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I want a combination of these two:

Overall, a matter of issue has come at hand. In my beekeeping endeavors I have realized that lifting heavy things on consistent basis is, has and will take a toll on my back. Since then, I have set out to build contraption aid me in my endeavors. But I have come to a sort of road block in doing so. I have some fabrication experience but not enough probably cut mustard. It's more due to not knowing what is at my disposal. I want to build a hive lifter. It's essentially a dolly that I can use to lift for me and move hives around with. It is also powered by a gas motor to aid in propelling it across terrain. Boxes get heavy. Like 80 pounds a box. Trying to design this unit to handle about 4 to 6 at a time. I can get motor, clutch, drive wheel with sprocket, but need something to give a reverse feature. Anyone know where to source a small transmission to obtain this feature? I'm also not sure how to size the motor properly and what gear ratios to have. I did a calculation online but it said it would go almost 30mph! I don't need speed. Max 3mph but lots of torque. But centrifugal clutches are 12 tooth. Maybe transmission can help me out. I also need to figure out how to make it 2wd instead of 1wd. If anyone's intersted I can show the build.

I think the bigger problem at hand is how to negotiate with us Cummins owners on what a fair price is for these trucks. Here's another truck: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/184940012102246 It's got 300k miles on it but he wants 17k for it. Good grief, i can buy a newer 3rd gen for that. Talked to this guy, checked the vin, was clean. He has paperwork on the transmission. Its a 618? Huh?

I called the person on it and they were like, "yes it's a salvage. Bed was replaced and axle too". AXLE? ok, so frame damage too... She won't take less than 12.5k. I won't give more than what i do to my toilet every morning... https://moseslake.craigslist.org/cto/d/dodge-dually-1-ton/6510280867.html ^This is about the fairest ad i have seen yet... but it's an automatic. I still might consider. Fair price?

Don't think ill for the truck. Just did a vin search on it: 1B7MF33631J563234 http://vincheck.info Good thing i checked. What is it with people...

No air dog or fass, etc. Didn't even have a fuel pressure gauge. It had pyro and boost though... What's wrong with it, lol... Mine is a 53 block too. But that doesn't mean people won't keep running it despite the crack. I dunno how bad it would make it leak...

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/195056857918144 Just looked at this today. It was a mixed bag on how i felt about it. It needed new tires, the dash was broke, had some sort of oil leak going on, no lift pump, aftermarket air filter. It has 293k miles on it. I offered 10k for it and she said i low balled her. After tires, lift pump, a possible vp44 replacement, and leak repair, it'd be thousands spent...

Yea, all i know about the manuals is how to shift them. Not their history... I found a few more trucks through Facebook. Priced decently. May look at them. Just as a refresher, what things should i look for again with these trucks? What about the manua transmissions? Blowby, 53 block, KDP, clutch slippage, shifting smooth or if synchro are bad. Fluid conditions, cracked dash, bent frame or bed, bad air filters, oil covers everything, lift pump presence, what else...

Haha, but then the price tends to go way up.. With the 5 and 6spd transmissions, do they both suffer from the 5th gear nut problem? Isn't the fix pretty simple? Was thinking about the cheap 6k truck as a stop gap but dunno if the transmission is suffering from the nut problem or something else.

So let me hear your opinions on this matter fellas, currently, there are a few trucks up for sale on Craigslist. https://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/d/2001-dodge-3500-cummins-4wd/6491915104.html https://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/d/2005-dodge-dually-cummins-6/6508947329.html https://lewiston.craigslist.org/cto/d/built-98-dodge-dually-4x4/6508126640.html https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/2007-dodgel-cummins-6-speed/6492144661.html There's others on eBay i have been eyeing. Several others that are just ridiculously priced also. Here's a search tempest result: https://www.autotempest.com/results?make=dodge&model=ram3500&model_kw=&radius=any&zip=83856&keywords=Dually&minyear=1996&maxyear=2002&domesticonly=1&minprice=10000&maxprice=20000&minmiles=&maxmiles=&transmission=man&bodystyle=truck&saleby=any

Im pretty torn on what to do until i get to that final resting point. Which is using a dually truck. Either i spend 7k on a gooseneck for temporary means and haul at best 48 hives because of the loader and the trucks ability to haul that much weight or just take the 7k and reach a little closer to the end goal. I'm just having a hard time swallowing what people want for their trucks. Most want over 15k for 2nd gen Cummins duallys. Some have low miles on them some have 250k plus. At that price tag i might as well buy a newer 3rd gen. The other thing I've been considering is a 7.3l power stroke. They seem to be a done a dozen. I just need it to do a job and do it well. Got a buddy who I've been co-oping with and he's running a 7.3l f350. He loves them, has two of them and swears by them. I just feel so dirty with the thought of using a Ford...

With the growth projections in my apiary operation, the need to transport my hives efficiently are becoming greater. With this in mind, the need for a dually takes precedence. I have considered a gooseneck trailer and its still not off the table. The popular method for beekeepers of commercial sizes use flatbed dually trucks and then pull their loader on a trailer. The only consideration i would make for a dually is a 12v or 24v. But i need the towing capacities and hauling. Usually 96 hives fit in a flatbed over the axle and then trailer/loader. I'm looking for a 5 or 6 speed transmission and ex cab, 4x4. Hard find at a decent price!

