My first truck as and O/O coments requested.

Not sure about California... I just plain didn't go there. But a follow-up to my last post.. I misspoke when I said you could fit a 1/2" connector to your wet tank... it's a 1/4" you can fit onto one.



These are what I was referring to. The top one is an industrial type connector, fitted to the female end of an automotive type hose connector. I help the guy I ran OTR with maintenance sometimes, and I use that as an adapter so I can use my air tools with his compressor without having to change out the fittings in my air tools.
The bottom is an automotive type connector.
Depending on how the port on your wet tank is set up, the way to do it would probably be to get a 1/4" hose connector threaded on both sides, and attach a female end to it. If you have a valve to cut off flow out of your wet tank through that port, I'd recommend you put on a male end, and get a hose with two female ends.. you'd probably want about a 70 ft. length of air hose, and attach the ends yourself, rather than buying one already made. You can run an air chuck, pneumatic grease gun, and some air tools with this setup.




Here's the filter wrench I was talking about from Caterpillar. It costs about $16, and is adjustable for all different filter sizes. You can use it for fuel filters, lube filters, coolant filters, hydraulic filters, etc. I misspoke earlier.. I just hook a 1/2 inch drive ratchet directly to this one.. the one where I'd take a 3/8 inch drive ratchet and space it with a 3/8 to 1/2 inch drive ratchet was a different filter wrench from Mac Tools. If you want to pick one up from Cat, the part number is 185-3630. Which ratchet I use depends on my whim... I usually use my 1/2" drive swivel head ratchet, but you can whatever.. straight handle, flex head, swivel head, breaker bar... it's yours to choose.

 

NO EGR AT ALL COST!!!!! Dont be fooled steep grade ahead. You will know you are on the road to success it will be uphill all the way. 02 and older, rebuilding is better than a bank note. You can apply fuel savings knowledge as you rebuild! .55 per mile for fuel @ 4.00 per gallon is a good starting goal. Fuel milage is KING DADDY! You wont smoke em on the down grade if you can do it! An ignorant nation will never be free. TJ

 

OH MY FREEKIN GAWD!!!!! **FACEPALM**

How can you buy a truck without doing 10 minutes worth of research online first?
NO YOU CAN NOT GO INTO CALIFORNIA!!!!

Colorado has legislation that is gaining traction that will require the same as ARB (Colorado House will be voting this session and it has the votes to pass). Probably be 2015 till its enacted. Ports in Houston, Maryland, New York/New Jersey all have some form or another of pending/proposed legislation....
Port of Seattle will begin requiring DPF in 2015....

Buying a pre DPF truck is a great idea if you have dedicated runs in the midwest and never need to go to any ports, Colorado, or California...

You can probably figgure out how to avoid CA for a while but 18 months from now you will be looking to replace that truck. Sorry to be so blunt but i hope anyone who is considering buying a truck will do some research. I just talked to an ex-employee who just bought an '06 Pete, his biggest contract does flatbed loads out of Fontana, he cant believe what I told him. How can you not invest 10 minutes before making a decision that could lead to bankruptcy if you get it wrong?????