[AT] Can you hear me now? Rust

[charliehill]

Steve, have you ever used or had any experience with this outfit? 
http://www.hackneyev.com/rescue/index.htm

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Can you hear me now? Rust


> Cecil Bearden wrote:
>> I used to read all the trucking magazines and I remember a
>> advetisement about one of the trailer manufacturers who put all of
>> their wiring in plastic flexible conduit and it connected in
>> waterproof junction boxes much like liquidtight conduit.  Otherwise,
>> liquidtight is out there why in the world wouldn't they use it on a
>> fire truck.    On a brush pumper I cannot think of anything that is
>> subject to more wiring problems.  The wiring should be run on top of
>> the vehicle.
>>
>> I recently was at a pecan harvesting machinery manufacturer, I asked
>> why something was done the way it was when watching a cracking
>> machine.   I was told to stick with engineering dams and reservoirs
>> and he would stick to the mechanical engineering....
>>
>> I almost told the smart a** that I had my first career in Mechanical
>>  engineering and switched over to civil because all the jobs had gone
>>  overseas..   Now I correct civil engineering mistakes in foundations
>> and water retention embankments..
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>
> I WISH it was even close to that. I had high hopes for the 96 E-One we
> got. It's a commercial chassis pumper. The body is welded aluminum
> extrusions and sheet stock. It is holding up pretty well.
>
> The wiring on the other hand HAD to have been assembled by a crew of
> drunken 5 year old with poor eyesight....
>
> Color code? Yeah right, you find 6 wires all of the same color doing
> entirely unrelated things.
>
> Conduit or tie stanchions? What are those? They used self adhesive zip
> tie blocks to attach the wiring to the aluminum. Care to guess how long
> that cheap white double stick foam lasted....
>
> How about running the wiring out of the way of the pump controls? Sure,
> they tie wrapped wires directly to the control rods!!!! Except for the
> main harness bundle they hung directly over the main PTO shaft to the
> pump. Ever seen what happens when a harness gets caught in a PTO turning
> at 1500 rpm? I can tell you it ain't pretty, although I will say it
> didn't kill the engine, EVERYTHING else yep, but the engine and PTO kept
> winding right along. At least until the engine harness connection was
> torn out through the cab floor....
>
> That one got a visit from the E-One guys because I told them straight
> out, if they didn't send out a couple techs to repair it and get it back
> in service, I would personally use the rig to level their shop in
> Saulsbury. And they KNEW I meant it.
>
> I still have some repairs to do because they insisted on using the same
> tie wrap block again. When I do the repairs I use a pull stud coated
> with silicone that gets installed in a drilled hole.
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
>
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