Biscuits Catylitic Converter Project

You may recall from another psot this crane truck is only a two year poject, last trip it goes into the scrap heap, it will have served its purpose.

If it's still running at that time you might be able to sell it to another scrapper starting out, you'd get way more than scrap value from it. It doesn't matter what you paid for it, it's what it's worth and what it can generate for a weekly income.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If it's still running at that time you might be able to sell it to another scrapper starting out, you'd get way more than scrap value from it. It doesn't matter what you paid for it, it's what it's worth and what it can generate for a weekly income.

This may sound selfish, but why would I invite competition into the cat business that I'm struggling to get into. The truck is an 1985 has some small rust holes in the floor, the fuel tank straps on one tank were completely rusted away I made new ones from stainless steel.

The odometer more than likely been around several times, during this last safety inspection one wheel seal was leaking when I replaced it I had noticed that the brake drum had heat cracks and the shoes are near minimum and will soon need replacing.

As it is now I have the wet road valve open, what this does is keep the front brakes from coming full on during a braking application.

The front brake limiter is a great feature when your on mud, snow, ice or wet roads, anyhow to conserve on what is left of the front brake shoes and maybe get another year out of the truck this is how I have chosen to operate the front brakes. Since I'm in the country wth very little traffic and a likelihood of having to do an emergency stop this works for me.

Even though the crane would still be operational it will also have had its 30th birthday.