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

My KW has the 7CZ in it. It's turned up but not by much. It will flat out carry the mail. And still leaks oil like any other prefix Cat I've known.

 

2018 .The truck I was driving until I retired was a 2017 it was a Fitzgerald , built in September. I know They were available into early 2018 because the boss was gonna buy another one but never did.

 

This is more in line with the price of the gliders I have been seeing. Generally they have 7-9 hundred thousand miles with fairly recent inframes. The stand up sleepers which I am not currently interested in are easier to find and thus generally cheaper than a clean flattop.

 

All I want to know about is the 359 it’s sitting beside.

 

You notice how I “accidentally” cropped the picture. I need to do a better job hiding the good stuff from this point forward from people like you with great eyes!

 

My buddy found me a show quality 379 that would work, but I would feel terrible driving anything to work occasionally if I had to take my shoes off to get in. I need something that looks great across the road and parked next to it you know it still works occasionally. I am also no longer in the more lights is better part of my life. A couple lights strategically placed makes me happier now.

If it was Red with Cream/White Seminole I could make it work.

 

I can't believe the price of used trucks now a days.

I gave 92k for this one new in 1999. Cat power, 18 speed, and 265WB

That reefer liked to put me in the poor house. We'll save that conversation for another day.

 

Hey, I sure don’t drive a show truck, but I do take my shoes off when I get in mine. Only way to keep the floor half ways presentable doing the work I do. It also keeps the brake valve and throttle pivot from getting so much corrosive garbage on them.

 

I paid less than $50,000 for this when it was 3 years old in the early 90’s. Less than $10,000 for the flatbed.

 

I kept my floor as clean as possible, but with hauling cars it just wasn’t practical for me because I was in and out often.