Outbehindthebarn

Wow, rich family history there..... 20th Maine got the worst of it. .. they wrote a pretty big check for the emancipated slaves. er wait, I mean the Union...

No, these are like a counter-sunk plow bolt, minus the square shoulder. We use them on our chisel plow and our moldboard.... but these are much larger. Really no option either because there isn't room between the frame rail and the bracket... I can't remove the brackets without driving out these bolts, when its daylight I'll snap a photo. I haven't worked on many trucks, so I don't know if these are common or not...

Like so many other things, I'm more worried about them being "no longer available". They are odd looking things, and since there's only four, I don't mind buying them.... if I can get'em.

I am taking a crossmember out of my Super to clean rust/paint behind it. Four bolts are "plow bolts" with no heads on them. I removed all the others, and 'hinged' the crossmember on those plow bolts, so its loose in the frame... but if I want to remove the member from the frame mounts, am I supposed to just knock those plow bolts out? Can they be reused? I know on an actual moldboard 9 out 10 times they won't hold tight again. Does the above make sense? Thanks. Ron

I was the first in my family to go to a formal college. Some of my cousins didn't finish high school, none of my grandparents went past the 8th grade.... My cousins work in fabricating, welding, mechanic-ing etc etc... they're doing great. My grandparents bought farms (and made them productive) avoided debt and my generation is reaping the benefits of their common sense, hatred of debt, and cleverness. They certainly learned more in 8 years than most do in 12 or even 16 years. (I will be the first to admit there have been a lot of changes since then) Today, debt is the norm, not a shame... a joke sometimes, especially when it comes to student loans, but the USA's esteemed institutions are the envy of the world because of a history of free thought, selectivity, and competition. As far a free college goes, I can tell you with absolute confidence and certainty; low-cost (or free) community colleges do NOT have the respect to gain admissions to selective post graduate institutions. When I applied to medical school (and was denied), I got to know the assistant to an admissions Dean. She told me that the rigor of low-cost schools isn't there, leading to a less-than-desirable candidates. When something is free, usually its not as selective, nor is it competitive, although there are outliers. Therefore the teaching gets watered down, and so it goes.....

Young people are not children. The "we" in your statement is the "nanny state?" The loans may be rubber stamped, but nobody held a gun to these students heads and forced them to make the university profitable. I absolutely agree that its a business too.

It took me 11 years to finish my undergraduate degree. Eleven years of pinching pennies and pinching cow titties (quite literally). I paid for all of it, at a private school, on time, without any credit/loans whatsoever. I got a so-called 'useless' liberal arts degree, after 4 semesters of studying Biology. I value my degree in ways a free education never could. Take the onus of personal responsibility for payment away, and the education becomes even more worthless. I've seen it. I know students who amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of school debt and laugh at the prospect of EVER paying it back. I call them thieves. Don't tell me school should be free.

I never heard of "Executive Action" until this prick showed up.

Nothing like the Nazi's to dole out some comic relief!

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Hey, the Germans are a passionate people. Die Deutschen sind ein leidenschaftliche Menschen .

Hitler hopes they cut the crap too!

Remember all the buzz surrounding the BRIC currency? Where are they now? All in the toilet other than India.

Great ironic commentary, eh? I've encountered so many wide-eyed eager-beaver farmer wanna-be's in the last ten years. They're just so sure its soooo easy. "And what a lovely lifestyle!!!" Young couple came to watch me milk one night. It went well. The woman said when I was cleaning up, "That's it?!" Wasn't enough butter in the world to cover my eye rolls.

V8's are always welcome here!

Whoops, sorry...Try this: And remember YOU CANNOT LOSE!

Reminds me of the TV commercial from several years ago showing a T2000 and a clean cut all American boy trucking some New Mexican two lane, touting technology that "made the air exiting the exhaust cleaner than the outside air". . . Even showed a cartoon rainbow flowing from the stack and coloring the country side. Can't remember who paid for it, but the rainbow was a bit much for me to take as anything but political. Old time trucker who lived next door used to tell me that they could get 7 mpg with tandem dump Thermodyne's in the 50's.... couldn't wrap his head around what was so great about DDEC's getting 6.8-7.... "They call that progress?" he'd say... He died before DPF's came online....

Purple one is pure 70's....

Well the VersaChem "Inferno Metal Repair" did work..... partly. Where I cleaned the gap well, and managed to force the epoxy deep into the crack it held. Where I kind of half-assed it (on the bottom and back side) it did crack and blow out. So, undeterred, I decided to try Blue Magic I had used something similar before on a turbo outlet joint with success, but discovered they had stopped making it in the USA. Manufacturer sent me to Blue Magic and it is the same stuff. Did a much better job on metal prep and cleaning, and crammed the stuff deep into the crack all the way around. U] I am very impressed with this stuff application-wise. It has fully cured and it looks like its going to work. Time will tell.

Geezus, you've had your fair share of headaches eh?

I hate to hijack the post, but could you guys give a simple explanation of what importing trucks from Canada involves? Seeing as how you just did it, it should be fresh in your mind!

My vent is rusted thin right where the gasket seals, only on one corner. For all the more metal there is, I figured do it once and be done. I want to get this interior back IN. The rest of the vent is like new though $110 for the vent.... Think I could get away with gobbing some silly-cone instead? Thanks for posting the #'s..... I guess you've replaced one recently as well?

Yeah, now that I see what the new vent cost, I'm thinking I should've maybe done just that instead.