WA based lowbed, moving a piece out of CA

I'm liking the 3406 idea. It has 6.83 gears so it won't even see 50!​

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The old B model Water jacket cooled Cats were good engines, do it right the first time and you won't have any problems.

Here's another question, if I get the wheelbase shortened up enough do I still need to run a carrier bearing drive shaft? I'm thinking I'm going to take a good eight feet out of the wheelbase.

That rig probably has a .250 wall drive tube with lets say 1810 u-joints, the max length or industry standard is 72 to 74" on drive shaft length. And it all depends were the front drive sets when done.

Thank you, I was curious what the CS limit/Length is on that drive shaft.

Hows the tandem steer going to be for bush work ? A friend i work with has a tandem steer picker and give s truth to give me 40 acres to turn this rig around when we are out in the bush.

Not sure? Never been around one before?

any twin steer ive dealt with and not many of them were really awkward to turn around

Couldn't be any worse than this to maneuver around the woods?

Truck Shop said: When you get to Shasta scales/inspection port of entry they will set you up with permits. You will need one for the extra axles. If you were pro-rated you would be covered, anymore pro-rate covers all 48. Or you can call Cal DOT and they will tell you straight up. Get yourself a gallon of giant black olives while your there Click to expand... Haven't been to California for a while ? The port got moved to Hornbrook . Anyway best idea to call Caltrans before you go and have your permits in hand, much easier to find info at the office than over the phone 400 miles from home. Good luck Bob

Hallback said: Thank you! I hope to be able to go get it this next week. I'm looking forward to building up the truck And I'm undecided if I'm going to yank the 6V 92 and replace it with something more powerful or not now or wait til it grenades. Click to expand... Warren at Butte Valley Equipment Repair is taking a B model out of a Pete right now.

Bluox said: Haven't been to California for a while ? The port got moved to Hornbrook . Click to expand... No I haven't don't find a need to, but I was thinking 97 south. next after shasta should be cottonwood.

Truck Shop said: No I haven't don't find a need to, but I was thinking 97 south. next after shasta should be cottonwood. Click to expand... There are still truck scales at Dunsmuir and a bug station at Dorris but the port of entry is at Hornbrook on I-5

With lift axles as long as you can scale out your axle weights with them up I wouldn’t think you would need permits for the extra axles

Bluox said: There are still truck scales at Dunsmuir and a bug station at Dorris but the port of entry is at Hornbrook on I-5 Click to expand... That Bug station at Dorris was closed back in the 70's. I never heard of it reopening, and I would find that odd there is no port of entry coming off 97 south at Weed. Dunsmuir Canyon/Shasta are the same. The reason for the D&S scales was to catch every thing on I-5 and 97 going south, that's a short distance between two scales. 4x4ford said: With lift axles as long as you can scale out your axle weights with them up I wouldn’t think you would need permits for the extra axles Click to expand... It is a matter of length, bumper to trailer tail lights. multiple axles other than a two axle trailer and three axle tractor are not legal with out permits.

Current Cal Trans Scales map. https://dot.ca.gov/programs/traffic-operations/cvef/weigh-stations

And Hornbrook is listed as bug inspection station, Dorris is operational as a bug station but only certain hours. I'm surprised it's been reopened it had nothing but weeds around it full of bugs.

Hornbrook below-it's a coop and bug inspection for semi's with cars on left.

Dunsmuir/Shasta full port of entry.