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  1. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I had Western plows on CUCV trucks. I never had to remove a front sway bar. I still have the plow mount from Big Red M1008. Oh, the Horror. All good things must come to an end.
  2. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    This is after Mondays 6" snow. The piles are higher than my truck. Today brought 60* weather and a massive melt is under way. The CUCV M1008 spreader truck has a broken main shaft in the transmission. It would go in gear but no power was transmitted thru the transfer case. I removed the...
  3. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I made some huge snow piles with the loader and the lot pusher. I think we will have snow up till Memorial day. Cleaning up piles of snow with a 3 yard bucket is like trying to empty a box car of salt with a teaspoon. Mindless, monotonous work. But it pays well. And with a heated cab it is nice...
  4. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    Its snowing again here in Pennsylvania. Oh Joy.
  5. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    Divorced transfer case. Yes they were awesome plow trucks. Maybe I got my tall boys mixed up with my Budweiser bottles. A few of them years were a blur back then. Now the CUCV is bleeding the transmission fluid into the transfer case and out the vent of the transfer case. Always something. Take...
  6. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    Today was not a good day for CUCV plow trucks here at the truck plant. Both CUCV's had transmission failure. Honestly if it were my call they would both be scrapped. I am getting better service from newer trucks now. I didn't think I would ever say that but I have been using newer trucks since...
  7. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    This is about how I feel after the past 3 days of plowing and digging snow. Today the sun is shining.
  8. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I have the luxury of having a loader and a back hoe so I decide where the water runs. I smash thru snow piles and spread them out everyday the sun is shining. It does create a lot of runoff if not managed. Keep it a far away from buildings as possible and shovel everyday to thin it out and get...
  9. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I would park on the uphill side and plow all down hill. I had a few lanes like that in the past. All mountain dirt roads. I used to drop off a truck the day before the snow or drive up with the plow raised and plow down hill. Plowing up hill is fruitless and hard on equipment. Good Luck.
  10. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    Have welder? All plows fit all trucks when you have a welder. CUCV was always good for plowing because the dual alternators. Now with the newer trucks and the high amp alternators available the old dual alternators are really not needed. But I have made several plows fit in the past. last 20...
  11. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I used the CUCV M1028 again today to clear out parking spots for cab chassis. I made an observation over the years that a cab chassis has more traction in forward then it does in reverse. I wonder if that is designed into the axle wrap on the springs. All the trucks chassis I move are helpless...
  12. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I am sure you all heard of 24 hours at Lemans. That is an endurance race at it's best. Well I just completed 48 hours at Wabash. The CUCV M1028 salt spreader truck ran thru 6 full shifts plowing and spreading salt and cinders. I was the user for the last 8 hours and I checked all the fluids and...
  13. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    None of the local scrappers wanted the truck because of the oil in the differentail and transmission. Other big scrap yards wanted a full title with a letterhead from the company saying it was OK to scrap. A local salvage yard took it as scrap and set it aside when I talked to him. It all worked...
  14. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    The little loader comes in real handy and saves this guys back. I saved the front frame section intact for the plow frame and new leaf springs. it also has the frame flange gussets. I put them gussets on several civilian trucks I worked on. After all the cutting and work I did come up with an...
  15. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    This is how I started today. Today this must be gone. The right cab mount had the bottom washer rusted off. The bolt came out and the mount was good and strong.This is a cross cut section of the floor. That sprayed in Line X held up well. It protected this truck well. The bed was a brush in...
  16. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    The scrap pile is growing again. Time to do some hauling again. My scrapping job is going well. Another few days and it will be history. That transmission was just rebuilt last year and has low mileage on it. I have other cases. Next one I need overhauled I am taking this is so they can harvest...
  17. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    I started working on my stripping project again today. i spent about 2 hours on it. The right fender, inner fender, right front axle 1/2 were my goal. At one time I had a hard time finding these battery brace attachment brackets. Now I have a few and doubt I will ever need them. That's the way...
  18. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    It was a long HOT weekend. I was out in the woods on a job clearing a path for a new modular home. As luck/fate would have it I was able to break a chain on the saw. Never broke a chain on a saw in my life. I hit a bullet or something in a large tree. And I also cut into a steel cable in the...
  19. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    Pintle hook yes. Have several. Front Axle broken in 3 places. See previous posts. Oil cooler line bracket. I will just make my own going forward. I don't need any myself. And you mention axles I had 2 pairs setting here for a few years. NOT a very popular item. I must be missing something. I...
  20. cucvrus

    CUCV Snow Plow Trucks and Spreaders

    Parental discretion is advised. Graphic content As I started on my project tonight. Just getting the good parts and destroying the rest as I was advised. I made a deal that the truck would never see the road again. I keep my word. It is decimated. Sawzall and a torch can quickly make things...
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