Ours was a stake body with a hydralic boom for lifting potato barrels and later
culverts. Most of the time I was running it I'd go about 2 miles out to a
field to pickup barrels, then back to the potato house to unload barrels, then
back to the field. Keep it running all the time theres no battery to restart
with so if it stalls you better have some hill or a tractor...
The other job I'd have was to haul fuel out for the tractor, use the boom to
swing a 55 gallon of diesel up and strap it behind the cab, pull up as close as
I could get to the tractor, get the water bottle from the cab for the tractor
driver, run a hose over and crank 10 or 15 gallons of diesel being careful not
to overfill or spill any. Wipe off any spill, get the water bottle back, get
the hose back, drain the pump and put it in the toolbox, back to the barn,
unload the barrel and refill from the big tank, then back for more potatoes. We
never hauled fuel and potatoes at the same time.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 21:12:43 -0600
From: Dan Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] KB-7s, was shift patterns, was dogleg trans
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They ARE quite a beast. My brother owns two, a '42 stake body and a
'48 gin pole. He wanted to take both to the Antique Truck Historical
Society nationals this summer, so I got to drive the '42, towing his
Ford Explorer as a dinghy. Never felt the Explorer back there. It
would cruise at 55, eventually, but liked 45 better. I had a blast
driving the thing. Once you got used to the weird gears, and if you
can double-clutch, it was pretty easy to drive, with relatively light
steering and very strong brakes. Not quiet or smooth, by any means,
but the crank-open windshield sure is great for keeping cool. I want
one on my non-ac-equipped vanagon! Wouldn't mind ten gears in that
one, either.
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Dan Weeks
82 VW Westfalia 1.6 TD conversion 186k
82 Mercedes 300SD, 275k
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Car is not perfect. Tach is inop. Car is running when they took the dash
picture.
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>Holy O'Bearcats!
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>http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5E41207C
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>This has been on before. Wonder why it's back? Bring yer wallet.
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>Bob Rentfro
>'77 300D 146K
>Litchfield Park, AZ
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