Quickfarms

Why not just wear a mask

I picked up a sliding mount for the truck Saturday It did come with a fifth wheel The base is disassembled and almost ready for the sand blaster. The sliding part will be powder coated

Looks like a Volvo sticker

It was 109 at my house today and I am not in the desert

You need to set the bar higher Before this all started you couldn’t wear sunglasses and a hat in a bank, now you have to wear a mask and nobody would even look at you wearing gloves

Relaxing by the pool

I would like to know the history and specs on this truck It is cool looking I have noticed that a lot of Australian trucks have the cab raised, I bet it helps with heat in the cab during the summer

Do you know why they are using nitrogen as opposed to say carbon dioxide? Since carbon dioxide is in liquid form in the tank there is an expansion factor of 10-1 but in high volume use the piston regulators can freeze.

Looks good have you considered making the bottom into a shelf and adding a back stop to prevent tools and parts from rolling off of the back side of the bench and having to go dig for the missing item

Took the truck out to stretch its legs yesterday little over 100 miles on the freeway. The truck ran great cold AC, nice and quite cruising at about 65 mph, the re arched derated front springs, new shocks and air bags rode pretty good. The only issue was the speedometer drive died after about 30 miles And the ford got to hang out with some other trucks, of course socially distancing was kept in mind

Union workers are the minority in the us only around 10% Every one of the union workers I know has a bad attitude and spend most of there energy protecting there job. Unions generally box a worker into a job description defined by a contract that was negotiated by a committee. The problem that I have seen with this is it limits, or eliminates, the cross training with other specialities or trades. Being non union has allowed me huge leeway to expand my interests both professionally and personally.

That’s normal in Southern California

None or gone?

They make SPATs to solve that problem Also very helpful when wearing shoes that not leather boots. Worse that welding is the slag from cutting. I do like my plasma cutter

After calling Holland, getting advise, and still having problems I called my truck parts house and they referred me to the local Holland distributor. So I called them and they said It happens sometimes with the XA2009 because there are 4 different jaw designs. There recommendation was for me to bring them the plate and they would adjust it. They are probably going to grind the swinging lock per the Holland manual. I also brought them the second plate. These plates date from 1989 and 1978 and neither has much use. The 1989 plate had 33,000 miles on the truck and this plate is being rebuilt because the springs rusted up from 10 years of storage. This one received a full rebuild kit. The 1978 plate was taken apart because the grease had solidified on this one the parts were reused after cleaning because there was absolutely no wear. The dolly this is mounted on does not appear to have ever been used Both plates are on military surplus equipment.

The truth never affected a hollywood writer

You are probably correct, if not I have an idea where it might be in Southern California there are three places that come to mind but I think they are all closed due to Covid 19 Do you have any more pictures of it?

It would be interesting To know where it is today. Hopefully it is spending time inside

250,000 to 440,000 deaths per year in us Third leading cause behind cancer and heart attack https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html

Rebuilding the Holland XA-2009, FW2000, fifth wheel has turned into a pain in the ass. The Holland instructions make it sound like a piece of cake. They say to make a helper block out of hardwood or steel, they should just say steel, that oak block I made did not work until I wrapped it in 1/8” steel strap. After that and greasing everything it went ok until the instructions said release the handle, easier said than actually accomplished. The real frustration occurred when I adjusted the lock wedge with a piece of 2” steel tubing in there, it’s the same diameter as the small part of my kingpin. Now when I pull the handle the lock retracts like it should but the jaws don’t open! If I back the adjustment off it works So I tried it again using a new king pin with the same results I am wondering if I can’t pull the handle far enough because the fifth wheel is not attached to the truck. The rebuild procedures, XL-FW134-01, reference Holland publication XL-FW225, XL-FW303 and XL-FW340. I have been unable to find these 3 documents on the Holland website.

Rebuilding the fifth wheel has turned into a pain in the ass. The Holland instructions make it sound like a piece of cake. They say to make a helper block out of hardwood or steel, they should just say steel, that oak block I made did not work until I wrapped it in 1/8” steel strap. After that and greasing everything it went ok until the instructions said release the handle, easier said than actually accomplished. The real frustration occurred when I adjusted the lock wedge with a piece of 2” steel tubing in there, it’s the same diameter as the small part of my kingpin. Now when I pull the handle the lock retracts like it should but the jaws don’t open! If I back the adjustment off it works I am wondering if I can’t pull the handle far enough because the fifth wheel is not attached to the truck. Any thoughts

I really like my new 36 volt makita cordless chain saw. I use it all the time and have not started either gas saw since I bought it

Any more pictures of it?

What happens when your helper presses on the foot valve?

We had a rather uneventful day today at the Jerry springer show headquarters