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Pintle hook
tjc transport replied to mackey58's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
we have a 60 ton low deck lowboy. it is primarily used for the milling machine, excavators, and large rollers. but when i have large loads of pavers and skidsteers going to a job, i can put 2 skids, the paver, and 2 smaller rollers on it in one shot. my tag along trailer is 30 foot deck and 25 ton capacity. i can put the paver, a small roller and a skid on that at one time. that combo puts me rite around 75,000 lbs. -
Pintle hook
tjc transport replied to mackey58's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
i have no issues because i load the trailer according to weight. light machine in front, heavy over axles, light on tail. if just one piece, it goes over axles. this usually gives me around 2,000 lbs hook weight. if i do have a full load of heavys, i will get a tad rear heavy and than have to watch power applied when turning. the tandem is a bit nose light empty without the trailer. so if loaded wrong i can lift the front wheels with too much power. i don't have that problem with the W900 or triaxle though. -
a friend runs the double coins. he has never had any issues with them. we run coopers because the dealer is next door to the old shop.
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Pintle hook
tjc transport replied to mackey58's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
yup. if the low boy is busy and all you have is a tag along trailer, hook up the spare tractor that is usually connected to the dump trailer with a pintle hook on it to the tag trailer and off you go. sometimes the dump truck is busy and not available. -
Pintle hook
tjc transport replied to mackey58's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
no problem at all as long as it was done properly. we have a 50 ton hook on the W900 tractor. it is mounted to 1 inch steel plate. -
i built the engine and trans for my falcon, and did all the body work. i AM farming the paint out though. same with the 79 F350, and the diesel pickup. except the engine in the diesel is original and no rebuild needed. so i can proudly say "i built them" the 7 litre convertible though, i may build the engine and farm out the remaining body work and paint. i am getting a little too old to be block sanding a car the size of a medium city.
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that is the exact reason we do not run recaps.
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HAD???she is still with him ,so it should read she HAS questionable taste... sorry, Bob, but i HAD to say it......... i mean really. the door was wide open... with no one guarding it.
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as said by bull, stock they are great. problem is ford tuned them to the upper limit of their power band. if you go any higher they will fail. that is why the international DT365 is rated 25 or so lower HP than the 6.0
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happy birthday JoJo. ya almost an old fart?
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i had wanted one for many many many years. then by chance i ran across that amazon unit. no more ether and grill lighter to mount tires in the winter anymore.
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1960 B-73 radiator shutters
tjc transport replied to chillywilly's topic in Exterior, Cab, Accessories and Detailing
i am pretty sure there are two bolts on the bottom too. -
Larry, bead blasters have come down in price drastically in the past few years. i have a 5 gallon unit similar to this one: https://www.amazon.com/Giantex-Gallon-Blaster-Seating-Inflator/dp/B00TL98V5W/ref=asc_df_B00TL98V5W/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309735728871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16098473741715799106&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003677&hvtargid=pla-405661491768&psc=1 works great.
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And the sheep will do just as they are told, including walking up the ramp into the slaughter house.
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Funny looking granite!
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i have an associates degree in electronic design and repair. all i had to do was one semester in collage for the degree as i had enough credits earned in the votech high school. and that one semester was enough for me. . i lasted three weeks in my field before i realized it was not for me after a dimwhit took the out of service sign off a zerox machine i was in repairing and turned it on... but it did give me an excellent understanding of automotive electrical systems which has paid off well over the years.
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50+ years ago when i went through the program it was seniors only.
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i don't think it..... i know the wicked witch ate the beautiful princess i married!
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Paul, here a vocational school" is high school where you do half day regular school classes, and the other half day trade classes. some also let you skip trade classes senior year and instead go to work in a shop of your trade.
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ya can cut even more time with a cat 994!!
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depending on the year that 580 may have a perkins engine in it.
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We do not have trucks to make money off of on rental. We have them for our own business. And by flipping every 5 years or so we get top dollar for them. Te only reason I go out on rental is if a friend is in a jam short on trucks. There is only 4 companies I will rent to.
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we are now at $110 per hour and travel time over 30 minutes for the triaxles.
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i see them here all the time too. 7-8 year old trucks with 5-800k mile on them for 150-200 grand. yea, smoke another bowl of crack. but i guess that is why people are willing to pony up new price for our trucks. besides the fact they know our trucks are maintained better than a "new" truck. oil gets changed every 3 months, which works out to around every 5-6 thousand miles.
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i agree. that is why we are waiting for the price to come down more. the 2015 Pete 348 tandem with 170k miles sold for $115k and the 2016 T880 with 125k miles on it sold for $155,000 last spring. the 2019 with 90k miles sold for $190,000 in September. we were not going to sell, but when people offer stupid money for 6 and 7 year old trucks, ya let them go.
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