Doug in IL
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Are there any 1970's or 1980's tandem axle grain trucks out there with hydraulic brakes? If so, would they be difficult to find? Thanks!
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Anonymous-0
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I'm pretty sure there were but other than needed to take an air brake course, air brakes are much cheaper and easier to work on. The problem with older hyd. brakes was if you didn't use the truck often enough, hydrovacs and other components would go bad from sitting. Dave
Anonymous-0
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The prairies of the western Dakotas and eastern Montana are littered with them. Mostly Chevys with 366-427 gas motors and IHC with gas 392-404 many Fords though with gas 360-429, and a few diesels but they usually have air brakes. Most have 20 foot boxes with hoists. No rust, low miles for their age and usually excellent condition. They didn't get used that much and now everyone has a semi. A word of caution though, due to high commidity prices and all the oil development and extraction everyone around here is fat with cash and prices are high.
Anonymous-0
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I should also add these are not twin screws, the back axel is electric tag. Never heard of anyone having any break problems, of course we are not driving in the mountians.
old
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I have to agree air brake air by far much better and on something that big I would not want any thing but air brakes but then I do still have my class A CDL and every thing other then school bus and haz-mat
in-too-deep
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We've got a '79 and an '80 IH tandem grain trucks at work. Had a couple tandem gassers a little bit older that had juice brakes, too. Northeast of Fargo, ND. Lot of straight trucks around here because they're the best for sugarbeet harvest.
My same thoughts as the other poster ..why would want a heavy truck with juice brakes.. This part of the country has plenty of gasers with juice brakes sitting around. I am in middle tennessee. Most any farmer of any size here has gone to semis.. Depending on tires, bed and overall condition $ 4,000 to $ 6,000 will buy you a good one. Sometimes I have seen them go for less at auction.
pudamobile
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Are you looking for some? We're one of those farms in the Dakotas that is littered with them! A '68 Ford, 20' box, a '74 Ford, 20' box, 2 '74 Chevys, 20' boxes with the 366s. They are ok trucks, but once you get into a semi, you'll never want to go back. If you're seriously interested in one let me know, with our 3 semis we really don't use the straight trucks anymore. Located about 1 and a half hours NW of Fargo.
Doug in IL
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I have a L8000 twin screw with air brakes now. I just don't like them. And I distrust almost anything pneumatic! I'd like to get rid of this air brake truck, if I could find a decent one with hydraulic brakes.
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
Why do you think the industry standard for the large trucks is air brakes?? They are in fact more dependable and work far better then hyd brakes do. I do not remember for sure but I think there is a fed reg that even limits the weight of a truck as far as hyd brakes granted if the truck had them when new it is still legal because it would be grand father
You need to drive a hydraulic brake truck. Take it down the biggest hill you have, fully loaded. Then try to stop half way down. After you have gotten to a stop compare that to your truck with air brakes. Unless your Ford had old wedge style air brakes I will bet the air brakes stop faster.
We used to have several straight trucks with hydraulic brakes. I usually had to spend a week each fall getting the brakes back to working right on them all. Plus you then have to keep the manual parking brake working too.
After spending several thousand dollars one fall on hydrovacs and other brake parts we sold them all that winter. We replaced them with trucks with air brakes. I don"t have to do even half the maintenance on them.
We used to have several straight trucks with hydraulic brakes. I usually had to spend a week each fall getting the brakes back to working right on them all. Plus you then have to keep the manual parking brake working too.
After spending several thousand dollars one fall on hydrovacs and other brake parts we sold them all that winter. We replaced them with trucks with air brakes. I don"t have to do even half the maintenance on them.
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