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With the price of diesel headed north with no end in sight you are going to pay a premium to have it shipped even on a back haul.
A "Hot Shot Rig" (big dually with gooseneck trailer) can haul a deuce and usually beats the price of a full sized commercial rig.
You can try Uship or other such...
Welcome to the Green Iron Laughing Accademy.:cookoo:
If you play nice Gimpy will let you follow him to the GA Rally in Oct.
More fun than watching midgets f........errrrrrr....well it's lots of fun.
I once used a P-38 can opener (came with the old C-rations) to fix a heater hose on a 68 Dodge dart. This was before the Leatherman tools came on the scene.
It was leaking right where it went into the manifold.....I used the end to unscrew the hose clamp, used the blade to cut off an inch of...
Anytime you are backing a deuce up you should be in Low Range......this will keep the truck from bucking and jumping around and will give you more time to react to the movement of the trailer.
The truck turns a lot easier when it is rolling and you don't need as much "Armstrong Steering" to...
I put a lot of miles on those cargo trucks in Korea......just don't like that double breasted Driptriot diesel.
Ya done good....
Oh yea....I CAN'T HAVE NOTHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have looked at a lot of vehicles on GSA http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/gsaauctions/
and most of them looked like they had been rode hard and put up wet.
GL is still my drug of choice but there prob are some good vehicles out there on other sites.
Your milage may vary.
In cold weather in your neck of the woods I would go with 50/50 UMO and gasoline.
Make sure it is well filtered if it is coming from a tank that catches all the waste oil in the shop.
Water/anti-freeze or other contaminants are your enemy.
Unless it is colder that an Eskimo's hind end two high CCA batteries will crank the 250 Cummins unless you have an issue that causes you to drain the batteries.
I put two Tractor Supply high CCA batteries in my last M915 (400 Cummins) and never had an issue with it cranking.
If you go with...
I second that......you can either use the magnetic ones or mount them on a piece of angle iron and use some C-clamps to hold them on when you want to use it on the road.
Has your EUC cleared yet?
I'll be heading up to Redstone to preview some trucks but I can't go until the auction actually starts (GL's BS rules) so it will be week after next.
I have a good working relationship with Teresa and the GL crew up there so I can help get it on a trailer if needed...
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