Hayes trucks in the logging industry

[Bumpsteer]

Oooof, I think my back just went out again.


Ed

 

[DMiller]

Makes my Kidneys hurt looking at those!!. Spray nozzles for brake cooling pretty prominent.

 

[Truck Shop]

Makes my Kidneys hurt looking at those!!

What about the nuts, those start to sag.

 

[Hank R]

What about the nuts, those start to sag.

Back when men were real men.

 

[Truck Shop]

Back when men were real men.

And allot of them died young.

 

[DMiller]

What about the nuts, those start to sag.

Wife keeps those in her handbag, safe and soft!

In olden history days dated what later turned out to be a nympho, kept mine shriveled and empty to a point it actually hurt. Bad riding Truck would have been a Godsend in comparison!! She was insatiable, a simple touch during sleep and she was ready, woke up ready, back from work ready and as did anything together was a switch on mode. I only last three months with that.

 

[kshansen]

Got a question, what is that rod for the red arrow is pointing at?

 

[Truck Shop]

Cooler.

 

[kshansen]

Cooler.

I take it then there was some kind of pump and tank to spray water on the drums when going down hill?

 

[Truck Shop]

 

[Truck Shop]

That's what that tank is behind the cab on Hayes in photo above.

 

[mekanik]

There was a valve beside the drivers seat. You opened it at the top of the hill and it drained water onto the brake drums. cracked and broken brake drums were common on the off highway trucks.

 

[Hank R]

This is in a Pacific.

 

[Welder Dave]

That's a pretty elaborate set up.

 

[dirty4fun]

As I remember when I rode with Steve in H17 he figured it took about 300 gallons of water per trip to cool the brakes. Didn't want to put it on till they were warm, as wet brakes weren't much good. Wait to long and the water turns to steam, and cracks brake drums.

 

[John Shipp]

Aren't they called a "Christmas tree" or something like that?

That's a pretty elaborate set up.

 

[camptramp]

This is in a Pacific.

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On most Off Highway and some Highway Logging Trucks there is a water tank behind the cab . The water is to spray water on the brake drums ( that little 3/8 pipe amid at the brake drum in above photo ) . After the water tank is filled and the cap on top of the water tank is secure , there is a little shut off valve on an air line , that when open sends air to the water tank . As the trailer of a logging truck going down hill is higher than the water tank on the truck , about 10 pounds air is used to push the water to the trailer brake drums. ( when one parks the truck at the end of a shift with a full water tank , that valve must be closed as if air bleeds off during night water will be pushed back through air system ) The water travels from the water tank , up through floor in center pipe with yellow handled dump valve . When the yellow handle is lifted up water flows through the front pipe with a tap valve going down through the floor to the Truck rear brakes and water travels through the back pipe with a tape valve going down through the floor to the Trailer brakes . The water valves are to control the amount of water flowing to the brake drums . After reaching the bottom of the hill the dump valve is closed . When stopping the truck at Dryland sort or shop the water is cleared out of water lines using a blast of air with the brass "Tee" with a black button facing forward on top of pipe .

 

[Hayesno1]

Long time since someone posted pics of Hayes. Hayes HD

 

[Welder Dave]

They showed the Hayes 100th anniversary show on Highway thru Hell. Cool looking old Hayes bus. Mission Towing had their Hayes wrecker there.

 

[Hayesno1]

Hayes HDX with lowbed