ED FORCE ONE
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Tuff interior , all metal ,could survive 2 pack a day guy and not soak it all in like today's foam and fabric machine
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I never drove one of those, but the Louisville was a fine line tractor.
Most of ours had Detroits, I preferred a Cummins, they were still hard to beat.
For what it's worth, the Louisville Fords we're my all-time favorite tractors. At Maislin they had 290 Cummins with 10 speed Road Rangers.
I'll bet we lubricated the roads more with our 8V71s.
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No Bars Stop Leak on the market yet, I guess.
ED FORCE ONE
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Did you ever drive trucks that run on gas ?
You kidding Breezy has driven everything, started out with a 2 horse team, Thunder & Lightning, the Teamsters use them as their logo.
KB 11 IHC, L200 IHC, A50 Mack, B60 Mack, B42 Mack, F8 Ford, yep a few.
Dust control.
A Ford heavy truck representative came by our shop regularly getting feedback & asking questions about problems & solutions. Unlike other reps he asked instead of telling. When Ford was designing the replacement for the L series he also asked our thoughts on how to improve the new design which was manufactured for a short time by Ford at the Louisville plant before Freightliner bought Ford Heavy Truck Division. Sterling was later the brand name given to the new tractor targeted for fleets. They were manufactured in Canada for about 10 years.
The L series was heavier than the replacement which was a selling point for the newer model.
The L series was a tough tractor.
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Was the go to tractor for grocery store chains ,Jewel , Dominick's , Certified grocers ,Centrella in Illinois
We had a couple of these at my small EOL barn when CF closed, 4 million miles but they ran strong & rode well. No they didn't have power steering youngsters just a big ol steering wheel. Used them for p&d, fun in the mountains with that long nose.
I used one in the city.... turnpike truck for Triples.... it had about the same for milage.... cat engine ran really good.We had a couple of these at my small EOL barn when CF closed, 4 million miles but they ran strong & rode well. No they didn't have power steering youngsters just a big ol steering wheel. Used them for p&d, fun in the mountains with that long nose.
And you were right.... you stayed in shape driving it. But you know that if you just moved a little it steered a little easier.
But they were just 9 MPH faster than BRG's steed!We had a couple of these at my small EOL barn when CF closed, 4 million miles but they ran strong & rode well. No they didn't have power steering youngsters just a big ol steering wheel. Used them for p&d, fun in the mountains with that long nose.
So you also know luxury equipment Stimpy with all the bells & whistles. Loved the Cats the most, if it ain't making racket it's not running right.
Our mirrors worked.
These were probably my most all-time favorite tractor, 9 spd, 3406 CatWe had a couple of these at my small EOL barn when CF closed, 4 million miles but they ran strong & rode well. No they didn't have power steering youngsters just a big ol steering wheel. Used them for p&d, fun in the mountains with that long nose.
We had a couple of these at my small EOL barn when CF closed, 4 million miles but they ran strong & rode well. No they didn't have power steering youngsters just a big ol steering wheel. Used them for p&d, fun in the mountains with that long nose.
If I remember correctly CF had 7 spd in these.
Yep, C F"s did.
I ran to Jax with Cf, Carolina, and A Big R driver.
Sometimes we would swap trucks for 25 or 30 miles on single-lane S C 321.
I'd drive a CF he would drive mine the Carolina would swap with Big R.
We would of all been fired if anything went wrong.
A real bunch of dumb azzs