Memories for us old truckers

Truck Shop said:

The Monfort Lane!----------------------------Which became the Hammer Lane years later. Hammer Lane is a actual road off I-5 below Sacramento-there use to be a sign below it that said,
Not A Truck Route.

Monfort was know for big power years ago. Hauled meat out of Denver. Monfort stockyards.

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I remember the Monfort lane but we had a union steward who carried the nickname of Monfort . He always had the "new" truck . Every one else drove his hand me downs and he was happy to tell you that .

82 Pete hauling a life flight chopper to have a major overhaul done .

Tiny, what in the world do you think they used the winch truck for? Can see nothing practical of that on a pile driver. While that little Chevy is cabled crosswise to something too.

DMiller said:

Tiny, what in the world do you think tey used the winch truck for? Can see nothing practical of that on a pile driver. While that little Chevy is cabled crosswise to something too.

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To be honest , I don't know . I had 2 thoughts ... adding just enough weight to get the hammer and leads picked up .. Or a makeshift 3rd drum to pickup the piling .

There was only one of the 500 Americans that had a 3rd drum

The chevy is a complete mystery

Thought about a Pile lifter, but really made little functional sense although no third drum would be a reason.

All the Americans' I worked(All seven) were ex dragline or clam shovel handlers, all had a third drum, three were in quarries, three were barge situated and one used as a bank set dragline. Could have been added later but all had them.

Old 500 American load out story . Boss decided to leave the tracks wide and the counterweight on one that just moved around in town . Ours had no brakes to set , Had to use the travel locks to hold them . No room to do anything but this one slightly down hill spot . Operator we had didn't any time on an American and afterward I was pretty sure he didn't know how to spell American .

Dropped the neck off the trailer and spread out the blocks , Then waddled the ole machine on the blocks over the trailer . As normal i hooked the neck back up and raised the trailer to barely clear the ground to roll back a little in order to get this thing over the sweet spot to haul it . As it turned out he didn't set the travel locks and when the trailer rolled back he thought the crane was rolling . then yanked the travel lever in and went the wrong direction . Kicked the counterweight blocks out , hit the neck of the trailer .

When the noisy had stopped and the smoke cleared . Here this is sitting with the toes of the tracks 4 foot high on one end and the counterweight on the trailer deck . By the time we got it leveled back out another operator got there and it went pretty smooth .

Tiny said:

82 Pete hauling a life flight chopper to have a major overhaul done .

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Not to doubt you Tiny-but that Pete has quad square headlights. 1982 should have quad round headlights-where those changed or the whole hood changed.

Truck Shop said:

Not to doubt you Tiny-but that Pete has quad square headlights. 1982 should have quad round headlights-where those changed or the whole hood changed.

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You may well be right , It has been a few years and my boss Liked Petes . that was one of three and now that I think of it ,,,, thats a 92 one year old than the 93 KW I had before the boom truck .

Truck Shop said:

The Monfort Lane!----------------------------Which became the Hammer Lane years later. Hammer Lane is a actual road off I-5 below Sacramento-there use to be a sign below it that said,
Not A Truck Route.

Monfort was know for big power years ago. Hauled meat out of Denver. Monfort stockyards.

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monfort was among the first to run the the new kt cummins on it s nyc runs

petepilot said:

monfort was among the first to run the the new kt cummins on it s nyc runs

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Them {Monfort} and a company out of Seattle by the name of Far West. Far West had {only} W900AL's 48" sleepers painted all black with one thin gold stripe all powered by KTA 600's .
Those trucks not only looked fantastic but moved fantastic also.

Truck Shop said:

Them {Monfort} and a company out of Seattle by the name of Far West. Far West had {only} W900AL's 48" sleepers painted all black with one thin gold stripe all powered by KTA 600's .
Those trucks not only looked fantastic but moved fantastic also.

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I remember seeing those trucks(farwest) and wishing I had one. as for monfort those drivers lived up to their left lane legend at least on the pa. turnpike

And Single Stacked, Hmmm

You really only need one stack. The mack almost had a single installed

I remember reading where some people were saying single vs dual stacks affects the torque and power output of the engine. Is there any truth to this? I would think as long as the exhaust is adequately sized for the engine it wouldn't make a lot of difference. The same as the air cleaner needs to flow enough CFM. Dual exhaust makes sense on large engines so you don't need a 12" dia. exhaust.

The outlet at the turbo is 5" as long as it has a free flowing muffler you gain zero with twice pipes.
A dyno tells the story.

Thanks TS, that's kind of what I thought. Dual stacks sometimes look neater.

The later Far West rigs had a gold stripe, the early white stripes. Years ago I knew two Far West drivers.

Believe or Not was considering duals just to have duals on the KW, most likely gonna hang a Single to it.