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Whats with all the cars? My first legal ride was a '64 International 59 passenger school bus converted to a camper. The guy at the drive-in movie theater always thought l was trying to sneak in a load of friends! haha .....Hippy

Find a local independent diesel repair shop, maybe the one your friend will deal with. See if someone from the shop will go with you to look it over before your friend talks money to the owner. This is what l did when l first started out before l bought my '77 R612 when it was five years old. Gee it's been that long ago?! lol .....Hippy

I find the same thing with the Volvo. Trying to get out into traffic from a side street or a driveway. Stand on the pedal to go, the truck moves then, nope that's not the gear we (TCM-ECM) wanted to be in! We'll get back to you when we have selected the proper gear. I understand this all takes only a second or two but it seems like five minutes with a line of traffic coming! .....Hippy

Ricky told me........It's a HSA or Hill Start Assist. It's only used on manual automated transmissions. The button/switch is to tell the transmission to tell the ABS not to hold the truck when the brake pedal is released on a grade. The percent of grade is programmable into the TCM up to three percent grade. The Volvo I sit in and aim has one with an IDrive 12 speed. .....Hippy

As we say in garden tractor pulling, Looks like he needs a little more beak weight! .....Hippy

LOL! That's what l deliver for the NH state liquor commission. Along with 2,000 +/- other items to our 80 plus conveniently located state owned stores. .....Hippy

Good for you! And it's not a Volvo. .....Hippy

OD, Next time that happens to you throw your load chains on the ground. Toss them under the tires laid out in a "S" pattern and ease up on them. Works somewhat like tire chains in a pinch. .....Hippy

Welcome fyrmedic1! Nice looking B. .....Hippy

l know exactly where that is! l just went by it Friday cutting thru the woods. .....Hippy

lll go 3 for 3. The 4070 is what l learnt to drive trailer on in 1972. Had a shinny 290 with a 10 spd RR. We delivered paper potato bags from Pepperell Ma to Riverhead LI NY and surrounding towns. Thank you Eddie for your time and patience. .....Hippy

http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/11/3-reasons-truckings-new-driver-surveillance-rule-will-hurt-truckers/#disqus_thread Some of the comments are really something! ............Hippy

Looks like a bit of a pull up thru that ledge cut. What is that strange looking thing to the right of the tree? Nice pictures Paul, don't stop posting them their great! .......Hippy

48* below freezing (-16*) here this morning at 0700. That just makes it sound colder. .........Hippy

Frame style dump trailers are not to difficult to repair if they have gone over gently. A twisted frame can be saved with two large front end loaders. Raise the tub and block it up at a 45' angle, remove the piston, 1st loader puts down pressure on the tub over the tailgate to hold the trailer in place. 2nd loader comes in from the side over the 5th wheel plate on the high side of the twist. Chain from the 5th wheel pin to the bucket, roll the bucket back beyond what looks as if the frame is straight. Release the tension and check the frame, you may have to shorten the chain and twist it again. lf it looks correct put the piston back in and run the tub up and down a few times to see how it dumps. We did this several times back in the early 70's when l worked at a trailer shop. ............Hippy

There are some great videos on YouTube of trains moving snow. ..........Hippy

The trailer is a Lapeer. Designed by Sidney Winn of Lapeer Trailer Co. of Lapeer Mi. (info from Bill Semple in the New England Chapter ATCA "Hudson Horn"). There is a Youtube video of something similar - Scarab Mechanical Horse. .............Hippy

Thank you but could you preheat it first with the low temps lately. ...........Hippy

lf you can't get it to open. Click on the Snapchat link then look at the very lower left of your screen. Click on that one and the short video should play. Anything beyond this non technical info from me that works is only $hit luck. .........Hippy

Winging back the driveway after Mondays storm. .............Hippy Snapchat-765419811 (1).mp4

l always did my trucks every weekend. Jack the front end up and grease the pins, turn the wheel, grease and repeat. Two of the first trucks had manual steering so greasing them often made the day driving alot easier. ...........Hippy

That makes that a sleeper cab with the bench seat correct? lol Nice job. .....Hippy