Loaded truck pics.

Here is a picture of Nellie hauling wood around the farm and Fergie with a load of poles to cut up on the cord wood saw.

 

Here's a pic of my rig.

 

Brings back memories! I used to say "whoa, Nellie" at times when stopping quick in the truck. Then we replaced that truck, and the next time I said it my young girls objected because they knew the other truck as Nellie, and they weren't going to let me get away with calling the replacement Nellie, too.

 

I'm jealous of all the HD trucks and these super duties that can be stacked over full and two a trailer and just be lever or just under level!!! I need too look into new springs for my k10!!

 

From this Saturday: All ash except a piece or two of osage orange. At first I thought it was a vine I was clearing to drop a tree.... until the chainsaw it

 

Thanks man! They are great trucks. Just get bags for your truck. Much better setup, as you can maintain the stock ride characteristics when unloaded.

 

Got that nice leveled look. Is that a p-pump truck?

 

Here's a different way to haul in the wood.
I like to move my logs to the splitting area to try to keep handeling down.

 

"Stock ride characteristics"!!! Ha!! Its a 1980 chevrolet k10 . Not much to begin with. It rides like a truck!

 

Good point! Lol!

 

Nope, 98.5
So it is the 24 valve, not the 12 valve

 

Small wood, but free and at home!

 

My buddy delivered wood when he was in high school. He used a K10. Put 1-ton springs on it with a couple extra leaves thrown in for good measure. He could carry a full cord with it. He drove that truck all the way to Alaska and back. I saw him at deer camp a few years back and noticed he was driving a newer Dodge. I asked him what happened to the Chevy, Said he sold it to a kid shortly after he turned 500K miles on it! I asked why he switched to Dodge and he replied "Dependability..."
Really? So, 500K miles out of a truck wasn't enough????

 

Hey, those are great trucks too as long as you keep that pump VP44 pump fed (heat and lack of fuel lubrication is what kills them). What lift pump you running? Do you use any TC3 2-cycle lubricant?

 

That's awesome! The new LS motors are even better. I don't care for the complexity of the newer models with IFS.

 

I run tcw3 oil about 200-300:1 in my old Yanmar tractor. 35 year old japanese diesel fuel that these were designed to run on was way different that what we use today!!! If I can add lubricity back easy and cheap..why not.

 

I love my truck (even though the body is falling apart), but I had to look up everything you asked

I have it pretty much stock, never changed out any real parts.... I run a K&N air filter and I sometimes put the Diesel 911 type additive, especially in winter. I get about a 0.5 mpg boost using it.

 

Stock is good. How many miles on the injector pump? I have heard of a few pumps lasting fairly long even with a failing lift pump as long as it is kept stock. Once the fueling is increased then it is imperative to have a fuel pressure gauge and an aftermarket lift pump. The board on the pump is also often what fails once the truck is run at higher output due to the heat cycling at higher temperatures. It's this higher temp heat cycling that eventually kills them. That is why maintaining adequate fuel pressure is important as the fuel keeps the pump cool. I would think about putting a fuel pressure gauge on her just as a sanity check.

I love the sound of the inline six more then the v8. I wish Ford would have used the DTA-360 instead of the T444E. Then it would have been perfect.

Anything with a cetane boost is good for increasing mileage especially when added to winter blend fuels. BTU output of winter fuel is lower than summer fuel probably due to it being diluted by anti-gel additives and probably other things too.

 

I use power service in grey bottle for max cetane boost and rescuers the yammer hammer (diesel knock) in my tractor

 

I use stanadyne lubricity formula. It is the only additive approved by an OEM's. Stanadyne is also make fuel system components.