[jlsanborn]

We did some whackin allright! Found the grand-daddy doug fir. Ended up breaking the truck tho! The Boy did a nice roll back hard on the gas with prolly 2500lbs loaded and another 2500 on the line in 4x4 low. Not his fault. The road was loose and getting real messed up. We had the second piece right to the edge of the road (the stump is about 150' from the road's edge, down a steep bank) and I told him to give it one more tug. Anyway, sounds like the gov-lock let go. We managed to get the rest of our load and limp home but it was NASTY sounding. In open mode the truck wouldn't move but then it'd lock (CRUNCH!!!) and we'd be rolling. Even a slight turn tho and holy smokes. Wasn't pretty. So, I'm working on the wrong truck again today! From what I can tell, the 14 bolt full floaters are basically the same for 3/4ton and 1 ton in those years so I'll see what I can find on craigslist.