Ed's 77 Terex 72-41 Wheel Loader

[mountainguyed67]

Did you build that just for the Dusy Ershim trail?

I wish to run that thing one day, but you have to have such a built up rig to run it. I would have to ship my toyota out there and then back. It's a commitment for a Wyoming boy.

I built it to run Dusy and the other local trails. In 09 I went through the trail with the last living trail builder (he was 82 then), he drove his 82 Toyota pickup, with dual cases and 31” tires. I dropped a rock for him once, to keep the diff from hitting a rock in the middle when the one wheel dropped into a hole. That was it. He drove like Helen Keller though, he kept moving over when he hit something. The moral of the story is you do not absolutely need a super built rig. Would you be with a group?

 

[spitter]

Very refreshing to hear about real trucks. Makes me and my kids dream of buying a duce and a half not so crazy. I'm inspired.:drink:

 

[mountainguyed67]

I drove deuce & a half’s a few times in the military.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Got it apart.

 

[mountainguyed67]

It has some rust. There was no fluid on top of the piston.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Hose connection seal area is pitted.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Barrel is pitted, but it is beyond the end seal area, and before the piston seal area.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I got the parts from UPS. The backup rings are missing, even though they are on the packing list.

 

[Big Barn]

I got the parts from UPS. The backup rings are missing, even though they are on the packing list.

Does the packing list show the backup rings as “backordered”?

 

[mountainguyed67]

Does the packing list show the backup rings as backordered?

No.

They are shown the same as everything else.