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If you can use it that way, the nice thing about a Tractor is that you could have many more than one trailers to hitch it to. You could do some hauling during the week and go camping on the week-end as you have mentioned.

The other nice thing about Air Brakes is it should also have a "Maxi" Brake. The reverse process parking brake. Being a 1970, there is a pretty good chance that it would have one. My '71 had one, but my '67 didn't. It is one of the greatest inventions ever.

Keep us posted if you buy it.

Bill

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Here's my daily grain hauler. '72 C60 with an 8.2L Detroit diesel with a 5 speed trans, and a 4 speed auxiliary trans. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/i...attach/jpg.gif

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1320375718

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A truck saw at the recycling plant a couple years ago, I know its not the right year but I don't know where else to put it. The man was using it to pick up mulch to take to his house, he either said it was a 65 or a 66 can't remember. He had recently bought it an redid all the brakes and some other stuff, it was a I6 230?, 4 speed, 2 speed rear, dump bed. Pretty nice truck!

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This truck does have the maxi-brake. It's a little big rig. Just right for someone who likes big trucks but doesn't really need one...heh heh. It's been a dream of mine to have a vintage road tractor with an assortment of trailers all ready to roll.
That's a sweet truck there. I always enjoy seeing the trucks come out at harvest time. It's a perfect use for a classic truck. Actually,it's how they came to be older and nice,right? Some guys take a lot of pride in their grain trucks.I can see you do. When it's time to cut they need to keep on going. So,it's like a fire truck that knows when a few fires a year will be.
I didn't realize the 8.2 went back that far. I was under the impression this body never had a diesel due to not enough space under the hood with the short front end. You learnt me somethin' new.

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Tim,

I don't believe that 8.2 is original. They did put some 4-53 Detroits in some earlier models (some '60 to '66 style Trucks) and some in later models (somewhere around mid to late '70's). I would have to check my books to see if any were put in '67 to '72 models, as I cannot remember seeing any. But there is another Diesel that were put in '67 to '72 style trucks for sure and that was the Toro-Flow (V-6 Conversions).

BTW, that is a super nice truck. 70 Step, does it have Air Brakes?

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Tony,

By the Emblems the truck is a '65. It should also have the 292-6 Engine. Nice to see another one posted.

Bill

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A friend has a '60 C40 with a flatbed dump he got at an auction. He also gt a '47 2nd design 1.5t. He already restored the '47 and the '60 sits. I have my eye on it,it's not too bad. It only has the passenger rear fender rusted. It has a big 6. It's funny,he calls it a '59. I have only subtly suggested that body didn't begin until '60. I don't want to hurt his feelings. It must have been titled in late '59.

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Tim is that '60 C-40 one that looks like a heavy C-30? (with no Running Boards).

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Yes,a light duty with medium duty rear and front end.

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My '72 with the 8.2 diesel was transplanted by me in the place of a 427. I selected the 8.2 because it fit in pretty good. I restored the rest of the truck to pretty much original. It does not have air brakes.

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You did a great job! It's cool you stayed with a Detroit,too. That's a stubby nose on those medium duties.
Did you chrome those OEM mirrors or did they make stainless in that style,too. I had a set chromed when I couldn't get stainless from GM. I didn't know if they never made them or were depleted at the time.

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Tim,
I had those mirrors chromed as well as the bumper. Original equipment was painted, the only they were available.

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Didnt get up close to it but saw a red truck up on sand mountain in Alabama, deffinatly still a workin chevy, id say it was probably a C60
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Here's one I saw on google.
http://pembina.govoffice.com/vertica...188E695%7D.JPG

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Here is some more Big GMC's:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=313752&page=2

Scroll to Post #30

I'm not good with pictures if someone wants to re-post them on here.

Notice that the Red GMC Dump has a Toro-Flow Engine. It is also a '66 Model.

The first GMC is either a 5000 or 6500 Series depending on what engine it has (a 478 V-6 would make it a 6500).

Bill

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Here's a few more, I know the 58 GMC is too old for this thread but its just cool, had to add it.

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That old GMC looks like it could be Detroit powered.

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You're right. That green GMC is neat! Probably is a Detroit Diesel,too. That's a massive GMC tandem,too.

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I love these old big trucks!

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One 67 tandem dump and another cool 58 Tractor with a few others thrown in.

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Here's a C60 4x4 dump truck (K60?). It's on CL. Not mine but I'd like to own it.

http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/2771423125.html

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Interesting truck. Would make a great truck for Plowing Snow.

Bill

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I'd like to have that one on the farm up on the mountain.

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Here's one

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A few shots of mine :
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6...dc7365a6_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6...ac22d822_z.jpg

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Looks like a pretty heavy truck. What is the GVW?

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That one is set up like the one I found last summer,except this one has a 427 and the one I was looking at was a 366.

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if you are talking about mine...... it is listed as 25,500 (#19,200 Eaton 2 speed rear, #11,000 front) and also says Max is 32,000 with "optional" equipment.


its and air brake truck and yeah its heavy

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6...d465cb9d_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6...a13b345d_b.jpg

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Interesting. The GVW states 25,500 therefore it would be under CDL and it has Air Brakes. I only saw one other truck (that I verified anyway) that had Air Brakes and was under CDL.

