Posted by NCWayne on August 08, 2008 at 11:05:06 from (166.82.164.236):
Someone let my secret out, and I just can't hide it anymore so I'm coming out of the shop closet. I'm a jackleg mechanic and my favorite tools are vice grips, a cresent wrench, and a BIG hammer. Wether I'm a Jackleg, a jacka$$, or whatever, my tools ride in style. Since everyone is always posting pics of their favorite "toys" I thought I'd take this opportunity to post a pic of the truck I use to keep many of the tractors around me up and running. The truck pic was made about 9 years ago, right after I brought it home, and was made before the logo was put on the door. Since I think the logo really makes the truck I'll include a pic of it too. For those of you not familiar with the older cranes the one on the logo is a 30B Bucyrus Erie. Dad worked for the local A/C and BE Dealer back in the 70's/80's and he and I are about the only ones around here that still mess with the old friction machines so we thought it was a pretty good logo to use. Plus we both always just loved the look of a cable operated front shovel. Their cool to look at and even cooler to watch operate.
Since I get asked all the time "what is that?" by people standing right next to the truck I'll go ahead and explain the layout you can see in the pic. The gray box sitting right behind the cab is a 4 cylinder Hatz engine in their Silent Pac enclosure. It runs a two section pump to supply hydraulics for the 11,000lb capacity Autocrane and it's outriggers as well as a Van-Aire, hydraulic driven, screw compressor supplying 75CFM @ 150psi. The compressor is the white box just above and behind the Hatz and sitting in front of the welder. This was done to save fuel and keep alot of hours of idle time off the main engine caused by running a PTO driven hydraulic pump for everything.
Now that I've figured out how to post pics I'll have to post more often and share some of the other interesting stuff I see out there in the field sometimes.
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