Random Photos ‘You took’

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Hell yea, that’s gonna be sweet. I really need to get the king pin kit installed in mine so I can get it back in the truck. How do you like the cross over? That’s on my list in the future.

steers beautyous, no wander, tracks dead strait even when i have the 42" swampers on.
had to lose the swaybar, but don't notice it gone, even when i got my camper on.
one finger steering...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEfm65IE8v0

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I like busy beavers myself.

ya, well canadians like to show off their beavers...

[special-K]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

ya, well canadians like to show off their beavers...

The thing with a busy beaver is yours may not be the only pond they are workin'...

I promise these will be the last of winter this year. Winter came on kind of hard during the time I went missing. We got a storm where it snowed 8", then went to sleet , then snow, then, rain, back to snow. Them other snows and some sleet. First picture is the small glacier slowly slipping it's way off the roof. Got to get those snow birds installed. It sleeted pellets for hours. See how it just rolled and spilled onto that cinder block? That stuff didn't melt too fast and made walking hard to do. I kept a spot clear below the bird feeder. The one picture shows the shiny crust on the surface. The snows we had after that storm would just blow off with the first wind. That one picture showing the small deep holes in the snow outside the garage door are a mystery to me. I've noticed them in snow before. There appears to be a slight yellowish tint on some

[HO455]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Sounds like they could be Ajax compressors or similar. We’ve got a bunch of them...
They run on one side and compress on the other, they are actually giant 2 strokes believe it or not. They run a max speed of about 400 Rpms.

Ho455, I had a feeling that it was a 36 series but I haven't messed with them first hand and didn’t want to speculate. We looked at some 3608’s a few years ago at auction, damn they are expensive to buy and rebuild. We were looking at upwards of 100k for me to rebuild it in house if we went that direction.

I am surprised that an 3608 would be that cheap today. About 1998 we lost a turbo and it took out a piston. The piston and liner was $26,000. We got extremely lucky and didn't have any damage to the head.
The other end of the cost was the boat was down for 7 days as there were no 3600 parts on the west coast. Had to wait for a truck from Peoria. The parts at the time were almost twice the cost of a Pack for an EMD. Add in the cost of the boat being down an extra 9 days. 7 days for parts and 2 extra days of labor over replacing a Pack on an EMD. The turbo rebuild was done locally so we weren't being robbed by CAT on that.
The cost of operation was very apparent as we had 2 sister tugs, one with the 3606's and one with a pair of 12-645 EMD's. Both tugs were repowered in the early 1990's They company sold the one with CATs in 2003 and the one with EMD's ran until 2015 when we retired it.
The 3606 tug wasn't part of our regular fleet (the EMD tug was), but we got involved after it limped in on one engine when the turbo failed.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by HO455

I am surprised that an 3608 would be that cheap today. About 1998 we lost a turbo and it took out a piston. The piston and liner was $26,000. We got extremely lucky and didn't have any damage to the head.
The other end of the cost was the boat was down for 7 days as there were no 3600 parts on the west coast. Had to wait for a truck from Peoria. The parts at the time were almost twice the cost of a Pack for an EMD. Add in the cost of the boat being down an extra 9 days. 7 days for parts and 2 extra days of labor over replacing a Pack on an EMD. The turbo rebuild was done locally so we weren't being robbed by CAT on that.
The cost of operation was very apparent as we had 2 sister tugs, one with the 3606's and one with a pair of 12-645 EMD's. Both tugs were repowered in the early 1990's They company sold the one with CATs in 2003 and the one with EMD's ran until 2015 when we retired it.
The 3606 tug wasn't part of our regular fleet (the EMD tug was), but we got involved after it limped in on one engine when the turbo failed.

Sorry, should have been more specific. That is not using cat parts, 100k in aftermarket parts is about where we were at. Cat breaks it off in you bad on there parts. It’s crazy how much the markup is.

[68bowtie]

At my parents house today.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Sorry, should have been more specific. That is not using cat parts, 100k in aftermarket parts is about where we were at. Cat breaks it off in you bad on there parts. It’s crazy how much the markup is.

That's one of the reasons I traded off my D2 for a 2 ton Chevy boom truck.

A little bitty sack of parts would cost me $500 and that was back in the early 1980s.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

At my parents house today.

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Awesome pics! The black and white really set it off

[4u2nv]

Originally Posted by special-K

The thing with a busy beaver is yours may not be the only pond they are workin'...

