Red Horse

Barry- great- adds a huge dimension to the site-or should I say CONTINUES a great dimension.

D-027- about the pumps? Yep- pull a 4" discharge hose off one of two meters , hook it up to one of two direct 4" discharge lines, crouch down and hook up to 4" pump suction line that was snaked over rear axles to rear crossmember. then 3" discharge lines that "t'd off pump to street and curb side of tractor. We did a lot of "transport" work to small jobber accounts that did not own their own transports. And a "big tank" back in the days of 73,280 max GCW was 7600 gallons! Today in the 80,000 lb states most tanks are 9000 if not 9100 or 9200. And of course no meters.

Hah! that guy chewing the cigar was Al Silva- I'm sure Al is now dispatching loads and pulling meter tickets in a better place! And I remember the Amos Post tanks-didn't the "A" form like a drill derrick?? Boy have things changed- when I was there we had 102 people-that included about 10 people in satelites at Fort Edward, Schnectady, and Whitehall. we had everything gas, diesel, No 2 heat, kero- Av gas, No 6, couple of asphalt grades , transformer oil-yes the stuff that is costing GE millions today to clean up- as well as lubes. But Albany was Socony land-remember the big 4 story brick building that is now Exit 23 truck stop property? Years ago that was Mobil's central repair shop for NY State and Vermont. " In the day" I don't know how many mechanics worked there but the mens room had about 20 toilets!. Paint booth was on I think 2nd floor and elevator could take trucks to roof. In the summer they would rebuild fuel oil trucks and in winter they would rebuild road oilers! By the time I got there it was dead storage for the lube plant production-building that was next door. As far as cut bumpers-yes in mid 70's we started cutting the bumpers-with the "hazard stripes" on them.

Thx for the compliment. I was the terminal manager there from late 70-until 74. Had two LT-9000's with 8V-71's. One of them had those round Donaldson "banjo" mufflers that sat below the frame-guys in the shop said they had to take the stock vertical mufflers off to fit a 3" Blackmer pump and the discharge piping.. If you liked screaming Detroits you would have loved that Ford! I left that job and became the division "motor vehicle supervisor" as the job was called. Staff job - I bought Fords and Macks while I was in that job. Great bunch of guys in Albany-at this point in my life you remember the good ones!

Barry-what are we missing here? this is a great site-but what is the story- at some point in time does being a "prolific" poster put us all in jeopardy? I doubt I will ever be at that point but in any case-I will demonstrate my computer ignorance-can we "share" our file space to allow KSC to continue his news threads?

For sure!

Jim posted great pix of the extension Here are a coupe of shots of mine. The hooks came off a B that was sitting in the woods. No torches but I had the generator on the pick up and bolts were absolutely frozen. took a coiuple of Sawzall blades then I had to drill them out and eventually drive them out. The flat panel -as well as the bumper and the angled supports for the grill guard came from Doug Fetterly-

Excellent thought!

Swishy-Mrs MP--good thoughts-but it would seem to me if this doesn't work, Barry should be able to get this corrected. I for one go to this thread first thing. I value everyone's opinion on this site-but KSC gives us good factual NEWS that if nothing else fosters a lot of discussion on the part of us "civilians" How about it Barry-what does it take to keep this feature going??

Did not catch that- good comment -that is the kind of stuff he has to do versus bashing his opposition within. As for Obummer, same bullshit as him not going to Scalia's funeral!

For sure- this is what bothers me- I'm as pissed as anyone about the current state of affairs-but like I said in a previous post- he is not going to win by getting the vote of us pissed off white guys! Guess what! we are now a minority! I suppose the fact that he can change his position is good when it is obvious he does not know what the fugg he is talking about- the fact that he mouths off when he DOESNT have the facts is not good- you can't do that on the world stage-and maintain credibility as I see it. Let's see how things go this week. We have got to get out of this high school name calling though- the quicker the better-we give the likes of Bill Mahar too much ammo!

