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  1. tommys2patrick

    2 piece wheels

    Tigertank--can you confirm what wheels you are referring to please? Is it a true two piece bolt together rim with an O ring gasket between the halves? Or is it a Budd type wheel with a ring on the outside of the main rim that snaps into place holding the tire on. The latter being called a...
  2. tommys2patrick

    2 piece wheels

    Why not do one as an experiment. You seem to be fairly confident that it might work. Would your goal also be to convert it from tube and flap to just tubeless? I think the welding would get a bit more complicated as you would have to make sure it was completely air tight. You would need to...
  3. tommys2patrick

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    I have worked with the mentally incompetent and I can tell you they have fear as well. I understand what you are saying though. In my opinion, what they "seem" to lack sometimes is the ability to perform appropriate decision making. Stupid people sometimes suffer from the same condition. I...
  4. tommys2patrick

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    No argument here. Over my working career I have been personal witness to a number of electrical tragedies. Electricity scares me and I consider that a healthy reaction for me. Although Most lineman that I have worked with over the years have told me that you can't be afraid of electricity and...
  5. tommys2patrick

    New guy in germany

    Pirmasens, 1971 -73
  6. tommys2patrick

    New guy in germany

    Howdy and welcome from Colorado. I was stationed in Germany for a couple years. Wonderful country!
  7. tommys2patrick

    My Tatra T815 VT 8x8

    Love the Tatra, Rusty Loads.
  8. tommys2patrick

    Another new member from montana

    Howdy and welcome from Colorado! Montana is such a beautiful state.
  9. tommys2patrick

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    Agreed that personal safety and that of those around you is or should be a number one priority. I am sure that when folks like Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla were on the leading edge of power development they had concerns about safety. Menlo Park was basically a cobbed together garage. Not...
  10. tommys2patrick

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    Now I see why you want to know how utilities measure such high voltages. A couple of observations---he has hooked up the utility transformers backwards. he is loading a small field excitation current at 120 volts ( although he never really says)in the first utility transformer with his 4 hp...
  11. tommys2patrick

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    It might be helpful to note that at those kind of voltages, on a utility system, it is imperative to think about how many amps may be flowing or are capable of flowing in the line you are measuring. Even the ground wire running down the side of a pole have been known to kill people and it is...
  12. tommys2patrick

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    once you get above a couple hundred volts or even 20 amps you need to use specific sized C.T.'s and P.T.'s. They make a style that has spring loaded jaws that you clamp around the wire you are trying to measure volts or amps on. That being said you need a number of other safety devices to...
  13. tommys2patrick

    First Highway experience

    Good looking rig! Have you taken either off road much? How do they compare in that regard?
  14. tommys2patrick

    OKC GL Alert

    About 6 months ago, I was picking up several items in OKC from GL. The fork lift driver was being less than helpful as he just dropped the whole crate on the tarmac instead of in my trailer. I was able to dismantle the crate as he had also broken it in several places. He did the same thing...
  15. tommys2patrick

    Air comprssor belt adjustment

    haha. Beerthirty!
  16. tommys2patrick

    Traded M1009 for this Deuce

    MMM good trade! Nice set up truck.
  17. tommys2patrick

    Swapping cabs

    You have probably already thought of most of what I would do. Clean, Strip, paint areas not easily accessed while the cab is off. Assuming those areas would need it of course. If the trans, transfer, brake MC etc need serviced now would be a good time with the old cab off. Check condition of...
  18. tommys2patrick

    Swapping cabs

    I don't have any experience in this matter, but it may help your quest to describe what vehicle / cab your swapping and what condition it is currently in. As in, cab stripped of interior / gauges / electrical / roof(if any), etc etc. more details the better.
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