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  1. LowBoy

    How Did You Find Us?

    Same with me...I was looking for some answers to something back around 2006 or thereabouts when I stumbled across HEF, and it's been an amazing resource for information on anything that creates black smoke.
  2. LowBoy

    3406B front structure cover resealing project.

    Yes sir. I found both the cam and idler gear bushings are almost to the point of failure. I'm GLAD I'm doing this when I am after discovering them. Man oh man, especially the idler gear one. I'm on my way to get them this morning. Those aren't something you'd normally go in and look at...
  3. LowBoy

    3406B front structure cover resealing project.

    Dove into this job elbows deep Friday 6-10-22...and Saturday morning around 9:30 EST I got a piece of debris in my right eye and ended up messing up the entire day in the local ER...then Sunday a trip 1.5 hrs north to the better hospital (Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical center in Hanover, NH,) to...
  4. LowBoy

    Caterpillar V300B forklift passenger side door.

    Looking for a passenger side door for a 1983 Cat V300B forklift. Anyone have a parts machine, know of any salvage yards that have one of these...?
  5. LowBoy

    Caterpillar V300B forklift passenger side door.

    Maybe this isn't the right thread to be posting something "wanted" in...I'm looking for a passenger side door for my 1983 Cat V300B lift, if anyone knows of any parts machines, salvage yards, etc. that may have one for sale...
  6. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    Understood, that's why it's still sitting here a year later. I wasn't obligated to get it running, just get it out of where it was previously. I "volunteered" to help him locate parts and do something when time permitted me to do so, but I haven't found that time yet. Which is ok with me because...
  7. LowBoy

    Repairing creeping Bobcat

    Hahaha, that's exactly right; necessity being the mother of invention. I'll be honest...my lap bar safety didn't work when I bought it, and the guy I got it from told me it didn't right up front, as the parking brake doesn't work either. (This 843 has the parking brake pedal on the floor between...
  8. LowBoy

    Repairing creeping Bobcat

    Fantastic info willie...much appreciated. Mine does this ever-so-slightly...not enough to bother me just yet. I have a neighbor that has a New Holland skidsteer that was creeping pretty profusely, and he fixed it with a piece of mechanics wire looped around the drive handle, attached to the side...
  9. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    Yeah, I've got a customer's Chevy UPS style walk-in delivery van here converted to a food truck. It's got a 6.2L GM diesel, and the injection pump's bad. I saw them (reman) for around $400.00 last time I searched one out about 6 months ago...I wonder what they're going for now...? I need to get...
  10. LowBoy

    1979 White Road Boss ll with Holmes Big Ben wrecker unit

    Got it lettered up last Wednesday...all legit now.
  11. LowBoy

    1979 White Road Boss ll with Holmes Big Ben wrecker unit

    Not only dark, but hotter than a 2 dollar pistol in the summer sun I bet. I took this White for it's maiden voyage the other day. Man was I grinning, lol. That NTC 400 has a good snap to it, unlike most Cummins I've ever dealt with. It was set up right evidently. The truck goes down the road...
  12. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    I guess you better get em while you can.............
  13. LowBoy

    1979 White Road Boss ll with Holmes Big Ben wrecker unit

    I don't know...really all depends on the whole bigger picture I guess. How much weight one would keep on the front end with the 5th wheel slid ahead...how a guy pays attention to avoid hitting craters in the road ahead of him...type of work/trailer he's got...lots of variables I guess.
  14. LowBoy

    1979 White Road Boss ll with Holmes Big Ben wrecker unit

    Correct. My '78 W900A that I run daily...it had manual/air assist when I got it back in 2017. I ran it a year with that miserable air assist. It constantly was trying to kill me; it'd wander to the median, you'd correct it, then it'd throw you to the shoulder all. day. long. I finally figured...
  15. LowBoy

    1979 White Road Boss ll with Holmes Big Ben wrecker unit

    You're exactly right about that! They weren't exactly a high-quality built truck at all. Lots of issues. One in particular was the frame breaking right behind the steering axle's front-rear spring hanger. They had a bolt hole drilled up into the bottom frame flange that fastened the hanger to...
  16. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    In the near future, those same parts are gonna have a hammer and sickle logo on them inevidibly.
  17. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    Been doing that all my life. It's definitely extended the life cycle of my A/C systems, just by simply running it for a few minutes even in zero degree weather. Heck, it's warmer on A/C than the ambient temp's some days here, LOL...
  18. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    Over here on the right side of the field, Fleetpride kind of dominates the heavy duty truck parts scene, with the exception of some decent truck dealers that buy in bulk and are much more reasonable. I am going to check that out this week actually. I'm going to check with a Freightliner...
  19. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    uhhhh, yup.....
  20. LowBoy

    Increases in parts across the board...

    I'm with ya, 100%...............and I don't like getting stung either.
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