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Memories for us old truckers
- Thread starter Truck Shop
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BSAA65LB
Senior Member
I learned to run a grader on a Cat 12 with mechanical controls, no hydraulics. Then I spent some time on a Galion pull type grader getting drug around by a tired Farmall M. I was maintaining a dirt race track, parking areas and access roads.
IMO, there would be better grader operators around if they learned how to run a pull type. It teaches you how to use the blade to do the work, not raw power. It also teaches a lot of finesse. And a hell of a lot of work!
IMO, there would be better grader operators around if they learned how to run a pull type. It teaches you how to use the blade to do the work, not raw power. It also teaches a lot of finesse. And a hell of a lot of work!
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Roberts sold a bunch of PacCar trucks, was one of the leading.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
take good look at the lead truck's drive wheels, must have brake issues of some sort.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
St. Johns Motor Express, Tacoma Wa. 52 Freightliner some where in later 50's.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
Two good photos of Cummins HB series 40's engine, non cross flow head.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
1917 White truck and pup--couple weeks later it got a drop axle.
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92U 3406
Senior Member
That's roughly $650 daily in 2024 dollars? Pretty substantial.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
That statement with the photo is really questionable--equipment in those days was a handful
to operate and keep operational, that stuff had a tendency to break down often. Early designs
full of flaws and parts were not easy to come by-in some ways just like today.
92U 3406
Senior Member
I can believe it. I've driven an old truck from the 30s a few times. Even a truck from the 60s is leaps and bounds ahead of those early trucks.
cfherrman
Senior Member
Modern day it's the other way around
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Actually it's not--it's just the external components/emission equipment that is a issue.
The engine below is a DD15-if it was stripped down to just a fuel /intake system there
wouldn't be much on it. Even so changing a cylinder head is not all that bad time wise.
Besides-Cummins doesn't even have a jake quite as strong as the DD series 13, 15, 16.
And there is very few diesel engines on the market that produce 1500 ft lbs torque at
975 rpm rated at 545 hp topping at 1900. The DD will pull down to 1100 rpm on a
grade, coupled with a DT12 AMT transmission at (99,000 lbs GW} it can average up to
5.9 to 6.1 per gal.
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Plus the lower ends {cranks} can run 1 million on a set of bearings.
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It's the over use of engine management software/electrical/emissions that's causing pain.
Talking with several DD people about this they feel it's overkill also, Corporate is as
Corporate does.
I think trucks in the late 60s early 70s were about as good as they ever were . After that they started going down hill.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
A truck that was ugly to begin with--& made even uglier.
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Truck Shop
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And one that shouldn't be restored, it shows it's history.
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skyking1
Senior Member
I'd try to pull the bottom of the bumper out. The rest of it is pure gold, Jerry.
