DwayneGorniak

Tough day today. I don't go to funerals because I can't stand losing people. But I had to go to this one. Anyone who has ever met Jim or even gotten to know him well as many of you have on these forums knows just how influential he was on ever bodies life. I am forever grateful or having worked with Jim. The funeral was awesome hearing all the stories about Jim and his ways and his famous sayings. Did anyone know he was shot by one of buddies years ago at a kitchen table while drinking whiskey and horsing around with a gun. That's Jim alright. I remember his story about the time he had too much to drink and a couple of blocks away from his home he pulled up to a red light on his bike with the cops behind him. He did a test book stop with no wobbles and was quite proud he wasn't weaving all over the road. But he forgot to put his feet down and fell over. The cops helped him up and made sure he got home . That was Jim. Man that guy had stories.

I'll never forget one of his most famous sayings that I used to hear him say at least twice or three times a week to numerous people in the shop: Chear up Sunshine! Life is never so bad that it can't get worse! So with that being said folks, take his advise to reflect on all the good things in life and cherish every moment of it that you can. It's way too short! RIP Grampy!

Mac tools number is IS1140

Lol. That's awesome! Thats how it's done!

The Ford site kinda sucks when it comes to trying to spec out a truck. By the time a guy gets a body on the back of one these, I imagine they'll be up there pretty good in price. http://m.ford.com/smartphone/modeloptions2.html?cid=commercial-truck&mid=F-650-750&year=2015&trimid=F-750+Superduty+XLT+Diesel#appsimHome

How are the 6.7's holding up to the kind of abuse I want to put it through of never being shut off. I idle my trucks up to approx 1300 rpm's to keep them from coking when I'm stationary. Never any issues with the good ole' 444E's/7.3l's. Can u get an Alison behind that Powerstroke?

They're that bad in power and fuel consumption, huh?

Well..................I'm in the market for a new Tool Truck! And I'd rather have one of these units than allot of the newer International's, Frieghtliners, Peterbilts, or Kenworths. One, because I'm a die hard Ford guy and two because I don't like all the emissions crap I'm seeing on any of these other diesels and three is the price tags. We can get the F59 chasis through Mac tools with the V10 but I hate frickin milk trucks and I am partial to my cab and chassis units. Right now I have two 1999 International 4700 trucks with the 444E engines that i know like the back of my hand that both my wife and I run. The Cab and Chassis units are easier for me to work on and more comfortable driving on long stretches. On my route, the longest visit away from home is 180km's one way or 112 miles. I drive through some nasty ass crap! I couldn't bare to listen to all that banging and clanging of tools going on in the back of a milk truck down the roads I drive. The 6.7 Powerstroke as well as the V10 has my curiosity up. I keep thinking V10 because of the amount we idle these tool trucks especially in the winter. My trucks never shut off until I get home at night. Even in the summer, we have to run the AC in the back to keep it bearable back there. Of course, there are generator options. But then you have another piece of equipment to maintain. I keep thinking V10. Less money in maintenance. So much easier on the engine with all the idling. I keep thinking V10. I'm looking at buying a used 22 foot 2006 International with a DT466 right now because it is pre emissions. But I keep thinking V10! How about it guys? Spec me out the ultimate Tool truck in this new Ford Chassis and think about it from my point of view! I want at least a 22 foot box or body on it. Right now I'm weighing in at approx 20,000 lbs when I go across the scales in my 16 foot box truck. I don't even have a clue what these trucks are worth. This is the first conversation I am having with anyone about a new Tool Truck. So have at her and let me know what you guys think!

If you are moving to a better facility, you should be happy and enjoy it. If you're that good and your customers are that good to you, they will follow you. I had customers follow me from innisfail to Slave Lake. Look that up on a map or Google!

Good luck man!Chase the wife around d the house as much as usual can when you have all that spare time. And hopefully you'll catch her once in a while. And take time to tinker and do things with the kids. But good luck to you again!

Waaaaaayyyyy too funny. I had to share that one on Facebook. I have an SIII and a Nexus 7 lte tablet. I use them together and synchronized for everything. Videos, photos, videos, emails, documents, texts and pretty much everything now. I even use the "Camscanner" app for taking photos of documents and turning them into pdf files. Text plus, to read texts from my phone on my tablet. I hardly even use a laptop anymore. Only on my tool truck for inventory and my Mac MBA program and the odd thing that all these wonderful pocket devices can't do which isn't very much!

I've used a Thexton 471 for years. Bought it from my Mac guy years ago. Any tool guy can get these for you. This handled adaptor is the cats meow! http://thexton.com/index.cfm?pageid=42&search=471&x=31&y=12

A little off topic, but somewhat related. Three years ago, I bought my International 4700 tool truck in Columbus, Ohio. I drove it just over 3000 miles across the US up through Montana and back into Canada convoying with another distributor in his tool truck from BC. We stopped at every single weigh scale with transport decals/permits on the windshields. Every single weigh scale waved us through. Never had to provide any papers at all to any of them. I remember thinking to myself, Man, this was too easy and clear sailing all the way. I got to the border and the dick head Montana DOT officer fined me for not having filled out a log book. I tried to reason with the idiot and inform him that the brokers and the Lawyers told me I didn't need one because it was a class 5 truck and I was only transporting back to Canada. He made me buy a log book and fill it out and I had to pay the fine if I wanted to cross the border. Meanwhile, Gord crosses the border into BC with no questions asked and no problem at all. I was told by many truck drivers that the Montana dot at the Alberta border crossing are money hungry crooks and to never cross at that crossing again. They all told me to cross up through Saskatchewan and that the guys there are easy going. It sucks when you don't know all the laws and what your rights are or aren't. Next time I buy a truck from the US, I will cross through Saskatchewan or hire someone to bring it to Canada.

My 99' sit sits really high in the back. It has the 4" blocks that everyone used to complain about and ask us to remove at dealerships to lower the back end. When I've got the truck loaded with the quads, all the gear and the trailer, it's sits perfectly level. My 01' Superduty sits way lower in the back with the 2" blocks. That truck, I would most likely have to add leafs or the 4" blocks. But with those two overloads in my 99' I don't lose my ride when running empty in the back and the overloads do their job extremely well.

I did it a few years ago on my 99' superduty. My leaf Springs had cracked. When I replaced the new springs with brand new Ford replacement springs, I decided to keep my old overloads and add them to the top of the new overloads. The center bolts on these spring packs is long enough to accept another overload. And with all the bent frames I delt with in the past from stupid air bags, I decided I wanted to do something different. It was one of the best things I ever ever did. I haul a quad deck on the back of the truck with usually two, sometimes three quads on it, all my Jerry cans under the deck with my generator, electric log splitter, and water cans while pulling my 35 foot travel trailer to the mountains and back all summer long. Like I said, it was one of the best things I ever did. You're spreading all the weight over a larger distance of the frame where the springs mount rather than in the center of the frame over the axle with frame benders (air bags). Those damned air bags should be illegal. F-150's are bad for bending frames with air bags and huge hitch mount loads. I used to send lots of trucks to the frame shops to get the frames fish plated after the damned air bags had their way with the frames.