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Can they be swapped with a hub change, or do I need to swap an entire axle?

I could turn one of my old parts trucks into a fine service truck with that. You have the springs and hangers?

1 hour ago, tenfive0 said:

Wow, wow, wait a d*mn minute. FACT CHECK.. I'm a retired Federal Firefighter that worked on a Navy Base. We ran on average 500 plus calls a year on Base and off Base (Mutual Aide) to cover or assist Volley (Departments) Companies out in the civilian world. Not to busiest house compared to some larger city's. We worked 24 hour shifts every other day with a Kelly Day (one day off) every two weeks. We did our own desk watches. We had a structural side and an air field side in our house. Some shifts I worked 20 hours of my 24 hour shift. Nothing cush about it. We didn't get much down time. I guess I didn't kill myself because I'm still here. But, I worked for every penny I earned. I retired from the fire service as a Battalion Chief for a municipal Fire Department. And, I didn't earn anywhere near $170,000 a year.

 

What on god's green earth could y'all be doing that warranted a 20 hr day?

I have literally NEVER seen the first structure fire on a military base.

I have also never seen an aircraft go down near the field. 

I realize those things happen otherwise there would be no FD on base. I'm just saying they seem to be extraordinarily rare.

I have seen the FD on base roll out on some extraordinarily petty things that didn't warrant their attention. I think they roll out of sheer boredom most of the time.

I didn't mean to stomp on your toes.

The truck does not have two steering boxes, or a slave cylinder on the passenger side. The other ones have always had that if the were 18/20k fronts.

3 hours ago, GA_Dave said:

Firefighters employed by the General Services Administration (GSA), who man military base fire stations, work many more hours than most people.  They work a 24 hour shift every other day, minus one shift every two weeks, equaling a 72 hour workweek.  What does any of your statement have to do with my job?

I'm just saying we should not be led to believe that those folks are killing themselves on a massively difficult gov job. Those don't exist in gov work, or union jobs either.

Fronts are an FAW616D? That mean anything to anybody? 16k fronts?

I would not compare your job to the average windowlicker that works for the state, but let's be honest, you are not killing yourself with that gig. As a navy man I have seen those many of those departments on base, and it sure as hell looked pretty cush to me. They barely ran any calls and damn sure were not dealing with near as many fires or car accidents like dept's out in the civilian world. 

1 hour ago, j hancock said:

RD model, 600 series chassis with a 237 HP engine.

S six wheel straight chassis (3 axle truck)

6855  unit production number.

 

2 drives and a steer, or 2 drives and a pusher + steer?

I was curious about the front axle weight rating. 

It must be an old truck. It has the tan interior and juice brakes on the front axle.

3 hours ago, david wild said:

Please explain I'm dumb ( according to wife) the blacks account for 13% of the population according to some figures from 2016  and there has been a 71% increase in blacks migrating to the US which I find disturbing, first I thought we had enough and now I find that this place is so racist that the blacks are flocking here like flies to poop, if this place is so unfriendly to blacks why do they want to come here and if they do do we owe them something too, like if we just hand over bunches of money to make them feel good about themselves because of slavery do we owe the new ones money too?  I would think and not to be a real ass but if your 13% of anything who cares what you think or what you want

You sir are an unwoke and racist PoS. I am inclined to RA your post...

Just kidding

RD685S6855

Anybody run a vin? How was this bulldog configured when it was born?

I agree with most of what you say. The problem is there are very few moderate lefties still around. Most are way far left wack jobs.

1 hour ago, Mack Technician said:

It's in the Liberals make-up, they try to sap the life out of anything fun. Sapped NFL. Sapped the entire West Coast. Sapped NASCAR. Sapped Boy Scouts. Sapped Girl scouts, Ruined 41's construction project. They even ruined the small bit of relief and satisfaction you feel while going to the bathroom!!! BMT isn't the exception to the rule, it's a Marxist loon magnet.

