Pic from summer
Not our trucks but I like KW's new rims
also like this color burgundy
saw the Lucas Oil camera crew truck this summer by us as well.
We'll be getting a new trailer to replace our Northern silage trailer shortly. Waiting for pricing on ordering a new 4284 Trail King Super Hi Lite. If it ends up too high we'll just go buy the new 4684 that is left over that is on their lot. We needed to trade up to a true belt trailer as we now haul feed to our new 600 cow dairy that is about an hour away by truck. We also haul bedding and other products with it so we needed a trailer that cleaned out well, sealed up tight, was lightweight and had a tarp. Trail king offers a 63" wide belt which unloads very quickly for when we are chopping and such. Below is a picture of the 4684, whatever we end up with I'll be sure to get a picture of it then.
We also ordered a new Alumaline 31' cattle trailer to replace our 24' Featherlite now that we have a longer distance and more cows to haul. We're planning to add another Duramax, but this time getting a dually with a flatbed to strictly sit on trailers mostly the cattle trailer. Our featherlite is still for sale and will be for two more weeks, at that point its just getting traded in.
The freightliner was about to leave the farm. We we're looking at some newer KW's to replace it since we run on the road with it now more than we had planned and it was getting a little tired, but then it decided to break a ring. Should be getting it back in the next couple days with a complete inframe, head, turbo, injectors and new jakes. We just wanted to do the basic overhaul but the cost of inspecting the head was 3/4 the cost of getting a new one. The turbo wasn't much money and was still original, two of the injectors were bad, and the jakes have been poor ever since we got it, they were down to hitting on only one cylinder. The plus side of a detroit is that it is cheap to rebuild. Oh well, the truck may be rough to drive, but the trans is less than two years old, as is the clutch, the radiator was just put on, just got king pins and wheel bearings this summer, power divider was just rebuilt this fall and it has all new tires on it. The tires I had planned to take off for the new truck anyways. We'll keep looking throughout this year but probably wont start looking hard until next winter at the earliest, but if something comes along thats too good to pass up we'll have to entertain it. Since we will be keeping the truck and going to be selling it in the future, I have been polishing up some wheels for the drives which are currently steel, need to find some air cleaners (mostly for dusty fields) and will maybe go junkyard diving for another stack bracket. Just a few things to dress it up and make it a little more appealing to people looking to buy it. I also have a big overhaul for the wet kit plumbing planned. Its a mess under there. Its a 4 line kit, but we no longer need the 4 line setup, just 2.
We run Michelin on most everything now. Put new XZA 3+ Steers on it with centramatics, and all new Drives as well. Michelin X-Works XDY's. Can't wait for some mud to play with them.
Heres a pic of the drives.
