Is winter coming, or is it here?

[cj5_pilot]

Now I wait for the younger crowd to denounce me as a heathen!

Only because there wasn't a single IH in your list.   

By the way, I wonder why you choose 68-72 for the chevy gmc.... the only difference in 67 and 68 is that the 67s don't have side marker lights. 
A lot of IH and 67-72 chevy/gmc around fairbanks... the lack of road salt rocks!

One of the trucks I need to get to Alaska:


'71 IH 1310 4x4 Travelette.

Sharp looking IH!  When I was a kid in the Wishkah valley, Washington State my sister (18 years older then me) married in to the Johnson family.  (I joke that my brother in law has been in the family longer then I have--and it's true!).  Anyhow the Johnsons owned Johnson Brothers logging.  Had over a hundred trucks plus all the assorted equipment.  Dad was their head mechanic and he had an international for a shop truck.  It was a standard cab 1 ton IIRC.  Same bodystyle as your '71.  Had a covered mechanic box for a bed (Knapede I believe) and had an on board welder as well as torches, air compressor and tools.  As we usually spent the summers in logging camp dad built a special front bumper for it.  It was about 12-18" deep and had a high rail around it so we could put our old Suzuki trail bike on it!  The front and sides were faced with Oak.  We took that truck everywhere even though it was 2wd. 

Grandpa had a Scout when I was a kid too.  The IH's were neat rigs, similar to a Jeep in respect that they used a lot of "standard" parts rather then making their own (though IH did build their own engines and no the jeep 304 is NOT a IH 304 )).  There are a few nice IH's around here, but they are even worse then a '73-'84 chevy for rusting out

So is the other international in the pic yours as well?  I'm going to guess and hazard that it's powered by caterpillar.

[Baradium]

Sharp looking IH!  When I was a kid in the Wishkah valley, Washington State my sister (18 years older then me) married in to the Johnson family.  (I joke that my brother in law has been in the family longer then I have--and it's true!).  Anyhow the Johnsons owned Johnson Brothers logging.  Had over a hundred trucks plus all the assorted equipment.  Dad was their head mechanic and he had an international for a shop truck.  It was a standard cab 1 ton IIRC.  Same bodystyle as your '71.  Had a covered mechanic box for a bed (Knapede I believe) and had an on board welder as well as torches, air compressor and tools.  As we usually spent the summers in logging camp dad built a special front bumper for it.  It was about 12-18" deep and had a high rail around it so we could put our old Suzuki trail bike on it!  The front and sides were faced with Oak.  We took that truck everywhere even though it was 2wd. 

Thanks.

Don't suppose that truck doesn't still exist somewhere?

This rack (as well as the winch) were removed for transport.   



That rack is also for a minibike.

Grandpa had a Scout when I was a kid too.  The IH's were neat rigs, similar to a Jeep in respect that they used a lot of "standard" parts rather then making their own (though IH did build their own engines and no the jeep 304 is NOT a IH 304 )).  There are a few nice IH's around here, but they are even worse then a '73-'84 chevy for rusting out

There are a lot of them around fairbanks.  The road salt is what gets the IHs.  Since there is no road salt to speak of in Fairbanks the rust isn't very much of an issue here.  If I can find a place to store them, I have a line on a guy with 20-30 IHs from Scouts to Travelalls to Pickups with most of them in very good shape.  I've got maybe a year to find space for them or they'll get scrapped. 

So is the other international in the pic yours as well?  I'm going to guess and hazard that it's powered by caterpillar.

No, that one is a friend of mine who's an owner op truck driver.  I don't remember which truck it is, but I think it's his "new" one (around a 2001 IIRC), which has a Detroit in it.  His other trucks have Cats IIRC (his wife drives as well).  He picked up the crewcab in Wisconsin for me (transport in trade for a '60 model road tractor I owned), that truck is currently in Nebraska but needs to make Georgia for refit and loading before coming up here.

Take a look at track #2 (click the speaker on the right to listen):
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[cj5_pilot]

My brother in law had that old shop truck last.  He got rid of it before moving to Alaska about a decade ago.  It had pretty much rotted in to the ground before then. 

Heh, a Detroit....my old man is a Detroit specialist.  I grew up around them.  We dropped a 4-53 in to a '78 F-350 once with some BIG tires.  This was about the time Bob Chandlar was making a lot of noise about a rig called "Big Foot".  To us it was just a hunting rig   Detroit to me equals "Jimmy" or "Screaming Jimmy" when talking about the two stroke -53, -71 and -92 series   Yeah I'm a gear head even outside aviation!

[Baradium]

My brother in law had that old shop truck last.  He got rid of it before moving to Alaska about a decade ago.  It had pretty much rotted in to the ground before then. 

Ouch...   

