I took the wife and I groachrie shopping today and as soon as I stopped I had to turn the key back on to roll up the window. Nothing! No power whatsoever. I just put in a brand new NAPA group 31 battery! I got out and started wiggling the wires attached to the battery post and the main power lead had a bad crimp. I got it going to get home and put a new end on it. Of course I didn't have exactly the right end to use so I had to adapt one to fit which is why the previous one failed. Hopefully this one will hold.

I've accumulated about $250 worth of crimpers and wire working tools in the last 2 years working on this stuff and I STILL have problems!

Edwin

 

Try using copper hooped ends. Stick them in a vice, use flux, and heat up solder in the end, and when it liquifies, stick the bare cleaned cable end in before it hardens up. Hold in place till I can't pull out.

Ive done all my cables this way, and they've been foolproof.

Fortunately I switched from standard auto posts to screw posts the commercial rigs use.

 

I've done them like that. It usually helps to put liquid flux on the stranded wire also. For some reason I just don't have a propane torch. Whenever I need one I use something else or borrow one. I keep meaning to get one the next time I'm in Home Depot but just keeps slipping my mind. I has a few teeth missing off the gears also.

The problem was however I used a terminal that was way to big for the wire and the excess copper spread out between the jaws and stopped it from making a tight crimp. It could have been part of my no-start problems in the recent past. When I pulled on it it came right off. A good assortment of the bigger terminals are hard to find and they're expensive.

I have the military style post to bolt adapters which makes everything easy to connect. Much batter than the OEM molded lead crap that fails quickly.

Edwin

 

I thought you would like those plowing picture T-man!
The W-350 can push a wall off snow with a set of chains on the rear tires and in 1st gear 4 L.

My daughter and I spent a few hours pushing snow today in the old plow truck. She helped me shovel it out when I got it stuck up to the doors in the snow trying to widen out the snow banks by the cabin.
The snow has let up now and the temps are dropping. The high for tomorrow is supposed to be 0F.

 

Those plowing pics bring back old memories, except my plow truck was a '76 W100 short bed with a 7' Western plow. I beat that truck mercilessly with all four chained up. When it was really dumping I'd have to get up at all hours to keep the road open down to the highway. There were no back up options.

 

You have any weight in the bed - other than snow?

 

There is a 4 inch thick 20 X 16 or so inch chunk of steel at the end of the flatbed that the last owner used as his anvil for his mobile welding job.
The metal is welded into place and the bed built around it. He told me it was about 800# of counter weight in the back from that chunk of steel.
There are also two spare dually rims and tires.
That and there is so much snow in it I had to shovel just a bit to see out the back window.
She weights in pretty heavy.

 

Ordered a replacement wiper module. Havent done much otherwise. Been super busy because we just bought a house on 10 acres and I decided to back to school again to work on my welding (on top of working 50 hours a week). I am pretty excited that I can finally set up an actual shop finally!

 

living the dream!

 

Congratulations! I wish you happiness and prosperity there.

 

Well, steel is approximately .29 lbs per cubic inch, so the chunk is just about 400, plus another 400 for the rest of the bed . . . Sounds reasonable. In my opinion, you have room for a little more ballast, at least until mud season.

Glad to see you have everything under control! I hope you have plans for some 'boarding . . .

 

Thank you. We have a ton of work to do and a lot of fencing to replace.

 

I have done this myself a few times....works pretty well!

 

Didn't do anything to my truck, but did see an add on Facebook about someone trying to start making reproduction headliner trim pieces. I am not affiliated with them (Ultimate Enginuity), here is a link to the "pre-order" page if you want to check it out.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/1...40D6iMlZs2TE#/