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we have problems with those idiots here in town too. 

town ordinance is no commercial vehicles registered over 10,000 lbs parked on street between 9 pm and 7 am. 

so htey started parking in parking lots. owners of the lots. had to post for customer use only, and no overnight parking to get rid of all the trucks. then they started parking in the pubic lot for the waterfront park. so the county had to post no vehicles over 10,000 lb parking. 

then they started parking on the empty building lots on the highway. 

so we started dumping dirt along the rite of way to block the lots. and put no trespassing signs up. 

well, one idiot with a car carrier parked there anyway, and ended up damaging the cars on the trailer after he twisted the trailer backing over the dirt pile. 

he knocked down what signs he could, and pulled out the rest. 

he then had the balls to file suite in court for the damage to the cars, claiming we illegally blocked access to the property and also claimed he was grandfathered parking there because he had been doing it before the signs were put up. .. needless to say, he lost.

the police now just automatically tow anything with commercial plates that is parked anywhere in town. the idiots are finally starting to get the hint not to park here in town, unless it is on their own property. 

i would have left the sleeper off so the bed would be usable. 10.5 plus 3 foot beaver tail is only good for minicars and motorcycles. 

^^^ yup^^^

it is everyones fault except for the poor innocent dirtbag that pulled the trigger.

funny thing is, if you show that picture to people they think it is my nephew.

we bust his chops that all he has to look forward to when getting older is looking like me.

it is not on the truck, he said he has one on the side he would add for extra money.

1 hour ago, Jeff M said:

I occasionally drive a tandem axle dump with a C10 Cat @370 hp, 8LL.  I think it's a perfect setup.  I just don't get why people think they need 500 + hp in a dump truck.

put 25 ton in the box and try keeping up with highway speeds in mountains and you will understand why 370HP and an 8ll in not a good combo. you will be doing 20mph on the shoulder while everyone is winging past you at 55-60 mph.

pretty much the same here, almost all fuel oil trucks these days are f-liners or international.

a lit of the single axle dump truck contractors are going back to ford 650-750 trucks with the 6.7 and 5 speed auto trans. J.F.Keily just ordered a whole fleet of them, switching back from internationals. they just had too many problems with the cornbinders. 

sure does.......

a little tidbit of trivia. Bristol Donald  no longer makes dump bodies.

a friend got the last one two years ago. they now install prefabricated bodies, mostly Bibeau, Beauroc, and Ox.

i don't care about Europe, or their magazines, or what they do or write.

i am an American truck driver  in America. 

a friend has a 6.7 powered F750 with a 2000 gallon oil tank on the back and loves it. over 150k miles on it with no problems at all picking up waste oil 

it will be damn near impossible to tip that truck over when dumping on unstable ground!!

never saw a 4 piston setup, usually 3 piston. 

i am talking real world  with pre emissions trucks, not computer generated mileage predictions. 

2 hours ago, fjh said:

I have never understood why they spec low powered units with no gears behind the engine, always 250 horse -300 and an 8 or 10 speed trans makes no sense to me! Why  not an 18 or 13 sp to make up a bit  for the lack of power!??? Example Concrete pump usually spec a less than 400 hp power plant  and a 10 speed trans ,Mixers Are in a similar situation! I understand today's and  mentality emissions play a role how ever the transmission thing has always bothered me a bit! 

probably because most steering wheel holders these days have problems with 5 or 8 speed trans, let alone a 13 or 18 speed. 

and as far as the myth that lower power engines/less gear trans trucks get better fuel mileage, we get over 7 mpg with my C-15 cat and 18 speed triaxle Kenworth W900 tractor and the T800 triaxle dump with 475 hp C-13 and 18 speed.

 another trucker in the yard has a Mack CL700 with a 15L cummins 600 hp and 18 speed, triaxle dump.he is also getting over 7 mpg with that truck. 

the same guy has a 99 RD Mack tandem with 350 and 8ll trans. that truck gets less than 4 mpg on the same runs as the triaxles.

even if you will be running all flat ground, that truck will be an underpowered dog that will not be able to get out of its own way. 

and forget about using it in hilly terrain.

yea!!! frankenstein.

with a price of $140 grand, my bet is a plain jane vulva throw away truck. 

the old scales were very easy to throw off, slight pressure of the thumb could make you 5,000 lbs overweight so you had to go tip off, or make you 5,000 lbs underweight so you would get busted at the state scales. 

i would look at the governor. 

same here in Jersey, but it needs to be inspected by the state police DOT team. and if they see ANYTHING they don't like, it is rejected and you have to schedule another $400 inspection. not sure for the price of truck inspection the $400 price is for cars/pickups. 

same way a salvage title vehicle gets re-certified for road use. 

11 hours ago, h67st said:

The engine looks easy to work on with that long hood. The frame rails look split at the top flange.

are you talking about pic 3 in the body set? that looks to me like the body to frame shim plate. 

in New Jersey, the only way to do it is apply for an abandoned vehicle title. 

and that takes about 18 months to get. 

in other states you can use one of the title agencys from Alabama or North Carolina. 

New Jersey does not recognize titles from those agencys as valid and will not issue a clean NJ title with their papers. 

not a bad looking truck...i wonder what the opening bid or reserve is?

if i remember correctly, that truck was found abandoned at an old pig farm that a developer bought to build mc mansions on, and the developer is trying to make a fortune selling it. 

i don't think he has a title for it either, which is needed to transfer vehicles here in New Jersey.

58 minutes ago, Vladislav said:

Right at the moment in Fair Lawn NJ at my friend's place. But the facility I have affairs with locates in New Brunswick which is quite close to you. So no problem to me to show up for a cup of coffee (or longer) during the weekend.

would be no problem, except i am leaving at 5 am for north carolina.