Stumpy(NH)

Good evening Fellas, Next project on my pilothouse is a thermostat. I have one that was ordered from a local parts house. It uses what looks like adaptor cup. I have not taken anything apart yet....we are about to get hammered with snow...again:mad: Is this common now? for the heck of it, do you guys have some part numbers for T-stats if this one won't work? I opted for 180 deg stat. All comments welcome. Thanks!

The old tires have held up to four loads of horse manure so far! Temps are cool right now though. I'll look up Cheever tire and see what they have to say.

Wow! Nice looking truck! I learned the fine art of split rims a long time ago. I started out of high school working for my Dad at the bus company. I swear sometimes all I could see at night were split rims and 9.00-20's! I actually have the tools here that were discarded when tubeless finally replace the split rims. Thanks for the safety warning anyhow, the rims are old, but can still kill if not treated with proper respect!

Mine calls for 8.25s Here is a pic of it. I'll see if I can find another wheel. I like the look of the tires. Load rating too. GVW 14,500. The 8.25s are 10 ply Thanks for the pics:)

I have one that is not great where the center disc meets the rim and is riveted together. I wouldn't mind finding another wheel to replace it. That search has so far turned up an empty hole.

Hey Fellas, The long winter is over here in New Hampshire. I have my still new to me pilot house out and enjoying the heck out of it! I am going to need to replace the rear rubber as they are cracked pretty bad. It wears 8.25 20s' on five lug Budd style split rims. The question is does anybody know of a source for tubeless rims that will fit? I have found two sources for 8.25s. one $159 each, but when ou toss in tubes and shipping the tally is just shy of 1K! A local tire guy quoted me $220 a tire with tube. Still rich for my blood. Has anybody switched to a low profile 22.5 tire? I have been told to just mount 9.00 20's up, but fear they will rub together when loaded. I think they will look too big too. Thanks for any help in advance!

Going back to the 80's we used to run radial tires on splits. The key is radial tubes and, as I remember, the flap, or liner if that's what you call it is for radial use. I haven't mounted a split rim in years, but will be on my B1 FA by spring as the rear rubber is really cracked.

I'm guessing that you have seen this truck. I have been cruisin' around this weekend......what a nice truck!!!

I just got a '48 B1 FA 152 with a 10 foot dump on it a couple of days ago. I went across the scales @ the local dump and got a tare weight of 7,800 lbs.