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  1. towjoe

    C30 truck

    problem is that K30's are almost impossible to find around here. almost all the chevys around here have done rusted away and been scrapped. I have collected my trucks over last 20 years. I do have a few turbo 400's 2wd laying around, few 3/4 ton axles, ect....
  2. towjoe

    home made cross over steering?

    Kingpin or ball joint dodge 60?
  3. towjoe

    Tow Trucks, Wreckers and Car Hauler Discussion

    we PPI out of a couple places now, I love doing it, means I can make someone elses day worse than mine. In reality what's more fun than legal car theft? junk business has slowed down so much here I don't get 3-4 cars a week now. I hope something picks up soon or I'm going to have to go find a job
  4. towjoe

    '86 C30 Dually Rear Disc Conversion

    I've got a 86 crew cab dually about like yours. I took the running gear out of a 10 lug chevy motor home and was going to use all it and the 19.5 wheels tires on mine. still haven't tried it yet, hate to ruin a good truck if it don't work out
  5. towjoe

    Tow Trucks, Wreckers and Car Hauler Discussion

    You ever watch someone PPI with a rollback? I have a friend that does it quicker with a bed than 2 of us can with go jacks and a wheellift
  6. towjoe

    C30 truck

    my dually beds are usable, but nothing I'd write home about. about all them have broken fenders. I have one fairly solid, but has damage behind on rear wheel
  7. towjoe

    Where can I find an inexpensive overdrive

    I've got a DN2 unit on a turbo 400. I've been planning on putting it in my suburban, but still haven't got to it. What gear rear end you have? In some cases it is way easier to change out rear end than put in a overdrive. I'm tempeted to just pull the 3:73 gears out and put in 3:42. be a 10%...
  8. towjoe

    Tow Trucks, Wreckers and Car Hauler Discussion

    put some dawn dish soap in your water, makes it a lot slicker. they slide right off. I bought a set of the wreckmaster skates that work well, but dawn and water works best
  9. towjoe

    C30 truck

    might not work out to bad if we could all figure out how to make the network work on this. I'm sure bucket has a way to market some rust free parts to, and I get calls daily for beds and cabs. I've got a 25' gooseneck and a 48' wedge trailer setting behind the barn. always figured if I found a...
  10. towjoe

    not impressed so far.....

    I cut them off with a torch. just go around them all the way, but make sure you don't get to close to them lol
  11. towjoe

    C30 truck

    I have a crew cab lol so I could make room for you Bucket
  12. towjoe

    C30 truck

    Hotrod your only 800 miles from me according to the map. It's a 13 hr drive which means I cold be out there in a night of driving. Might be willing to try it a time or two if you can find some decent stuff priced right.
  13. towjoe

    Gutless Wonder

    I had a 78 C20 crewcab I bought once with a (rebuilt) 350 in it. run great just driving it around, but once I hooked the trailer on it it wouldn't pull itself. I changed carburator, distributer, the usual with no improvements. finally decided to tear into engine and found out it was a 267 V8...
  14. towjoe

    Low battery reading

    I have a 80 K30 that reads low voltage when it runs by the gauge. when I check it by the charging tester it checks fine. I think the gauge in dash is shot in mine, truck only has 430k miles on it tho.
  15. towjoe

    Tow Trucks, Wreckers and Car Hauler Discussion

    My hookers all K30's with hydrolic beds
  16. towjoe

    Tow Trucks, Wreckers and Car Hauler Discussion

    I bought some of those ratchet strap cluster hook tiedowns. I put 4 of them on my car trailer we use for the out of town runs. one of the best things I think I've ever bought since the wireless tow lights.
  17. towjoe

    Heater core R&R

    there not that bad of a job. Worse part is that lower bolt on box outside. I can be got without removing fender or inner fender, because up here in rust belt those are not removable till your replacing them lol. the outside fiberglass ac box does not have to be removed, If I recall right there...
  18. towjoe

    C30 truck

    line me up a good deal on a couple good beds, a cab or 2 and few sets of doors /fenders and I'll come out and meet you in person.
  19. towjoe

    not impressed so far.....

    I'm from Indiana to and have lots of hard to find parts, but don't recall seeing any 20 emblems in my stash. I'll look again, but it's something I usually don't save. I thought the 85's were glued on to start with?
  20. towjoe

    home made cross over steering?

    I've got a offroad truck I'd like to change over to crossover sterring since it never steers right when flexed different on the trail. Also I break the left front spring quite often. Only problem I have is that I run stock springs on front with 38" tires. I don't want to put a lift on it so is...
  21. towjoe

    6.2 conversion

    mine has a brand new elderbrock on it. runs great 98% of the time, but if I leave it idle long periods of time it starts to load up. As a wrecker I've seen them set and run a hr at a time at accident scene while waiting on police to clear us and in the cold I'd love to go over to propane, It's...
  22. towjoe

    6.2 conversion

    I'm getting ready to do a similar swap in one of my wreckers. I have a donor K30 diesel wrecker with a bad frame and another K30 wrecker I use daily. tired of the lousy gas milage from the over worked 350, and the carburetor problems that comes with todays bad gas. The only thing I see is doing...
  23. towjoe

    High Mileage Questions

    We impounded a 96 k1500 today with alittle over 600k on it. Trans went out, but guy came to get it and going fix it. Says he's going for the million lol
  24. towjoe

    1985 C30 Rolling Frame for sale!

    If you would please. I'm wanting to build a old school wrecker and put a Holmes 440 on a one ton 2wd square body
  25. towjoe

    1985 C30 Rolling Frame for sale!

    How rusty is cab and frame?

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