

Looks like you sent a boy to do a man's job. Try a breaker bar the next time. LOL

There was a LCF in a local scrap yard a couple of years ago. It was parked sort of off the beaten path. I tried to buy it but never could get the fellow to price it. Went back about three weeks later and it was gone. I never could get an answer as to what happened to it. I heard rumors later that a couple of the employees got caught scrapping stolen vehicles. I would suspect the truck was stolen and it got sent to China. It's a shame because it was in pretty good shape.

Joe, Fred sent me pictures of what he thought were the 402's with the V-12's. I could not see any difference between my truck and the pictures he sent. Also, I would think that the V-12's would have had dual stacks. To route the exhaust around the back engine to come out through a single 5 inch side discharge exhaust would have been a nightmare. The Cummins 335 takes up so much space that I don't see how a V-12 would fit. I could go on but you would have to see the truck to know what I'm trying to explain. Fred was the expert on IH's and did extensive research. If he said there were trucks with V-12's, there probably were. As I said before, we had numerous conversations about the 402's and I'm not convinced there were any with the V-12's. If there were, I think there would have been a difference in the trucks. That's just my opinion and opinions are like "a**holes", everybody's got one.

All three of the high binders came out of scrap yards in west Kansas. The red truck and the green truck came from the same yard. The Halliburton truck also came from a scrap yard but it was being used weekly to haul scrap iron. There's also a story as to how I found and bought them. Give me a call sometime and we'll talk about old trucks. Thanks, Dan

Joe, It has an Cummins HRBB-600, 180 hp, and an RT09513 transmission. It also has a pusher axle and I'm having a senior moment because I can't remember the rear ratio. Thanks, Dan

Pz1, I hadn't even given grey a thought. Very interesting suggestion. I'll have to start looking at pictures of grey trucks. Thanks, Dan

Bob, I really can't decide. I've thought about the dark green, yellow, or maybe the red.

Thanks, I'm really enjoying the forum. I've really enjoyed the truck so far even though I'm still working on a few bugs. I hope to get them ironed out in the next couple of weeks.

Dan

Yes, I remember. I saw that truck again last year and it had really deteriorated. I was going to go to the tri state show this year but had something come up at the last minute. Now I really wish I had attended the show. I would really like to see that truck in person.

Thanks, Dan

Brocky, Joe is correct. It's one of the old Halliburton trucks. IH put the larger 335 Cummins in it and they had to move the radiator forward. It is factory original an is all there. IH didn't build many of them. A lot of people have seen pictures of them but to my knowledge, no one has seen one in person recently.

Thanks, It turned out pretty well to be on a poor man's budget. I bought it sight unseen and wondered what I had got myself into when it was unloaded. It was pretty rough but it was solid. I get a lot of looks when I take it out on the roads.

Dan

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Dan