Well I guess now that Trump has reversed his stance on this, I guess it is no longer an issue??

Here is a shot of "66/67 4564 I drove in like 67/68 in Geneva, NY. Not me in the shot- Second shot is the same White sometime in 1970. I was the Terminal mgr in Rochester then and Geneva was a satelite terminal I was responsible for. Same driver in first picture (Dick Nielsen) was headed out with 7600 of gas and some guy comes bouncing over a RR crossing in an International straight job with an ice cream reefer box. Truck I guess had "loose tie rods"- going too fast on tracks, looses it and hits the White head on. Guy in binder gets thrown out (minor injuries!) but Dick had to pound out rear windo to get out as doors were jammed shut! In any case 4564, NH-250, RT-910, Velvet Ride. a good fleet truck IMO in its day. Not as good though as the R 237's which by 1970 were our typical 3 axle tractor. And that was more of a case of the 237 being a better motor than the NH-250.

Guys- Thx for responses.- Agree KSC adds a high level of professionalism to this site.. As for "upload limits"-aren't these limits "yesterday's newspaper"?? If that is the case, can't additional space be created by deleting older posts? How about it Barry? I for one would rather lose "ancient history" rather than be denied the latest industry topic-which we will NOT get through the usual filtered trade press-and again, now that I'm retired I am yesterday's newspaper-ugh- no address at a corporate site, no more subscription! I f I don't pick it up on Seeking Alpha, this site has been a good source with KSC's industry news.

Jim, Robert-thx for responses. I have one decent ring but I can't find any stamping on it. As for the Accuride data sheet, is the "3 piece 5 degree-VE Tpye Radial Commander Rim" what we would have had on our 50's/60's vintage 24" spokes??

KSC- Where have you been lately-extenjded vacation? Waiting for you world view on my post reference Ford rumor. Big jump in Navistar stock-something happening in terms of a merger???

Well Barry one good thing-Glad to see the Old school bulldog pop up when you log on as opposed to the new short legged mutt that appears in the header. What was Mack thinking?-like would Ford ever abandon the Script and Blue Oval or Chevy dumping the bow tie???

Guys - I picked up a couple of 24" rims that had some junk rubber on them. 8.00. Long story short the lock rings look like junk. What is the proper id for a lock ring for an 8" rim. I have found one that is listed as a 5 degree. Also anyone have a good source for these things. My closest salvage yard who always seemed to have NYC mixer chassis around has nothing.

Guys - I picked up a couple of 24" rims that had some junk rubber on them. 8.00. Long story short the lock rings look like junk. What is the proper id for a lock ring for an 8" rim. I have found one that is listed as a 5 degree. Also anyone have a good source for these things. My closest salvage yard who always seemed to have NYC mixer chassis around has nothing.

Guys - I picked up a couple of 24" rims that had some junk rubber on them. 8.00. Long story short the lock rings look like junk. What is the proper id for a lock ring for an 8" rim. I have found one that is listed as a 5 degree. Also anyone have a good source for these things. My closest salvage yard who always seemed to have NYC mixer chassis around has nothing.

Also been back to site twice today and both times had to log on-this just me having this issue?

Boy, I really blew this- I said two years-plus they didn't even use the press release I made for them-oh well Posted 19 February 2016 - 09:41 AM POPULAR Again-my very unsophisticated prediction-in about two years we will see a Cat press release that says....." in an effort to focus on its core business and maximize returns to shareholders, Caterpillar will no longer be producing Cat brand on highway vehicles so it can focus on the product lines that have made Caterpillar a leader throughtout the world as the premier builder of construction and mining equipment."

Had someone telling me Ford was soon to announce new truck that will replace the current steel cab 750. Something about using cab components engineered for latest Cargo. would not be the first time cab over components would be used in a conventional. How about it KSC-you seem to be the guy with usual facts on what is going on in the rest of the world. Anything you can post- Fact or BS??