Well, I did finally get her into Canada.javascript&#058;emoticon(':D') Drove it right up I-81 and up to Canada Customs. Should have seen their faces! javascript&#058;emoticon(':shock:')Then drove it right over the Thousand Islands bridge. Eeek! The brakes locked up and had to drive it off the bridge in 1st gear with smoking smelly brakes - the yellow paint was burning off the outside of the brake covers! javascript&#058;emoticon(':oops:')Big trailers were queued up behind me leaning on the horn!! I wanted th ground to swallow me up at that point.javascript&#058;emoticon(':evil:')
But then lo and behold they released - reckon the old pedal springs were so loose that the were bouncing about at 16 mph in 4th! The heat build up caused them to seize - or maybe the jolting just loosened a lot of brake dust. Who knows? javascript&#058;emoticon(':?:')I jammed a hydraulic hose under the brake pedals after that, and drove her home at top speed without further problems. A fun morning indeed!javascript&#058;emoticon(':lol:')
The loader is indeed a 588 model and the backhoe is a 613 model. The kind folks at Floyd County Museum dug up a pile of brochures for me, so I have all the specs on various Industrial models of the period. If any needs them, gimme a shout.