The other interesting thing is that even though the GVW is 25,500, the Axels add up the 27,500. I had a truck like that once. I had a '67 GMC 7500 and the Axels added up to 31,000 but the GVW was stamped 27,500. Either way that truck was over CDL, even though I owned it in the days before CDL. My Chauffeurs license covered it back then.

Bill

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That Fact had NOT escaped my notice.... though at one time Alaska used to state anything with air required a road test(air specific) and a cdl though I find no mention of that now...

intersting factoid.... i found weight slips from the DOT scales in the glove box when I brought her home... she had cleared the scales at over 40,000 was owned by a cement and block company )

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Although others have disputed it, I contacted Virginia DMV twice about a truck under CDL having Air Brakes and one reply by E-mail was a lengthy and legally "Yes, it is OK". The other was a woman on the phone who finally said "I don't care what kind of Brakes you have, as long as it is under CDL, you don't need a special license to drive it"!!

I would give your local DMV a call though to make sure that you are on the right side of the law. E-mail might be better as you would have something to copy to keep in the truck with you, in case you need it. In some cases, I'm not even sure the law knows what is what.

Bill

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I bet if it had a pickup bed no one would say a thing, if it ends up with a holmes wrecker I bet i get to argue the point quite often too ;-)

Reminds me of the conversation I had over the phone with the DOT boys from the scale... there is one on the highway between my house and my work... so I called to ask if I would have to stop at the scales... since it was not for hire and a personal vehicle.... they said there are no personal vehicles that big.... I asked " hey I have a C60 you know like a two and half ton truck, that I want to use as my daily driver.... they said yes I would have to stop at the scales, I said "even if it is just my own car" and they said... "no one would do that" it would be stupid to drive a truck to work and back.

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For a while I was driving my '67 GMC 7500 to work. That truck also had Air Brakes. It was fun and really didn't cost that much more.

I asked the same thing about my '64 C-30 on the Interstate. As the sign says "All Trucks". I wanted to know where they drew the line at. They said if I was empty, no problem just pass by. But I was fully loaded, it's best to stop. I only had to pull in once and they gave me the green light just as I rolled up to the scale.

Bill

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Talk about driving big trucks, I once took the '71 GMC 9500 I used to drive for a cruise. I was headed to the docks to pick up a full load of lumber. Just before I was to pull in, it was coffee break time and I didn't want to miss it. It was near a nice ocean side town that I wasn't too familiar with and tried to find a resturant or donut shop. I hit a side road that looked good and the more I drove the more I ended up in a nice ocean side community. No donut shop or nothing no where. I just converted my time into a cruise instead. One of the best coffee breaks I ever took.

Bill

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you sound as though you have spent some "quality time" behind Detroit Diesels, can the be made liveable, my only experience with them has been in log skidders and they made you want to gouge your earballs out after an hour or so..... took a while in the evening for your nerves to stop jangling...... that being said ..... I WANT one... thinking a nice 4-53 in this C-60 at some point... IF it could be made civil enough to live with on the road. opinions ?


oh and just because I have the picture, here is the interior of my Heavy medium C-60

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6...9dd492a1_z.jpg

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A 4-53 would be a good choice for your C-60. My '67 7500 had a 6V-53. I got bit by the Detroit bug when I was about 18. They are loud alright, and most poeple either love them or hate them. Once I sold my 7500, I was without one, till I realized that John Deere put one in one of their Farm Tractors. I was looking for another tractor anyway and was lucky enough to find one close to exactly what I was looking for. Back in '99 I bought a '59 John Deere 435 that has a 2-53 Detroit. Any time I need a Detroit kick, I just fire it up. I usually put it to work a couple of times a month anyway.

I like the Trolley Brake. Do you have your Trans out?

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trans and engine are both out, unfortunately it came that way, they busted the shift tower on the old spicer somehow and I dont even have all the pieces. Big arse ddouble disc clutch on this thing. I would love to come across a resonbly priced Browny to go behind my 5 speed. twin stick is just cool. thinking on trying to fab a Stick ( like a transfer case) for the PTO. when it comes to shifters more is better..... I want to be able to put everythign in neutral and park it in an intersection go get coffeee and have no one figure out how to move it before I get back!

Dan

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Speaking of DOT saying "no one would use a truck that big for personal use"...they never saw a toter home? I've seen some mighty big ones and they're registered as RVs...like combinations as long as any commercial semi. Guy's in the antique truck crowd drive cross country to shows and are all "not for hire". Just because Smokey doesn't want to do it doesn't mean no one else does. I guess their narrow minded thinking comes from spending their day thinking "by the book".

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Dan, That's OK, you will now have room for that Detroit you are talking about.

A 5 X 3 would be a good combination behind a 4-53. Even though I'm a 10-Speed Road Ranger fan, I also wouldn't mind having Twin Sticks.

Bill

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Here is a C-90 in a Truck Pull: