skyking1
Senior Member
I think he's talking egg plant. Not Eggplant or KW 
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Memories for us old truckers
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JPV
Senior Member
Truck Shop
Senior Member
KW's and Sterling's are important--eggs, egg plant and egg plants are not. Don't eat Martian seeds or
Black Widow spider sacks.
Black Widow spider sacks.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Note the scale weight.
DMiller
Senior Member
Ultralight!!
mitch504
Senior Member
Wow, I have a single axle CH Mack, daycab, 144" wheelbase that weighs 12,000 lbs. I thought it was light.
DMiller
Senior Member
Can remember 8664 empty weights on tandems under 15,000, weak backed single rail SWB , could almost get a 1/4 fender between drives and fuel tanks.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
That is what Freightliner built their name on. Years back you would see 281 Pete's pulling Wesco hoppers in
the San Joaquin Valley hauling almonds, juice tomato's what ever. Most of those Pete's with hoppers only
had a tare of 22,000 or less and were licensed for 78,000.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
All straight piped.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
What engine? I had no idea that was ever legal or done for highway use. Just absolute cheapness, and lightness, I guess?
mekanik
Senior Member
Cummins NH250?
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Cummins-That's all CF ran in those days.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Depended were CF based them, those look to be by exterior cab components late 60's early 70's.
Out west many had 335's midwest 250's.
DMiller
Senior Member
Chain stowage racks on fuel tanks are a bit sketchy. At one time Turbochargers were legitimized as Exhaust Dampening equipment.
mekanik
Senior Member
They weren't that loud unless they had a Jake brake
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Very few CF's had jakes, mainly ones that ran over mountain ranges. As far as those chain hangers on the
saddle tanks that was a CF trademark, they weren't too worried about scratching the tanks, plus easy to
remove and replace chains.
saddle tanks that was a CF trademark, they weren't too worried about scratching the tanks, plus easy to
remove and replace chains.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
First truck I drove was a CF just like those above. Original 335 with 10 spd 1969 vintage.
Pulled a set of wiggle wagons hauling sweet corn then carrots into Twin City Foods in Ellensburg.
Pulled a set of wiggle wagons hauling sweet corn then carrots into Twin City Foods in Ellensburg.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I looked up one of these models to see what was what and found this one. https://www.purplewave.com/auction/...eightliner-6342T-Ag_Trucks-Grain_Truck-Kansas I saw the plate said 6V92 but it is a Cummins in the pictures. I wonder if it got replaced along the way somehow.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Frtlnrs were common with Detroits, CF ran Cummins to standardize fleet. These auctions sites are full of
misprints. That one was not a CF but it was more than likely Cummins powered from day one. Walking
beam was installed later in life.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
This is the specific picture I was looking at, has the build plate and the CF maintenance tag down in the corner, plus the paint colors red white and green.
