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Post by mt9931 on Mar 26, 2009 20:03:11 GMT -5
Forgot to mention the Diamond Reo had 9yd Rex chain drive hydraulic mixer. When I left that company in 1977 and started with Fla Rock I stepped back in time and drove 1968 Mack DM with a 10yd Rex mechanical chain drive mixer. Some of you older guys remember the old clutch lever and 3spd mixer gear box and the drum direction lever. And then there was the singinging drive shaft off the belt drive power take off that went along the right side of the truck, under the cab and all the way to the rear of the truck. All those U joints that you couldn't get to to grease. What fun we had when they broke.
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Post by Mort on Mar 27, 2009 14:51:18 GMT -5
I was talking with a guy at work whose first truck was an old GMC General (don't know what year, I'm thinking early 80's) with a Rex body on it. The hydraulics were so weak on it that if he had a full chute of mud on, it would actually make the tag axle (and with it, the discharge hopper) bend backwards, causing a huge mess. But for some reason, everybody I talk to always loves their first truck, no matter how much of a pile it is.
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Post by gant on Mar 27, 2009 16:27:28 GMT -5
I loved mine till I got a new one for almost a year and had to get back in the old POS..
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Post by BillyCement on Mar 27, 2009 19:03:18 GMT -5
I was talking with a guy at work whose first truck was an old GMC General (don't know what year, I'm thinking early 80's) with a Rex body on it. The hydraulics were so weak on it that if he had a full chute of mud on, it would actually make the tag axle (and with it, the discharge hopper) bend backwards, causing a huge mess. But for some reason, everybody I talk to always loves their first truck, no matter how much of a pile it is. |
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Post by gant on Mar 27, 2009 22:33:34 GMT -5
we cant refuse them..we had 3 guys try to keep their trucks and they ended up getting brand new ones..which their old trucks were only 2 years old..
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Post by Mort on Mar 28, 2009 22:05:07 GMT -5
we cant refuse them..we had 3 guys try to keep their trucks and they ended up getting brand new ones..which their old trucks were only 2 years old.. What a terrible problem to have. Like having too much money. |
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