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  1. Steve Frazier

    Snowplow Truck

    I'm tasked with getting bids on a replacement plow truck for our Town. The Highway Department has given me a list of specs but one has me concerned and I'm hoping some here have some experience in this. The chassis will be a Ram 5500 with the Cummins and a dump body plus hydraulically driven...
  2. Steve Frazier

    3 Air Valves

    I recently saw a photo on Facebook where a tractor had 3 air valves on the dash, the traditional yellow and red but with a third blue one. I never drove a truck set up like this. When I asked what the third valve was for the answers weren't making sense to me. Can anyone explain what the blue...
  3. Steve Frazier

    Truck Inspection?

    Does anyone know of a truck inspection service prior to purchasing a used truck? Something similar to a home inspection to be approved for a mortgage. My municipality is considering a used truck located at a dealership in western Ohio. Our attorney is strongly recommending an inspection before...
  4. Steve Frazier

    TIG Welder

    I've gotten to the point where I'd like to invest in a TIG welder. I'm starting to do sheet metal work in both stainless and cold steel and would like to be able to weld aluminum up to about 1/4 inch. I've got a Hobart Ironman 230 MIG and a gas driven stick welder. I'm a hobbyist, repairing and...
  5. Steve Frazier

    Cat 248 Joystick Broken

    My 248 is 25 years old now and while operating it today I noticed the left joystick was at an odd angle. On closer look the base of the plastic handle is cracked allowing it to wobble on what I imagine is a steel stalk within it. The right side can't be far behind it, it has a similar crack but...
  6. Steve Frazier

    Concrete Pump

    There's a construction yard a few miles from me and when I drove past last week I noticed this concrete pump parked there. I stopped to take a couple pics. Nearly all the concrete pumps I've seen are on a Mack cabover chassis but I've never seen one this heavy before!! I couldn't find any tags...
  7. Steve Frazier

    Transformer Move Through My Town

    A natural gas fired generating plant is under construction in a nearby town and it was announced that transformers would be transported through our area to it and to expect delays. While running errands in early December I saw them parked at a vacant lumber yard staged for the next leg of the...
  8. Steve Frazier

    Urban Snow Plowing

    I've got a question just to satisfy my curiosity. I see a lot of videos where a motor grader is used for snow removal in cities. I'm in the Hudson Valley of NY and we rarely see motor graders used on construction job sites anymore and now that nearly all of our roads are paved very few local...
  9. Steve Frazier

    Unbelievable!

    I mange the property maintenance department of a nearby municipality and I had received a call that a chain link fence gate needed attention. I was a double gate 8 feet high and each section 8 feet wide for machines to pass through to access a baseball field. I have never in my lifetime seen...
  10. Steve Frazier

    Detroit 10/71?

    I was watching "My Classic Car" on Motor Trend this morning and Dennis was touring a car show hosted at Lake George. He came across a replica Yenko Nova that had a 500 something cubic inch engine that was a showpiece and the owner claimed to have a 10/71 blower on it. I've never seen or heard of...
  11. Steve Frazier

    New Holland 4.75 Injector Replacement

    I have a 2016 New Holland 4.75 at work that came back with an engine miss. Figured it out to be bent pushrods. Full disclosure, my diesel repair experience has been very limited. I've rebuilt Ford and Chevy gas engines from scratch a number of times with no issues so I figured I'd give this a...
  12. Steve Frazier

    Cat 350

    I passed a complete Cat 350 being transported on the interstate today. Looked like a whole lotta machine so I looked it up, 108,000 pounds. 10 wheel Kenworth tractor and a 3 axle lowboy trailer. No escorts. He was moving right along at 55mph. I'm not real familiar with heavy hauling but it...
  13. Steve Frazier

    Cat 304E2 issue

    I've got a 2 year old Cat304E2 at work that gave me trouble for the first time yesterday. I was attempting to switch attachments and all the red warning lights on the display screen came on and the graphics on the screen went blank. Machine ran fine and I still had the hydraulics but none of the...
  14. Steve Frazier

    Freak Accident Destroys Local Watering Hole

    Yesterday morning a loaded gravel trailer literally drove through a long time meeting spot for adults. I used to frequent Junior's Lounge for about 10 years pre covid and met my daughter there where we'd spend out time together. We were forced to break the routine during the covid restrictions...
  15. Steve Frazier

    Cat 304E Track Noise

    I've got a 2 year old Cat 304E at work that until recently has not been used in loose soil. The past couple weeks I've been working in sand and loose fill and when moving the machine and turning I hear a bang now and then coming from the track drive sprocket area that shakes the whole machine...
  16. Steve Frazier

    Long Island Members: Cow Bay Sand

    I manage the maintenance department for a local municipality in Dutchess County, NY and am in need of Cow Bay sand for our volleyball courts. I'm having a lot of difficulty findings a source for it. I'd be willing to hire a truck to haul a load or two to me if anyone here does that work or can...
  17. Steve Frazier

    Rusted Tools

    My personal shop is unheated and I'm in NY where winters can go below zero Fahrenheit and summer sometimes over 100. I do have a space heater I put next to the workspace if I'm forced to work in the extreme cold to take off the edge. Where my problem comes in is on the spring and fall days where...
  18. Steve Frazier

    New Server

    This is a test post on the new server !
  19. Steve Frazier

    New Truck Engines

    I've been a truck nut all my life starting as a little kid, my Grandma lived near a main road and a trucking company wasn't too far away with Mack B and F models passing by all the time. I always ran to the window or roadside to watch the trucks drive by when I heard them. As I got older I...
  20. Steve Frazier

    Old Euc

    I went on a short weekend trip to the south of me and while traveling on RT 83 through Harrisburg, Pa spotted this old Euc dozer for sale. I did what any HEF member would do, pulled to the side of the road and took some pictures! Don't know anything about it but it would be nice if someone saved...
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