Desert Rats Dump truck

[Hookin1]

Had to work this morning So i'm getting a late start,hope to leave by 1300(for mike )1:00pm for everone else

I'll get picks and if i have problems i imagine edddie will take plenty of pics,if he has to come get me.Oh by the way 14 degrees and snow.............lovely!

 

[Hookin1]

Okay i have posponed the trip till morning,had a little problem with my tow lights,fixed now.But with a low tonight of 8 degrees,i think i'll wait till tommorow.gonna be 32degrees(heat wave)tommorow.Not that i don't think the duece will make it(we all know how well the cabs are sealed to keep out the cold )also it would have been dark when i got there and i would rather work on it in the daylght.

 

[Hookin1]

Okay DR's truck is still there,the brackets i had made don't fit,tried drilling the frame rails to mount the tow shackles no luck.My alternator took a dump,and now the clutch is slipping.

Dr's dump truck=2
Hookins duece=0

Try to figure something out don't know what yet.

 

[Desert Rat]

Sorry Lance!

 

[Hookin1]

It's okay DR,Will give it another shot as soon as i get the truck up and going again.I'm hoping the clutch got covered with oil.Think the rear main is leaking a lot more.The truck started up fine today after driving all the way back showing no charge,with the headlights on all the way back so maybae not as bad as i thought.Pretty sure i'm going to have to put a clutch in though.I'll post the pics as soon as i resize them.

 

[Desert Rat]

Thanks Lance!

 

[eddiec]

if all else fails, just let me know, we'll work something out

 

[Desert Rat]

Guys,

Whatever works for y'all is good to me. Just let me know. Thanks!

 

[Hookin1]

Here are the pics from the second attempt.Gonna get it this weekend if i have to call in the army

 

[Recovry4x4]

Lance, how do you plan on moving that thing? Did it have a front bumper? If it did, might be able to put axle clamps around it and towbar it.

 

[red devils dude]

how about one piece at a time

 

[wallew]

hookin1,
I FLAT LOVE YOUR PAINT JOB! Dude, it's excellent. What are the colors? Mine needs a repaint and THAT is awesome.

jim

 

[Desert Rat]

RDD,

Gee, thanks for the morale booster!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I'm headed up there (to Howard's) this evening!!!! Is it 1530 yet?!?!?!?!?

I have camera, will take pics, lots and lots of pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mangus580]

DR, you located your camera?

 

[Desert Rat]

Yep. It was under the 1008 I was looking at.

 

[Hookin1]

Jim,

The paint i get from work.I work for a cat dealer and we stock military paint. Since we rebuild the military's cat equipment.It comes in cat spray cans or 5 gallon buckets.The green is labled as mil-green 383,the brown or tan? is labled as mojave brown. the wheels are a semi-gloss flat black.

And yes i used spray cans when i repainted the truck (green thumb then brown thumb then black thumb)

 

[Hookin1]

Oh by the way right at this time which is 3:30 pm (or 1530 for mike)
Eddie is loading DR's truck on the wrecker and fixing to head back to Evansville with it.Thank God..................it's finally gonna get here.

 

[wallew]

I got a voice mail from DR at 4:46pm MST. I posted his travel update under conversations. If a mod would like to move it over here, that's fine with me.

Just was NOT sure where to post it.

Hookin1,
Do you sell the paint? Or know where I could get it. I am NOT adverse to spray cans or green/brown/black thumbs!

 

[emmado22]

Hookin,

Do you have tan 686A in spray cans???

 

[Hookin1]

I can get the paint from work and ship it to you.Have to check on the tan 22.....Met DR at Howards sunday and passed off ownership of his dumptruck,Pics will be posted soon.