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S orry for the delay. I’m a bit swamped with too many projects and not enough time to get them all done. I have two left. Once I figure out what to charge, I’ll get back with.

Thank you!

Before, during and…. Time to get out the big hammers, pry bars, pipe and crescent wrenches. I can get the metal pretty hot just got to work out the steps needed to straighten this thing out.

You can try commercial semi shops. At one time, these canisters were sold at several different truck stops.

Sounds good, thank you for the info. My son is the welder, I’ll ask him to handle the heating up part. Definitely do not want to bend more metal than I am trying to fix.

How hot do you think it needs to go? I’ve got a propane torch and a oxy fuel welder. Not sure which I should use.

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Been down with a case of the creeping awfuls. Haven’t been able to get out to the shop. Hope this goes away quick… Progress, got the driver’s side rear frame all cleaned up and primered. Next will be primering the various pieces parts and reassemble them on the truck. I’m thinking on waiting to...

Many thanks! My spring bolts are all slightly bent. Not too sure if I’d trust them on a cross country.

The steering wheel is the same as the one installed on the G85 bomb truck.

Today I took apart my first shock absorber linkage. It doesn’t appear to be leaking so I’ll save a complete tear down . Cleaned it all up. Got all the attaching parts all cleaned up as well. I’m going to go ahead and and reinstall the overloads. Might make for a bumpy ride. One side done, next...

I thought about posting some pics for the tool junkies in the group. This past year was a bumper crop of odd, old and different tools and tool boxes.

Next for this location, one very dirty shock absorber. I’ll clean it up and then check the fluid level. This past year, at an estate sale, I found a fairly large tool collection from very long ago. Ford Model A tools among other things. In one of the boxes, I found a brand new, unopened can of...

One cleaned up spring stack. Since I have the overload parts and spring leaves, I’ll go ahead and use them, once I clean them up. The bolts that hold the stack together are all worn. Not too badly but why chance it. The center bolt is 7 inches long. I’m pretty sure they’re available at any parts...

I’ve got the entire left rear area completely torn down. I’ve cleaned up the leaf springs, u bolts and overload limiters (at least I think that’s what their called) stripped and in the case of the limiters, primed and ready for the next steps. The pics I took during the tear down. I’ll get more...

Paint removal 95% complete. Waiting for some parts to fix leaking seals. Once those are fixed, I’ll give it a good cleaning with alcohol and start painting it.

And the paint removal goes on. Some of the paint needing removal must have been made out of unobtainium, the hardest substance in the universe. Thank goodness for a good grinder and some heavy duty steel wire wheels.

The truck in the QTP was built by the Kovatch Corporation. It was built on a Volvo Chassis. Is this the truck you’re asking about? Maintaining these monsters is a full time job. Fuel filter replacements can be a bit pricey. First time you do a defuel, you can be almost guaranteed to change...

It’s the Oshkosh R-11. 5,000 gallons capacity. Will single point (pressure refuel) and over the wing (non pressurized). Will also defuel using the two methods.

I must have fuels dozens of helicopters with this type refueler. Not sure what I’d do with one either. They are beasts!