That said I want to dedicate this song to Teamster Grrrl/Maxidyne/Gearhead Grrrl, or whatever applies. My kids listen to it and we all sing along in the car. It's about a determined cat who simply refuses to be cast out and keeps coming right on back. Enjoy!!

(I'll spot 10 bonus likes to anyone who can name the OEM of the cabover truck in the video?)

 

 

I could see where BMT could have a lot of leftie loons. 

I believe the DM's were the last of the R chassis trucks made. They are still around.

Pretty dang nice, and I am not a B guy.

24 minutes ago, Maxidyne said:

And respecting the mods, this will be my last post on this thread.

Not a chance

1 hour ago, david wild said:

Once again the boat sailed and your still standing on the dock ?? me thinks I know why unions are so popular ? there are benefits to not being the brightest light bulb, first if your to know nothing than any time you do any thing above pure stupidity your are rewarded and if you have  been eating baked dog food all your life and been told it was meatloaf you won't know the difference.   

Yep, dim bulbs always end up with union jobs or working for their local gov. It's a haven for dipshits. Only job they can hold down.

4 hours ago, Maxidyne said:

Your screed of a "question" was so full of lies it doesn't deserve a response.

My god, look at the irony.

17 minutes ago, david wild said:

Once Again quotes from fake news, please refrain from spewing fake news.

You mean the NYT and the Atlantic are not legit news sources? Color me shocked.

Meh, If you are sickly or skeerd, stay home.

51 minutes ago, Mack Technician said:

Yup, bodyguard is China and Maxi is North Korea. 

I was just joining when she was going out the last time. I recall her threatening Barry with Volvo’s Corporate discrimination policy as to imply she was going to contact Volvo and report him. 

In a matter of very short time she was banished after the threat and I believe the term “Douchebag” was used to describe her actions/threat. 

Sad, but expected from someone like that.

1 hour ago, tjc transport said:

 if enough people ignore a person long enough they will eventually go away..

if what she says bothers you, put her on your ignore user list. it really really works. 

Where is the ignore function? I caught myself looking but never found it.

35 minutes ago, Maxidyne said:

First off, while we can come up with a good statistical estimate of the number of undiagnosed cases, sounds like your taking the high numbers for percent of tests that are positive and the low numbers for death, doing the math, and coming out with an improbably low mortality rate. If we did proper regression studies we could probably come up with better numbers, I'd just love to feed all the stats into a something like SPSS and see the results. But there's additional wrinkles like the weeks between diagnosis and death with a disease that doubles it's number of victims every week or so when it flares up. So were talking about a time series analysis on top of a regression analysis fed by data of varying quality- The supercomputers can handle that, but without better data the results may not be worth much.

As for your libertarian fantasies, that might work in a perfect world, but your theory falls apart when you're not wearing a mask passes a disease on to an elder less able to fight off the disease.

If you are elderly, and scared, stay at home.

2 minutes ago, Maxidyne said:

Do you know what the "95" in "N95" means?

 

Do you know what a micron is? Do you know how masks work? It is obvious you do not.

9 minutes ago, tjc transport said:

exactly. i had a "safety inspector" open the door of my truck, and try to throw me off the job because i was not wearing mask, safety vest, steel toe boots, hard hat, and safety glasses. 

i asked him if he ever saw me get out off the truck. his reply was no. my reply was then go have sexual intercourse with yourself. 

Can't think of one safety inspector I have ever had dealings with that was not a complete and utter douchebag. Something about the mentality of a person that would take a job like that must rub me the wrong way. I don't have much use for bootlickers.

51 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

Bingo, exactly. And if everyone wore the cheaper and available surgical masks (N95 mask being in short supply) when out in public, we would see a massive drop in transmission. Guys, I lived through a serious epidemic and speak from experience. I humbly speak out of a desire for the BMT family and their families to stay healthy while we await a vaccine.

Masks are BS. They give a false sense of security to the ill informed and/or stupid people. 

For the record, we probably will not get an effective vaccine. If you are waiting on one to get on with your life, you may as well go ahead and slit your wrists.