Memories for us old truckers

[BSAA65LB]

 

[DMiller]

Pretty crude for today
State of the art for back in the day and most likely Gas engine
Cool looking

 

[56wrench]

As far as pulling the wheel and drum as an assembly, i've done it that way lots of times, front or rear or trailer, as long as i'm not changing the drum. Drives or trailers, i use a dolly if on concrete, or if outside in the dirt use a greased wide plank. Also works with steers. With the weight just off the bearings they slide right off after the seal breaks loose. Same on the steers. It just takes more care because they don't balance on their own like a dual assy. There's no actual heavy lifting. You have to be careful reassembling so as to not damage the seal. This procedure saves having to re-torque wheels and is easy to check bearing adjustment on older trucks in my opinion, and it can save time in the long run as long as the brakes can be backed off enough. On old trucks and trailers with spoked hubs it also saves time by not having to break the wheels and spacer bands loose during removal and to true the wheels during installation assuming they were true to begin with. Just my opinion.

 

[Truck Shop]

That's a fact 56-but with disc air brakes you get to disassemble the whole thing.
It's all inboard and a POS.

 

[DMiller]

I was SO Ecstatic Spoiled as Outboard Drums came on scene on Heavy Trucks, those days gone.

 

[Truck Shop]

That's a post war Pete mid to late 40's.

 

[mks]

Pretty crude for today

Ya but it make a good run around truck.

 

[Truck Shop]

Ya but it make a good run around truck.

Oh no, that truck wouldn't be going anywhere. Parked in a heated/air conditioned building dusted and polished weekly.

 

[DMiller]

Was really working at reading the License Plate date code, appears a 48 in top RH Corner of plate(LH Looking at it).

 

[Truck Shop]

This one here is a 1939.

 

[terex herder]

This one is an 18 model.
It was driven into the show grounds.
That is a lot of change in 21 years.

 

[skyking1]

no kidding.

 

[Truck Shop]

Pretty common one off models in those days. From teens through the thirties there were over a 200 truck manufactures.

 

[Truck Shop]

To me this is a lot of change.

 

[skyking1]

This was only 29 years in

The Schneider Trophy plane the debuted the Rolls Royce v-12 in 1929, only 26 years in

 

[DMiller]

36 years in:

Ohain USAF He 178 page61 - Jet aircraft - Wikipedia

The ME262 was 41 years in.

Technology moves fast during wartime.

 

[kshansen]

36 years in:

Ohain USAF He 178 page61 - Jet aircraft - Wikipedia

The ME262 was 41 years in.

Technology moves fast during wartime.

Yes just last night I saw mention of the "1941’s Louisiana Maneuvers" before WW2. The heavy use of horses sure got changed out fast in the next year or two! If not familiar with "Louisiana Maneuvers" do a Google search on it.

 

[Pony]

TS, what sort of horsepower would the Peterbilt you posted at the top of the pages have?

 

[Truck Shop]

TS, what sort of horsepower would the Peterbilt you posted at the top of the pages have?

180.

 

[Truck Shop]

Yes just last night I saw mention of the "1941’s Louisiana Maneuvers" before WW2. The heavy use of horses sure got changed out fast in the next year or two! If not familiar with "Louisiana Maneuvers" do a Google search on it.

My dad was in the last 4 years of horse drawn artillery. He served from 1934 to 1946.
From 34 to 38 he was at Fort Sam Houston, he drove six horse or mule team pulling
munitions and piece. 1938 was the year the army started to switch to total mechanized
transport. He was the last of the brown boots. He rode color guard in front of the top
three army generals at Fort Sam. From 1943he was in the south pacific in the army
air corp. First Sargent/Master.