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nkaminar · 10-13-2021, 04:59 PM

Here is my story about welding up the spider gears. When I moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains in the late 1970's, I met some people who were logging redwoods. They had actually stopped logging at that time but the old equipment was still there. They had a 10 wheel truck with mud tires that they used to haul logs up the steep muddy trails to the loading site. They had welded up the differentials solid in both rear driving axles. They did not have to worry about going around corners because it was so muddy that the tires would just slip. The truck was 1950 vintage or older. The front axle may have been driving too. I don't remember. The truck may have been WWII surplus.

10-13-2021, 04:59 PM	#3
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,903	Re: Banger posi traction Here is my story about welding up the spider gears. When I moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains in the late 1970's, I met some people who were logging redwoods. They had actually stopped logging at that time but the old equipment was still there. They had a 10 wheel truck with mud tires that they used to haul logs up the steep muddy trails to the loading site. They had welded up the differentials solid in both rear driving axles. They did not have to worry about going around corners because it was so muddy that the tires would just slip. The truck was 1950 vintage or older. The front axle may have been driving too. I don't remember. The truck may have been WWII surplus. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.