Hobert62

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On July 15, 2016 at 8:22 AM, j hancock said:

Ahhh.... the joys of loading trikes.  Good Job!

It was alot harder to load  to bring them back home.   I had to rember how they fit and everyone was watching in amazement that I was doing it with a single wheel truck.    Alot of people with dually's and only 1 tractor.  I ran across a scale  it  was 28,560.    This was the first time since I had this pickup that the 8.1 gas job was a little short on power.  Otherwise handled it great.    Now back to Mack school.   

Honey I'm taking the boat down to the lake to go fishing with my buddy's.    I'll be home????????

My dad tried to add Lucas in his 5 speed chevy pickup transmission when he changed it and it was to thick.     It was real stiff to shift especially on cold mornings.   

They haven't used the mack since the first load.   The changed the driveway do traction isn't an issue.                    

9 hours ago, kmeitz said:

What's the name of the powerplant that is being retrofitted?

http://www.powermag.com/coal-fired-sunbury-power-plant-gives-way-to-gas/

After 3 delays the first of 30 some loads is underway.   My wife took the kids to go watch it get underway tonight.   I must have married a good one to go do that while I'm at work.     The load is "supposed" to be 16' wide, 18' tall, and 204' long.     The gross weight is "supposed" to be 700,000 pounds.                  The mack was only used to get it out of the stone rail yard and into the road.   There was a westernstar hooked to each end  in route.      

http://www.thedieselgarage.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11787d=1187814018              I found this link with pictures.    It is the 2 nuts I thought.    While looking in this part of the pump I still don't understand what's going on.   Or what I'm really adjusting but I'm glad others do.     

On June 29, 2016 at 0:30 PM, fjh said:

Remove the 6  or 4 bolt cover at the top back loosen the rear 5/16 nut 1 half turn tighten the front nut the same amount!

The 2 nuts to the right of the picture right?   Back the one on the left side of the arm off then tighten the nut on the right of the arm back against the first nut.  

Thanks for all the ideas and advice.    This is the part that i can and have done before, but its just overwhelming to look at it.        I've rewired several trailers and  I have used waterproof junction boxes.    I like that style box it's more sleek compared to what I've used before.                                  When I rewired my gooseneck I used a heavy extension cord.  I ran it from the front junction box to the taillight box in the rear.   The cord made for a neat and easy installation.    

Been working on fuel and water lines. I'm easing into the air lines.    Got the stacks hooked up, air cleaner installed, and passenger side toolbox mounted.    I'm still trying to figure out which way to go on the wiring and how many circuit kit Im going to need.            

Yes I agree thanks!       I will sit in the truck and read this to figure it out.    

Hobert is just a dumb nickname my uncle started.   Robert is my actual name so all is good.   I think a standard B cab would be much roomier then the contour cab.   Another issue with the b67 is the engine dog house comes back the floor pretty far.   You add the doghouse coming from the front and the back wall being pushed in from the rear you loose alot of realastate inside. 

I just saw a flyer for this show hanging in a shop, and it does appear different then what I remember.    I think there was a B model pictured on the flyer amongst other brands.     It may be different then what I remember.   

5 hours ago, Freightrain said:

Ugh, pulling a gooseneck with a gasser.  Pure torture(to the wallet).  I haven't done that since 1996 with my new F350/460ci.  7 mpg pulling my race trailer.  The 2000 PSD got 11 mpg.  The "new" 237 gets 9 mpg.

If I take 2 tractors with 1,000 pounds of suitcase weights on each one I'm grossing right around 25,000.    I'm down about 6mpg.    Thankfully I don't go very far, but when it only goes 175 miles on a tank it goes quick.   

Ok we will go with the 1/2 turn.    In my head that just doesn't seam like much, but then again I don't really under stand what's going on.        The garage guy that made my aero quip  lines up said that a 1/2 turn makes a big difference in a cat.    I guess the two are somewhat similar.     Thanks all. 

19 hours ago, Freightrain said:

Yup, the two nuts hold the arm that controls fuel.  Moving one then tighten the other back up against arm.  I really cranked mine up about 14 yrs ago.  Ran really well, got HORRIBLE mileage. I turned it back down and doubled the mileage(back to 8 mpg).  

How much is really cranked it up? A half turn doesn't seem like much, but i haven't  opened it up yet to understand whats going on  fully either.     Im use to bad gas millage my pickup is down in the single digits pretty far when hooked to the trailer and only about 10-11 driving it like a car.    It's 496ci of pure gas  chugging muscle.                

24 minutes ago, fjh said:

Remove the 6  or 4 bolt cover at the top back loosen the rear 5/16 nut 1 half turn tighten the front nut the same amount!

In here? Are they just basically jam nuts?     Thanks

 ok I'm this far now so how do I turn a little fuel to it?    nothing to crazy just a little black smoke.   Thanks. 

3 hours ago, fxfymn said:

Based on the pedals I'd say a "You have to be this tall to ride this ride" is probably in order. Or if it were me and my buds at that age one of us would do the pedals while the other steered. At least that way we wouldn't run over each other.

Probably less dangerous than the mower parked in front of it.

Only pedal is the clutch.   It's not to far of a reach.      I'm not giving my kids any teamwork ideas they come up with enough on there own.     Some of the interior doors in our house have the locks that you push the wire key in the center to unlock.     One day we found they both made there own keys out of paper clips because they couldn't reach the keys we kept above the doors.  

I don't know the model but its a hydraulic drive case from the mid 60's.      He brought that home at the same time.      The motor runs a hydraulic pump the is connected  with 2 hoses to the rear which has high and low.    It's been repainted at some time but seems to be in really good shape.  

When you sit in it it's kinda like a cockpit.  If it rolls your stuck.     

I think i remember reading once it was an electric pump that controlled the dump.    I'm 6'2" and 215 pounds.   It's let's just say a little snug in my b67 contour cab.   If your a smaller guy it would prob be fine but if your at all bigger I'd stay away from this setup cab.