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and you might just get dumb answers from dumb truckers!!! 😁

FWD, our 1965 GMC crackerbox 75 foot ladder truck had a whopping 15,000 miles on it when replaced in 1985. the Sutphen that replaced it had about the same, 18,000 miles when it was replaced in 05. the current 100 foot Sutphen has about 20,000 miles on it.

Another good one. Ask for a heater core for a 83 corvette. Or any other part for that matter and watch them squirm. There was no such animal as a 83 vette. 😄

a few years ago i went in a parts store and asked for a part number. parts monkey asked what is it for. i politely told him radiator for a 1967 volkswagon beetle. the store manager walked away laughing as the kid attacked the computer. just as the kid said i cant find that part, the manager came back with the part number i wanted.

interesting. when ordering the two new trucks, we wanted to try disc brakes and dealer told us to stick with drum brakes because the disc did not hold up to heavy construction use.

no you don't... believe me. they are/were a royal pain in the asterisk. when we had problems with them, we ripped them out and put 12 volt starters in. we only had one 12/24 truck with pushbutton. the other 9 12/24 volt positive ground trucks were all key start. but then again, those 9 trucks were all custom built/ordered new.

disc breaks do not suffer fade like drums do, and do not require constant adjusting either.. since fire trucks do a lot of braking, i would imagine they would be better than drums for firetruck service. the tradeoff is the disc do not last as long as drum brakes

nope, you got it rite. and i fixed the typo too. 👍

you actually understood that??? 😲

i agree with Bob. sounds like a faulty switch, or a bad cable going to the left side batteries.. if i remember correctly, you should have 12 volt electrical system with 24 volt start and positive grounds. this system uses all 12 volts parts EXCEPT for starter and batteries. the 2 6 volt batteries on each side should be hooked series for 12 volts, and then connect parallel to the other side to start. but when running and charging, the two sides are connected in series for 12 volts to each side.

i agree with Mike. those engines and trucks for that matter are unicorns. if you find the parts you need, you are going to pay big bucks for them.

Vlad, the trick is small spot welds, and stagger the weld. one side, than go to the other side. do not come back to the first side until it has cooled off. by making a LOT of small welds, the metal has time to cool off and will not heat warp.

rite. but that was 6 months ago, and 11-24. you can not find 12-24's now.

we have a very large tire retailer in the industrial park where we currently are staying until the new compound is built. they never had problems ordering 12-24's until about a year ago. in december Steve tried ordering a dozen, and they told him nope, no one is making them any more.

my thought is you are correct. not one Russian will WALK into Ukraine. they will drive or be driven in. but none will walk in.😁

you bad...😲 funny as all get out, but still bad. 🤣

so true my friend. i think the big difference is we live in a disposable society. when it wears out or we get tired of it. we park it and forget about it. on your side of the world, if something wears out, you have to fix it, or do without. although from what i have read your lot has been getting better.

i do the same thing with the 8ll in the 348 pete. since the truck is only 18450 empty. i start in second, skip to fourth, then sixth and eighth. in the W900 empty i run as an 8 speed when empty because with the 65 ton trailer empty is close to 40,000. loaded i only split the 18 speed when needed.

i like the "Perfeshaminals" that have to shift every damn gear in an 18 speed.......bobtailing.

unfortunately Vlad, that happens way too often here. people buy but don't sell. then after they are gone, the family is left with a bunch of very old vehicles that are almost or too far gone to do anything with. back when i was in my late teens early 20's there was a farmer with about 40 old cars/trucks on a treerow from 1925 to 1970. he flat out refused to sell anything, and chased me off the property the last time i was there. and i offered good money too, i was not looking for free. i heard he died and the family sold the property for next to nothing to a developer, who the next week came in a scrapped everything. in the row were three chrysler and two desotos with hemi engines.

it already is...... at least if you are a politician it is.

he aslo believes sex with animals should be legal.

the 03 DR was built for off road use. with the giant rears, 8LL and 427 engine, i could idle in lo lo under a milling machine. perfect truck for milling and paving, or off road on site use. it sucked for on highway though, cause i would hit the rev limiter around 58 MPH. the boss hated i always did one or two loads less than everyone else when running asphalt. so he kept me on site. which was fine by me.

i had a triaxle that was severely underpowered. claimed it was a 400, but it was actually turned down to 300 HP. when loaded with 26 ton and trying to take off on an uphill grade, i would have to shift low low, into 1, then 2, then out of low low second back into first, then back to second. basically i was running it as a 11 speed.

It was an off road tread design. And I don't think they were ever available in 11-22. Tubeless tires are going the way of the dodo bird. A friend is in the process of converting his trucks to tubeless because he can no longer buy 24 inch tires