DMiller
Senior Member
Be just my luck Cornbinder will decide is a Good Pattern to remake the 190. Still love the old tiny windshield needle noses.
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Memories for us old truckers
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Truck Shop
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It's the only rig that really looked like it should be a school bus, oinking all the way to school.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
An associate is selling one of his pieces. 1962 Model 923 KW, was a water truck, he bought it
from original owner. Has a 335 with a window, has a small cam 350 to with it. SQDD's on
Timken suspension with 5x4 and assist steering. $6,500 with engine $5,500 without. Truck
is in real good condition for it's age. Posted for the photos.
from original owner. Has a 335 with a window, has a small cam 350 to with it. SQDD's on
Timken suspension with 5x4 and assist steering. $6,500 with engine $5,500 without. Truck
is in real good condition for it's age. Posted for the photos.
mekanik
Senior Member
Damn you can only like a post once.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
He has another that's pretty close to the same grade, a 59. IIRC
Truck Shop
Senior Member
You know BV-I go to the trouble to find out where the photos were taken--and you don't
even come back acknowledge. Don't ask anymore questions-I'm not going to bother.
even come back acknowledge. Don't ask anymore questions-I'm not going to bother.
crane operator
Senior Member
Mmmm- I like that butterfly hood. Wouldn't be handy to work on, but I just like how they look.
"OVERLOADING OR OVERSPEEDING WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY"
I think we are safely past the warranty period, time to turn the boost up and get to rolling.....
"OVERLOADING OR OVERSPEEDING WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY"
I think we are safely past the warranty period, time to turn the boost up and get to rolling.....
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I meant no offense Mike, there were half a dozen other responses to other issues by the time I came back and saw your answer so I thought the acknowledgement post would have been out of place.
crane operator
Senior Member
Also- I wanted to mention the KW in post #6661 "Brute".
That's the kind of truck I'm drawn to, short wheelbase, lots of capacity, day cab. Make a perfect truck with a flatbed for hauling counterweight.
This week I needed my old '81 flatbed a hour and a half (in a car)- from the shop. We don't have our other flatbed finished yet, and had both cranes way over there. Its a spring over walking beam, short wheelbase, and my current driver for it has only driven it loaded, and he doesn't like the truck anyways- vs. the 20 year newer truck he usually drives.
His usual truck is all air ride and big cat and drives like a car. The old ford rides like a wooden wagon with no suspension.
When I told the driver we needed him to take it there- empty- his face fell and I knew he probably was going to find some reason it couldn't get there. Me and the other operator and rigger took off in the pickup- I told him to take it easy and he had 1/2 the day to get there.
I got the call about 20 minutes later "I can't get over 35 mph in this thing and it starts shaking horribly- somethings wrong with it". Well- I know what's wrong with it, and what's wrong with it is- that its forty years old with a stiff suspension. But I had him just turn around and head back for the shop- if he doesn't feel safe then he shouldn't be driving it. We shuttled some stuff around on saturday and made it work.
The guys who made their living driving those old girls every day- earned their money. And 50mph is plenty fast.
That's the kind of truck I'm drawn to, short wheelbase, lots of capacity, day cab. Make a perfect truck with a flatbed for hauling counterweight.
This week I needed my old '81 flatbed a hour and a half (in a car)- from the shop. We don't have our other flatbed finished yet, and had both cranes way over there. Its a spring over walking beam, short wheelbase, and my current driver for it has only driven it loaded, and he doesn't like the truck anyways- vs. the 20 year newer truck he usually drives.
His usual truck is all air ride and big cat and drives like a car. The old ford rides like a wooden wagon with no suspension.
When I told the driver we needed him to take it there- empty- his face fell and I knew he probably was going to find some reason it couldn't get there. Me and the other operator and rigger took off in the pickup- I told him to take it easy and he had 1/2 the day to get there.
I got the call about 20 minutes later "I can't get over 35 mph in this thing and it starts shaking horribly- somethings wrong with it". Well- I know what's wrong with it, and what's wrong with it is- that its forty years old with a stiff suspension. But I had him just turn around and head back for the shop- if he doesn't feel safe then he shouldn't be driving it. We shuttled some stuff around on saturday and made it work.
The guys who made their living driving those old girls every day- earned their money. And 50mph is plenty fast.
That is really tempting. I wish it still had the water tank on it.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
There is one here at the penitentiary just like it, has been setting for years. Complete with water tank,
painted yellow, I watch the Wa St Surplus auction to see if it ever comes up.
We rarely need a water truck for our work, but do occasionally. Normally we just rent one, but in the last few years obtaining a rental has been difficult due to lack of availability.
Purchasing something for a low price that we could haul to a job and use as needed could make sense.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
International Payhauler 350 mid 70's.
Truck Shop
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crane operator
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1954 REO Wagon listed for sale.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Nice DOT approved, Arrr thar matey hard to port.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
New highboy.
crane operator
Senior Member
We need a "post like a pirate day".
I was actually wondering more what the third pedal was for with a automatic, but the old girl is hardly all factory anymore.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
59 Diamond T T950 repowered with 12V71 long ago.
crane operator
Senior Member
1969 white/freightliner.
With a suspension I've never seen before. Looks like some kind of big rubber bushing captured in a cast cage?
With a suspension I've never seen before. Looks like some kind of big rubber bushing captured in a cast cage?