From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 16 2005 - 15:31:43 PST
Dead horse, more like beat to a unrecognizable pulp,
gathered up and beaten again and again and.....
Rick
--- mark@ehle.homelinux.org wrote:
> Hi, folks -
>
> Not to bead a dead horse, but here is another CDL
> question, but of a different
> flavor. I as for your guidance because some of you
> are the only truckers I
> know.
>
> I just bought a 1986 Ford CL8000 - see
> http://ehle.homelinux.org/CL8000.jpg
> - and -
>
http://ehle.homelinux.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=5583
>
> It has air brakes. I plan on putting a short flatbed
> on it (probably a shortened
> M35 bed) and using it like a pickup and maybe pull
> an RV 5th wheel trailer -
> totally non-commercial. I love my deuce+.5, but I
> need something that is more
> all-weather friendly, and I have always been partial
> to Ford cabovers.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Will I need a CDL?
> 2) If so, no problem, but can I use this truck to
> test for my CDL with?
>
> And -
>
> It has a Detroit Diesel 8.2 liter engine. On the
> web, I have read all sorts of
> good and bad stories about it. Do any of you have
> any experience with this
> engine?
>
> MV Content - because of this purchase, I wife might
> force me to sell my M35.
> WAAHH!
>
> Thanks -
>
> Mark
> 1970 AMG M35A2 (but maybe not for long)
>
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