Well I'm officially back. It was a rough week. I was down in Cancun for my best friends wedding. Almost couldn't handle it .



That was the view from my hotel balcony.

 

What's the story on the ranchero Jim.

 

Happy Monday Nor Cal FTE and friends. Hope everyone has a great day.

The Ranchero was sold to somebody in the LA area, and I am delivering it to them.

Jim

 

Are you going with new bearings for the new hub?

Doing that seems reasonable to me, considering the amount of metal shavings that are visible in that picture.

Sorry you're having to go through this now... I know there's never a "convenient" time for this sort of stuff, but there are times when it's easier to pay for.

 

Unable to get a new hub as it turns out I have an obsolete Hadco axle. So now I am looking for the correct size studs and lugnuts. They are 1/2 by 20 but nobody seems to have an exact fit. I tried Autozone, O'Reilly's and Pep Boys, and even Redneck Trailer Supply. Will try Napa tomorrow as well as a local tire/wheel shop and see if I can get lucky. Otherwise, I will have to buy a whole new axle (that they can get parts for)

Jim

 

Scott wakey wakey I have a question for ya. Can I plug my SCII into my 7.3? Pretty simple. I thought I read somewhere about guys moving them about. Anyway I`ll swing by if you are still in the hood. Doing a job in Pleasanton that I put 800lbs of self level yesterday and probaly 300lbs this morning. Why the hell did peeps pour concrete on raised elevations I will never know. Sorta like 4'OC 1-1/8" subs

 

Happy Monday Nor Cal FTE and friends. I hope everyone is having a better day than I am. LOL.

Going to have to buy a whole new axle since I cannot get anything for the old one. Turns out it is an old military axle that has not been made for several decades. Luckily the guy who wants to buy my Jag can pay me $250 today, so that will cover the cost of the axle and leave me some money left over for gas.

Jim

 

sorry to hear about your luck Jim. Hope it all turns around for you quickly! Ill keep you in mind if I hear of any transportation needs

Joe

 

Taking it in stride, if everything was perfect here on Earth, there would be no reason for Heaven.

Jim

 

I like that

I wish more people had an outlook like you Jim.

 

I'm up but not on stable mined I think you have to change the 6.0 to a 7.3 tank size shouldn't matter ahhhhh that should be it, we are over in Modesto this whole week may not be in da hood for a few weeks , Whatcha doing silent floor for Tile lots of Troweling , my knees hurt just thinking about that one

There's a trailer shop in San Jose that could have what your looking for we are trying to find the receipts and number for you I want to say the name is denalis but not sure , don't do anything drastic until I find the correct guy.

 

Hadco Engineering, Inc. - Commercial & Military Axles For Over 50 Years.
The hadco Co is out of L A

 

Orlandi Trailers 408-247-7548 you will need to know 5 or 6 lug, space inbetween center of lug good luck Jim

 

Too late, already ordered an axle for the trailer. $189.69 gives me everything, including the u bolts, and nuts, and they will even weld the spring perches onto it. It should be here tomorrow afternoon. So I should be able to get everything back together by tomorrow evening, and be ready to head up to Chico early Thursday morning.

Jim

 

OK cool, I will quit looking