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    Project REO Speedwagon

    That sounds like a common style of seal for farm tractor and backhoe front wheels. Now they use 3-4 ribs of rubber instead of the leather, pretty effective at keeping dirt out.
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    Mack with a Ford cab

    Hey, it's got the proper green interior, just like a real Mack. ;)
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    No pic, but I have the dash junk AND dirty windows. Something about wet dirt roads.
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    That's a new weight saving design.
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    Did they have a driver on the dolly end? I've been involved in moving more than a few center pivot irrigation spans at '160-180' apiece and we always used a steerable dolly built from some old junk 1.5 ton truck. The tiller guy rode in the rear escort and jumped out to unlock and steer in tight...
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    Yeah, just wondering. I did some equipment work out by Porter 10 years ago or so and remember a whole yard full of looong poles in Rochester by the rail yard.
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    Had a good laugh today.

    Got a call this morning from somebody that I don't deal with much, his 2008 C15 Acert would not start. SDP s/n prefix, this engine has been deleted, has a single turbo manifold kit, and a hot rod program installed. It wont start because the ECM died... Now he has to get a new one and hope it can...
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    120' ? Maybe a few more? Is there still the long/tall pole yard in Rochester?
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    Removing Walking Beams

    Last set I did was the torch method, Haven't seen a set for a long time but I'm willing to try the cutoff saw if I ever see another set. Any method is going to be a stinky mess.
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    That one is nobody I know, but I do see that rig over here on I-90 once or twice a month. That set of trailers looks just like half a dozen I see every now and then. But I don't put cheap plastic mudflaps on them. ;)
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    Early mobile phone

    I used to run low band 2way Motorolas in my service trucks, 150 watts without a repeater gave me 30-40 miles depending on hills. Those puppies would dim the headlights at night when you keyed up.
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    Early mobile phone

    I remember in the 70's Dad and Grandad had similar setups in their pickups. 2 way radios ruled for company use, but when you needed parts or service, the phone was there. I recall the charges were pretty steep so there wasn't any idle chit-chat.
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    Saw a couple of these headed west on I-90 last week. Must be replacements for this one.
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    In the days when I enjoyed working on big yellow stuff I looked at an Oshkosh 4X4 truck with a 14' utility body and a Pitman polecat crane, thought that would be good for offroad work. It was a monster looking beast with the forward sloped windshield. The climb to the cab door wasn't real...
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    My ex wife would like to have shot me when we got in that area, way too many truck dealers that had cool stuff to look at. :devilish:
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    Thought so. My F-800 came from a Podunk dealer just down the road from the Freightshaker dealer. It was surrounded by Gordon trailers.
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    The Detroit Diesel ages well over time .

    First time I've been thanked with a Video. :cool:
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    Random - Interesting trucks and trailers I saw today

    Looks like the Sumner area, Land of 10,000 semi trailers.
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    Papa John pizza 101

    S So what's hiding in the Armscor box?
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    The Detroit Diesel ages well over time .

    The floating plate for the sock wont fit the cartridge filters, it can be replaced if you can find a parts guy that knows anything. But I think if you check the top support housing it's shaped for the sock too.
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