Red Horse

1 hour ago, mattb73lt said:

Helped move six vintage cruisers this morning over to the Farmington Polo Grounds. THere's a group coming from Australia, too! Mostly a car event, giving rides to the special olympians and their families. Lots of smiles will be had and a lot of funds, too.

Nice Matt and sounds like a worthwhile charity!  I remember 1961-I was a senior in high school-ugh.   CSP had I do believe  plain jane two door Galaxies with solid lifter 390's-black of course.

14 minutes ago, mattb73lt said:

24 years ago this weekend I found this truck in Litchfield, CT. Dragged it home and dropped it in front of my barn at the house I bought about a year and a half beforehand. Lots of things have transpired since that time, but one of the good things is seeing this truck, nearing completion, sitting in the same exact spot.

Looks great- and I like the painted headlight buckets!-as well as the new roof on barn!

Will miss you this weekend. About 25 trucks there already as of this afternoon-including Brian T's new RD 800 with huge planetary axles-looks like its about 9'wide!

1 hour ago, mechohaulic said:

what's this "in the old days" LOL 😁. you referring to interstate/bridgehaven Ford ?  . the old days was henry ford ; actually before my time . I like ""years ago " there were two ford  dealers  😂😄

Hah! I guess your right.  In this case "Old Days" refers to 1998 when Jackass Jaq Nassar gave the heavy truck business away..time flies 24 years ago.  And my company bought some trucks from Bridgehaven-now Gabrielli.  Interstate never did as well as Bridgehaven IMO

47 minutes ago, tjc transport said:

never saw a thumb on a double ender, we had clamshell buckets instead

My town has a clam for a 42? Cat.  IMO looks like limited versatility-  yes good for mucking out manholes/ sumps-if opening big enough.  But a thumb?  you can pinch a 15" branch or a 24" log.

6 hours ago, mattb73lt said:

Not with the B73. I was hoping to come up Sunday with the B42, but it’s a very busy weekend with my employer having a huge Special Olympics fund raiser and the big Dreamride event on Saturday.

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On 8/15/2022 at 9:20 PM, Dirtymilkman said:

A great older machine are the ford's. But the Cases are the gold standard. 

For sure on triple nickel Fords.  Before Ford sold the business I had a friend who sold Deere construction.  He said once he lost a customer to Ford he never got them back.  Fords were lot of bang for the buck.

Matt any chance you will make Lancaster?

12 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Joey I think you'll find the Ukraine has a huge effect on grain and food price

They are one of the worlds largest grain exporters 

Also there's a oil pipe line from Russia that goes thru there as well which is stopped or at a greatly reduced capacity 

Gotta also understand that the US is a grain exporter and as such has commitments it is legally required to fill and I  dont think the US is in a financial position to reneg on it's commitments 

The world bank really frowns on this stuff and given the US dept at the moment the US cant afford a hiccup at all

And dont worry, most countries have been spending money they dont have for decades, the US isn't alone in this mess

Even China is under the pump financially these days 

We are all paying more for food and oil the world over

I guess we should be grateful we can afford more, there's plenty of countries couldn't afford the cost of food before the Ukrainian mess

I look at things a bit like this

Nearly 100 years ago everyone in my country and yours went thru the great depression and then WW2, all of this just after WW1 

If my country men and no doubt yours as well went thru all of that for us then this mess is pretty much nothing in comparison 

Keep your chin up mate, if this is as bad as it gets we are gunna go okay 

Paul

And to add to  this mess,. idiot Brandon instead of suspending his war on the US energy industry, he is urging increasing ethanol concentration in gas.  So more grain gets diverted to fuel and he will claim he is "working to lower gas prices".  He refuses to do anything that will piss off the liberal left.

OD

Back to your sunflower shot.  We made one trip to Italy (Tuscany) once.  Never forget driving on whatever the super highway is called that runs the entire length of  the country.  Looking ahead I see  huge field off to right -nothing but a sea of green-finally check my rear view (making sure some idiot is not coming up in back of me at 100 mph!) and see nothing but a sea of yellow.  I  guess sunflower oil is a big export crop there.

Guys- thx  for comments.  I finally bought an Evolution 380.  Should have it next week.  I have a big 7"  Black and Decker angle grinder that must be 50 years old...a heavy brute made when B & D made true commercial stuff.  I've been using 7" cut off wheels in it and managed not to burn the barn down.

I tried to get a shield for it but no luck so I won't miss trying to cut steel with that beast!

After running to my pals shop everytime I need to cut some steel I've decided to buy a chop saw.  Looks like the Evolution S355CPS has good features for price ($379)  Of course  its made in China..probably no choice there

Any opinions?

16 minutes ago, mechohaulic said:

nice lookin fleet ; specially the steel nose DM . are those perlux lights on the steel nose . didn't think they were even in existence  any more.  were you at the brooklyn show ?  seems i saw the Gillis name on a truck recently  now can't remember where. 

He was but too cheap to burn  diesel...made his son drive up in a Super Duty😎

On 7/10/2022 at 10:09 AM, mattb73lt said:

I was trying to get to Lancaster, as it’s one of my favorite shows, but my employer has his annual charity fundraiser that weekend. I’m still going to try, but not sure if it’ll work.

Understood..."duty calls!

1 hour ago, Freightrain said:

Sad, but try to find something as reliable and nice as that in todays market.  Something new would be double that and nothing but computer headaches.

For sure....Only knock on it ...550,000 miles and 5 spd?  So deduct 3g for salvage yd 6 spd. and 12,000 for engine and for 46g better than anything new you would buy.

7 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

I must be a Billionaire with my truck's 

What do you mean..."must"?.....well maybe millionaire???😎

11 hours ago, DavCut said:

Great photos and story @Bullheaded

Have a few questions. What is the application of the hopper trailers?  Do they unload into a stacker of some sort?  Also, what is at the rear of the trailer, some sort of loading system?

Thank you for posting. 

Dave

Same question...looks like a folding stacker of some sort???

2 hours ago, mattb73lt said:

Not really. I’m thinking late summer for having it drivable and into the fall to set the body in it and get that working and a new wood deck on it.

Matt...You won't need a body to get it to Lancaster Aug 27,28. And everyone would love to  see that "Louisville" frame and the rest of the chassis detail😎

On 7/5/2022 at 7:55 PM, Dirtymilkman said:

This was one of my dad's. 

Nice-but they would not do farm pick up with a truck/trailer....or would they..maybe in Mn.farms have big acerage-unlike here in New England where most farms are old and go back to day of milk cans/straight jobs.

On 6/13/2022 at 11:41 AM, Jamaican Bulldog said:

I am limited to pics i can post but they were heavy looked different from others I have seen 

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Looks like wedge brakes??

15 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

I'm all done the end of Nov. after 48 yrs (legally) of looking thru a windshield. Going inside for a minor cut in pay rate and hours for a few months. NO more ELDs, VIRs, DOT, and azzhole four wheelers! Nov. can't get here (170 days and counting) fast enough!!    .....Hippy

Hippy-congrats!