Bringing home 69 Pete

[Peanutbutter]

Found the old pics of when we brought home the 69, 35 mm and their looking a little rough, just scanned them. Been 5 or 6 years now, truck was in Santa Rosa Calif, don't think the truck ever got more than 100 miles from where it was made. Went over Donner and down through Napa Valley to pick it up, decided there was to much snow to get back over Donner, went down around the other way. Pulled up the grapevine over Tehachapi Pass through Needles and home through Moab. The pics were taken at the rest stop in Mojave desert.

[PAWS 72]

Some closer pics would be nice. Evidently those old trucks aint as heavy as I thought they were. Good looking from what I can see.


Dumd ?. Is Donner snowy all the time. I thought just winter. I'm on a expeditor website and a few of the guys there talk about Donner some. Just wondering

[MrBeast]

Cool, got a build on the pete?

[Peanutbutter]

She weighs 10900 and that trip was in jan, big storm behind us and the pot holes just tore us apart, going over Tehachapi was much nicer, dropped the trailer in Needles and went to Quartsite for the day, shirt sleeve weather in Quartzite, it was wonderful. Its a 1969 model 288, first series to aluminum tilt hood, 335 cummins RTO 913 trans R 170 axle with a jake, it pulled a set of doubles in and out gravel pit and hauled asphalt on road jobs.

[Flat 67]

Peanutbutter, was your Pete part of theT&T Trucking fleet?


Flat67

[Peanutbutter]

You have a good eye, it looks like a T and T but its not, its Bodean Sand and Agg out of Santa Rosa.

[Peanutbutter]

I even got the maintence records, she's got 970000 miles with 20000 on new 335

[special-K]

It's got that traditional look yet. Love it! Now a days you rarely see a Pete w/o all the stainless and aluminum. 20k on a re-power? Man,that truck is prime.
Your Dodge is made to haul,but I bet it smiled when you decided to run I-40.

[Peanutbutter]

I went to slip a set of aluminum wheels on the front to see what it would look like and discovered the studs are to short, I decided it looked a lot better with the original steel wheels. The aluminum wheels can stay on the 79 truck. I-40 was the way to go, when we came over Donner empty the pot holes were so deep I thought it was going to knock the axles out from under the trailer and to many to dodge them, even having to pull grape vine it was alot better than Donner, and besides we had never been to Quartzite before and we really needed some sunshine. As far as the old dodge its starting to show its age. 340000 miles, the 12 valve cummins has never been opened up,gone through a 5 speed trans, a tranfercase and always have lots of trouble with front wheel bearings and steering parts. The only thing I really like about it is the engine but its still done well for what it is, and we have made at least 6 trips to the midwest and came back grossing 28 to 30000. If it wasn't for the exhaust brake I would never try and haul that much weight and its a real brake saver, just put the secound set of brakes on it since we've owned it. More pics of Pete tonight.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Looks good.

Bill

[KQQL IT]

Love a little window.
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[KQQL IT]

I stood up on top of my head rack.

Ought a be a 71 or 72.
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[Peanutbutter]

The original aluminum riveted tilt hood and fenders needs alot of work, I was able to find a fiberglass narrow nose hood which is fairly rair, I'm running it until I repair the other hood.

[Peanutbutter]

Hey kool it, thanks for that pic of the blue one, there's just something about 2 axles, looks just like my 1979 model 289.

[Peanutbutter]

and a few more.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter

there's just something about 2 axles

I agree, I'm a 2-Axel fan myself. Road Tractors as well as Dump Trucks, Wreckers and Tankers. To me the coolest thing is a Heavy 2-Axel with Air Brakes.

Bill

[Peanutbutter]

Around here 2 axle tractors don't exist except for the freight companys and pop distributers, if you ever spend much time in palm springs you see them alot in agriculture, also we like to camp next to the freeway in Quartzite so I can try and get pics, you see some real interesting trucks.

[KQQL IT]

Being from central ca two axles are what I grew up around, got my license in.
I have an opportunity to get a low mileage 73 coe Freightliner small cam and a 13.


South side of 10 in quartzsite is a dump truck with appears to be a 12v71 monster of a truck.
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[Peanutbutter]

we didn't make it to quartzite this winter, not yet anyway, maybe you could grab some pics.

[KQQL IT]

I don't run AZ as much as I used to. Up and down 15 mostly.
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[special-K]

The singles seem to be popular now for collectors cuz they fit in more garages easier. Man,Peanut Butter,you have great trailers. Lots of guys have great old trucks but no trailers to match up. I'd like to find an old low-boy for when I get an old Jimmy.

[68panelman]

You have nice toys there PB. That old fuel trailer, old pete, mmmm, The movie "Duel"???

[Peanutbutter]

The old green tanker I bought from the forest service in Jackson Hole Wyoming last year, looked long and hard to find this one, they are about all gone. If you look close you can still see the forest service logos. Its a Butler tank, still got all the glass side marker lights on it, if you look at the passenger side its got a recess for a spare tire, never seen that before. The funny thing is it appears to be converted to haul fish, they plumbed the bottom of the tanks with 4 inch PVC and built a bracket where the spare tire would go to hold a large oxegen bottle.

[Peanutbutter]

You no, sometimes I think about not aquiring anymore trucks and just work with what I've got, and then another one pops up and I can't help my self. To many times its headed to the crusher and it breaks my heart, keeps me broke all the time. I think its better to find the stuff now before its scrapped. I just lost a D9E cat to the torch, it was less than 100 miles away but it was going to cost more than 2000 to 3000 bucks to haul it with over weight permits, pilot car service and truck time. Even if I pulled the blade it had rippers on the rear and still it weighed around 60,000, had to get permits for 6 different hiways. I'm learning I can't keep all this good stuff from going to china.

[Hawssie]

I have a D8H that I am still holding on but its hard not to justify scrapping it. With rippers and a blade she weighs about 30-35 tons. Its a rare first year 1959 model called a 35A most of them are 46s or 36s. But we get almost 300 a ton for good Cat steel here in CA. That is if you can get it to the Oakland ports. And yes it goes right on a ship to China. I had a 1959 Pete a year ago thought about restoring it but I ended up selling it to that wrecking yard near Stockton CA. that specializes in old Petes maybe you have heard of it. Cant remember the name.