FWIW, my observation. At my last job, they got in new trucks from the factory delivered by drive away-saddle mount. That means drive one, tow two or three, gross weight about 60-80,000. Hitch em up & hit the highway. When put into service, hitch up a load & go. They got around 200 units a year, rotate out at around 500,000 miles, never saw any with engine failures. Job before that with a major cross country bus line. New units driven from factory at highway speeds. They would get tired at about 800-900,000 miles. Do an in house rebuild, send out again. Always liked to watch a new rebuild on test stand. Hook up temporary battery, fuel, radiator & muffler. Warm up about 15 minutes, check for leaks, & open it up. Head machinist would say "No parts bouncing off roof, must be a good one". Install engine, do final tuneup tweak, & put on ready line. First trip out would usually be Minneapolis to El Paso or Laredo round trip, stop long enough to slide in relief driver, top off fuel, & go. In other words, ease into it untill water temp comes up to normal, than put it to work.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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