1928 AA with a load of firewood.

[LukeCutler]

I thought some of you guys might like to see a couple pics of the old truck with a big load of firewood in the back. I figured I might as well load the wood in the back of the truck before I put the truck on the shed for the winter, that way the truck and my firewood are both stores where they are clean and dry. Also it is only about 20 steps from my back door to the door of the shed the AA is parked in, so I don't have far to go to bring wood in the house.

[Sunnybrook Farm]

Beautiful! It looks great with a load on it and you will have dry wood. I have bits and pieces of a Model A that I am slowly building into a wood hauler to go back in rough areas to bring out small loads as it is a car frame.

[wmws]

If your going to park it all winter with that load on it I would put a jack under the frame somewhere to take a little load off the springs.

[Crankster]

Looks like white oak? Hard to tell from here. Good firewood.

One thing, my dad drove trucks for a short time aeons ago, and he mentioned once the fleet owner would not allow weight to be stored in the bed of a truck. Getting the weight off the springs over the winter makes sense?

[flatford39]

Looks like you have 30 fenders on it.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

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Originally Posted by flatford39

Looks like you have 30 fenders on it.

I can count only two (2) fenders on it
Bill 20/20

[Jwilli]

Bill you count good.

[LukeCutler]

Originally Posted by Sunnybrook Farm

Beautiful! It looks great with a load on it and you will have dry wood. I have bits and pieces of a Model A that I am slowly building into a wood hauler to go back in rough areas to bring out small loads as it is a car frame.

Originally Posted by flatford39

Looks like you have 30 fenders on it.

Cool my truck also is a collection of parts out together in to a truck, and it does have 1930 fenders, but only 2 of them, lol. Here is what it looked like when I got it.

[LukeCutler]

Originally Posted by Crankster

Looks like white oak? Hard to tell from here. Good firewood.

One thing, my dad drove trucks for a short time aeons ago, and he mentioned once the fleet owner would not allow weight to be stored in the bed of a truck. Getting the weight off the springs over the winter makes sense?

Originally Posted by wmws

If your going to park it all winter with that load on it I would put a jack under the frame somewhere to take a little load off the springs.

It is a mix of oak, walnut, a little maple, and a little mulberry. And I'm ahead of you all on getting some of the weight off the suspension, I jacked it up and cut off a couple of pieces of 4x4 to put under the frame to hold up some of the weight. I figured even if it would not hurt the suspension that my tires didn't need all that weight all winter.

[Crankster]

I like oak, and American elm, especially. Dutch elm wiped the elms out a long time ago but it must take a while for it to all rot away. For a dense, heavy wood Honey Locust is something else. The thorns are something else too.

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by Crankster

I like oak, and American elm, especially. Dutch elm wiped the elms out a long time ago but it must take a while for it to all rot away. For a dense, heavy wood Honey Locust is something else. The thorns are something else too.

ahh trees grown from pure hatred - things grow wild around here...

[Dodge]

Cool... A. AA woodie....

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by SeaSlugs

ahh trees grown from pure hatred - things grow wild around here...

SS,
In Oklahoma, the fence rows grow ALL kinds of WILD things, I've even seen what "looks" like Dill growing. ALL KINDS of WILD Critters hide out in them. With your Dog & a .22, it's pretty good HUNTING
When the fence finally needs NEW Posts, they just clear it with a Dozer, push it in a PILE & BURN it! The OLD wire is used in Gulleys, & covered with DIRT, to prevent further ERROSIAN.
Did you know the GRAND CANYON was dug by an Armenian, named Sol Errosian?
With the NEW fence, it can be controlled somewhat, with a wire type Weed Eater. Stuff grows in profusion & mowing roadsides with a "BUSH-HOG" is commonplace!
Oakie Bill W.

[Farrell In Vancouver]

1931 with a load of AA, and A, bits

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by Farrell In Vancouver

1931 with a load of AA, and A, bits

Farrell,
Hope your brakes work GOOD, that traffic light's on RED
Bill W.

[LukeCutler]

Originally Posted by Farrell In Vancouver

1931 with a load of AA, and A, bits

Nice, I love seeing the old trucks put to work.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by LukeCutler

Nice, I love seeing the old trucks put to work.

Mornin' Luke,
In Oklahoma, Chief worked for the W.P.A. & Model AAs were used unmercifully, hauling gravel & everything else. One even had a Pile Driver mounted on it, used in Bridge construction. Often they were used to power makeshift Sawmills. You wouldn't BELIEVE the ABUSE they took. "WOODS" roads were "EVERYWHERE" & Logging Trucks were everywhere & some hauling ROCKS, for construction jobs.
Our small town Dealership was built from HUGE River Rocks & still exists. Chief worked there, part time & learned a lot about some of the unusual problems they dealt with.
Sorry this is SO LOOONG, I could go ON & ON, for pages & pages
Bill Overandout