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I brought my new to me 97 1084a0 home this past Wednesday
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I brought my new to me 97 1084a0 home this past Wednesday
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I brought my new to me 97 1084a0 home this past Wednesday with help from my dad and brother. The truck is in great shape. Got it from a Police Dept in Alabama. Went down with a bed full of tools, and a 100 gal fuel tank. Did get a spare tire, cause the truck didn’t have one, from @tennmogger on the way down, again thank you for meeting up that morning. Didn’t know if I needed the fuel or not so I prepared for the worst, but worked out regardless it was cheaper back home. I checked the truck over for the 275 mile trip. Checked the drive lines for play, checked all fluids, and topped off the hub fluids. Only issues I know of right now is the ctis has the five solid lights on the ecu. The passenger door must have been replaced and it is missing all the inside hardware. It latches and has a window, and that’s about it lol. Lastly the crane is in unknown condition as they said they had never tried to operate it since they got it. Good things are it has new batteries and the tires are newer with except two with older date codes. All having 95% tread. It had two extra bed sides stored inside the storage compartment and the ladder is there as well. All fluids looked great. Was hoping to find a crane remote but no such luck. The truck was in a routine maintenance program they said, and they said when they got it and another 1078 they went up and drove them back from Kentucky. The trip went uneventful and it ran & operated great. The temps on everything stayed cool, checked everything with a ir thermometer. Only got one picture as of now
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I brought my new to me 97 1084a0 home this past Wednesday with help from my dad and brother. The truck is in great shape. Got it from a Police Dept in Alabama. Went down with a bed full of tools, and a 100 gal fuel tank. Did get a spare tire, cause the truck didn’t have one, from @tennmogger on the way down, again thank you for meeting up that morning. Didn’t know if I needed the fuel or not so I prepared for the worst, but worked out regardless it was cheaper back home. I checked the truck over for the 275 mile trip. Checked the drive lines for play, checked all fluids, and topped off the hub fluids. Only issues I know of right now is the ctis has the five solid lights on the ecu. The passenger door must have been replaced and it is missing all the inside hardware. It latches and has a window, and that’s about it lol. Lastly the crane is in unknown condition as they said they had never tried to operate it since they got it. Good things are it has new batteries and the tires are newer with except two with older date codes. All having 95% tread. It had two extra bed sides stored inside the storage compartment and the ladder is there as well. All fluids looked great. Was hoping to find a crane remote but no such luck. The truck was in a routine maintenance program they said, and they said when they got it and another 1078 they went up and drove them back from Kentucky. The trip went uneventful and it ran & operated great. The temps on everything stayed cool, checked everything with a ir thermometer. Only got one picture as of now
It looks great. nice score!Congrats!
Thanks everyone for the words and likes. My plans for it is to help on farm. No definite intended use but I figure it’ll prove it’s use as time goes by IE hauling hay, picking up smaller logs, setting poles for buildings, lifting equipment and parts. I was finally able to get familiar with the crane Monday and Tuesday. Most functions were operable but I had trouble with the telescoping out, winch up, and the boom would not go up or down. With suprmans help we figured out the lockout solenoids were the issues once all four were unplugged everything came online. Now just have a few hoses to replace. Also sanded the front down and truck was last with the 101st 3-330 field artillery, also under the diamond warning signs were insignias from a different unit.It looks great. nice score!
Are you going to work it; what's your plan?
I believe my truck was lifted by the front shackles at some point and twisted the bumper angle. Common issue I agree..
That is a nice looking collection! Bet that was a fun run too. Convoy!!
I can't for the life of me understand how these M1089's get their front bumpers "folded up".
The problem doesn't follow only green or just tan trucks...
My best guess is that maybe in tight spot, something gets pushed rather than pulled?
Maybe whatever gets shoved until the heat dies down, then it gets towed normally?
.I was doing a recovery and they swung a forklift around to the front and they guy was spreading the forks out to lift the front by the bump and I stopped them. Caged the breaks and rolled it out with my truck and a strap.
Forklifts are the spawn of the devil !
Is that the second cutting, or the first?Finally got around and found some time between baling hay to replace some hydraulic hoses on the m1084 for the crane.
Knoxville:It’s the last bit of acreage from the first cutting. Would have finished a few weeks ago, but blew out the lift cylinder on the disk mower. Between having to wait on a rebuild kit and the wet weather, it got pushed back. The last couple of days of dry weather allowed us to finish it off.
Farm work, and farming, is not for the weak of heart!Most everyone around here mostly focuses on two to three cuttings . Plus with the unknown weather conditions we don’t push the crops to hard, in case of drought or the opposite.