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May have been a tad over loaded yesterday

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Went over to a friends place and loaded up his Farmall 340 his Bobcat 371 and my NH 45/46/47 sickle mower. Truck pulled it just fine but a bit squirely (sp). I took my time and drove slow all the way. Only had about 5 miles of hwy to drive the rest was all gravel. Sure wish my friend would stop leaving things just sit for years before he tries to use them again and then wonders why they do not start. Oh well keeps me from getting bored any how. The bob cat mot likely has a stuck valve since it has no compression the 340 not sure yet but figure a carb rebuild and maybe a set of points The sickle mower just needs some grease and oil from what I can see so far
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Just dont let the Dept. of Trans see that. Here in Michigan they've been cracking down on the small guys. Used to just be the commerical guys that they checked but now its the small guys also. Doubt you'd see them were your at being it was a short trip.
Ryan
 
In this area so far they do not say any thing to what looks like farm stuff. I did get asked when I stopped to check the load if I was taking the stuff to be scrapped and I told the guy heck no it was all going to be back up and running in the next week or 2. Oh by the way the truck is not stock as in it has extra springs under it and a few other mods. to make it haul the heavy loads like it has on it.
 
Reminds me of a time long ago when my younger brother and I hauled his demo car to a derby about 50 miles away. Had to borrow an old home-built trailer from a neighbor that had been cobbled up sometime back in the 1940's. Anyhow, on the way home, after mid-night, no trailer lights, we got pulled over by the highway patrol. Let's see; no lights, no safety chain, may have been other violations he wrote on the WARNING ticket he gave me. I think the warning ticket came as a result of our pleading that the trailer was a farm implement. After handing me the ticket he stated "I never want to see that trailer on the highway again". Then a question, "where are you taking that junk car?". Getting back in and on the road again, my brother says "junk car, doesn't that a--hole know a good race care when he sees one?". Funny at the time, but we never borrowed that trailer again.
 
Reminds me of a time long ago when my younger brother and I hauled his demo car to a derby about 50 miles away. Had to borrow an old home-built trailer from a neighbor that had been cobbled up sometime back in the 1940's. Anyhow, on the way home, after mid-night, no trailer lights, we got pulled over by the highway patrol. Let's see; no lights, no safety chain, may have been other violations he wrote on the WARNING ticket he gave me. I think the warning ticket came as a result of our pleading that the trailer was a farm implement. After handing me the ticket he stated "I never want to see that trailer on the highway again". Then a question, "where are you taking that junk car?". Getting back in and on the road again, my brother says "junk car, doesn't that a--hole know a good race care when he sees one?". Funny at the time, but we never borrowed that trailer again.
 
I once got ticketed by a Nebraska scale officer for towing a stock car on a trailer with a pickup with farm plates. They consider a race car a revenue-producing piece of equipment, and you need a tow vehicle with commercial plates.

It was my stock car, but it was my buddy"s pickup and trailer. I happened to be driving because he wanted to take a nap on the way to the race, so it was my ticket. The scale officer got real obnoxious. He made my buddy sign an agreement to have commercial plates on the pickup within ten days or he was going to make us unhook and go get something with commercial plates to continue. We were an hour from home with a race starting in an hour and a half, so we didn"t have too many options.

I mentioned it to a Nebraska Trooper I knew a couple weeks later. His response was, "That"s the law, no getting around it, but I personally think a verbal warning is appropriate the first time".
 
Reminds me of me and my brother hauling logs........ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE LOG! Overweight?? Who cares! I loaded up a big load one time and he asked me "how far we gotta take this thing"? I told him, "We've only got a twelve pack, so not far".
 
Reminds me of what the Koreans used to tell me when I was working there, about hauling pipe. "not restricted by weight, only by volume".
 
That be the boy's 1951 Chev with a 216-6 cylinder 3 on the tree. I parked it there my self and the old engine runs good and was rebuilt less then 2000 miles ago
 
They were good old trucks, I hope you can find the brake parts for your dads old ford dump truck. that would be handy for you to have around the farm. , and it would be nice to keep it up and running Maybe if you asked on the classic truck site you could locate those parts you need?
 
I may have laughed too soon about Ky. hauling enforcement. Seems a lot of counties, and cities for that matter have started training their officers in D.O.T. laws, A money making thing but somebody has to keep the lights on in the courthouse!
 
Wheel cylinder last I checked where $65 each and I need 2 of them plus I would have to re-plumb a master cylinder because they no long make parts for it or have rebuilt ones. And then there are the bad front king pins at over $100 each. Who needs brakes any how on a farm when you need to stop a bit faster you just shut off the engine and cross your fingers
 
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