I promise these will be the last of winter this year. Winter came on kind of hard during the time I went missing. We got a storm where it snowed 8", then went to sleet , then snow, then, rain, back to snow. Them other snows and some sleet. First picture is the small glacier slowly slipping it's way off the roof. Got to get those snow birds installed. It sleeted pellets for hours. See how it just rolled and spilled onto that cinder block? That stuff didn't melt too fast and made walking hard to do. I kept a spot clear below the bird feeder. The one picture shows the shiny crust on the surface. The snows we had after that storm would just blow off with the first wind. That one picture showing the small deep holes in the snow outside the garage door are a mystery to me. I've noticed them in snow before. There appears to be a slight yellowish tint on some

Those marks in the snow , is that a chimney I see above ???? are those marks hot spots from sparks out of the chimney maybe ?????

[kingsolver72]

Hey look, Kansas is on fire... oh, guess it’s just that time of years.

[Low Elco]

Ha, ran to Emporia on Sat, noticed there was a lot of burn going this year!

[special-K]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

Hey look, Kansas is on fire... oh, guess it’s just that time of years.

All that flame just from burning grass? That's a lot of grass burning!

Originally Posted by 4u2nv

Those marks in the snow , is that a chimney I see above ???? are those marks hot spots from sparks out of the chimney maybe ?????

What you see is just outside the garage door on my stone driveway. Other than the perfectly round holes, what you are seeing is gravel that came up while shoveling. I thought the holes might be the sun heating the stones causing them to melt their way down, but the holes are round and once the stone sank in the sun wouldn't be hitting it, and these holes go all the way down. I've noticed them before but never said anything. I've noticed them outside of friend's garages as well

[Gregski]

my daughter took this one of me, I don't recall why I was laughing, maybe she said: "hey dad mom wants to drive your truck" but we were having fun joking around, I like how this pic looks like it could have been from the 70s

[Killer Bee]

random

[1976gmc20]

oh well here is truly random ...

[yuccales]

Coolant overflow bottle at a show couple years back.

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by Gregski

my daughter took this one of me, I don't recall why I was laughing, maybe she said: "hey dad mom wants to drive your truck" but we were having fun joking around, I like how this pic looks like it could have been from the 70s

Great picture

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Gregski

my daughter took this one of me, I don't recall why I was laughing, maybe she said: "hey dad mom wants to drive your truck" but we were having fun joking around, I like how this pic looks like it could have been from the 70s

Great picture made even better by your daughter taking it

[4u2nv]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

oh well here is truly random ...

Did you fall and can't get up

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 4u2nv

Did you fall and can't get up

No I was trying to take pictures of a pickup that we were looking at out in a snowstorm and accidently clicked a picture. So I figured that's a random picture and I took it.

We did buy the pickup for my daughter: 2002 Duramax. It got her all the way back to Michigan so it must be sort of okay

[mr.mud1]

low tide at Hall's Harbour,Nova Scotia.Bay of Fundy,highest tides in the world.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

low tide at Hall's Harbour,Nova Scotia.Bay of Fundy,highest tides in the world.

Wow! That is low, is that a normal low tide?

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Wow! That is low, is that a normal low tide?

yes sir.the tides in a place called the Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy,have been measured at 53 feet.there is a little 29 second video on youtube called
"Spring Tide Timelapse Hall's Harbour" it is a video taken about the same place that i took that picture,shows the boats all sitting in the mud,the tide comes in,floats all the boats,the water raises almost to the top of the wharf and then goes back out.i just looked out my living room window to see where the tide was and it's almost in.after a while,i'll take you a picture of the tide in,in 6 hours it's out and the beach goes forever then.take care.Greg

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

yes sir.the tides in a place called the Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy,have been measured at 53 feet.there is a little 29 second video on youtube called
"Spring Tide Timelapse Hall's Harbour" it is a video taken about the same place that i took that picture,shows the boats all sitting in the mud,the tide comes in,floats all the boats,the water raises almost to the top of the wharf and then goes back out.i just looked out my living room window to see where the tide was and it's almost in.after a while,i'll take you a picture of the tide in,in 6 hours it's out and the beach goes forever then.take care.Greg

Very useful for cleaning your bottom or changing anodes

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Very useful for cleaning your bottom or changing anodes

yes sir,there is that.