well I could hire more gravel delivered but not me I can haul it myself so put a battery in the old grain truck (F750 with twin cly dump) out back & started getting it ready for inspection .
Found no brakes. New project tear down rear drums. It has 6”x15” shoes with 2 wheel clys per side. So I called local parts not available, called Springfield brake $260. A side for cly. Called Inland big truck parts in KC, MO. $ 80. A side but took 2 weeks to get here & they didn’t send all the parts ordered. Called back reordered so a another week weighting called to see what happened “o these must be your parts under my desk been wondering were they went, another 4 days got the adjuster & spring kits but hub seals. Called again he says o we don’t have those.
So back to Oriley’s & he cant cross the old seals # this truck has a 19000 lb rear axle there book says its supposed to be 15000 lb axle so we search every year ford truck in book looking for one that has a 19000 lb axle or one that used 6x15 shoes . Well in 1981 the book shows the 19000lb possible 2 different seals so I bought all 4, 2 of one possible & 2 of the other possible $149.00 well one of them fit but I had to cut the wear ring off for it to work.
Now my truck is ready for inspection but my INS man wants commercial INS $900. For 6 months on it because he knows I own a saw mill. The last time I INS it as a grain truck at $12. A month. I have owned sawmill since 1994 & have never hauled a log with this truck as it’s too tall to load.
Mean while my solar kiln sits weighting patiently for the new projects to catch up.
Do you ever wonder how those guys can build a hole house in 7 days
Hell iam only ½ done with footings 3 months later & still arguing with INS guy, probably going to get new INS guy over this
