Where is everyone #5

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  1. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    The very few times I’ve operated those things - the exit strategy was the first thing that bothered me about them.
     
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  3. IH9300SBA

    IH9300SBA Road Train Member

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    And lack of good sight lines. The new machines have cameras, but a good friend of mine lost his Dad in one years ago when he went off a 40' high wall backwards while working.
     
  4. wore out

    wore out Numbered Classic

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    You’ve lost me a bit here so are you working on the old style with a slack adjuster? If so I think we went a 1/4 turn on everything but steers and 1/2 on them.

    The few late disc I’ve seen no adjustment just sorta let the rough side drag.
     
  5. jamespmack

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    It's a 1989 has the auto slacks with removable paws. On a S-cam like disc brake. Fire apparatus. I could get pics tomorrow. Or dig though some books. Just figure someone seen them. I knew some fleets tried these. But most removed them.
     
  6. sawmill

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    I think those were more common on Mack trucks. Don't see many of them out this way and I don't think I've ever had my hands on those kind of brakes.
     
  7. jamespmack

    jamespmack Road Train Member

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    Mack fire apparatus especially. Semi Tanker outfit tried them here. Mostly lack of maintaince, they removed them after alot of fires.

    Starting to think this might be a Mack chassis.
    Kelsey-Hayes air disc. Still can't find much on them.
     
  8. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    Not really familiar with them. Was looking in my library, anything here look similar…?

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  9. sawmill

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    Going to head to the newest part of the ranch today to deliver a backhoe. They bought it a couple years ago and I still haven't been there. It's north of Rawlins. Called the Stone Ranch. 87,500 acres. Should be a good day
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    Ain't much of a load but it'll burn the cobwebs out of the truck that hasn't done much since last December
     
  10. wore out

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    We stayed busy throwing them in a pile one summer. England Truck Sales bought a fleet of Mack’s that had them. Made everyone of them a tri axle which didn’t work to well. We converted all of them back to drums. That’s been 25 years ago. I was still young solid steel and sex appeal back then
     
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