tjc transport

i feel completely different spectrum. i was ready to retire because of being in a T800 for 2 years. rode like a tank on square wheels. cab was so small i could reach across from the driver seat and open the passenger door. i was stuffed into the steering wheel with the seat against the back wall. this tore up my knees and hips. the 2020 T880 has more room in the cab than my 2014 F350 pickup. and rides better than the pickup too. i have the nav plus sound system with reverse camera. pretty much every option except for steering wheel controls. we ordered it with them, but they forgot to put them in. we also got the cummins X15 engine instead of the pos paccar engine.

I also toss them when ripped as we always have 5-6 new ones on the shelf in the shop. The Mexicans will tie one together if they rip it though to strap something down to get home

very good video Rob. i always knew tying a knot was bad, but did not expect the break strength to still be equal to strap rating. what really impressed me is the three times rating break strength.

if i ever get my 65 falcon back together, i am going that route too. but with disc brakes up front.

his last activity here was dec 13 2020

unfortunately that i can't remember. and the servers did a crash and burn, so we lost 21 years of forum info. so i can't even go back to look it up. i did just google it and see it is the geo metro unit that fits. has a 7 inch booster. here is a short video with the parts needed for the 64-65 falcon:

a popular booster/master swap on the ford falcon forums was a chevy geo unit. it was small enough to fit under the fender braces where the old "mayonnaise jar" master was.

om my 89 300 with a dynatard, something in the injector pump was bad. it would bend the plunger rod on first use. pull it out, straighten the rod and put it back in. first use it would bend the rod again. mack could not figure out what was wrong with it, and it was already out of warranty when it broke. so i pulled the wire off the pump, and ran it into the cab to a two speed rear switch on the stick. the other side of the two speed switch was grounded. until the truck was worked like that for 15 years until we traded it in on a new RD tractor. i just don't remember if the 89 had an E6 or E7 in it though

i don't have that problem. i don't have grass. i have a 10X10 area of weeds. and as soon as i get a few tons of asphalt leftover from a job, that 10X10 will get paced too.

kenworths are not cheap. on average they are $20,000 more than a mack.

i am mentally 25, and physically 125.😟 and according to my oldest (who is 5 years older than Skippy), i am older than dinosaur dung!

Early birthday wishes to you Skippy. Take the day off to recharge your batteries ya young whippersnapper!

I wonder what engine is in it?

so the floor paint finally dried? i knew i was rite!!😁

believe it or not, but i have no problems at all parallel parking a truck, straight job or trailer. put me in a car or pickup though, and i either drover the curb, or am three foot off it.

no. plain and simple. your ancestors came here legally, so you are not entitled to Jack sheit. well, that is not completely true. you ARE entitled to something. you are entitled to pay for reparations for all the illegals like all the rest of us legal immigrants.

not in Australia they didn't

here in new jersey, they make you parallel park. and only give you 15 foot over the vehicle bumper to bumper length. more people fall the road test for a simple thing like not being able to open the hood than failing the driving test. people are now getting smart and advising learners to use a truck with a small hood or one with hydraulic lift assist instead of taking something like a superliner, W900, or 379 Pete

ok, that works for me. i was just wondering, because the salesman was trying to talk us into disc brakes. we average 150-175 thousand mile son a set of brakes on the tri axle dumps. and we change brakes when shoes get down to 1/8 inch. shoes, drums, S-cams, and hardware kit. we are firm believers in replace everything , unlike some of the other outfits that just replace shoes and then wonder why the truck still has no brakes.

Here. In the states we use drum brakes on big trucks. I know that in Europe and Australia disc brakes are very popular. We are soon ordering a few new dump trucks, one tandem, and one triaxle. So my question, what are the pros and cons of disc brakes? Should we spec the new trucks with disc brakes, or just stay with the drum brakes everyone else uses.

^^^very well said.👍^^^

try shifting without the clutch. slip it out of gear, and gently move the stick to the next higher gear. just barely hold it there, don't try to jam it in. when the rpm's are rite, it will suck into gear. i want to say the split between rpm's is 800, but it has been so long since i was in a quad i simply can't remember.

my bet is she epoxied the shop floor to look as good as the truck, and painted herself into a corner...........without a computer.

my first pickup was a dodge 65 W300 power wagon