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Memories for us old truckers

DMiller

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Sure they did, Wind blowing across those mule butts conditioned LOTS of air and all those lovely coarse shrubs would lift the poop right off a fresh delivery hole!!! Of course would take some hide with the detritus!!
 

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Nettle has big leaves and works well I'm told. The one thing you left out-those real early day truckers made
sure and saved the urine to throw on the wagon wheels to keep them swollen-there wasn't always a stream
near by to park them in. And a bag of old corn cobs worked well as a crack file.
 

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Have used cob sections, learning experience. Also in winter with power out we used **** pots in the house, was explained were wagon fodder at one time, and heaven knows I have won the Fur Lined unit a few times
 

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That's the one where the pipe layed beside the cab and stuck off the front and back isn't it? Did they ever make it into production?
 

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That's the one where the pipe layed beside the cab and stuck off the front and back isn't it? Did they ever make it into production?
 

Birken Vogt

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That's very interesting, I was at a guy's shop last week and saw one almost the same year peeking out from under a bunch of cloths. TS I was going to post it to ask you about this little brake contraption, has to be some kind of park brake. Any other comments you can make about my poor photos.

It has 2 air gauges and I wonder what the story is on that. I thought all trucks in the 50s had single air.

It has some sort of top loading worm drive axles but the photo did not come out.
 

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Birken Vogt

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That long can is much smaller in diameter than a regular can, and there is a regular can on the opposite side of the axle. Also the long skinny can has a very small air line to it.
 

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Likely
Something aftermarket from back in the day. Someone trying to develop a true parking brake that would hold a truck as most were hand brake sets on a drive line and as such useless in holding them with a load.

Old torsion ride, hopefully someone knew how to maintain and boot seals not all destroyed.

What was the big plan for the ‘56? Drive train?
 

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BV, the axles would have been Rockwell or Timken. That's a Westinghouse park brake assist, IIRC.
Can't read the vin plate, looks like a 825, so before 1956.
 

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Forgot to mention, the guy said it has a iron lung 220 Cummins and straight pipes. When I commented that it must be loud, he indicated that loud is not the word to describe it. It goes to shows now and then so maybe I will catch it someday. Cherry red with white stripes.
 
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