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tjc transport

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  1. i wonder if that is a bail hook dumpster truck. it looks kind of like a concrete cleanout body.
  2. we actually use cat skid steers. 262, and 272 tire machines, and a 289 track machine. they all average 11 foot lift
  3. my kenworth has 4 foot sides, the granite had 5 foot sides. never had any problems loading either of them to 80,000 lbs with a bobcat.
  4. i have used them all. bibeau makes a decent body, but they also make a real cheap body that most people buy. they are good for getting rid of the truck with a new body on it. or for people that replace the truck every few years. bibeau bodys also have an under latch on the tailgate. when the gate pins and latch pins wear, the gate will pop over the latches and open up on a good bump in the road if you do not have turnbuckles locking the gate. beauroc bodys are twice the thickness on both sidewalls and floors that the bibeau body has. i know of 15 trucks with beauroc bodys that are over 20 years old and still work every day. beauroc also has an over latch on the gate.the only way the gate will open is if the latch locks are lifted. R&S and Bristol donald are heavy bodys that last forever. a friend has 10 DM800's, the newest is a 85. all have bristol donalds,on them, 4 were removed from B models and put on the DM's when bought new. i have a R&S on the kenworth. it is a good body, but next year when ht enew truck comes in it will have a beauroc on it.
  5. the only reason they are going after her is because she is black. that was her statement today in the news. another example of why we need term limits.
  6. i would say jc whittney add on electric window winder, not air.
  7. i would say engine is probably 237.
  8. i would have to agree, 2 men can swap the cab and have it road ready in one long day.
  9. there was a mercedes race truck a few years ago that had twin V8 turbo diesels in it.
  10. i would say it depends on how bad the rust is. maybe post a few pictures of some of the items you have questions on so we can see how bad it is ?
  11. we use dot call them drop knives. no idea what their real name is.
  12. i ended up replacing the ground with a wire bolted from the dash frame to a wire i soldered on the printed circuit board. it had something to do with where the ribbon wire plug went into the cluster.
  13. report i read yesterday had the truck driver saying the guy was watching a harry potter movie, and it was still playing after the car stopped and the guy was dead by the time he got to what was left of the car.
  14. when mine went out it was a bad ground wire in the ribbon cable.
  15. this has been rumored for close to 20 years now on FTE, the largest ford truck forum in the world. and every time it comes up a ford representative says it is just a rumor.
  16. put an amp gauge in the circuit and see what amps it is drawing. then remove the resister from the circuit and wire motor direct to switch. i bet you will see higher amps with resister in line, telling you the resister is bad.
  17. you forgot one part. if you do not do what we tell you to do, homeland security will flood your neighborhoods with agents carrying the 600 million AR-15's and 9 billion rounds of ammunition we already horded and force you do do what we say at gunpoint.
  18. looks like a ripper to me. used for breaking up uneven hard pack so it can then be leveled and rolled.
  19. yup, the very large sheepsfoot roller with vibratory drum towed behind a big truck. weighs around 25 ton. the small knobs combined with the vibrator crumbles the thin concrete into bite sized chunks. you know you did a days work after towing one of them around for 10-12 hours. that only works on less than around 6 inch thick or very old concrete. the newer concrete or thicker stuff is just too strong, and needs a hydraulic hammer to break it up.
  20. a lot of companies use drill rigs to drill test pits to see how deep bedrock is, or for core samples to see what the makeup of the road bed soil is. one of the companies in the yard where we park has over 50 drill rigs that get used for just that. i go out 4-5 times a year on average in a crash truck to do shoulder closures for the drill rigs.
  21. that is a drill rig. a hydraulic hammer on the boom of an excavator is used to break the concrete road slabs.
  22. neat little toy. i heard of them, but never saw a picture of one.
  23. depends on the body size. here on the east coast we usually run 12 foot body on around a 13 foot frame length behind the cab.
  24. i got asked for a twit card once, and told the guy i don't need one. then showed him my federal id which gave me access to everywhere without escort. even in the fuel tank farm of the international airports. the $8 per hour security monkey was not happy that they had to let me go on my way without one of them escorting me. especially after the episode i had with one of the "escorts" that tried taking me under the wing of a 747. i stopped 3 inches away from the engine, and refused to move the truck. port authority police were ready to arrest me when i pointed to the engine and the idiot escort directly in front of me. after that one they left me to go how i wanted as long as i was not crossing active runways.
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