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Our Union training center has an M35 fuel tanker that is still in use. The tank is now run off a small horsepower pony motor instead of running off the pto. A lot of the apprentices are afraid to drive it, so they bring the equipment to the tanker instead of vise versa. Hopefully when the...
Blew a front rigid brake line, luckily I was still in the barn with the truck. Replaced the line and bled the brakes all the way around. Ready to roll!
I've had the soft lines swell shut on my pick-up. When I did the wheel cylinders on my Deuce, I took some clean mig welding wire .030" and gently thread it into the flexible lines. Measure the line then measure the amount of wire threaded into it. If it matches or is longer than the soft line...
Welcome from Ohio! That was a really great buy! One axle is worth that alone! Read everything you can in the TMs that's relevant to your vehicle. There is unlimited information on this site, so become a sponge.
Welcome from Ohio! Also to add to your list might be a torque multiplying wrench with an inch and a half socket, for the lug nuts, also a budd socket for the inner duals. If you don't have one of those, make sure you have a powerful impact, as the lug nuts are torqued between 325 and 350 lb...
We just loaded up a 138 Link Belt using a removable gooseneck trailer yesterday. Even under ideal conditions you still have to be careful, have the proper cribbing and rubber softeners or old mud flaps to lay down on the trailer so the tracks have grip on the metal trailer. Slow deliberate...
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