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Get well Mike. 

Very nice pics. thanks for posting.

Nice looking truck.

very cool. nice job.

Get well Mike.

very nice. enjoy.

Very nice.

Very nice. thanks for posting.

Thanks for all the info guys. Much appreciated.

Thanks for the response. I was thinking that a 3 or 5 ton hoist would be sufficient. I am going that route vs the loader, as I want a bit more control over what is going on and I can keep it in the shop. The trans is an 18speed quadruplex.

Good morning guys. I am in the process of removing the engine and trans from my B73. As they were both working fine, I was thinking of pulling them both out together, and not separating them. Can anyone give me a rough weight estimate? I would like to try a manual chain hoist instead of the payloader. Thinking of purchasing a 5 ton chain hoist for this project. Just trying to figure out if this has been done by anyone before, or if I should not attempt to do it together. I want to get them out in order to scrape off 50 years of grease on the frame before a good sandblasting and repaint. Then the goal is to clean up the engine and trans, paint and reinstall into the frame.

Thanks for any input.

very nice. Little rust.

very nice. I am about to get to doing that on my B73. Just waiting to pull the engine and trans.

very nice. thanks for posting.

very nice. thanks for posting.

Glad to see you are ok. Yes, cool wrecker also.

Very nice. I like the color combination.

great pics. thanks for posting

Nice Pic. Good to meet you in person Mike at Walcott. Some day I will get my B's together and make the trek down there.

Very nice. Good job.

V ery nice pictures. thanks for posting.

My mistake, a 1965 not 1956. Didnt get a chance to fire it up yesterday, but will shoot a vid of it and post it. Was cleaning out the cab to see what kind of stuff is shoved underneath the seats. Checked the fluids in everything and added a gallon of antifreese to it. Pulled the batteries to clean the post connectors and put my batteries from my B61 in to roll her over. Think I will change out the steer tires before I play with it down the road. Pretty weathered. I think the future intent of this will be removing the ram and putting a 5th wheel.

Brocky, maybe your idea of the flares with floats would be pretty cool and give it a tough look. The more I think about it, the more I like that.

Will do. Suppose to be in the 50's here today so I might get to fire her up later today. Going to clean her out first but a very solid cab. The flared front fenders got to go. The plan is if she fires up and runs fine, then I will start on this one first. Pull the cab and start restoring that.