cab corner and cab mount
I had planned on the cab corner.. but the cab mount through me off.
I wrote here in this thread of the cab mount that held a heavy water. it left a puddle in the driveway, in the hot sun for 3 day after removal.
that was when I swapped the truck for polyurethane mounts. It remained a thought it my mind for days..
As I am a strange chemical reaction myself, being disabled veteran.
well that was 4 years ago.
today I found it disintegrated perfectly underneath the poly.. the same mount that had the weird rubber that held heavy water...
it looked like no tension, inspired me to check.. sure enough, it perfectly made steel disappear.
it took four years to go from snapping new poly in like a lego, to good steel simply gone.
it is in the top of this photo (after repair).
plasma cutter up and running and some scrap steel.. I made a repair for the mount, welded it up and put it back together.
there was plenty of mount to weld to.
the cab corner is my way. I avoid the seam by bending one piece around the corner
I should not laugh, it lasts the longest.
thanks to the dysarts truck stop, hermon maine ..i did not have to wait in the long line at home depot for some sheet steel.
they let me have some scrap steel from their garage.
I would not go digging there if you are inspired to do the same.
I was there with Dad, the 40 year trucker who has paid that garage many many hundreds of thousands of dollars to work his truck.
they even let him walk around, no concerns for insurance...as they usually yell at people to stay out of the garage anyway.
..there is an incredible chill in the air. I got so cold so fast, I packed up my stuff just to come home
it is 45F at dusk.. normaly the warmest part of the day. Very cool. very unusual.
anyway..not sure if maine is back into inspections yet, but I am ready now
Truck has a May sticker, tomorrow is june.
I had planned on the cab corner.. but the cab mount through me off.
I wrote here in this thread of the cab mount that held a heavy water. it left a puddle in the driveway, in the hot sun for 3 day after removal.
that was when I swapped the truck for polyurethane mounts. It remained a thought it my mind for days..
As I am a strange chemical reaction myself, being disabled veteran.
well that was 4 years ago.
today I found it disintegrated perfectly underneath the poly.. the same mount that had the weird rubber that held heavy water...
it looked like no tension, inspired me to check.. sure enough, it perfectly made steel disappear.
it took four years to go from snapping new poly in like a lego, to good steel simply gone.
it is in the top of this photo (after repair).
plasma cutter up and running and some scrap steel.. I made a repair for the mount, welded it up and put it back together.
there was plenty of mount to weld to.
the cab corner is my way. I avoid the seam by bending one piece around the corner
I should not laugh, it lasts the longest.
thanks to the dysarts truck stop, hermon maine ..i did not have to wait in the long line at home depot for some sheet steel.
they let me have some scrap steel from their garage.
I would not go digging there if you are inspired to do the same.
I was there with Dad, the 40 year trucker who has paid that garage many many hundreds of thousands of dollars to work his truck.
they even let him walk around, no concerns for insurance...as they usually yell at people to stay out of the garage anyway.
..there is an incredible chill in the air. I got so cold so fast, I packed up my stuff just to come home
it is 45F at dusk.. normaly the warmest part of the day. Very cool. very unusual.
anyway..not sure if maine is back into inspections yet, but I am ready now
Truck has a May sticker, tomorrow is june.
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