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Tires look like Gates Commando.

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The biggest problem I have with Dayton's is mechanically challenged people don't know how to mount them. My first C7500 dump truck had them, and I had no problem, but after I turned that gas burner with Dayton's over to employees, it went to hell in a handbasket. Nobody could drive carbureted rig.

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I was half joking, but the Dayton vs Budds debate is a lot like Chevy vs Ford. It is also mainly an East Coast - West Coast thing. Most trucks, from the old days anyway, on the West Coast had Budds where most on the East Coast had Daytons.

There are guys out there that hate Daytons, as you have stated, and love Budds and there are guys that hate Budds and love Daytons. I see most of this debate with the older Road Tractor guys more than anything.

I don't hate Budds, lol, but prefer Daytons.

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That would be interesting in hearing more about that. Most of the stories I hear is nobody can drive a non-Synchronized Trans, lol.

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The choke puzzled the young guys. They would pull it out and leave it, and try to drive it, and bring it back to the shop because it wouldn't run.

It had a two speed rear. Worked smooth as butter. They would bring it to the shop and say the rear end was out. They would get the two speed disengaged somehow couldn't get it back in gear.

It had hydro-boost brakes and steering. They called and said the brakes and steering were out. Well hell yeah, without fluid it wont stop or steer.

One day it wouldn't pull itself. I walked up to it and peaked over the drivers steer tire. Two plug wires were dangling in mid air.

I could go on and on.

My son in law runs this place now. The other day he said "I put another guy in a dump truck this morning." I said " So you hired another truck driver?" He said, "No, I hired a guy that can legally sit behind the steering wheel.":lol::lol::lol:

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I guess we're just from the old school, lol.

I know what you mean about the Choke. I was at my real parts store years ago and I mentioned a "Hand Choke". One of the guys behind the counter said "What's a Hand Choke"?

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He's closer to the middle, but west of the Mississippi. As I recall, a lot of trucks in AR had both :lol:
Steering wheel holder
I figure the rest of that might have been, "It's a cable connected to the carb with a knob on the dash you pull out to close the choke and push in to open it back up once warm". "So what is a choke anyway?" :lol:

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Interesting customizing on that last one

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Nice couple sets of pictures

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I drove for over 40 years. I owned a butterfly hood 68 GMC single axle truck tractor with a 478 toro flow diesel. I also owned a 68 GMC with a 305 V6 and a 8 yard dump bed. Also drove a lot of dump trucks that had a 671 and roadranger. I can make a 13 speed really sing behind a turned up Detroit. The most fun was a GMC ten wheeler dump truck. It had a V6-92 that I ran the RPM screw up on and restricted the return line. 13 speed I could leave a cloud of black smoke that the vehicles behind me couldn't see the road. I drove a cab over fish bowl with a cunmmins pulled a low boy hauling heavy equiptment. at present I own a C 65 with a 366 working 5 speed and two speed rear . it has full air brakes and a air tag axle. I always ran two log books. Never had a accident in over a million miles. I wouldn't drive today with all the E log and stuff. There is a Guy on U tube Waylon Wire he has a V12 gas engine. He is building a 38 GMC truck with that engine and a road ranger trans on a stretched 65 one ton chassis.

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Ive reared up single axle dump trucks before. not a big deal. You just put it in reverse and idle back down.

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Use to see Kimkris all the time at Kmart Dist. Center Sparks, Nv. Would of loved to see the old GMC.

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What a great thread. Pains me that there are so many tandem tractor unit 1950's Fords out there while precious few Chevys survived.

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Yeah, I wonder. Does that say powered by 353? Detroit 3-53? Doesn't look like there's a dash after the 3. Maybe that's the generator power supply, or maybe diesel-electric experimental?? I'm still guessin' :lol:

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I'm thinking a show truck for GMC during the mid 60's. Chroming steelies is a lost art!

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Great picture.

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This is currently on Bring a Trailer .com

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That thing would be cool if it had a 5th wheel.

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Not a common sight

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I'm drooling over that one. Thanks for posting special-K. A '64 or '66, appears to have a Hendrickson rear suspension, so it must be a dual drive and not a tag?

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It looks that way by the rubber on it, too. Wouldn't you love to have that one? I don't know anything about it. Just found the picture looking for Chevy fire trucks

I'm not sure if this has been shown. I just saved it, too

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Those last two are just plain cool.

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Two real nice trucks.

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Neat little truck

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Love it. A V8 emblem would really set it off. Not that GMC 6s aren't cool.

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A lot of chrome on that one! Note the highly sought after 22.5" solid rims!

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Yep! That thing is well equipped. Has the factory stake body, too. It could still have had the panoramic window added, but that is a very deluxe truck

I may have shown this truck earlier in this thread. I lost the picture when another laptop died and recently came across it again online. I absolutely love this truck. It was for sale in Wheels Of Time mag (ATHS) quite a few years ago and I was sad to not be able to consider buying. Even back then I felt it was very cheap for as nice as it is. The owner was asking $7,500 ten or more years ago. I'd put this thing up against all the li'l shortbeds at a show. I wonder where it is now

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Funny thing a lot of the Chevy 6X2 trailing axle tandems did use Hendrickson rear suspension. They used the Chevy or Eaton built 14,000# drive axle in front with a dead axle in the rear position. The Hendrickson beam suspension worked well in those applications, it was less likely to 'hang' the drive axle on uneven terrain than a 4 leaf tandem suspension. That having been said, I think the truck in the picture is 'twin screw' judging by the lug tires on both rear axles.

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I agree Tim, that Green Dump is one of the nicest examples of a 9500 anywhere.

If I had it I would even put it to work, lol.

Just selected loads though in nice weather only.

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Me too. Just a handy chore truck. A load of driveway stone would just set it off, make the motor sound better

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Not sure I didn't show this grain body yet

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