Wrecker Yards

[Joe Camper]

Just because I make it look easy doesn't mean it is.

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I give myself the best presents nobody's ever even come close. I'll have no problem keepin up any more. Used to be 75 mph 2000rpm. If I calculated correctly 80 will now be 1475rpm. 70mph will be 1400rpm. Those r great numbers when the combined gross weight truck and trailer is 28000lb.

[Fratto]

Amazing! Love the rear end hoist

[Fratto]

It occurs to me ... where do you get a new rear end or replacement gears when you are on a ranch in central texas? Or do you just carry one around with you in case you have a spare day or get bored ????

[BGLogistics]

Mark he had it shipped here a week ago so it would be ready and waiting.

[Fratto]

Awesome ha!

[Joe Camper]

Fratto it came from my own back yard. General Truck Parts 4040w 40th st Chicago.

I just put 800+ miles on the new rear and am comfortably rubbing my dogs belly lying on my home couch for the first time since Nov 20th of last year. Left OK city about 11 am. Rolled in the drive in Chicago bout 11 PM. Great to be home.

Saw regular for 1.17 south of DFW and that was not E85 and also paid 1.33 for fuel at a TA in Missouri that had 2.25 on the sign out front with my fuel card.

The speed calculator I used I must have put the wrong trans into the formula it wasnt quite what I expected

It took the revs from 2000rpm at 75 and brought them down to 1600 at 75. A great improvement but I should have went taller. I have a mechanical engine. The max rpm is set by the throttle stop. If I were to turn the engine at 2100 rpm instead of its current 2000rpm limit and put a new set of drive tires for my very worn current ones I will have effectively put togeather a 100mph motorhome.

That surely is crazy but that's not why I did it. I did it so when I'm at 75 and 80 and putting 800+ miles a day on it's no longer wound too tight for hrs on end. And when I happen apon the proverbial road leach I can easily dispose of them.

Cant wait for that next trip when I can go a steady 70 for 6 or 700 miles and see what fuel mileage is if I stick to that speed.

She goes good. I'll finally have to break down and put a CB in.

All my good friends with those overweight fuel guzzling buses. I feel so bad.

[Fratto]

"Easily dispose of them ...." LOL. Love it. Glad you are home. If you are going 75 or 80, be nice when you blow our doors off. We dont do that especially pulling the wrangler with 1" lift and larger tires.

We are still in Kerrville, TX. Cant go home to see my parents and if we go back to DFW not sure our friends in Kerrville will want us back with that exposure. Thought we might get more bus chores done over the last 6 weeks but other things to do seem to crop up daily.

Enjoy your rest!

[Loc]

Joe, those drive tires look like they need some air.

[BGLogistics]

Joe you removed the pic of tractor lifting pumpkin?

[Joe Camper]

No Billy that pic is on the previous page 10. And my good friend Loc continues to taunt me because he thinks I'm nervous about publicly admitting the tire pressure I run in my drives and that would be 55 PSI thank you. I got 60,000 miles on them tires at that pressure buddy. The wear pattern is perfect and I guarantee you you'll be the first to know if I ever lose one because of low pressure. How much pressure do you put in a 24.5 that is carrying 2700 lb on that tire? I'm the test pilot for this you can either stick your nose in the book or get out there in the real world and put it in practice.

Another case in point in the past when I have owned one ton pickup trucks with load range e tires that require 80psi. I never run 80 psi in the rear tires on a 1 ton pickup unless I'm hauling something which is Almost Never. I used to run 35 PSI and all my load range e tires unless I had a load in them and I never blew one ever. actually wear better. You put 85 PSI in a load range E Tire and a 1 ton truck when you're not hauling nothing it rides like there's Concrete in the tires and there's no suspension on it at all. Loc my drive axle is carrying 10,800lb a load that could easily be supported by 1 of the 4 tires at 100psi.

U get that overloaded Marathon back in the barn or u still waitin?

I'm going to have to get tire pressure monitors that have temperature sensors in them and loc buddy when those temperatures in my tires at 55 PSI at 80 miles an hour on the interstate is a lower temperature then what you're seeing in them 315 80s with a hundred in them poking along at 68 like u do then what are you going to have to say for yourself?