Memories for us old truckers

[Truck Shop]

This is off subject from the thread but the themes from western movies are great to listen to. I have these on a flash drive for traveling, I'm just very tired of radio stations and the music they play.

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[crane operator]

1952 white ? $6500 and that looks like a narrow cab...

https://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/d/1952-white-super-power-wc-26t/6200096225.html

 

[crane operator]

And a mack cabover. $7500 1961 With a short wheelbase. Is that a sleeper, or just a storage compartment in the cab?
https://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/d/1961-mack-truck/6235726235.html

 

[Truck Shop]

In those years that was about all there was for a sleeper. I believe that's a H71ST model. A guy here in town recently sold a 1955 W71ST it went to Penn.
Nice old trucks C.O. thanks for posting.

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[Truck Shop]

A nice W900L for sale on CL.
https://eugene.craigslist.org/hvo/d/1981-kenworth-long-hood/6251878300.html

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[alskdjfhg]

and that looks like a narrow cab...

Wow that does look like super tiny, even by these old truck standards. Still a really neat looking truck though.

 

[dingus]

This is probably in this forum somewhere.I thought people that remember this Tv program

might like this

 

[Truck Shop]

Went for a drive late morning to look at this K100 110" sleeper. Looks like it has a 8V92 with KW torsion bar suspension, cab and glass look to be in fine shape.

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[RZucker]

Went for a drive late morning to look at this K100 110" sleeper. Looks like it has a 8V92 with KW torsion bar suspension, cab and glass look to be in fine shape.

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That's not bad looking.

 

[Junkyard]

Not at all, he had me at 8v92

 

[old-iron-habit]

Went for a drive late morning to look at this K100 110" sleeper. Looks like it has a 8V92 with KW torsion bar suspension, cab and glass look to be in fine shape.

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Did you take it home? Can you share a ballpark price that is on it?

 

[Truck Shop]

No I'm still dealing on it and I have to look at it up close and see for sure what 92 is in it. He says make an offer, and I'm not going to give much for it.
The whole truck is obsolete there for It's worth damn little. The inside is a mouse house-ripe as hell. Yummy

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[RZucker]

No I'm still dealing on it and I have to look at it up close and see for sure what 92 is in it. He says make an offer, and I'm not going to give much for it.
The whole truck is obsolete there for It's worth damn little. The inside is a mouse house-ripe as hell. Yummy

















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I have discovered that the "Sprayway " glass cleaner will help neutralize mouse odor, mist every thing down a few times and it really helps. Doesn't totally eliminate the smell, but it gets you in the cab.

 

[92U 3406]

I have discovered that the "Sprayway " glass cleaner will help neutralize mouse odor, mist every thing down a few times and it really helps. Doesn't totally eliminate the smell, but it gets you in the cab.

Or you could gut the entire cab down to a shell and steam clean it......

 

[Junkyard]

Naw that's too much work. One pine tree and it's fresh as a daisy. Maybe a dryer sheet for good measure

 

[Truck Shop]

It's one of the reasons the truck isn't worth much. All of the interior removed and dash will have to be opened up and completely cleaned. And It's or could be
very hazardous. I have done this before and you want to take all precautions because of Hantavirus that field mice might carry. I have friend who's uncle died
from it. He cleaned a large nest out of a combine, his lungs filled with fluid and two days later he was dead. NO joke.

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[92U 3406]

It's one of the reasons the truck isn't worth much. All of the interior removed and dash will have to be opened up and completely cleaned. And It's or could be
very hazardous. I have done this before and you want to take all precautions because of Hantavirus that field mice might carry. I have friend who's uncle died
from it. He cleaned a large nest out of a combine, his lungs filled with fluid and two days later he was dead. NO joke.

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Mice. Gross little buggers. I found a nest of them under the glove box of my W900 while I was pulling the wiring out of the dash. Decided to gut everything and start over after steam cleaning every inch inside lol.

 

[RZucker]

Or you could gut the entire cab down to a shell and steam clean it......

Hey... I just meant it will get you in the door. Been there done that. Duh.

 

[92U 3406]

Hey... I just meant it will get you in the door. Been there done that. Duh.

Not fun lol.

 

[RZucker]

Not fun lol.

Yeah, 3 John Deere tractors that had to had the interiors completely stripped to steel and remove all the access plates to wash out the mouse **** . They had sat in a machine shed for 15 years before an estate sale. Then there was the Freightliner cabover that I stripped with a number 2 square point shovel. It was really bad. In both cases the end result was good. But the glass cleaner helped the process to keep you from gagging.