***The Truckers Thread***

[ghitch75]

not a big truck but still a new to me truck....

 

[ghitch75]

and this truck but sold it....

 

[Bigtanker]

Rushville: Truck Inspection Finds a Semi 96,300 Pounds Overweight


https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/INPOLICE-276a629

The fines for the overweight violation alone are just under $14,000.

 

[Bigtanker]

And looking at the combo, I'd bet he was over the gross of the equipment too. Even at 20k a trailer axle, 34k on the drives an 14k on the steers, that's only 148k. But I think those spreads are only 8', so that means 18k, not 20k.

 

[Brad69]

Yea super stupid !

B trains are restricted to major interstate routes 41,65,94,90,80, not secondary roads MI,IN,OH,PA,IL,KY only. This crap really PO me off they pull one coil for full price and FSC the rest for line haul rate. That company knew what they were doing that why they were off route with no DOT markings. The damage they do to bridges and roads is secondary to the risk to public safety.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

"I've driven every kinda rig that's ever been made.
Driven the backroads so I wouldn't get weighed.
And if you give me... weed, whites and wine...
And you show me a sign...
I'll be willin'... to be movin'."

-- Lowell George

 

[Bigtanker]

Yea super stupid !

B trains are restricted to major interstate routes 41,65,94,90,80, not secondary roads MI,IN,OH,PA,IL,KY only. This crap really PO me off they pull one coil for full price and FSC the rest for line haul rate. That company knew what they were doing that why they were off route with no DOT markings. The damage they do to bridges and roads is secondary to the risk to public safety.

I'll have to take a picture of the Indiana 24 hour overweight permit. It lists specifically the roads that are authorized to use.

 

[Principal Skinr]

I've been watching this series by Bruce Wilson. I've always been fascinated with cabovers but also restoration. Enjoy!

[video=youtube_share;ssUPdJsTv0A]https://youtu.be/ssUPdJsTv0A[/video]

 

[Bigtanker]

That was cool.

 

[Principal Skinr]

That was cool.

He's well past this, having painted it and the frame, polished aluminum, replaced a BUNCH of parts, especially with the brakes, etc. He's getting into the engine in a pretty big way now. The engine looks to be in decent shape, so he's putting a new turbo, intake and exhaust system on it. Once he's ready to do the interior, he'll be bringing it to Indianapolis (he's in Florida) to a shop to give it an entirely new interior. I'm going to try and actually go see it when he does.

Pretty fun stuff. He puts up a new video nearly every day.

 

[Bigtanker]

I saw the playlist. Something I'll keep up on.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Bigtanker]

Still amazing. The truck sat for 22+ years. Give it fresh batteries, and a little starting fluid to get it going......just took off.

 

[Dead Duck]

Post apocalypses travel looks a bit more promising now.

 

[Principal Skinr]

Still amazing. The truck sat for 22+ years. Give it fresh batteries, and a little starting fluid to get it going......just took off.

Those old engines must be amazing, rugged, durable, and reasonably simple. That blew me away, too!

 

[Bigtanker]

Those old engines must be amazing, rugged, durable, and reasonably simple. That blew me away, too!

He said it was a Cummins so I'm guessing it's a mechanical Big Cam. No electricity needed.

 

[Bigtanker]

Here is FORM M-233 P
Special Weight Permit

 

[Wstar425]

I've been watching this series by Bruce Wilson. I've always been fascinated with cabovers but also restoration. Enjoy!

[video=youtube_share;ssUPdJsTv0A]https://youtu.be/ssUPdJsTv0A[/video]

If you’d ever driven one you would likely be a lot less fascinated!! Still a cool video. I question the state of diesel fuel being in a liquid, pumpable, explosive state after that long but I wasn’t there.

Drove cabover Ford 9000, Kenworth K100s, and Freightliners from 1979 to about 1987. No thanks. Had a brand new 1980 Kenworth Aerodyne headed northwest on first trip in January. Overheated on first big hill in a blizzard. Had to stop going uphill on slippery roads and jack the cab up to find a disconnected ground wire on the fan clutch. Dropped the TV out of the top bunk into the passenger windshield. Didn’t knock it out but just about.

Not been a fan since. On the old Freightshakers you had to make sure the clutch linkage arm was connected as the cab came down otherwise you jumped back in and your clutch pedal was laying on the floor.

I never drove a binder like in the video but sure it was all similar. I’ll keep my 579 Pete, tho I’m really a W900 guy.

This is me in January, 1980 at the Morehouse Farm a couple miles east of 6 & 15 near Milford, Indiana with a brand new Kenworth I bought at 21 years old.

 

[Wstar425]

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[Stubbleducker]

Have had my CDL ~20 yr now. Don't drive OTR much, I test them, playing with big trucks in the sand trying to break them (kinda like when I was a kid in teh sandbox). I also help folks spec out trucks for whatever their vocation, from sewer sucker to heavy haul.

My FIL restores old trucks, has a 42 White, a 48 White and a mid 50's Mack.

 

[Bigtanker]

If you’d ever driven one you would likely be a lot less fascinated!! Still a cool video. I question the state of diesel fuel being in a liquid, pumpable, explosive state after that long but I wasn’t there.

Drove cabover Ford 9000, Kenworth K100s, and Freightliners from 1979 to about 1987. No thanks. Had a brand new 1980 Kenworth Aerodyne headed northwest on first trip in January. Overheated on first big hill in a blizzard. Had to stop going uphill on slippery roads and jack the cab up to find a disconnected ground wire on the fan clutch. Dropped the TV out of the top bunk into the passenger windshield. Didn’t knock it out but just about.

Not been a fan since. On the old Freightshakers you had to make sure the clutch linkage arm was connected as the cab came down otherwise you jumped back in and your clutch pedal was laying on the floor.

I never drove a binder like in the video but sure it was all similar. I’ll keep my 579 Pete, tho I’m really a W900 guy.

This is me in January, 1980 at the Morehouse Farm a couple miles east of 6 & 15 near Milford, Indiana with a brand new Kenworth I bought at 21 years old.

I don't think I'd want to use one of these as a work truck. The new stuff is really good. But to have an old truck just for fun? Absolutely. Maybe pull a camper around. Truck shows etc.

Cool picture too!