Heh, a Detroit....my old man is a Detroit specialist.  I grew up around them.  We dropped a 4-53 in to a '78 F-350 once with some BIG tires.  This was about the time Bob Chandlar was making a lot of noise about a rig called "Big Foot".  To us it was just a hunting rig   Detroit to me equals "Jimmy" or "Screaming Jimmy" when talking about the two stroke -53, -71 and -92 series   Yeah I'm a gear head even outside aviation!

This is his first Detriot, he's a diesel mechanic as well though.  Does all his work on his trucks (I'll be the brakes are fun).  He owns his own trailers as well.

You know Diamler bought Detriot?   Now they are slowly trying to introduce mercedes diesels rebranded as detriots.  You've seen the last new detriot engines... from now on it'll just be whatever mercedes engines DC wants to fool truckers into thinking are American designs.  Word is that they are also looking to stop using the 5.9 cummins so they can go to a mercedes diesel in the dodge trucks as well...

[fireflyr]

My brother in law had that old shop truck last.  He got rid of it before moving to Alaska about a decade ago.  It had pretty much rotted in to the ground before then. 

Heh, a Detroit....my old man is a Detroit specialist.  I grew up around them.  We dropped a 4-53 in to a '78 F-350 once with some BIG tires.  This was about the time Bob Chandlar was making a lot of noise about a rig called "Big Foot".  To us it was just a hunting rig   Detroit to me equals "Jimmy" or "Screaming Jimmy" when talking about the two stroke -53, -71 and -92 series   Yeah I'm a gear head even outside aviation!

Spent a few years driving a Euclid rock truck with a 12-71 Detroit-------Geez, I'd get off work and my ears would be ringing from listening to that howling mother all day even though I wore EAR plugs with noise muffs over them--- did a lot of damage to my hearing.  Todays engines with their wide torque bands are so much superior and I'll not mourn the passing of two stroke Detroits. 

[cj5_pilot]

Heh, I blame my high frequency hearing loss on hanging at the shop with my dad as a kid.  A Jimmy is loud enough in a truck where you at least have a vague semblance of an exhaust system.  When I was working at a shop we used to get in a lot of "power pack" units that used 3-53 or 4-53s for power.  Can we say straight pipes?  I think my ears still are ringing!

A Euclid eh?  Only been around a few of those.  Every one I've seen has been HUGE!  Seems most of em are used in quarry's and the like.  Northstar did have a couple rented for a big job a few years back.  Things were OLD and after the job was done the outfit that leased em out never called back...they forgot they owned em!  Northstar had to call and say "hey, we're tired of storing these things where do you want them delivered?"  I understand roading them back from Soldotna to Seward was quite the adventure...

[cj5_pilot]

OK, winter is definitely here:

Click here to watch Winter-is-here-23

[Baradium]

The video messes up once it fully loads (for me anyway).   Get sound and no video.

I put fresh oil in my truck last night, hopefully I can make it through the winter without having to do it again!

3 gallons of oil. 

[cj5_pilot]

The video messes up once it fully loads (for me anyway).   Get sound and no video.

I put fresh oil in my truck last night, hopefully I can make it through the winter without having to do it again!

3 gallons of oil. 

bah 3 gallons, that's nothing!   

We had a guy bring several engines in once....4 fish totes worth....all Cummins NTC 350s.  He wanted us to get him one useable one as cheap as possible.  We did.  He had his guys install it. Problem was they got quarts and gallons confused.  Put a rod right through the side of the block.  ALWAYS read the instructions....13 Qts and 13 gallons are different.....

[Baradium]

bah 3 gallons, that's nothing!   

We had a guy bring several engines in once....4 fish totes worth....all Cummins NTC 350s.  He wanted us to get him one useable one as cheap as possible.  We did.  He had his guys install it. Problem was they got quarts and gallons confused.  Put a rod right through the side of the block.  ALWAYS read the instructions....13 Qts and 13 gallons are different.....

That's why you *always* check the oil dipstick when you're adding oil, especially before start up!   Someone lose a job over that one?

[cj5_pilot]

No but they tried to blame it on us    We rebuilt it again and patched the side of the block at a discounted price.  Until that day I hadn't realized you COULD weld cast iron!  Went right through an oil journal...had to lay a piece of pipe in there then weld a patch over.  Wasn't me doing the welding though, was the boss.  I'm okay with regular stick or wire feed, but I haven't done cast or aluminum.

[Baradium]

Seems like a lot of trouble if he brought a number of blocks in?  Easier than cleaning one of the other ones up?

[cj5_pilot]

Sorry, I meant PARTS of several NTC-350s..only one block.  My bad for not being more specific.  There were several cranks, cams, pistons, etc.  Don't recall if there were too many heads though.  We are talking roughly half my life ago....I'm a geezer...look at the grey in the beard...I can prove it!

[Baradium]

So are you saying you're one of those unbold pilots?

[cj5_pilot]

ROFL!  Well, cautious DOES describe me...I like to carry a few extra knots over the threshold "for wife and kid" if ya know what I mean