There, That's Done

Felt kinda good to get that red rascal offloaded. 'Course, don't ya know that I then had play with all the knobs just to see if everything worked as it should.

But, Hey! Cut me some slack 'cause I been waitin' 23 years to do this again. :>)

Now, looks like I'd better get after that old wood box 'fore mother nature trys to reclaim it as her own. :>(

Allan

Tryin' to visualize this in my mind. You're not talking about a drill-filling auger are you?

I'd kinda like to find one of those rather than use the scoop shovel. :>)

Allan

Tim

The box is made up of a series of "sissoring" crossbeams, which actually can be dumped either out the left side or to the right. You'll notice a couple of hooks to either side of the wheel openings. These were used via cables back in the days before the invent of hydraulics.

When the truck dumps rearward, the lower fore/aft stringers in addition to the crossbeams are lifted as a unit. When it tilts sideways, two different cylinders are mounted in such a way that only those sissoring crossbeams are activated.

Finally, two more cylinders are mounted horizontialy and at each end of the left sideboard and run that opener/closer linkage.

It's dark outside or I would send you a picture. Instead, I scanned this one for ya out of the manual.

After all the mending that needs to be done, I'll paint the sides and oil the floor with used engine oil.

Allan

I think I'm going to get some oil based paint, have to cross the state line to get it in gallon cans now, NY only allows it in Qts. I will prepare the surface, prime then paint, even the bed, something with a high gloss to make it slippery, should be enough to get me over the hump as the material I am going to haul with it hangs up a little, I'm not sure if I could re-mount the hoist cylinders a little further up, but it was designed for grain anyways.

This box is really, really old. Probably somewhere around a 1955 to 1960 and they sold for something like $1500 when new plus all the hydraulics added later.

Sad part is that the prior owner told me that I had paid within $2K of the original price of the truck when he bought it new.

Of course I knew that I was paying twice what it was really worth by any stretch of the imagination, but I just had to have that old sis 'cause I know how handy they are. :>)

Allan

She's a whole different ball game nowadays.

But, that won't stop me from takin' advantage of the setup fer this odd job and that. :>)

Allan

Hurst

Heck, those old bankers and lenders are either retired or long gone out of business and I'm way past all that "mad" now. Besides, that kind of an approach just slows a feller down. :>)

Oddly enough, it is turning out that the cost of this little endeavor will have been just about the same total money as the wolves took at the farm sale back in '83. So personally, as well as financially, it is as though I just took a 23-year recess from the farming business so I could somehow get my head screwed on straight. :>(

Hard lesson learned however, always work on your own money and never, ever get the idea that farming pays. When I finally got this little bit of info figured out, then things started coming back my direction and I now use it to my advantage.

You bet! Come on out, we've got dirt to turn! :>)

Allan

Sorry, I can't discuss business matters in public; however, I can tell you that there is more than one way to skin a cat.

Allan