HeavyGunner

I’ve heard of guys running atf in their fuel to help add lubricity to these new ULSD. I’ve always wondered how do you prove to the dot when they dip your tanks that it’s only atf not off-road fuel?

Looks like fun. Blower whine sounds awesome. 

1 hour ago, yarnall said:

Thanks. It could be in better hands, but it is mine for now.  It needs someone with very deep pockets. 

Glad it’s in someone’s hands who appreciates it and runs it some. From my point of view it’s nice to see an average guy have a rare bird and be able to enjoy it. 

Sweet truck. Be sure to document your progress. Hint hint we love pics and a good story about an old Mack. 

I’d venture to say our fleet gets about the same as you are on disc brakes. Have you had problems with them seizing up and dragging?  Seems to be very common occurrence in our fleet. The other problem we’ve had is at night when we do our post trips most guys including myself give the brakes 1 to 3 pumps when the truck is off so 1 we can hear if there’s any service side leaks and 2 to give enough pressure so the auto adjusters to work. The thing I love about disc brakes is I have yet to have once freeze in the winter. I try to always back up so my tire is 90 degrees from where it was when I did my post trip and that helps a lot. Nothing worse than getting to work in the wee hours of the morning in negative temps beating breaks loose. 

What a bummer. If there’s B parts to be had you’ll likely find them on here. Good luck and welcome to the forum. 

53 minutes ago, Quickfarms said:

To add to the problem we have not built a new refinery in over 25 years

-We haven’t built a new refinery in the US since the 1970’s. 

So my thoughts are if this is even remotely true we should start a massive effort to develop oil production here in North America.

-We did that, the Bakken ring any bells?  Our government let OPEC flood our market with oil which dropped the price of crude to the point we could no longer drill and be profitable. 

-My grandpa has said for years the reason we don’t truly tap into our crude potential here in the states is because we are trying to run everyone else out of oil first.  Who knows could be some truth to that.

The shop looks sharp, but I’m expecting to see weekly bbq pics after seeing that bbq porch. 

I figured he’d take the U model to prom. 

Well good luck I understand how priorities get changed with the seasons. 

Thanks Bob.  How’s your shop coming along?  Have you got moved into it yet?

Amazes me that they are going to sell for under $60K. I think it’s smart. Most of the people that I see driving corvettes are retirement aged people because that’s who can afford them. Bring them down around a lot of other vehicles prices and I’m guessing we’ll see more of them on the road. Nice looking car for sure. 

Let them spend some of their oil money and take care of themselves instead of building islands and playgrounds for themselves like Dubai. 

Has there ever been a ship besides this one sunk by enemies just off of our shore?  Very interesting read to say the least. 

Someone just recently was talking about this on Joe Rogan’s podcast. I gave it a little thought and thought it was possible but unlikely but heck who knows. 

Probably looks something like this. This outfit was building mega loads to go up to the tar sands in Montana. Built the shop out of containers after the steel building got blown down twice midway through construction. 

It is a necessity if you’re going to to any vehicle repairs yourself and having a place to tinker can help our long winters pass by as well. This past February we had a nasty cold snap and I needed to changed my plugs, cap and rotor, points and condenser outside while it was -9. It was doable but touching metal that is that cold is real hard on fingers. 

Looks good but I have to ask what does the sign mean on the transformer?

8 minutes ago, other dog said:

 ...and just where am I supposed to find all that?

At the tailed tux and top hat store duh! 😁

Awesome truck. That 67-72 body style is probably my favorite Chevrolet. Not too rounded, not to chiseled and square. Everything seems to fit and look right to me. 

Maybe my area is different but we get tons and tons of Canadian trucks through my area daily and I have yet to see a Mack. I bet 80% or better are Pete’s and KW’s with a big bore of some sort. 

Congrats on the engagement OD!

On 9/4/2012 at 8:32 PM, David said:

Did it look like this?

This is one of my favorite pictures.

I’m really surprised to see a bow tie on that battery box?  What the heck? 😁