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I am heading down Friday at about noon from just east of Indy.
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I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with that slick and fancy 5 ton! Great looking truck by the way. if no one is heading down through indy saturday morning I may take you up on that offer sir.
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I am planning on heading down from Warsaw early Saturday morning if that works for anyone. I have not picked a route yet.
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Just let me know.
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Sparky, sounds good to me but I won't be able to leave till Friday morning. The new job I picked up I'm working odd hrs, 3pm-5am Monday throu Friday but I only could manage to get Friday off.
Donnerwetter58, I understand where your coming from on oxford is a bit of a distance but, if for any reasone you can't leave till Friday let me know.
Dan, I still think you should meet up with me on Friday morning unless you can leave Thursday then by all means take advantage of the opportunity.
If anyone els is leaving out for haspin on Friday morning and is close to eaton, Ohio let me know, I would really like to team up with 1 or more to the rally. I really don't wante to travel alone just in case. Let me know if anyone wants to join my convoy.... FYI, I have only been there once.... I forget how to get there... Lol..
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I live not far from donnerwetter58 and will be heading out Friday, unless I decide to leave Thursday right after work. The after work thing would put me on the road about 18:00 hrs.
Friday morning has no set time at the moment.
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ok, I won't be getting off work till 0400 or 0500 Friday morning anyway so if you do want to leave on Thursday that's fine no biggy.
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rebelcummins - sent you a PM
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Hey rebelcummins... got some bad news for ya. bring your groin sling with you to haspin (PG-13 remember).... your going to need it to load all 28 tires in the back of your truck... were sleeping in the truck again this fall and at least I got our 3 oldest kids helping me load them... if you were coming on Thursday, we can back the truck together and roll them right in....
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what about using stxsix's crane to lift them in to the truck? just thinking out loud...
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Sure if Xtsix is up for it but they're not on rims, just tires... the tires are about 30lbs each. Not bad to lift but 28.... he's going to have to take intervals....
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So I was thinkin', separated dog bones are pretty common, and field repairs needed. We twist and contort
our old trucks over whoopty whoos and stress them to the max.
Thankfully, someone brings a welder and a bar is welded on to retain the bad bushing.
The hardest part seems to be getting the separated bushing back together.
So my thought is a truck ratcheting load binder to press the separated bushing back into place.
Does anybody have one of those they could bring to the rally? Gungearz? Rebelcummins?
Anyone have any other ideas to press them back on?
our old trucks over whoopty whoos and stress them to the max.
Thankfully, someone brings a welder and a bar is welded on to retain the bad bushing.
The hardest part seems to be getting the separated bushing back together.
So my thought is a truck ratcheting load binder to press the separated bushing back into place.
Does anybody have one of those they could bring to the rally? Gungearz? Rebelcummins?
Anyone have any other ideas to press them back on?
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Hmmmmm.... I might be able to grab one or pick one up at harbor freight.... what size you thinkin'...? I am going to be bringing 6 spare deuce dog bones... you 5 ton guys just need to be alittle careful....
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I have a high lift Jack. Last time it took a westycucv and my truck to play tug o war on a 5 ton to get it back to together.
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Yep, I was there. Gimp used a fire hose twisted to draw it into place, right?
not sure how the high lift would have worked in that case.
Will someone have a welder?
Another thought, is it usually a bushing in a certain location that seperates?
I may install retainers as a preemptive strike.
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augiedoggy;1419805 Will someone have a welder? Another thought said:
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Stretch I think had come up with some keepers that were 3 inch circles with a half inch hole that you bolted to the bushing after drilling and taping a hole in it.
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Pm sent back.
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No biggy for me, I won't be able to show up till Friday morning so if you throw them off ill reload them in my truck when I get there.
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ill bring some stuff, don't worry I have a 13,200 LB welder too.