Muck Boots 'n' Slickers - Life of a Livestock Hauler

I've used floor jacks to put trannys in or out always pissing down my pant leg worried about it falling was gona make a craddle for the floor jack .. then finaly broke down and bought a trans jack .. made use of it for so many more things I use it to replace cab & sleeeper mounts and if I switch out 3rd members it has brackets and chains too to I chain axles to it it if I swith out housings .. I got pissed off 1 day last winter changing out a clutch and broke a couple fingers so I said F### this S### and bought a clutch jack too I gots about 2600 in both of them .. but it sure makes a clutch or trans job easier .. I realize thats a fair bit of money .. and maybe not worth it if you only do it once every few years too .. but thats trans jack is well worth the 1200 I paid in my opinion

 

The oil filler plug on top. A 1 inch threaded nipple with a 2 foot chain welded on. Lift through the frame rails.

 

I do that too in a shop with a chain hoist.. but not in a parking lot... lol

 

That concrete floor inside a building makes me super jealous!!!

I had another driver who was having charging problems with their truck and had taken it to a "professional" shop 3 times where they replaced the alternator and batteries....found this and had to dig a trough with a hoe to make a small pit to fix this mess.


I wish they made off road versions of those jacks.

No, I take that back. Honestly I wish that they paid mechanics enough for good ones to stick around in my area so I didn't have to fix things.

Mechanic said the alternator was pulling lots of amps. When I pointed out it was at 6.6 volts and the batteries were at 11.5 it didn't click with him why it wasn't charging.

I would rather just drive.

 

Those are well worth it! Someday when I grow up........

 

I know @Oxbow I swapped a trans for guy .. and charged enough pay for it .. I did the same on the clutch jack it was still dishearting to know I worked just to pay for the jacks. The clutch jack is the 1 that pisses me off the most.. when you need it its great but other than that it just takes up space ..

 

On that note, Skeeter put a clutch in for me about two years ago, and it only has about 20,000 miles on the clutch. I know any time you have the trans out just go ahead and replace the clutch, but this one is about new, so I was going to keep on with the one we have. Thoughts? The retarder was re-sealed then as well, so there shouldn't be any leaks.

 

Thats not my shop .. I wish it was .. my shop is no near as nice .. it does have concerte but I have a set of ramps I made outa outa rough cut sawmill lumber.. I use em alot..
I like building trucks .. don't much like fix'n them .. but I much more enjoy driving

 

That clutch in the picture is outa Ruby its got about 120k on it I wouldn't think twice about putting it back in if I wasn't making some other changes.. 20k on a clutch ..put it back in would be my vote

 

X2 on reusing it. I see the thought on replacing it cause it’s out, but with so low mileage I wouldn’t even consider it.