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I grew up on old dumps with 2 metal levers coming up through the floor, or a cable pull under the dash for the pto ,,, And never had a problem with them,, the air and some electric is nice and clean,,, but sooner or later it’s more prone to failure than the direct mechanical.

Yes the lens is missing,,, My next rainy day project,, . I got both strobes working yesterday. A lot of small things that’s a good time to repair while it’s still in the shop,,, Unfortunately if it goes out and gets hooked to a trailer stuff will get put on the back burner.

The small yellow button is to keep the PTO from accidentally being engaged, the lever towards the back of the cab is to let the fluid flow to the trailer,, the Landoll has a 2 line system, Engage the PTO , Move rear lever like you would raise a dump,, but leave it in that position, then work the controls on the outside of the trailer. It has a big “ Dump Pump “ on it , I could use a small box pump for the Landoll, but it’s already all hooked up.

Your exactly right, if I had it to do over I would have taken more time prepping the hood and cab before I painted it,, it started as a axle replacement just to get it back to where I could use it, trying to get it done quicker so I could work on the Freedom Superliner. I probably would have stripped the paint completely off and started with a good epoxy primer,, as it is I just hit the bad spots with primer,, washed it with Ajax , taped and painted. At least it won’t hurt so much if it gets some tree limb scratches .

This truck was set up for a dump trailer when we got it , the little lever with the push button is to engage the pto ( it locks in position, push the small button to release) the other is to raise and lower the trailer.) Went down today and watched some friends of ours run the Big Rigs on a dirt track.

Raining,cold day here in WNC . Got the shop warm and spent most of the day tying up some loose ends on the Superliner, it had a 15 speed Eaton from the factory when we got it , it started making a noise so we replaced it with a 18 speed Eaton a few years back, I changed the Decal just to look complete, installed and wired up a “ Easy Jake “ ( I have these on a few of my trucks) changed the shift knob , added some fog lights that I had laying around for years,, Just basically playing around with it.

Just a random photo I found on the internet of a Frontier truck, still Yellow, looks like a 90s Pete , long after Miller sold out. I’m still digging at the History of Frontier, I saw an Alaska West truck all blue , later an Alaska West truck blue and yellow. So it would be interesting to know how Frontier companies were split up.

I might have missed it but what was your final fix on the fuel tank leak, the one on the LJ was so bad I had to cut the complete bottom out, have a piece rolled and weld back, every Superliner I’ve had has had a leak on the aluminum tank, water pitts that cavity,, I’ve took them off and patched them too many times! The next time I remove a tank on a Superliner I’m cutting that a” Sump “ completely off and weld a piece of aluminum over the hole.

Still looking great! Winter will go by quickly and hopefully we can get some more shows in next year! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

lol, don’t have a Movin on KW ,, But a friend of mine started this 55 about 10 years ago but never finished it, I bought it and finished it about 4 years ago, I used the same paint code as my Western Star,,, Imron Black Cherry ,, like most of the STUFF here,, wait till someone gives up on a project and finish it, I can’t afford to buy them already done.

There building those Western Stars right in the middle of the state ( Cleveland, NC US 70 ) Every time I pass by they are rolling them out,, I’ve toured the assembly line 2 times. They do have a good look to them,,, But remember they are LOADED with Electronics and Plastic. Keep that 86 R going. I was looking for a newer truck last year, I talked to Joey about the pros and cons of the newer ones. I have a good friend in the towing business, and over half his towing is emissions or sensor related. So I bought the RW753 from my Son , and now that I’m done with it I have about the same money that I could have bought something in the 2010-2015 range with a lot of miles on them. I’ll be 67 my birthday, so that was the choice I made.

Yes I have one, I’ll try it. I’ve just been trying to get the deep scratches out with the DA ,,,, I’m too the point where I’m telling myself,, it’s a work truck !

I’ve spent 2 evenings sanding the rear fenders , they had some deep scratches, there are a few that’s not coming out,, I’m down to 600 grit . I’m about ready to polish and move on.

TOO MUCH STUFF,, Every once in a while we have to sell some STUFF or we run out of sheds.

Yes, it’s my Son’s, it’s a 96 F250 Power stroke , I think with 140k miles. , he’s all into the Diesel pickups . That Gold truck is a 85 K10 he put a 4BT Cummins in it.( I bought the truck new in 85) That green truck is a 78 F250 with a 6BT Cummins.