May be old but still cool.....

Ownd by a municipality. . Probably low milage too?

Buddy of mine was in the street sweeper biz and he used to hit a lot of auctions,

Disgusting how some of these municipalities were letting almost new looking low milage but older equipment be auctioned off for next to nothing, only to be replaced for a 100 to 150 thousand. Bucks.

 

I drove a yellow one for awhile back in the late '80's, single bunk, 290 Cummins w/a 13 if I recall right....Small cabs, I could just reach over and roll down the pax window...Don't recall the year, but it had the round headlights....I still have a picture of it, but I don't know how to upload it unto here....

 

Those old "widow maker" split rims ( they look like the old 11x20 tube type) would be the 1st thing to go.

 

I never liked them split-rims, always thought of them as a ticking time bomb, one never knew if/when it would let go...The "upgraded" locking ring was no better either!...We would always check and double check the fit, but still a bad deal for sure....I knew an old-timer once that was never quite right in the head, turns out he had one let go in his youth and it #### near killed him....Fractured his coconut, causing him to have a plate installed, nice guy, but was always a little off.....We used to wrap a heavy log chain around them, or we would drop the lift down on top of it before airing her up.....When one let go, it sounded like a bomb going off...Still, I never liked doing it, or being anywhere nearby, glad they're gone now....Thanks for the reminder, and a step back in time....

 

Take a pic of that pic with your cell phone. Then click "upload a file" below. Click "choose file". Click "documents". Look in "gallery" you should find your pic, click it then "post reply".

 

OK, I'll try it, thanks....

 

Had to edit and add the specific steps. It's easy to do just follow the steps.

 

This thread needs WAY more pics, and then a project progress thread.....