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18 minutes ago, Joseph Cummings said:

I miss the days when I could buy Mack Standard Red through the Mack parts department for 30 bucks a gallon. I'd buy it by the case. I think it was 4 gallons to the case. It was made by Kirker in Jersey.

I wonder how many trucks I'd have to paint without wearing a mask while chain-smoking Camels before I could do the Earl Shibe voice

I get the Kirker Mack red single stage polyurethane from TP tools. It's around a hundred bucks.

2 hours ago, mattb73lt said:

Made a two hour run up to Foxboro, MA yesterday to the Springbrook show put on by D. Rounds Trucking and G. Greene Construction. It wasn't on any of my lists of up coming shows, but timing wise it worked out with my schedule. It was held at their facilities which are adjacent to each other. Started out leaving the house about 6AM in heavy fog and drizzle, but by afternoon cleared up for a great ride home by 5PM. Lots of local trucks from the greater Boston area and a chance to see G. Greene's collection of restored trucks in a special built garage just to hold them. I'm so envious of that facility. My brother lives about a half hour away from their, so we got to spend the day together along with my nephew for a little while. Truck ran great and had no issues at all with it. It is very loud when you're in it for that long of a trip. It's going to get a muffler at some point. Still amazes me to see it in one piece and restored. other than the exhaust noise, it's so comfortable to drive with that big, roomy L cab. Another greatshow and day with the B73

That was a good day yesterday.  Wanted to track you down to say hi but didn't see you at the truck. Bob Greenes toybox is something else huh?

30- 40 years ago ( holy shit I'm getting old) there was a roach coach on every construction job I  was on and even at the car dealer I  used to work at. Now they have completely disappeared and you need to to go searching  for lunch. I miss them.

Had 2 3208s one in an L8000 and one in a f8000 4 speed allisons both boom trucks. Swapped in a RT910 into the Louisville which gave me something to do while waiting to get up to speed. Man were they slow. Didn't matter how cold it was I would just bump the starter and it was running. Neither one ever let me down though.

1 hour ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Could always just pull a few leafs out of the spring packs and lower the air pressure 

I'm just lowering the tyre pressure will give some pretty substantial changes

Looks like your already on tubeless tyres so 50 - 55 psi is not a problem for running bob tail

 

Paul 

That's the way I'll  be going jwith this

I'm probably going to leave well enough alone with the rear suspension. I know a guy who filled a tray under his deck plate with concrete, may I can come up with some plate steel for weight

Happy b day Brocky 

42 minutes ago, mowerman said:

man i see what you mean about the short frame,,,,and yes the dance floor needs to go,,,thanks for that rich,,,,,truck looks amazingly clean,,,bob

Guy who works for me was helping with thus asked if the truck came from down south the frame looks brand new. It was a Florida truck originally 

Whoever built this toolbox / deck plate/ dance floor had to be a sociopath or an utter maniac. C channels welded to the frame flanges then the whole thing was built on the truck so getting it off means cutting it up into little pieces. Actually happy it's coming off the more I look at it the worse it looks to me.

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When I bought this from Tom Amaducci he gave me a power steering setup for it. Anybody know lf the pump bolts onto any air compressor? The pump came bolted to an old compressor but the one in the truck looks like a fairly recent replacement.  Also looks like the dipstick tube is occupying the same space as the pump but I think it can be reshaped.

3 hours ago, Brocky said:

I like your idea of upgrading the pintle hitch area.. Will you need to add air glad hands?? You will probably have to attach your light bar / mud flap hangers to the end of the frame.. That Goose neck ball looks a little far back for good weight distribution???

Gooseneck ball is going away, it's set up for electric .brakes which is OK since all my tag trailers are Electric. Gonna bend up some diamond plate fenders and wi incorporate the lights and mudflap hangers into the fenders. 

The air control is supposed to be able to feather the body down but that's a fairy tale. I put a one way restriction valve at the pump. Full flow going up and adjustable flow going down. 

17 hours ago, mowerman said:

I haven’t been there in years, but I thought the fire station was right there someplace.. United auto parts was in there somewhere .. I  used to work. There.. was right in there someplace. Also, I think it was a little further down past the City Hall compared to some other towns it was a pretty small town Square. Super subs are used to go there all the time that was also gone last time I went through there.

Fire station is a few doors down same side of street.  Other half of building is a 7 11

8 hours ago, mowerman said:

I’ve mentioned I grew up in Peabody and we only had one supermarket a first national I think it’s been too many years, but as far as I know, the town has never built another one bunch of corner stores 

Peabody's finest adult beverage purveyor. 

Across the street from Peabody city hall