Alcoas are the best truck rims that ever were and I will accept no argument on that. You can class up any kind of truck 1000000% just by fitting a nice set of Alcoas. This one's going to be really nice when it's done, no doubt.
When I started building cars an old parts guy told me, you can have it fast, good or cheap, Pick two. and in the following decades that has turned out to the absolute truth. Love this project.
If you want wider tires get wide base singles rather than super singles. Also the wide base singles are generally available in a more aggressive tread design. The wide base singles were developed for highway trucks where the super single are geared more towards mining and construction.
A divorced transfer case and live front axle would be interesting. Holmes 600 twin boom pto wrecker frame would be useful. PTO front winch from a military truck would be fitting. Flat bed the rest. Wrecker booms make for handy yard cranes; will use the truck more often for projects with the booms. Example: Can lift up or hold something heavy from a project, for a long time period, instead of using a fork lift and not be able to use the fork lift for other tasks. Handy for recovering old equipment that's remote and heavy. Can still do an Edison conversion later on and demonstrate the pto capabilities; quietly without running the engine. Be a good static demonstration; can't take a crowd on a drive.
i just finished that job on my 55' Chevy 1 ton, I put a 87 C35 diff in so I could use 16" wheels and tires, LOTS of drilling and bolting but like you I like the look.
Now it's starting to look like a proper truck. If you do get worried about road debris flinging up, you can do the cheap trick of using garden edger to make flares off the fenders. Still looks great as it is, because you just don't see these anymore, especially in Fargo or DeSoto name.
A 2stroke Stihl(type) demo saw always feels good & manly to start & run, except when you cutting a bunch of concrete, especially in a closed area - ask me how I know!! Makes you do the Tim Allen Tool time - "Arhh, arhh, arrhh"! Doing a concrete floor cut in a small commercial restaurant\bar bathroom for drain line tie-in & owner 'forgot' to notify alarm company, so Fire Dept shows up not once but twice because of the dust getting to smoke alarm detectors and setting off fire alarm at alarm company, which sends fire department full lights & sirens!.!👍🏻👌🏻💪🏻😷🤦🏻♂️
Rich, all 6 or 9 series 10 and 15 speeds can be overdrive. You just need the Eaton-Fuller tech sheet, it tells you what gears to swap over. You end up with 4th next to 3rd, 5th is beside 2nd.
Two things: LOVE those tires! B. I think enameled black for the hubs would look classic. and 3. Are you going to need a little more clearance on the cab side of the front wheels? Three things. Love the tires, enameled black, more clearance. And is there a plan for cab color? Four things...
Mostly gloss-black with just a bit of chrome for the headache rack would be a good look. It would pick up the polished rims and black tyres, as well as those shiny headlights in the black surrounds.
Have ever looked into the effectiveness of zinc metal spraying - as seen on the Retropower channel - for protecting against snow/salt corrosion? Seems like a bit of a game-changer.
goofy all the nice things you have built setting out in the weather, time to put up a building to store them in and make sure to plan for future builds
Desalt makes a 60v cordless maniac saw I do truck and fab work at a large concrete company and use it constantly. It is faster for cutting angles. No setup time. And perfect for chassis and frame work.
Those gas chop saws are great, if you get decent cutting wheels you can get a lot of cutting done very cheaply 👍 and don’t have to worry about burning everything as bad as a torch, but I still love my torch too! 🤣
Started a new job, coming from the same company my boss had worked for previously, so he knew it wasn't a Mickey Mouse background. Younger kid was upset I was put in charge. Mentioned my education, experience, being twice as old, etc. Asked him what his experience was. Had worked one summer as a landscape labourer. Asked him if he had cut block, and with that asked him to cut out all the rebar from the concrete we had been demolishing. He came back asking if they'd buy him new work boots. He had cut the toe clean off. How he didn't smell the burning rubber, feel heat, etc. Lucky he still had all his toes. Kid wasn't all there, that's for sure.
@@wihamaki I watched a kid fill a chop saw with gas, set the gas can down directly behind where he was just cutting, and then proceed to start cutting the bundle of rebar again showering the gas can with sparks……guess what happened next 🤣 some people just don’t have common sense built in to their heads.
My Stihl chop saw is my favorite tool after my excavator. Cuts up mobile home frames like butter. No adhesions from incomplete cutting with a torch. No carrying around heavy tanks and fifty feet of hose getting tangled.
@@lightningdemolition1964 absolutely, they are perfect for cutting up stuff like that, and way cheaper than getting a tank of acetylene filled. I rarely ever use my cutting torch for cutting, mostly just heating rusted things but it’s nice to have the option to nip something off with 👍
My kids thought i was yelling at someone talking to some atv tires and wheels. Ive done all kinds of tires by hand, some of the worst were yamaha tri-moto tires with rusty wheels. Absolute nightmare!!!@smaksymiv4950
I did tires for a while. You get good at all of them. Worst I've had were rear forklift tire lock rings. They make special tools but very doable with bars. But can really get you going for sure.
actually they do make tire machines for the big trucks, when I worked for the Army they had them in their tire shop. 2 minutes to remove a tire 2 minutes to install a tire, that includes setup.
Thanks for the video. Good video. get the metric 10 speed, one that has a high overdrive 10 speed if you need to know more information on it, I can tell you exactly which one it is
That is looking really good, Just like that girl we've all known and was happy to have for the little time we had her. I've got an old Fruehauf 12 foot box from the mid 80's but the hardware sure looks mid 50's or 60's and I want something to put under it like an LCF or COE, it came with a 75' GMC 1 ton, 166 inch wheelbase, and regular 16 inch dually's, and really it just doesn't look that good, but I've got the motor nearly done, looking for a 5 speed to replace the 4 speed compound low, but would rather make that an 8' foot bed, and lowered and replace the cab and chassis with something deifferent like that Fargo, she's a badass unit. Do you have any ideas?
I did road service for big truck tires and full chang outs on truck and trailer in plants in Houston.. if you're not sweating your not working fast enough...
Mister try Micky Tomson . All kinds of tread patterns. Or use to be.. And cooper 's l ran them on my big truck.for years and they areade here. ? Or use to be. .
Working all those years at Mack, we stretched and shortened frames all the time. The L reinforcement was to reduce flex due to load weight being more than the original frame could do safely. Even short frames for concrete trucks sometimes had one inside and one outside. The reason we sold alot of Guilder Kits (cab/frame - no dr train) was because you could license it as a new truck and depreciate it again for taxes. But I'm sure your doing the opposite is for insurance purposes. huh??
Question about the juice box breaks? If it can be driven by any G license driver In Ontario, Does that also mean it could be serviced by say 310S instead of a 310T tech ?
I laughed so hard at the comparison of the wheels and tires and the narcissistic, mean girl that your friends don't like, but is so good looking, hahaha
3:30 heck yea that looks loooza better!!! I mean ''classic look'' is all fine and dandy for CLASSIC STUFF :) LOL resisting the urge to skipppo to the end to see the ''results'' lol hahahahahahahaha well that messes with the alrgrowthrythemz probababally!! LOL
It would be a great fit. Once we figure out how to put the generator behind existing engines, this one might get one, but it will be more difficult with it being a mechanical engine
