Moscow, Potlatch crews build frame-mount flusher to save truck bodies Last year, ITD's District 2 office received a fleet of new Mack 10-wheeled trucks for use in maintenance, and preserving the 52 new trucks was paramount. I wanted to come up with a way to keep the underside of these trucks a little cleaner," said Bud Converse, foreman for both the Moscow and Potlatch crews. Around the same time as the new fleet of trucks came in, it was decided that the District would use more salt during winter maintenance. The frame-mounted sanders the District used had very little room to wash out corrosives that accumulated between the frame rails. Now, using even more corrosives thanks to the increased salt mandate, it was more important than ever to find a solution to the problem. Pictured left is a truck body before the flushing system was added to the district's fleet. At bottom right is the truck frame with the sander unit removed after winter use when the flushing system was used. "The Moscow and Potlatch maintenance crews deserve the credit for this," said Converse. "They designed, built and improved this system."
Published 05-01-15
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