Hello from the frozen tundra! - Diesel Forum

Turftech · 03-13-2008, 10:58 PM

LOL! I should clarify that a bit... I'm not really on the tundra at all. I am enjoying the balmy climes of BC in western Canada. Live in a place called Chilliwack, commute to work at a shop in Ft. Langley. I tend to, among several other makes, about 20 Powerstrokes of varying vintages used in our fleet. I am at present doing battle with a 97 Super Duty that has darned near caused me shingles! After finding then reading several posts in here, I decided to sign up. Great site! I am chief wrench for a municipal landscaping contractor. We have a large fleet of trucks ranging from F250's up to highway tractors. By far our most common engine is the 7.3.

Cheers!

Garbage_Mechanic · 03-13-2008, 11:21 PM

Welcome to another fleet man! Over the past 28 years I worked my way up from beginner mechanic to Maintenance Manager for a private refuse fleet of (now) 77 units. I've leaned a lot on this site since it is not boring like purely technical sites. We still havent gotten past the 7.3 IDI in my fleet. I'm driving an 86 6.9 pickup with 360,000 miles!

Turftech · 03-13-2008, 11:47 PM

We have 6 IDI Navistars. Doing a dump box conversion on one. Nice unit as it was lowered to carry a water tank by the previous owners. Just a few mods needed to support the box and hoist. Good trucks.

I'll try and get some photo's just as soon as I pick up the digicam!

Cheers!