Older Equipment

[Autocar]

The other day I pulled up to State Route 33 a busy road between Fort Wayne Indiana and Columbus Ohio. Nothing coming so I start across just started rolling and it was like I shut the key off. Truck was loaded and trailer was loaded with logs just that fast I had both lanes blocked and trucks was backing up. I put the old Autocar in reverce and used the starter to push it out of the intersection. Figured out the 12 volt coil on the fuel pump gave up the ghost. I turned the manual fuel screw and she fired right up and away I went for the rest of the week turning the fuel screw in to shut the truck off. Fifty two dollars later and shes good as new. I like the older equipment with a little help there so much easier to keep rolling.

[clww]

Ain't that the truth!

[snowstorm]

had it been a newer truck a tech would have to plug his computer into it to find what was wrong

[hardtailjohn]

More than once I have come home under power, thanks to being able to turn the thumbscrew on a Cummins! Snowstorm's right...a newer truck and you'd have had to plug in the computer. Thanks, but I'll take the thumbscrew!

[Autocar]

I'll second that, a fellow at least can repair alot of the things yourself.

[exSW]

As long as you spend more time working with it than on it old stuff is great.I've been doing a lot of the opposite lately.It doesn't owe me a dime, it doesn't owe me a dime I keep telling myself.

[redprospector]

I love my old equipment.
I've got a 40 year old skidder that I put $5000 into a couple of years ago. I wanted to cry about it, but I thought about the payment on a newer (not new, newer) skidder. I was happy to spent the 5 grand then. I know what I've got.

I just bought a 2005 Dodge Cummins, but you can bet I won't be getting rid of my old 97.

Andy