Hmm. Well....that would be longitudinally a bit long for my application. Why don't you throw it in the truck when you go to Mt. Pleasant, and I'll bring my tape measure.
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1978 K20 farm truck "Boring maintenance phase"
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1978 K20- Rusty beater farm truck
Hmm. Well....that would be longitudinally a bit long for my application. Why don't you throw it in the truck when you go to Mt. Pleasant, and I'll bring my tape measure.
It might be easier to just lay down a new sheet of metal/plywood/WhateverYouWereGoingToUse and keep the framing you already have.
But that depends on how much you have left.
I'll bring the skid to old threshers so you can take a gander!
If the box sides weren't so beat and the tailgate held shit with a ratchet strap I would fight harder to keep the box but it's just too far gone. The tail lights are only held in by 1 screw each due to the others having nothing to screw to. It's that rotten
If the box sides weren't so beat and the tailgate held shit with a ratchet strap I would fight harder to keep the box but it's just too far gone. The tail lights are only held in by 1 screw each due to the others having nothing to screw to. It's that rotten
My vote goes for the flatbed. I love flatbed trucks especially with big tires. I had a chevy once that the rear crossmember was completely gone. I stuck a 4x4 across the frame to support the bed under the floor and cut two holes and ran a ratchet strap around the bed, frame, and 4x4 to hold it all together. My buddies farm truck '99 super turd back in WI with well over 300,000 miles doesn't even have a front floor anymore in the bed. Too much rotten hay and shit in the bed I guess.
I really do like flatbeds on older chevy trucks. I'll just have to build side boards but that's not a big deal. And I've got spare diamond plate to patch the floor up with so that helps.
Necessary tools to retrieve throttle cable from suburban. El cheapo machete for the weeds, el cheapo socket set for the pedal, and pos Jeep for transport. The dogs don't like the Jeep as much they miss the K20, as do I.
Why I can't just buy premade plug wires like a normal person is beyond me. Probably wouldn't have taken me two hours
My supervisor was on duty. The truck might as well be hers. Her favorite thing after us humans is this damn truck
Plug wires in. Still have more finalizing to do with all the other wiring but it's getting there.
Rigged up my little inline carter TBI specific pump that I bought a year ago in an attempt to get it to start and run off of the saddle tank long enough to turn it around so I can rip the bed off. Sadly the pump died but I did fire it on brake clean briefly just to make sure it would. It actually sounded very good for the few seconds it idled.
Going to get back after it when I get back to the house, the dogs were getting clingy again so i took them back to one of the hay fields to blow off some steam. The other three are off digging holes in search of rodents just out of frame
Why I can't just buy premade plug wires like a normal person is beyond me. Probably wouldn't have taken me two hours
My supervisor was on duty. The truck might as well be hers. Her favorite thing after us humans is this damn truck
Plug wires in. Still have more finalizing to do with all the other wiring but it's getting there.
Rigged up my little inline carter TBI specific pump that I bought a year ago in an attempt to get it to start and run off of the saddle tank long enough to turn it around so I can rip the bed off. Sadly the pump died but I did fire it on brake clean briefly just to make sure it would. It actually sounded very good for the few seconds it idled.
Going to get back after it when I get back to the house, the dogs were getting clingy again so i took them back to one of the hay fields to blow off some steam. The other three are off digging holes in search of rodents just out of frame
I'm surprised you haven't sold off that jeep yet, with how the truck collection continues to swell.
The Jeep is actually one of my favorite things to drive. The up to 23mpg on the highway in a 4wd that I can also haul people in is dang good. Although I'm going to wreck the good mileage with a 3" and 31's once these tires are worn out
Got it turned around and the bed off. Actually got the front four bolts out easily. The rears and the big hitch all had to meet the torch.
Cut the rivets on the rear crossmember then slid it clear back. Called it quits here for today to get some relaxation in before the races this evening. Need to dig through the steel pile for material for the tank mounting tomorrow. The tank is actually a few inches to high right here. The fuel filler wouldn't clear a stock bed or the flatbed as it sits.
Hopefully tomorrow goes well and I can get the tank mounted. Once that's done the fuel lines should go rather quickly then on to exhaust then the bed mounting.
Cut the rivets on the rear crossmember then slid it clear back. Called it quits here for today to get some relaxation in before the races this evening. Need to dig through the steel pile for material for the tank mounting tomorrow. The tank is actually a few inches to high right here. The fuel filler wouldn't clear a stock bed or the flatbed as it sits.
Hopefully tomorrow goes well and I can get the tank mounted. Once that's done the fuel lines should go rather quickly then on to exhaust then the bed mounting.
You cheater with your service truck.
If I ever leave field service I'm going to have to buy one of my own. I've gotten so spoiled it's not even funny!
I know what you mean, mine at work doesn't have a crane or welder but all my tools in one place and they buy all of them for me so I am spoiled also.
That'd be alright! All the tools in it are mine and no welder which is ok by me
Back when I worked in AG I'd always have old farmers stop me at gas stations and ask "would you come weld something really quick for me?" Last thing I needed was for a weld to fail because it would instantly be "the Ziegler guys fault."
So this morning I spent the better part of an hour digging through my various steel piles looking for straps for the tank and a good to make another crossemember out of. I have 24' of rectangle tube but it's stored at a location with no power and my cordless sawzall blows. I was about to resort to dragging a generator over there when I remembered I bought these.
They're saddle type sprayed tanks for mounting on a tractor. There's nothing wrong with them but we don't need them. I scored them at auction last year for $10 just for the two 12' chunks of 4x4x.25" square tube. And they even have he strap iron I need to make tank straps. Now if the rain would quit
They're saddle type sprayed tanks for mounting on a tractor. There's nothing wrong with them but we don't need them. I scored them at auction last year for $10 just for the two 12' chunks of 4x4x.25" square tube. And they even have he strap iron I need to make tank straps. Now if the rain would quit
I've been slacking badly on updates but still slowly making some progress. Yesterday I was at the Missouri farm progress show (the Midwest old threshers reunion) where I ran into @campfire.
Came back today and crossed a good number of things off the list. Will up date with pictures later but it does run and sound good.
Came back today and crossed a good number of things off the list. Will up date with pictures later but it does run and sound good.
Yay!
How is it running without wiring the ecm?
How is it running without wiring the ecm?
Old Threshers was fun. Glad you were able to sneak in a few minutes before we headed out.
And when did old threshers become a Missouri thing?
And when did old threshers become a Missouri thing?
The key on power wire is currently just stripped back and stabbed into the fuse panel
Old Threshers was fun. Glad you were able to sneak in a few minutes before we headed out.
And when did old threshers become a Missouri thing?
I've heard the old threshers reunion referred to as "Missouri farm progress show" for as long as I can remember. It's making fun of Missouri
Nice progress sir!
How about a picture of the flat bed?
How about a picture of the flat bed?
Hahaha. Haven't heard that one before. Even wifey laughed (she's from the state of Misery).