Is there auto makers out there that use this technology? What's the downfall of it? I see huge potential in this.

http://alwaysfreshinc.com/index.html ^^^^ Get this stuff! The inventor is a local in my woods. They originally made it for RVs, but they said people told them they even use it in their septic. Had a coworker rent my 5ther from me for a wedding when i had it and they used it in my trailer. I wasn't thrilled they used my black tank since they didn't have a way to drain it. But he told me about this stuff and pointed to the ground where they dumped it. Just a slight bit of stuff that kind of resembled dryer lint accumulation. No smell or anything. I realize this wouldn't have fixed your pipe buildup, but it will help your leach field!

Anyone have firsthand experience with either? Whay can be said about either? Do they live up to the hype?

Maybe I'll be able to add a little to this. I think the reason why this works as stated as compared to the Toyota's you are referring to is that it works principally the same as a manual transmission. When you lock the TC you have direct coupling with the engine and transmission. When your in a specific gear, you're restricting your engine speed to that gear ratio. Now there's drag involved and that momentum is soaked up into the drive train and engine. I'm sure terminal velocity of the drive train has some play in limiting the rpms also. When you coast down a grade with the TC unlocked, you no longer have that coupling going on between the engine and transmission. I notice a significant difference between the transmission manually placed in neutral and when in drive with the OD on. When in neutral it will coast much faster than coasting downhill in drive. But i also notice that I'm also not being restricted by gear ratio and engine drag as much either when in drive even. When i used to drive a manual truck, gearing down and coasting downhill, the gearing and drag made a big difference in slowing. But if i pushed the clutch in or had it in a higher gear, away i would go and gain in speed down the hill. Maybe i muddied things up more instead of clarified...

Well i spent 4500 on my transmission rebuild when i got the truck and I'm not going to do that again if i can help it...

So if i slow down with the od on or off, where it should be in a lower gear due to rpm, will it shift if i lay into the throttle in lockup or will it just lug? I'm assuming if it starts lugging then you just turn the switch off, get into your preferred gear then relock it again...

How do i prevent it shifting in lockup? This is what i don't understand. I'm worried i may not pay attention to it wanting to shift or something and have it shift before i cam unlock it.

Okay, so would anybody be able to tell me whether or not i could safely do one in mine? Trans description in my Sig. No billet parts..

Local weather advised of a snow storm that was to begin Thursday morning until Saturday morning. So far we have been getting steadily dumped on and today was forecasted of 9 inches and tomorrow will be 8. I took this picture in the middle of the day. Overall height is about 24 inches to the top of the hives. Yes those are beehives under all that snow! I venture to say at the time of this picture the snow depth is 18 inches. I suppose i will follow up with one tomorrow after the snow subsides. Lost power once today for a couple hours. They were on it! Meanwhile I'm just gonna stay in the house and sit by the stove and do absolutely nothing. Got myself a nasty little ear infection...

I have noticed the LED lights still emit quite a bit of heat despite their supposed decrease in energy consumption... Merry Christmas, Mike!

House is rated energy efficient by energy star for its year, 2007. Wood heat solely for heat source but I'm going to invest in propane for supplemental. Which will also open new opportunity to convert over to propane water, stove, dryer, etc. All the lights in the house are LED. converted over when we moved here. I have an FLIR attachment for my phone coming in soon so i can address any energy inefficiencies. Once i get the propane setup i should reduce the electric bill significantly. I'll be going for heat on demand with my water for sure. Maybe then i can just use solar for the rest of my power needs or offset the grid demand.

Iirc it was 5500 watts. I wired a crazy cord to it to back feed into my 220 welder circuit. It only provides 20 amps at 240 though. If i can get something to run the well at minimum i would be happy with that even. At least for now.

Well, i went about 16 hours without power. Got it literally back on just in time. I need to figure out what's going on with the generator. I turned off the main breaker to prevent back feed. Turned everything else off and started doing one circuit at a time. Couldn't figure out why nothing would work. Eventually i got to a point that i had to leave a couple breakers on to get power to flow. I have literally 5 panels to deal with! So what i couldn't figure out is at one point got the circuits running to power fridges for a few hours. Then i shut them off to get the water heater to run for a little bit to get hot water. Then shut that off and then went to go use the water. Nothing... So i spent an hour or so trying to figure out why i had no power. Still didn't figure it out. Looking back on it, it doesn't matter anyways. The generator does not have enough power to run big draws like a water heater or well pump. So i switched the shop light circuit on and nothing. I had them switched on at one point. I don't get it. My breaker combinations didn't make any changes to it. I was getting power from the generator. Any ideas? Going to need to invest in a larger generator system. A permanent system with dual fuel capabilities. Something that can run the whole house at one time! Anyways, timing couldn't be better. After finding all this out with the generator, we resolved to sponge bathing. I had shut the generator off and turned the breakers back on in anticipation for restoration. Right as we were about to begin our bath, the outside light came on. Wahoo! A real shower. Ran out to pump house and restarted the pressure switch to get pressure back. I will also say that in the course of the storm, i under estimated the overall snow fall. I measured about 16" of snow! Supposedly there's another storm forecasted to barrel through again today ready to bring another 6to10 inches. Like i said it with this last storm, ill believe it when i see it!