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    Antique & Vintage Trucks.

    Let me guess. Some boss in Freightliner said, "We're not buying presses and dies and tooling just to press up some fancy curved panels! Flat sheet has worked just fine for decades!"
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    Overloading a truck

    Most equipment has 100% overload engineered in. But if you haul overloads regularly, you shorten the lifespan of your rig. Seen so many older trucks from WW2 era and post WW2, IH's and Fords, with bent chassis rails behind the cab. They jacked them up and plated them with big fishplates, and...
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    What year is this?

    I was led to believe Ford tractors with a serial number starting with "B" were built in Belgium. I also believe the 0A18B, 0A7B, 0A11B are manufacturing date codes - as in.... 0A18B (Interpretation: Jan 18, 1970/1980/1990/2000/2010): 0: Year (e.g., 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010) A: January...
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    Cat 931b lost forward and reverse trans fluid is filling into bevel gear any thoughts

    29Y01311 serial number tells me the tractor is early 1983 year of build, and it's fitted with the 3F/3R transmission. The earlier 931B's only had a 3F/1R transmission, but the 3F/3R came in as an option around the late 1970's. Virtually all 931B's had dry steering clutches up until about 1986...
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    Good healthy carnage

    I wonder just how far you have to drag a trailer to wear hubs and rims away like that? Got to be many, many kilometres. And surely the sparks would give you some clue? Trouble is, a lot of "steering wheel attendants" don't have any clues. A good friend drove from the West Coast of Australia to...
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    Good healthy carnage

    They don't build 'em like they used to! I can remember when everything was built out of steel, and you just kept on driving, regardless! :cool:
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    Good healthy carnage

    And more .... (The amazing part about this stripdown, is the fact that the previous owner had tried to get the engine to START, by dragging it around his field in gear!! There are some people who should never be allowed to own machinery!)
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    Good healthy carnage

    More photos ....
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    Good healthy carnage

    I picked up a Chamberlain tractor for a song, because it had a nice front end loader in it, it had a 6 cyl Perkins, it had a cabin, and it was a great tractor in its day - although they're classed as vintage/classic today. The old guy who owned it said the engine wouldn't turn over, although...
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    1983 CAT 963, Potential Purchase. Need advice

    That 955L appears to be in quite good order, and they're a good tractor. Undercarriage is good, bucket is good, you just need to run it and see if it shows any problems such as hard starting, smoking, engine miss, or low on power. Check out the radiator core, they get sandblasted by dirt...
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    1983 CAT 963, Potential Purchase. Need advice

    The 973 is a nice machine, I drove one for a while in the mid-1990's - but they have a hydrostatic drivetrain, and they can run into BIG dollars when they need repair. For your budget, I'd look for an older Cat traxcavator, that has been well cared for, and which has more simple components in...
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    Memories for us old truckers

    Frank Lenzi was an American who lobbed up in Adelaide, South Australia, along with his brothers in the 1960's. He started trucking with a brother, and ran an International R190, then moved up into Kenworths. Frank started Cleveland Freight Lines in 1977, named after Cleveland, OH., which is...
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    Memories for us old truckers

    Ya'll starting to sound like grumpy ol' men! Sitting around coffees in the diner, bitchin' about how the whole world is going to h*** in a handbasket! You need to get out more!! :D
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    Memories for us old truckers

    It's easy enough to get used to, I've driven LHD and RHD, but the most interesting driving was driving RHD Australian Army vehicles on the right hand side of the road in Vietnam. But the real problem lies in remembering which side of the ROAD you're supposed to be on. I went to Europe about...
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    Memories for us old truckers

    You do know, that for the first decade and half of internal combustion motoring, the U.S. had all the steering wheels on the RHS? You just screwed up, after you let Henry Ford have his way with regard to steering wheel position!
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