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  1. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    I suppose you could .Actually that is basically how the electronic speedo's work .They are made by EDO - Edm ,something like that . They use an electronic proximity switch which works by the principal of a "Hall effect senser" which is basically how a gas pump works and converts the rpms to a...
  2. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    Some of the Alisons use an electronic speedo . Basically just a prox switch that counts RPM s.
  3. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    Well,find you a truck junk yard and get a cable . :) If it's too long it isn't a big deal to shorten it and re shape the end .Kind tough to stretch one though .
  4. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    It really doesn't make any diff on the fuel consumption .When it gets empty yas gots ta fill em up .:)
  5. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    You could likely get 7 or so MPG on a Chevy 350 .If it has a 366 or 427 it won't do that good .
  6. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    It's just an option for a low priced truck .Not everybody has good credit or a ton of money gang rolled ya know . That danged old Ford has 6 new tires on it plus the restrung boom ,somebody could use it . It's the way this stuff goes .A guy starts off with cheap stuff ,makes due saves his...
  7. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    When Tom was on his quest to find a better truck last spring he went to the place in Birmingham ,Smidleys and maybe a dozen other places . What he found was over priced trucks , that needed worked on probabley just because of the time frame .He ended up with an old Davey truck that was in...
  8. Al Smith

    bucket trucks

    I didn't vote but I have spent hours flying a hi-ranger doing linework .Old school perhaps like about every other thing I do but I'm just more comfortable with them . I fiddled with that All tec that Tom had for a short time . I could manuver it ok with the joy stick but it just wasn't the...
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