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jimmyjack
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Lagu
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They are not the most excellent trucks I have seen. The European trucks is a good competitor I think. 
Mack
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We have a pair of Freightliner Classics that could give your Pete's a run for there money. But still you have some really nice looking trucks.
Ford LT-9000
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The old LTL Ford looks out of place with a pair of Pete's :laugh
The old Ford can haul just as much just as fast as a Pete and when it was new cost less :thumbsup
Its the darn hood on those old LTLs weigh a ton you need a hydraulic tilt on them
There is a old LTL 9000 dump in the area now its not as clean as the one you drive but its doing the job its got old 425 Cat power.
The old Ford can haul just as much just as fast as a Pete and when it was new cost less :thumbsup
Its the darn hood on those old LTLs weigh a ton you need a hydraulic tilt on them
There is a old LTL 9000 dump in the area now its not as clean as the one you drive but its doing the job its got old 425 Cat power.
Lashlander
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Nice looking trucks jimmyjack! Thanks for the pics.:thumbsup
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They are not the most excellent trucks I have seen. The European trucks is a good competitor I think.
Yeah...there ain't nothing quite as pleasing to the eye as a cabover Mercedes or one of those with the stack on the wrong side, strolling up the boulevard...:naughty
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Good job on the polishing project, jimmy. that old LTL looks pretty nice even if it is dwarfed by the 2 real trucks that are present.
Where did you show them, in New Haven, Ct. at the P & G Chrome Shop show?
nedly05
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I dont care what anyone says, those are some damn nice trucks, you keep em up nicely!!!
Orchard Ex
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They all look really good. How many man hours does it take to get them "show ready" like that?
chrome
i believe trace adkins tells it best
"Chrome, get her leg up high
on the bumper of my big black Mack truck
With a smoke stack pointed towards the sky
And mud flaps, you know the kind
Chrome,I said hey little girl you sure look nice
Do you wanna ride, I won't bite, she climbs inside
Says hell no, I want to drive "
live by that motto but wheres the chick?!!!:beatsme :naughty :naughty
i believe trace adkins tells it best
"Chrome, get her leg up high
on the bumper of my big black Mack truck
With a smoke stack pointed towards the sky
And mud flaps, you know the kind
Chrome,I said hey little girl you sure look nice
Do you wanna ride, I won't bite, she climbs inside
Says hell no, I want to drive "
live by that motto but wheres the chick?!!!:beatsme :naughty :naughty
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Lashlander
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:falldownlaugh :lmao :thumbsup
musclegirl
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They look great Beautiful trucks really.
sbrem
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They were at Berubes chrome shop's show in Bow NH. The P&G show didn't happen this year.
The fleet looks great Jimmy:thumbsup :thumbsup
jimmyjack
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the LTL was the first tri-axle they bought , it was a friend that bought it new and was getting out of driving.. as more money come in the 07 pete was spec'd, then they got the 01 pete. the LTL has been trouble free with just over 500,000 on it ,but it did just have a inframe right before they bought it four years ago
we spend the saturday before the show cleaning :Banghead all day(show was sunday)
i love the old girl its a 350 cat that the pump has been played with. i can (for the most part) keep up with the 01 pete which as a 475 cat on a hill and can pass the new macks with 427 like they got the brakes on:bouncegri on the same hill. the 07's got a 550 and that not even worth trying
we spend the saturday before the show cleaning :Banghead all day(show was sunday)
i love the old girl its a 350 cat that the pump has been played with. i can (for the most part) keep up with the 01 pete which as a 475 cat on a hill and can pass the new macks with 427 like they got the brakes on:bouncegri on the same hill. the 07's got a 550 and that not even worth trying
jimmyjack
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Ford LT-9000
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That old LS Ford must turn on a dime
Most of those set back axle Fords came with 7.8 Power or screaming 318 power.
I like driving the old L series Ford they go anywhere because they turn good and they haul just as much as a Kenworth or Pete.
One of the truck drivers I know has a 07 Pete Tractor he bought the truck before the emmision motors and the new ugly duckling 389 so he got a 379 with 550 Cat power pulls good. The new Cats are designed for low rpm what is it something like 1250-1300 they want to pull at in top gear.
A freind of mine bought a Sterling with 550 Cat power he is still getting used to shifting the truck. You come from a Mack granite with a 12 litre engine to a Cat with enough power to sheer axle shafts.
Things have come along ways in 30 years when a 290 Cummins was big power or a 195hp 6/71
Most of those set back axle Fords came with 7.8 Power or screaming 318 power.
I like driving the old L series Ford they go anywhere because they turn good and they haul just as much as a Kenworth or Pete.
One of the truck drivers I know has a 07 Pete Tractor he bought the truck before the emmision motors and the new ugly duckling 389 so he got a 379 with 550 Cat power pulls good. The new Cats are designed for low rpm what is it something like 1250-1300 they want to pull at in top gear.
A freind of mine bought a Sterling with 550 Cat power he is still getting used to shifting the truck. You come from a Mack granite with a 12 litre engine to a Cat with enough power to sheer axle shafts.
Things have come along ways in 30 years when a 290 Cummins was big power or a 195hp 6/71
Jimmy, was that LTS a former tractor? The wheelbase looks about the same as the Aeromax I drove, which by the way was powered by a Cummins.