davehummell

I was told by a law officer according to the law it is lawful in pa. to haul your own personal property on an antique plated truck non commercial. In other words if i want to haul a load of dirt to my house it is legal just don't try to get paid for it. And if you show your truck you must not collect money's for showing said truck. As told to me by a police captain i can haul my hay bales home for my goats legally.

I was forced into retirement at 60 so i have done the best i could with the money i could afford to spend really cuts into what i can and can't afford and what i would like to do with the truck. Back in 1977 there was a b 61 single axle for sale and i wanted the truck real bad but no money at the time it was for sale so i finally found this one and i could afford it that was about 5 years ago and i do what i can every winter.

Brocky i have broken your heart i put a late model airride rear under the b and it has polished hub pilot aluminum 22.5 rims. I have no preference on rims any kind is ok by me. And i got tired of the straight pipe I have screwed up hearing and that pipe was hard on me after an hour of driving.

This fall a friend of mine had a metal roof installed on his house he shopped around and got a Mennonite father and sons to do the job they started before 8:00 in the morning and by 6:30 the roof was done lots of cuts had a front porch side porch an addition on the back of the house. Plus they were almost 1,000.00 cheaper then the next lowest bid. I stopped by on my can am spyder and the old man came running over to look at it asked me lots of questions about it i told him to take it for a ride but he said he couldn't do such a thing but he said he really liked it, cool old guy.

My truck is not stock anymore and i just don't give a damn if someone thinks this or that is wrong on my truck at least it is going down the road and not rotting in a field somewhere i think Hobart's truck looks ok to me if i had a cummins laying around i probably would of put it in just because it would be different and they are good engines.

The engine came out of a fire truck it is an etz673 2100 rpm

This winter i put in a 260 hp. 673 with a jake and 3.90 air ride rear and double over triplex. Today i took it out to get fuel and run it around a little. Boy do i like that triplex with that engine the truck is very zippy i have to put the gps in and see how bad the speedometer is. Boy do you feel the turbo pulling on a hill i wish i had this engine in a couple of macks i use to drive. I spent a lot of time and money this winter but this truck should cruse on the highways now. I wish the cab was a little larger i took my cousin for a ride and he goes about 330 lbs. and he was a little cramped in the cab. As soon as i get the bed sandblasted and painted i'm ready for the shows.

I have a mx5100 with a loader and backhoe with hydro thumb this is the 5 kubota i have owned never any problems very well made and very good resale.

Old triplex and i found the problem someone didn't reinstall the coil spring all way back in the tabs that retain it in place on the shiftier base.

I started the engine and let the oil get sloshed around in the trans and when i run the main in gear it allows some oil to come out of the shift tower where the ball socket and lever is. I don't think that little rubber dirt boot will hold back the oil i didn't have the boot on yet. I did not over fill the trans and i used 80-90 gear oil i didn't think you would need the synthetic 50w oil like is called for today's trans. Any ideas?

When i was young my uncle would take me with him to work cleveland brothers and i always got a ride on a bulldozer that started it for me. My next door neighbor Ray is a good guy he was off work when i was about 12 and he would take me with him for a ride on his dirt bike. Fast forward and i am hauling his grandkids around on my quad. Those acts of kindness when i was young stuck with me . I bet that could be a photo of anyone of us when we were young.

When i was getting my parts up to my local money pit jay said i should put an aluminum tank on my truck he would give me a good deal on one i would like to but i just don't have it figured out how to get one with steps that don't stick out to far i have tig and mig aluminum welding machines but i is quit a job putting steps in a used tank. Any thoughts on what to do? I can't afford the stock original b model tank.

I just repainted my tank and i never noticed it before and i don't like it if the back was pushed out even i think it would help to get in the cab.

On my b model right side steel fuel tank it doesn't look right is there spacers on the rear tank bracket? Are the brackets both the same mine are?

I wish i knew how many brake jobs on trucks i did in 40 years. my b is a single axle with a flatbed i use it to bring home round bales for my goats.

No mine is red and i do all the work myself .

I have a good mack rear it is a 464 ratio s cams new drums shoes bearings seals one new type 30 maxi. it has 11-22.5 tires on it i ran it up to this winter i put an air ride under my truck.

What is the rear ratio that is in it now and what is your rpm when your at 55 mph?

Don't forget about sterling trucks they used chains.

I remember i would be out on a service call and on any job site there was more than one 2 stroke running.I use to help my friend drill wells and he had a 671 dd. after standing by it for the day it was hard on my hearing.

No it does not thanks for asking

The guy i got my b model from had his dad''s gmc fixed up it had a 4 or 6 Detroit looked like the same type of truck.

I had the pleasure of running 769's 773's and 777's and they beat you a lot worst than any on road trucks. In the strippings you would hit a bounce and i would be airborne when i would get loaded with a big excavator it would shake the crap out of you and when you tipped your load sometimes it would lift the front wheels off the ground it was a hard return to the ground.

Rob thanks for the offer but i haven't got it of the trans yet . I was going to leave it on but it lays right where my exhaust pipe goes and i don't want to redo the exhaust.

My garage is haunted when i lay a tool down it disappears as soon as it get out of my hands. And the gravity in my garage is three times what it is anywhere else it's hell to get up of the floor. My hips and knee hurt so bad last night it felt like my old donkey kicked the crap out of me. And sense i'm bitchen about old age i got a ford pickup i have to get a step stool out to get in the back i guess it was designed by really tall people.