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Got one of my toys back
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07-31-2007, 04:26 PM
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 Got one of my toys back
Got my toy truck back, its been at the mechanic shop since 2000 to have brakes fixed. I guess I am not high priority. It was a 1953 M37 Cargo truck when I got it out of a salvage yard, didn't run just got the cab and chassis. I always wanted a winch truck that could navigate in the mud to retrieve stuck farm machinery and dozers. I spent a lot of time and money in building it up to what I wanted, never did get it painted tho, doesn't seem to affect its ability to work tho. 3 winches, Main winch 40K tulsa, boom winch 15K with a 4 part line to poles, 20K tulsa for an auxiliary. PTO is transfer case powered, with 5 sp tranny for fwd and reverse and speeds. Each winch has a power divider that operates it with a low and a high speed. A quarter mile of cable and chains on it. mostly 5/8 , there is 245 ft of 7/8 on a reel and 300 ft of 5/8 on another below deck reel. 5/8, 7/8 and 1 inch short bridles coiled in old car tires. A a bumping device on the front for pushing semi's with trailers to start them, not shown is an 8 foot wide anchor blade that mounts on the back bumper. It has both the original 24 volt system and a 12 volt system for lighting. I am relearning how to operate it. LOL
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07-31-2007, 04:55 PM
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Dandy lil Tonka truck there jr. Nice!
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07-31-2007, 05:17 PM
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That's an M35 chassis - right? The M37 was a 3/4 ton without tandem axles. Looks like 1950's vintage and a very cool truck...they are great for doing some real work. |
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07-31-2007, 05:50 PM
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sorry you right M 35
__________________ Irnsrgn Knowledge must be shared or it lies dead in the mind. The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing. I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect. |
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07-31-2007, 08:16 PM
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I will take some pics of the other one, the Happy Hooker special for you Leah.
__________________ Irnsrgn Knowledge must be shared or it lies dead in the mind. The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing. I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect. |
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07-31-2007, 09:01 PM
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| One for the road!
WOW! I'm impressed with your truck. What we would call "Real Skookum". My friend in Vancouver use to run a towing business and he made all his own wreckers. He has one ton trucks, 3 ton trucks, a five ton and the largest one is a big Freightliner. I think the coolest truck he has is made from a 61 Ford tandem dump truck. And his '65 Chev 4 wheel drive with Detroit lockers. He would buy the winches and drive train and make the booms and decks and everything else. The stories I could tell you! I'll bet you will soon have some stories to tell from working your own truck. Real nice to see. Christopher
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04-04-2008, 10:02 PM
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I was working on "Ole Rusty" my old deuce-n-half winch truck today, got the turn signals working - a corroded terminal, the brake lights working - a broken wire, and the Mico Brake lock working - a bad fuse. Also found out why the 3rd winch wouldn't work, a key fell out of the engaging rod and the rod came out of the engaging lever. Also got the 8 ft wide blade anchor put on it. Pictures show it in the lowered and raised positions, there are 4 5/8 restrictor cables that limit it to going about 11 inches into the ground before they get tight. I have had it deep enough that the ground was even with the back edge of the bed.
__________________ Irnsrgn Knowledge must be shared or it lies dead in the mind. The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing. I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect. Last edited by irnsrgn; 04-04-2008 at 10:05 PM. |
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