Wow thank you guys for all the help so fast! Tim, I will download that spec manual and check it out.
Also Mike B (or anyone), you said the C60H has a combined rating of 42,000 vs 32,000 for the regular C60. How can I tell the two apart? I have read something online about the front fender width, are there other giveaways? I'm thinking the 42,000 would be better suited for what I want to do with the truck.
Not to derail, but I have done quite a bit of research on the CDL issue, including reading CDL training books from different states. I do plan to get one eventually just to be on the safe side. In my opinion, it is irritating how much variation there is from state to state so I will certainly be checking with local authorities before I ever use the truck as a combination.
What I like about the potential of this size truck is to be under 26,000 gvwr, so I should be able to use it as a straight truck while I am working on it/fixing it up without any restrictions. Then when it comes time to use it as a combination vehicle, I can get my CDL and test with it **I think** and be able to get class A, just with an air brakes restriction (if it doesn't have them). I'm talking years in the future after I bought a suitable trailer.
Thanks again guys, I am keeping my eyes peeled for a good project start!
EDIT: I may have answered a few of my own questions after looking through the manual Tim referenced. It appears the C60H only had the larger 10 bolt disc wheels (11.25 bolt pattern) with 10 lug nuts front and back OR the cast spokes. Is that correct? If that is the case they must be less common because almost all of the ones I have found so far have the 5 bolt front wheel.
The manual also mentions an air over hydraulic brake system, but no mention of a full air brake system. Was that not an option? I have found one truck ('66) with what I believe is a full air system because I can see the air canisters behind the rear axle.
Last edited by vdb11; 05/19/2020 8:56 PM.
