[AT] Lancaster Ads

[Mike Sloane]

Great story, Paul.

I have never hauled that far, but I did bring home my Case 430CK from 
about 40 miles away. The trip was up and down some steep hills, and the 
trailer had no brakes. Like you, my uphill runs started out at the speed 
limit, but the old F350 was wheezing at 35 by the time I would get to 
the top, then it was a white knuckle trip down the other side. I didn't 
realize at the time that I was at or over the limit of my 7000 lb 
trailer. Fortunately, the truck's brakes were up to the job (back then - 
since then I have lost them twice due to rusted lines!). See 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/case_430_ck/case_430_ck_coming.html> 
for an image arriving home. The truck finally got too far gone for me to 
put up with, and it went out on the back of a junkyard rollback this 
March. But Cecil Monson and I had some great road trips over the years 
with that old beast and no-brakes trailer.

Mike

Paul Waugh wrote:
> Well, I bought from the ads.  I had been wanting a bigger JD, to
> replace one I sold years ago (dumb). I found one in Mike's ads.  They
> guy was a little surprised when I called from NE and lived in IN on
> an ad he put in a local paper.  We talked and it sounded good. I got
> back on Tuesday, got borrowed trailer ready, Wed, you know lights,
> brakes and such. My trailer just is not big enough.
> 
> I took my 5 yr old grandson and left early Thursday, We got there at
> 6:30 that evening (556 mi). Everything was as he described.  It does
> not have 3 pt hitch, but that can be dealt with.  Loaded up and it
> started raining.  Rechained after 50 mi, now getting dark and still
> raining.  I68 across MD has a few "hills". Enough that I hit several
> at 65 mph and topped at 35 mph. My truck has miles on it but is no
> dog, it was just a darn hard haul, then down the other side in rain,
> fog and semis that wanted me the h-ll out of the way.  I shut down
> and we slept until close to daylight. It was much better in daylight.
> By now I could see and knew how to hit the hills.
> 
> We got home Friday afternoon, all went well, sure glad I had good
> brakes on the 10,000 lb trailer load (guessing).  I can see someone
> showing up with a 7,000 gvw trailer and 1/2 ton pick up. I mean
> tractor weighs about 5500, so 7000 gvw is enough, hahaha. It would
> not have been a good site.
> 
> Tractor looks good, very straight, and runs even better.
> 
> My tractor story for the week.
> 
> Paul - IN