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Old 05.09.2009
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He's got several of them up on broncrider's Here We Go.... thread. Of course you'd have to swim through thousands of posts to find 'em.
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MM has a couple pictures of this truck in his photo album.

Good luck MM you should do well, your not new and/or naive.

On the vibration is it steady or varies with speed? If you can get someone to rock the truck or listen you should be able to hear a bad u-joint clunk. Sounds a lot like from the tires.
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Good luck MM,..................I hope all goes well for yous!!!!
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the vibration has been there since I put these tires on. It could have been there with the old ones but they were so badly out of round the whole truck jumped in the air as it rode down the road so I would of never heard it.

it was a little vibration at 55, kind of a u and down oscilation you could feel more then hear. In the last 500 miles it has become pretty bad at 55 and now I can start to hear it at 70.

The trans was about 3/4 gallon low so I just put most of a galon of lucas in it. the rears are full.

The slip yoke was dry so I greased it and got a little bit of grease in two u joints before my grease gun exploded on me. That slip yoke took most of my tube of grease and it still didn't flow out anywhere. I'll have to spend $25 again for another grease job because I can't afford a new grease gun just right now.

I just came in to cool off. I am about to head back out and check my tire pressures and put my micky mouse ear spot mirrors on.
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I couldn't handle the mailbox nmbers landstar gave me for the truck number so I had some custom ones made. I'm about to go take those off and put the new ones on




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I see some trailers in your first picture. It is a shame you could not have one of those. Also, looks like you live in a nice wooded area. Good-luck to you.
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ah, call me a fufu girl for saying it, but i like that shade of blue....

so, how many times have you found yourself staring at it thinking..."that's ma truck"

again, maybe it's just the fufu girly thing, but i would be proud
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ah, call me a fufu girl for saying it, but i like that shade of blue....

so, how many times have you found yourself staring at it thinking..."that's ma truck"

again, maybe it's just the fufu girly thing, but i would be proud

I reckon every time he has to put fuel or parts in her he say's that's my truck....
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I reckon every time he has to put fuel or parts in her he say's that's my truck....
where the hell have you been? MIA
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I reckon every time he has to put fuel or parts in her he say's that's my truck....
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