Quickfarms

On 1/14/2021 at 9:50 AM, mnslim said:

Quickfarms:

Anything come of your plan to build an R700 from the white RS600?

The 600 pictured seemed like a clean truck. 

 

Nick

 

The truck developed issues with the injection pump so it has been parked while I worked on finishing my Ford F800 and the green Mack.

I have grown to like the knuckle boom and the fact that I can keep the cable really short to minimize the swing. 
 

I grew up around cranes and it took a lot of experience and practice to keep the load from swinging. This is not an issue with a knuckle boom

I had to use the green Mack to put the fifth wheel on the ford F800 Friday because the forklift is down for a brake job

If the truck still has a sleeper on it you may be able to register it as an RV. 
 

you need to check your state laws to see what is legal there. 
 

8 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

I wonder what will happen to my little business When President Harris takes over ? I'm a one man operation, I have a mobile truck repair service. Most of my customers are in construction. I work on a lot of dump trucks... and occasionally some heavy equipment. Jojo

Good luck

I run a small land surveying business 

3 hours ago, Dsldave1973 said:

Does anybody have an idea how you register a truck that was cOmmercial ,that is not commercial any more 

Where are you located? 
 

does the truck have a sleeper?

what year is the truck?

On 12/27/2020 at 11:37 AM, Joey Mack said:

Hello, Quick farms... I raised one wheel and marked it and the yoke. I turned the wheels and got a small bit more than 3 1/4 turns. I figured it would be about a 3.30:1 ratio, but another "poster" said I need to double that number....   So that would be 6.60:1.... Any thoughts? I cant imagine it would have highway gears...

Yes with only one tire in the air you have to rotate the tire two revolutions to get the gear ratio.

if you don’t want to change the drivetrain you have a 45 mph truck there.

If you put 9-20’s on it and a overdrive, from a large pickup, you will have a nice local toy.

if you want to haul a camper then it needs a drivetrain swap.

For my Chevy I am looking for a K30 and doing a body swap. My friends think I should put an LS motor in it 

My 1942 1.5 ton Chevy has a 6.67 gear ratio in both axles. The same ratio is in the CCKW, WW2 2.5 ton

18 hours ago, Maddog13407 said:

i dunno why so many are stuck on two and three piece rims and bias ply tires. yes they look better and more period correct on an older truck but if you plan on runnin it at all put the damn tubeless on it and be done with it. real 22's are nonexhistent and real 20's are china junk that are used on container chassis, for a reason, they are JUNK!. 

 

Lately I have seen a bunch of container chassis that are running 22.5 tires

I have tube tires on a few older trucks, that I keep local, only until they wear out

13 hours ago, odSteve said:

 

Sometimes on-line is not all that helpful.  I had to call 22 different places that claim to specialize in vintage truck transmission parts, some of which on-line claimed to have the gear in stock before I found one place that had my gear.  To me I think that transfer case is mostly used in the 2.5 ton military trucks.  Probably could get the information on a forum like Steel Soldiers.  Or try a place like Boyce Equipment in Utah - they are an expert with transfer cases and custom modifications and they sell the parts for you to do it yourself.  I see  on their web site they also sell complete 2.5 ton air shift transfer cases ranging in price from $1,150 to $2,150 depending if you want a take-out or newly rebuilt with warranty.  I think I would start with them:

https://www.boyceequipment.com/transfer-cases 

Good luck, have fun, and a very Merry Christmas.

 

 

 

This transfer case is not common to the duece of 5 ton

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

OK gotcha I know they do make 22 fives and 24 fives Rims to fit 20 inch hubs You can also go to our speedo shop and have them give you a gear to match Truck speed or at least you used to be able to do that I am starting to think those old speedo shops are probably outdated now

22.5 fit 20” spiders

24.5 fit 22” spiders
 

at least this is my understanding, and is due to how the tires are measured 

there are still Speedo shops around. And gear adapters are still available. A lot of speedometers after the 80’s are electronic and calibrated by changing switches on the back of the speedometer  

I want to go the other way with my transfer case 

my transfer case is a Rockwell MR-226 (meritor T-226) that I want to convert from a shifter for the hi-lo function to air shift but I have not found any information on line about how to do this 

7 hours ago, mowerman said:

I didn’t realize 22s were so hard to fine they were really popular a few years ago at least out here... bob

Due to cost the popular tire is a 22.5

On 12/16/2020 at 11:13 PM, Hayseed said:

That applies to the roads and most of the freeways in Southern California 

Here the sign would read “sports bras required”

9 hours ago, Freightrain said:

Yup, the back of my dash was grimy with oil/dirt from the my air wiper switch.

Mine is grimy behind the Parking brake release Valves

I am getting mama a new phone so it will be easier for her to pick up all of my parts 

When I first went to drain the air tanks on my 1975 R685 I found that the passenger side tank had a quick disconnect in the tank where the drain should have been. 
 

what a mess came out of the tanks on that truck. There was even oil behind the dash and above the headliner due to an air leak at the air horn valve.

I would check the air filter and drain the tanks daily to see if this is a real problem or something you can live with

does the truck have an air dryer on it? 

I remember growing up there were these retirement villages in the next town and they had there own security with rent a cops and gates. The rent a cops wanted the fire trucks and ambulances to stop and wait for them to call the house before they could enter.

That ended when the chief ordered the brush truck, 5 ton ex military, with full cage to push trees out of the way to respond with the engines. In the entrance the engines stoped and the brush truck took the lead. Somehow the brush truck took out both guard shacks and gates in one pass. As the story goes from that day on they had no problem entering any retirement village in the area even without runnning lights and sirens. 

I am interested in a calendar but am not on Facebook 

thanks

2 hours ago, Red Horse said:

Beauty- wondering about horns?  thought it had horns on roof? then I'm thinking no spring pacs-so juice brakes- then I see what looks like air lines coming up in back of cab???

And the answer is.....😎

By the way very nice and unusual setting and backgrounds-whose oil terminal you next to?

Always did think those F-800/8000's were a good looking truck-and they did well around here even when the Louisville came out.

the electric horn is under the hood. Roof air horns were an option but the navy did not order it that way. I plan on mounting an air horn under the hood 

Full Air brakes 

juice brakes were on the lighter trucks like the F600

the property is next to one of the many tank farms in the Long Beach CA area but I do not know who operates this one

4 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

Very nice pics Quickfarms. How's the F800 to drive empty? I eneded up buying a new F150 because my F550 was punishing me on the highway empty, LOL I just keep it for my in-town truck now.

 

Bummer that that fuel filter failed. What caused that?

It can be a bit choppy of a ride on the highway at times but it’s not that bad.

The cab has air ride seats.

Several leafs were removed from the front springs and they were re arched.

The rear suspension was changed to a Rayco air ride.

I still need to install the fifth wheel top plate and inner duels .

I am considering adding a ping tank to the air ride 

To make it ride much better and to make the truck more useful I am building a removable flat bed

We have no clue why the fuel filter ruptured. The filter is located between the mechanical lift pump and the injector pump.

Any thoughts?

could be just a manufacturer defect. 

10 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Looks very well covered, do you wet the ground to stop blowing dust when spraying or do you have a better plan for dust control ?

 

Paul 

We just spray when the air is still

New angles and powder coated 

Bump