[AT] Right to repair

[Cecil Bearden]

International Harvester still builds one.  I have seen 3 around here.  
The big Chevy  is usually used by Backhoe operators to tow a gooseneck 
with a Backhoe.   I have a 1998 C 8500 Chevrolet with a 3126 Cat and 
Allison auto I built for pulling  trailers, it stays hooked to my 30ft 
tandem dual w/ hydraulic tail.  It is fine around town and for short 
hauls, but with a cab tractor on it and heading West out of OKC on I-40, 
it is under powered.  There is usually a 20mph wind out of the NW or SW 
and there is a slight upgrade, 300ft in 70 miles with a river in 
between.  I pushed the firewall out 2 inches the first time trying to 
make 60mph.  The return trip it will make 70mph.  The wind resistance of 
a cab really pulls a truck down.  The tractor weighs about 12500.
Cecil

On 11/27/2019 9:05 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> Don’t know if you’ve ever seen one, but you can get a Chevy 4-1/2 ton pickup. It’s actually a commercial vehicle with a pickup bed. We saw one in the church parking lot one Sunday and thought somebody parked a semi truck overnight in the church parking lot.
>
> When we got home I googled 4-1/2 ton Chevy pickup and it took me to their commercial website.
>
> Can’t imagine what it cost or how useful it actually would be, but I guess if you’re into having the biggest and baddest pickup on the block, it’s the one for you.
>
> If I remember correctly, a few years back, I think somebody like Mack trucks offered a large pickup. It looked like a large dump truck with a pickup bed. One really big pickup.
>
>
> Carl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
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> Sent: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:16:34 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [AT] Right to repair
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>
> On 2019-11-26 9:30 p.m., Cecil Bearden wrote:
>> IMHO the best pickups GM built were the 73-85 models.  They still had
>> cables to control the Ac vents, and simple controls.  I got a newer
>> pickup last year, a 2011 Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4, it has a lot of
>> extras.  My biggest objection is thhe same as I have with all the new
>> pickups.  They are as tall as my 2ton Grain truck if not taller!!
>> What is the deal with all these trucks that require a step ladder to
>> get into the cab or bed??    Now we use a Polaris Ranger where we used
>> to use a pickup....
>> just a ramble
>> Cecil
>
> Yes, if I could buy another "new" pickup like the 1981 I currently use,
> I would. I can reach over the side, or climb right in to the box to
> reach anything. Without a step ladder. And its got a full sized 8 foot
> long box. Something it seems a lot of newer trucks don't have and I find
> a bit ridiculous. Massive high riding trucks with double the power of my
> old 81 but a little box not much bigger than the old car trunks. They
> are not built for the working man. And lets not even start talking about
> the price of them. There will never be a new truck in my future.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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